Letter #21

Hey Family HOW are you doin? How's life in the fast lane of Rigby IdeeHO? Sounds like everyone is stayin busy and I just bet that everyone is growin up fast and just gettin prettier and prettier everyday. I am learning so much as a missionary. I am gettin BOLD. I'll have to tell all ya'll about it. You all excited for Thanksgivin? BOY I AM. First home cooked meal in like 4 months. Seriously. We are goin to Sister Alice Upchurch's house for supper. Well at like noon. Then I think we're goin to play football with the Elders. We're havin like a Turkey Bowl. haha. I am so excited. Hows Lil Easty and Livvie? It really feels like I have no Livvie Neice. Cuz I never have met her. I bet when I get to hold her in my arms I will then realize I have a niece. haha. I bet Tater and Alivin are growin up too. So I found out I will be flying home the end of OCT 2010. Man I dunno how I'll handle that.. ha ha..
This week has been perty darn good If I say so myself. We taught alot of spiritual lessons. We are teachin people like mad preacher women. We have lessons every night and its great. I really feel the spirit strongly as I teach about the restoration or different topics such as the Word of Wisdom or even Law of Chastity. I have never felt so happy and confident in myself as I do now. Gotta love what the Gospel does to ya. RiGhT RighT? Today for personal study I made a visual. I made a visual about the Book of Mormon and how it is the Keystone of our religion and then I had little blocks around it that referred to the Restoration. My trainer taught me that. I love teachin that lesson. Visuals help so much it really brings the spirit.
So I think my comp is a lil hoeesick. WEll ALOT. The Holiday season is kinda gettin to her. I just have to wrap my arms around here and tell her that we have eachother this holiday season and we'll make the best of it with our family here in KenTuckAY. She constantly talks about her family. That is a sign of homesickness. I'm glad my Trainer taught me to not talk about the fam so much. It really does distract from the work when you're dwelling and wishing you could be wit your fam. Ya just gotta LOVE and lIVE in the MOMENT and have faith and hope that you will get to see your fam again soon. We have a lot of fun though. She prolly think i'm a lil weird. haha.. BUT i dON"T CARe. ha ha. Gotta make things FUN and silly.
But Anwywhos.. We are teachin SO MANY PEOPLe it's crazy. We have Teresa and Herbert Stevens, Brandy Perkins, Rose Cooper, KYLE JONES (commited to be baptized JAN 20th), and a great couple we found last week named Ronnie Ross and his woman friend April. I am not sure if they're married.. (just wait till the law of chastity RIGHT).. Our nights are packed full of lessons and spiritual uplifting experiences. All ya'll gotta meet these wonderful people. OH YES we are teachin a girl named Michelle Phillips too. She is 21 and she thinks of us as her BFF's. HAha.. She is AWESOme.
I have noticed how bold I am gettin. Speaking my mind in a room of older men of the priesthood starin at me. Ya that was scarEy! So yesterday in PEC. I just told them that Heavenly Father is not letting people come to church because this little branch is full of contention and we don't love eachother. (It really is true). They all totally agreed. See there is alot of people who get offended here in the south because TN people have to come to KY to go to church here. IT IS A HUGE RIVALRY here with TN people and KY people. (so stupid i know).. Lotsa gossip and people yellin at eachother and its just no beuno. So that is somethin President of the branch says he is goin to work on and he has noticed it as well. I know that will help a lot with all the contention. Members don't really fellowship one another here. THey don't shake hands very well and tell eachother they love one another. (it's really interestin).. I attended at baptist church in the summer and they took 5 minutes to all shake eachothers hands and tell eachother Hello.. MAybe we Need THA?? ha ha.. I dunno.. It is pretty interestin here in the soUTH.
We had a general authority come speak to us on Friday. All the missionaries gathered together. Elder Snow spoke to us. It was awesome. He really spoke with the spirit and helped us missionaries alot on how to be better teachers and most importantly better people. I took alot of notes. I will show
ya'll later (hAHA)..
So I sent you all a letter with some pics in it. DID YA GeT iT? I also sent Kass some pics too. DId YA geT it? I dunno wuts up with the mail these days. Don't forget to send all letters and packagages to the new address. OkaY
DokAy?
Today we will be workin and Thursday is our PDAy. It is pretty cloudy and overcast here. Kinda depressin.. but not really. It has been chilly but not too
old. NOT as cold as IDAhO. Friday I tracted in just a shirt and of course a skirt. hAha.
Don't be afraid to send me more PICTURES of all ya'll.. (HINT WINK HINT WINK).. From the lil pics I get.. You have all changed a lot. You have all
gotten cuter of course and much more mature lookin.. or somethin.. I take pics every single day and I am fixin to send all ya'll some. I reckon that will be okay righT? HAha ..
I can't wait to hear from all ya'll. I think some family and friends may have fallen off the earth or somethin. ha JK. ( I don't write much letters either).. I am doin great here on my mission and grateful for this opportunity that has already FLOWN right on by. I get to talk to ya'll in 4 weeks and lotsa hours. What are you all doin from Christmas? I have no idea what we are doin.
Have a GREAT week fAM!! I lovE YOU ALl SooOOoo MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HaPPy TuRkEY DAY!!!

Luv

sIsTeR FuRnISS ----------------->

Letter #20

Hey Family. How ya'll doin?? Whats been happenin lately?? Anythin EXCITIN? Do I sound like I gots a southern drawl? HA HA.. I prolly do. My english is gettin horrible sorry to say. It's these gosh darn kentucky accents.. They really get to ya. Sounds like BBALL SEASON is well uNDeR Way.. I miss watchin ya'll play. I can't wait for this time next year. I WON"T MISS A GAME I PROMISE. haha.. Hows tater and Alvin doin?
MOM - I bet you're doin great in schooL. Keep up the good hard work. It does pay off.
This week has been really rough. haha. Not gonna lie. I know I had to have a hard week for a reason. BUT I learned a lot. I will be stayin here iN Kentucky for Thanksgivin and CHristmas with my Sister Crockett. I am pretty excited. We teach some very powerful lessons where you can feel the spirit. I can't believe
half the things I say in the lessons. It's like someone is talkin through me. IT's AWESOME! This Thanksgiving we are going over to some members house for Lunch. We don't get fed here. Like maybe once a month do me and my comp get fed by members, but when we do.. guess what it usually always is.. REFRIED BEANS!! I don't know what it is but the south is in love with beans and cornbread. I think I've had it like 20 times. I will never eat another bowl of beans for as long as I live after my mission.. haha SORRY.So it looke like Ronnie still wants to be taught by our mission leader brother
johnson. I felt so bad family. Ronnie gave me this pic of the temple and I kept it and hung it in the bathroom. I know that me and my companion made the right decision by stopping our visits. But really it does make ya feel kinda bad. BUT ANWYAS...
This week was rough fam. There is a recent convert who comes out with us a lot and on saturday she must have been having a bad day. She got really mad at me. She verbally attacked me. She told me that I wasn't a very good person and I don't listen to peoples problems and I just don't care about people. She told me
that I never call her to "chat". and I am slacking as a missionary. MAN talk about wanna go give my mom and dad a hug and make everything okay. It was really hard. I basically just smilied at her while she was getting angry with me and told her my purpose as a missionary. My purpose is to invite others to come unto christ and I am not on a mission to hang out and gossip with her. I told her that Heavenly Father sent me here for a reason to tough peoples lives and I only listen to the spirit and work the VERY HARDEST that I can. I smiled at her and told her I loved her. She didn't like it. and took me and my companion home. (we were on our way to a lesson).
Man I felt like I was fightin with my best friend. I am really close to this member and I can tell her anything. This member has been through a really hard life. She is very lonely and depressed and is a recent convert of like 3 months. She really really depends on me and my companion. I know that the spirit that we bring is something that she depends on in her life. It was really hard on me family. I really just broke down crying to my companion later that night and thought "why". This member didn't come to church the next day. I felt it was my fault. I then prayed to heavenly father and through the spirit I KNEW That I did the right thing. It isn't the missionaries job to fellowship the members. It is the Members. They aren't doing it and it's really hard on the missionaries. We won't be here forever ya know? I know that this member might be mad for awhile at me. But I know that later she'll realize that I can't call her everyday to see how she is doing and that there are other souls our there waiting to here the message of the restoration. I know I told her the right things. I love her
and I'll always be there for her, but I can't hang out with her EVERYDAY! It was really good experience. I really now understand my purpose. I know there is a medium that I gotta find. BUT I remember Elder Bednars talk about how he had 2 missionaries come over to his house to just "HANG OUT" and Elder Bednar new that they weren't workin hard enough just by that. I don't wanna be one of those missionaries yA knKOW?? I mean I still have fun on my mission and I AM CRAZY.. BUt I know when the time is to work. : ) SOrry I just like ramble sometime family..
Welll I hope all is well. I MISS YOU SO MUCH.. I get to talk to all ya'll in like 6 weeks and I am so lookin forward to it... MOM - i"ll email you somethin that I need. Hope all is well.. Love you'ns!! (they always say that in the south.. it means you guys).. HAHA..have a great week!

LOVE SISTER FURNISS

Letter #19

Hi family! Wuts uP? HOw was all ya'all's week? Did ya done did everything ya needed to?? haha ... Pardon my Kentucky accent.. That's how everyone talks around here. Today is a sunny day today. We are just here at the Oneida Library emailin away. I dunno wut we're gonna do today. I am gonna try and print some pics out from halloween party to send to u all. Our branch had this big party. It was pretty fun. I didn't dress up, but I took lotsa pics. When is the first BIG game of ThE SeAsoN? I am SUPPPER excited! Send me the sTaTS aIGHT? This week has been pretty good. It seems like I just blinked my eye and the week was over. Weeks are starting to get that way. I will be 6 months old on November 13Th! Whoa that is crazY. Mom you asked about David Craig. I heard from the assistants that he found out that he was still on parole cuz he just got outa
jaiL. So he can't be baptized for awhile. He still goes to church and all. I wrote him last week. So hopefully he will answer me back. I think he is goin through a really rough time. Thats cool that Sister Maughn was praying for him. I know that it really helped him out a lot. We had a lesson with Ronnie yesterday and we talked about how we all have our own personal "Liberty jails" like Joseph smith did..and how Joseph relied on the lord to help him get out of that crucial time in his life. Then I related it to Ronnie's life and how he is having his own personal liberty jail cuz he can't get to church. We then talked about how he can overcome his fear of people
through the atonement. It was a pretty powerful lesson. I could really feel the spirit work through me and convey to Ronnie what Heavenly Father wanted him to hear. IT was AMAZING! During District meeting on Friday the district leader had us draw our favorite book of mormon story and after we did that it really made me want to start to
read the Book of Mormon again. So I am doin so. MAN I love that book. It keeps me goin. I read it right before I got to bed, and as soon as I wake up. I don't dare miss a day cuz my day just goes bad when I do. Halloween night we weren't alowed to go outside so we went inside. We spent it with Trina (recent convert).. We basically just chatted and she kept tellin us how much she wanted a man. She is about 33 years old and has one son who is 17. If ya know anyone who is lookin for a woman.. Give TRINA a call.. haha jk... I'm not really sure if I'll be here for the Holidays. I HOPE SO! Brother Hansford invited us over for thanksgivin with his family. He has 3 grown
children who all have children and they are all LESS ACTIVE. I have grown to love the Hansfords. We are gettin 4 new sisters on the 18th. So I think it kinda depends on who trains and stuff. I dunno if I will .. We find out that weekend before the 18th. I really tell people my heart belongs in Kentucky and everyone is like man you really do love this place. I'm like YEP I SURE DO. There is a new sister from Rexburg comin. Her dad teaches at BYUI.. Brother Nygren. Do u know him mom? I know her and her dad from the gym when I worked at the fitness deSK.
I hope everyone is doin good and Easty and Livvie are good. They are lookin so Cute.. I got the pics from Jiller and I LOVED THEM. Livvie does look like Alvin. I hear you all made some Too Too's?? HAHA.. What did they look LIkE? Were they fun? ya gonna take pics? We had interviews on Friday with President. He was sick so it didn't last long.
He was in a lot of pain and couldn't even get outa his chair. Sister Griffin was like... This is not like President he doesn't sit down for nothin (it reminded
me of dad).. HAHA... So it turned out that President had Pneomia and he said that if felt like he was havin a heart attack. He is fine now.. but it was so sad.. The assistants had to give him a blessing so he could go home from interviews..
Well I better get goin.. but Hopefully you all are doin GREAT! I love you all so
much. I can't wait to talk to all ya'll next month..
Sister Furniss

Letter #18

Hi family. How ya doin?? I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for the winter clothes, stamps and boots.. They are PERFECT MOM!! Totally an answer to my PRAYERS.. I was just thinkin I don't have any money to buy any winter boots and my toes are freezing when I am out tracting in the country. IT WAS PERFECT. Thank you!!! They are all so cute and fit perfectly. Thanks for the letters too. They totally made my day. I got them this morning before we came here to the Library to email. It was like CHRISTMAS!!
My companion is Sister Crockett and she is 21 years old. She is very shy. She is a natural person. Very much into herbs and has never been to the doctor in her whole life. Her favorite food is Salad! Just like me. We eat lotsa salads together. She doesn't have a social security number and has never recieved her drivers license.
I have been taking LOADS of pics so I will send you my sim card as soon as it's filled up. (it holds 900 pics) I have taken like 500. Hopefully I'll get it to you by christmas. haha.. jk I'll get it to all ya'll sooner. Dad thats funny that you talk about chewing tobacca. Ronnie is a tobacca CHEWER and thats the one thing he has to quite before he can be baptized. THANK you. man the spirit totally prompted you to say that to me. Whoa it works in mysteries ways huh.
Well yesterday in sacrament meeting my companio and I spoke on missionary work. I prayed about it and thought I would suggest ways we could strengthen one another as a branch and I also talked a lot about member missionary work. Get this family.. I SPOKE FOR 20 MINUTES!! Gosh I know weird huh. I meant to speak for 10.. but my mouth just kept goin and I guess I had a lot to say. haha.. YA you can shut your mouths now.. he he jk.... It was fun.. We go into PEC every sunday morning and its actually pretty fun. It's fun to go in there and laugh with a bunch of old men. They are a hoot and a hollar. I am really starting to get attatched to this area and especially the people. I mean we walk down this old country street (main street).. and I feel like Im gettin to know everyone here. People are always stoppin us and talkin. I have made a lot of friends here and I don't think I could take it if they moved me. I am really close with Trina King. I recent convert. She is like my bff. My heart belongs to KENTUCKY... Oh and PS.. We live in the drug dealing town of Kentucky. This county (Mccreary county).. is I guess one of the biggest towns known for drugs and boos. Everyone
here is drug dealers. It is kinda scarey at night. BUT we aren't aloud to tract
in dark.
SO GHESS WHA.. Ronnie commited hiimself to be baptized on January 21st 2010. Yep we just showed up and he was like Sister Furniss I wanna be baptized on this date. I'm like okay why??? He says it's his birthday and he will have overcome his fear of people by then.. SOOOO we have a baptizim COMMITMENT!! WOOT WOOT!!! He loves the clothes dad sent him. I dunno if he like tried them on yet.. But he was pretty grateful for them. He has a lot of tatoos and he is embarrassed to go
to church.. So he was glad he got the white shirt.... He hasn't been to church yet... His absolute worst fear is going to church and haveing people come up and talk to him and he is gonna have to talk back...(remember he's got anxiety)... He doesn't let anyone come into his house besides Trina and us either. We are his ONLY friends he has let in his house since like 1999. He has such a strong testimony. ALL YA"LL Will have to meet this guy when you come to Kentucky. okAy DoKAY?? I have to stay here and watch him be baptized in January. I am prayin I"ll be able to stay in this area longer. I just have ta! (another lady I have learned to LOVE SO MUCH)... is another investigator we're teaching.. I am very afraid for her and very much concerned for her. We tried to commit her to be baptized on November 7th. She told us she wasn't ready and she has an emotional breakdown. She is the one with the pycho boyfriend. He hurts her emotionally and possibly physically. Everytime we are there teaching her.. her boyfriend knows were there.. and he calls every 5 minutes.. and it interrupst the lesson. It's NO BEUNO. I really do fear for her. WIth her boyfriend they have 1 son. They don't live together.. but they've been together for like 9 years... (This is like one of those scarey LIfetime movies ya see on TV)..... I decided that I needed to bring this up to our ward mission leader and PEC.. They continued to tell us that her boyfriend is the local drug dealer in the county and that he is very slick. They told us that me and my companion were not allowed to go over to her boyfriends house anymore without a priesthood holder.. Good thing they don't live together....This lady that were teaching is AMAZING>>> She always wants to cook us dinner and has such a great testimony..... I pray for her everyday and call her a lot to make sure she is
okay. She got a priesthood blessing yesterday. She needs the comfort and confidence to leave her boyfriend. She just has to break away. MAN This week I've noticed how attatched I get to people and their problems.. It's like their problems are my problems and I just get so emotionally involved and yesterdee I had like a burnt out. I just got so overwhelmed and tired. It was so weird!! All I could tihnk about was all the people I'm teaching and all their problems and I tried to think of ways to help. It's the worst when people come to you with their trials and you have no idea how to help them. I'ts the craziest feeling. I don't think I"ll be able to leave my mission! I just love it so much and the people.. it's the greatest feelin in the whole wide world....I love you all so much. I am soo blessed. I didn't know how good I had it until I came to serve in Mcceary Country. I am prolly the luckiest gal in the world. I
hope all is well with everyone.. Thanks for all the pictures and letters!! They totally make my day and I show all my friends here in kentuckee.
Talk to ya on the PHONE IN 8 WEEKS!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

Hope ya all have a great week.. GOd be with u till we meet again.

LUV
SISTER FURNISS

Letter #17

Hey fam.. How ya all doin?? I got a new comp named Sister Crockett and she is from Midvale Utah. She is super nice. We are still in the same area. Whitley City, Kentucky... It's goin pretty good. We are getting a lot more member support now and its great. It was very hard to say bye to Sister Hales. I felt like I was sayin bye to my family at the MTC. We bawled and bawled and President just smiled at us. It's all good though, the work wasn't progressing with us bein together.It's pretty dark and dreary here all day longs. ha ha. There are not other missionaries to go play basketball on P days.. SO it's just me and Sister Crockett. It does get boring. But hopefully I'll be able to make it fun for her. Trina took us to transfers. She is as recent convert. She is so awesome. I love her and her sister Rhonda. Rhonda has been thinkin about baptism a lot lately. I hope she tells us she wants to be baptized soon.
We're teachin a lot of great people and hopefullly the work will progress.. Hope
eveyrone is doin GReAt! I love it here! Sorry so short!
Talk to ya lata!!!
SiStA FurNIzzLe

Letter #16

HI Fam! Wud uP?? How was conFeRencE?? Sounds like you all had so much fun at the cabIn. I have to admit I was a lil homesick yesterDay. ha ha. I knew ya'll were watchin conference the same time thA I was. It was fun. I LOVED conference. We went to the church building and two members of the branch were there too. It was lil but so fun. I loved Elder Hollands testimony ofthe Book of Mormon. I was like MAN if he could only come with me tracting and tell his testimony to all of our investigators. That would be so AWESOME! I liked President Monsons talk too. He just is so down to earth and such a nice guy. My dream would be to take one of these general authorities
tracting with me! haha.. I also saw the Foster guy on TV from (Clark Ward)..I didn't know he was in the quorom of the 70.This week was pretty darn good. We had a baptism on Saturday between General Conferences. I spoke about the Holy Ghost. I never get nervous. BUT I sure got nervous to speak. All the members of the branch were there. I musta been nervous cuz my neck broke out in hives.. HAHA.. it was funny... The members
don't trust us. I am working so hard to build my companion up and also the branch. Something happened before I got here with my companion and the members and so of course if reflects on me as well cuz we're comps. It's really rough. That has been a big trial for me this transfer. We have a new transfer starting this week. I will be with my comp for 6 more weeks and then hopefully I'll get to train a new sister. That is what I'm praying for. I kinda feel that I"ll get to open a new area and train at the same time. That would be coOL huh??
I am trying to be the best I can be! I'm glad that I understand my purpose as a missionary. When you understand your purpose people can see it. I am here to teach the gosPEL. Not "hANG OuT" all the time. This week we went to teach this guy named Ronnie and he gave me a FREE KENTUCKY hAt! I was like oh my gosh thank you so so much. It's a nice hat too. I'll have to show you the pics of it...So there are two lil boys 13 and 7 who live upstairs. There grandparents are active members and their mom is
Less Active... THose lil boys LOVe us so much. It makes me miss lil tater tot. They are always like "Sister Furniss come play catch with me,.... or come race me around the yard".. haha.. SO every night I go play with them. It's pretty fun. They call us their "Sisters".. Their mom Tammy is really nice too. She takes good care of us and she calls us her daughters. She always makes sure we have food to eat (since we never eat at members)... We taught a man last night after conference sessiosn named Ronnie Garlon. He is in LOVE with the B of M! He keeps telling us how much it's changed his
life and how he knows with out a doubt that it's the word of god. He has been in jail for a long time and jsut got out. He has anxiety/depression issues and doesn't leave his house. We are slowly gonna get him to church and hopefully commit him for baptism. Wouldn't Tha be AweSOME! I sure love havin the spirit so close to me. It's such a wonderful feeling. I know that if I don't act upon the promptings I recieve then next time when I need to rely upon it.. it won't be as strong. Isn't the spirit such a good
best friend?
My goal this week is to pray to look for the good and love in people. Someone talked about that in general conference and I really like that. I also know that if I do that and be as positive as I can be than everything will be fine. I know that this is preparin me for marriage big time. OH MAN did I need goin on a mission. This is helped me out a lot. It's makin me have a companIon! ha ha..
This week will be grEaT... I am startin to LOVE the PEOPLE and slowly lovin the place and makin a lot of great friends here in Kentucky/ TN. The weather is slowly changin and it's gettin cold. The leaves are so pretty here. I will senD more PIcs.. Don't forget to send me pics of LIvvie and EasTy..
Hope you all HAve a GreAT weeK!! TaLK to YA nExt MondAY..
LUV YOU ALL SO MUCH
SIsTeR FurNizS

Letter #15

Good Evenin family. Well it's evenin here. It's like 4PM. Sorry that I emailed so late. We went to Oakridge TN to play basketball with the Elders and we are just getting back. So funny story. I bought this orange TN shirt that I'm wearin
right now, and we stopped in Kentucky to get gas and so when I went inside to pay .. I got the look of death from those KT fans. They HATE TN orange. People get really offended if you wear orange in their presence. HAHA. It was prtety funny. I just smiled as said "have a great day!"
But anywyas.. How ya'll doin? Mom how is schooL? You have a power-point?? ew! Sounds like Tate is grown and Alvin is in good shape. Does Livvie smile a lot? I sure do miss all ya'll.
This week was a good and interesting week. As a missioanry you got a lot of up and downs. One minute you're happy and then the next you are sad. It's cuz you get so emotionally involved with people you are aquainted with and when they're down.. you're down. This week was rough, but I learn ED so mUCh! I am grateful for those days ya just wanna cry. yA know?
It has rained up the ying yang here, but today it's quite sunny. We taught an older gentlman with long fingernails the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't think he really got what it means to be "Baptized". When we were finished he asked Sister Hales and I to double date with him and his son. lol... We did some house work for this lady and her hubby. We haven't really tracted a lot. We have found a lot of drug addicts and taught the restoration to them. (they are the most humble). We met a guy and he was like.. "Listen, I'm not gonna lie I have a huge hangover right now." .. HA HA.. I'm like okay here is a card of Jesus Christ. Hang it up. He was a nice dude.
We went to my friend Opal Stevens 92nd Birthday Party. She is a member and she is such a sweet lady. OHHH ya.. Here is a neat story. We tracted into this lady named Brandy Perkins and she was at her father in-laws house and she was talkin to us about how all her family is LDS and that she wants to start goin back to church and stuff. BUT I never was able to get her number or anything at her father-inlaws house cuz it was just too akward ya know???? SOOO.. As soon as we left I was like "Sister Hales we're gonna baptize her." (of course Sister Hales told me I was stupid)... and so I was like I'm gonna pray and pray that we'll be able to see her again and get her address.. SO all week I have been praying and praying that I would see her again.. AND guess whA?? WE DID!!!!! It was the craziest lil thang. We were at Opal Stevens party (it was at the church house) and Sister Hales and I were sitting in the chapel and all the sudden BRANDY walks in! (she is related to opal somehow)... So brandy walks in
and before ya know it.. its just me, her and Sister Hales sitting in the chapel talkin about the SACRAMENT!!! OH my goodness can I Just tell you that Heavenly father will put people in your path??? .... So as the story goes.. I ask Brandy if we can come see her and teach her and she says.... "Yes come on over"... So we have an apt with her this week... OHHHH how that makes me excited..
That's a neat story EH??? : ) So it has been a pretty good week for missioary work. On Friday I gave a training at District meeting to the missionaries in our district. I talked about how we need to have FAITH when we go and find people to teach.... I did it like this
F - FEARLESS ( don't be afriad of GOATs or dogs or smelly houses)
A - ATTITUDE (SMILE, be postive.. LOVE LIFe)
I - IMAGINE (imagine yourself knockin on doors and finding people)
T - TALK (TALK TO EVERYONE YOU SEE)
H - HELP ( help everyone.. SERVICE.. Offer help)

So I talked about that in my training. I think it went well. I had so much fun teaching. I just can't wait to have my own classroom and teach HEALTH. It's
gonna just be so excitin.
Anways.. My companion fights with the members. (go figure)... She doesn't get a long with them and then if affects the work. We had a member tell us that missionary work is laggin. WHICH it is and I'm tryin to tell Sister Hales we need to build it up again. I play the piano in sacrament and in RS.
It's kinda rough cuz I need to be out associatin with members and those investigators we have at church. But i Don't mind too much.
This weekend Joe is gettin baptized and then we're just watchin conference at the church with his family. They are so good to us. I wanna hook Alvin up with Joe. He is such a good lil boy! It's pretty excitin. I get car sick real easy. HAHA.. but it's all good. I'm learnin so much on my mission and writin every experience down in my journal.
I have heard from some of my friends but not many. At the first of my
mission I didn't write anyone, but now I'm startin to wonder how everyone is. haha I got some letters from the Howards. It was so nice of them!
Well I better jet but I hope to talk to you all soon and I"ll be able
to talk to you on the phone in 3 moNTHS! wahoo! Hope ya'll have a great week!
LuV
SiStA FurnISS