Week 56 | Thunderstorms are here

Not sure what to say about this week. It was a week.

I went to the doctor to go over the results of my blood tests. I am all healthy. Nothing was too out of wack. yay

This week we got to go to Pinnacle Peak with my main man Dennis! That was fun! 

It has been raining which is fun. I love the thunder storms here! 

Also, I don't know if I have talked about Pat yet.. But I found him a while back when I was with sister Cooper. We started teaching him and he just took off with it and has been progressing so fast! He is a whole new person. I just love this guy so much! We set a date with him this week and he is sooooo excited! He even FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON!!! I am so proud of him! So that was a big highlight to my week.

I also got to go to the temple this week. and this time I actually got to do a session and really take some time for myself and it was so good. Much needed. It has been a long time. I think the last time that I actually went to the temple to do a session was when I was being trained by sister Gadd... But it was good. My dear friend Gina took us, she is a member of my ward and may or may not be like my favorite person ever hehe! 

But this week was just pretty chill. Sister Holbrook and I got to fill in for singing time in primary on sunday and that was super fun! I have no musical abilities but whatever, I just would wave my arms around and play different games to make it fun.

Life is still going. So I can't complain. I did get some good studies in this week. I was sitting on a bench on the temple grounds and I was reading in D&C 33 and my whole perspective changed..

17 Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom

18 For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that I come quickly. Even so. Amen.

When I read this I thought about it as our testimony being the lamp and the oil as how we are taking care of ourselves. It is our energy, our motivation, our conviction, it is what lights our testimony and helps it to really burn brightly to share it. And so it made me think about where I am at. I have a testimony, but how alive is it? How brightly is it burning? Because we can't share the oil, but we can share that light with everyone. And it made me realize that in order to take care of our testimony, to make sure that we have that fire behind it, we need to be caring for ourselves. Not just spiritually. Physically, mentally, emotionally. Those are all things that are factors in keeping us from feeling burnt out. And it is okay to ask the Lord for help, with any of these things. And he always promises that he will come to our aid. But we have to make sure that we are taking care of ourselves so that we can let our testimony shine brightly! 

Anyways, just a little spiritual thought for ya! Love you lots!

Sister Grant

Week 55 | a little odd

Hey Fam!

Soooo this week was a little odd. Different that is for sure. But I guess life is good more or less. A lot happened. So last pday was just not my day, I can say that much. It was right as we were leaving for dinner as I walked out the door and realized that I left the keys on the counter... But my comp had already locked it from the inside! The office to our apartment had already closed too. So I started making calls because we couldn't leave, our car keys and everything was still inside. So I called our dinner and asked her to come pick us up. But while we waited I found the number to the emergency maintenance number. So long story short, our ride is waiting for us out front, but the maintenance guy shows up and lets us in! What a relief right! So we end up going to dinner but then then this member gets a call from the other sisters (they knew that we would be with her) and they told us that they knew where our phone was. So I was like... UMMM its in my bag.. But they told us that Larry the maintenance guy had it for some reason. And I was like, this is not funny, do you know how frustrating it was to get back into our apartment. But they weren't kidding! He really did have our phone. I have NO idea.. but somehow in the process of letting us back into our apartment he ended up taking our phone by accident! Thank goodness he answered our phone when the other sisters called! So then we arranged for him to stop by in the morning to give it back. Well, if that wasn't enough for one evening, it was then, at 9:15 that my dear sweet quiet companion decided to remind me that we forgot to pick up our last load of laundry from a different members house! So then we were left with no phone to tell them that we forgot our laundry! Good news is, we got our phone back and all our laundry is back, and actually folded! But yeah, welcome to my life :)   

We also had zone conference this week. It was really good. But I am not going to lie, I was just so tired. I am always so tired. I totally fell asleep in the middle of it. But it was good. I even got to have a quick little interview with President Browning after to go over how training is going and ask some questions that had come up. It was good to just sit down with him to go over how this transfer has been going. He has been super supportive and trying to help me get back to my normal self. I have been just feeling a little sick recently.

I went to the doctor this week and my doctor was concerned that I have more going on, so he sent me to get my blood work done and then I will go back on Thursday to go over it all with him. So I went in on Friday to get that taken care of, and I had another sister take me because I HATE GETTING BLOOD DRAWN. I literally think it is the worst thing ever! Give me as many shots as you want, but when it comes to drawing blood out... Yeah, I get a little sick. So I had another sister take me because my comp doesn't do any blood whatsoever and so I thought it would probably not be very good if both of us passed out. So she got to stay home while I almost died! lol jk! 

I got a call today actually and the doctor said that the results that came back are all good however there were some of the tests that got messed up... So lucky me gets to go back in tomorrow to go do it again! Joy. I couldn't be more thrilled. But really, it will all be fine! I'm okay I promise! Hermana Atack took me out to kneeders after, so its all good =)

Other than doctors appointments we did some work I guess hahaha. We have been going through the ward list and visiting every single person that we do not know. Its great! However it is soooo tedious. 

We also had stake conference this week. My whole zone has been practicing this musical number for it, so we sang in the saturday night adult session, and I think we sounded pretty good if I say so myself haha! But it was fun, President and Sister Browning even came to both sessions of our stake conference which is pretty cool. Always good to see them!

I promise that there were other cool things that happened that are a little more on the happy side. We had a lot of really cool miracles! We had a few really strong promptings to go see people, so we dropped our plans and visited these people and it was crazy! One guy had just gotten home from being in the hospital for like 3 months and he was scared that the ward had forgotten about him and he didn't know how to get a hold of anyone. So we were able to help him get in contact with people in the ward. We also had a really cool last minute lesson with an investigator. She has been extremely depressed. We normally sit with her as she has breakdowns on the floor. But this time we were able to have a really good uplifting message and were able to find more of the root of what's been going on. We even sang "I feel my Savior's Love" which totally came out of nowhere. But we were able to really get through to her and help her feel the spirit. Not that her whole life has changed. But her perspective has, and she has been so much more hopeful and filled with peace! I feel privileged to be able to see firsthand the miracle of the Savior's love. To see this woman, completely suicidal, no hope, ready to give up the fight, change and now able to see the beauty in life and feel hope and even a little boost of motivation! 

This gospel is so true. There is nothing more true in this entire universe. The joy and peace and relief it brings is indescribable. 

I love you all, and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Sister Grant

Week 54 | much needed temple trip

This week was a week. Yup. It rained a lot. That was really nice. We have discovered that we love going on walks at night in the rain with all of the thunder and lightning. We went for a little bit of a longer walk the other night and we just got so drenched. It was great!

We also got to go to the temple for a little bit before a doctors appointment. It was a much needed temple trip! It was so cool. We walked around for a little bit to take pictures and then we walked in the front doors and the first person that I saw was my old ward mission leader Brother Denning! It was so sweet! He just lit up and was so excited to see me. I sure gave him a firm handshake hahaha! It was so good to see him. It was this overwhelming feeling of like, wow, this is exactly where I need to be! Then we went downstairs to get our temple dresses and low and behold, there was sister Denning! I got to actually give her a hug! I just started to cry because it was so good to see her! She just told me that she was so proud of me and that she loved me and that I was an amazing missionary. WOW. Seeing her was a definite answer to my prayers this week.

Oh yeah, so all our investigators are moving. Like over half of our teaching pool is just gone. I mean, they are still being taught, so that is good! It has actually been really cool though because I know that the Lord has a plan. We have had a lot of time on our hands now, so we have been able to visit a lot of the less active members of the ward and visit people we don't normally get to go see. We have seen a lot of miracles and really awesome prayers answered from it. So all is well.  Not sure what else to talk about.

Love you all!
Hope you have a fanfreakingtastic week this week!
Also, I love letters!! And if you write me, I will write back! (That applies to anyone reading this)
K, love you bye!

Sister Grant

Week 53 \ melting in the dirty T

Greetings loved ones. 

Hope you are all doing well. I have good news. I am still alive. My brains are just baking in the hot desert sun but no worries, all is well! 

This week has been so exhausting, but we have been having fun. We have been looking for cool cactus to take pictures with and then when we have time we go back and take pictures. Hahaha the little things right? 

Highlight of the week was going out to breakfast with my main man Dennis! He is the best! It was so good. And then later that day he bought us this really good chocolate milk so that we would have a little treat to come home to every night! IT WORKS! Hahaha I look forward to my chocolate milk every night!! Thanks Dennis!

It was also really cool to see old friends this week! Some missionaries that have gone home came back to visit and I was able to meet up with a few of them which was fun. It was also a tender mercy that I was able to go to the mission office on Sunday and I was able to slip in to Coronado wards sacrament meeting for the end and say hi to a few old friends. I didn't have time to get any pictures, but it was so good to see them!! 

Nothing big to talk about this week. Just slowly melting. 

LOVE YOU ALL

Sister Grant

p.s. I really love letters just in case you were wondering 😉