Week 13

Sorry for not emailing yesterday, we changed our Pday to today so that we could go to the temple. 

This week was good! I feel like I really put a lot into the week. My goal was to not complain. Of course I could've done better, but the less I complained, the easier it was to just enjoy the work. It didn't really make it easier other than the fact that I just let go of all the stupid stuff that happened. 

It's been a crazy long week. We had zone conference this week... honestly it feels like it was forever ago. But it was really good. We talked about how to be better missionaries, and how to see success. Because people love to focus on numbers, but at the same time we know it's really not about that. So how do you know if you are successful? We talked about change and how we are here to tie hearts to heaven. We are here to not just baptize, but to make disciples of Christ. 

I also got to go on exchanges with Sister Kennach on Wednesday! So many miracles! We found 2 new investigators! It was amazing! And we got to walk around the temple grounds. I'm really sad actually because one of the investigators ended up being out of our area, so we had to pass him on to the elders. But he was awesome. He lives in a nursing home and has taken the lessons before, but then had a stroke leaving him paralyzed on his left side. But he wants to start the lessons again and be baptized. We also had to pass off another investigator to the elders in ysa. And now they won't even let us come to any of the lessons. So I'm sad about that too. But I know it'll be fine. Our new investigator Ashley is amazing. She has some health issues, and reached out for support by calling the mission office. We go see her all the time. We even got to take her to the temple grounds! She came to church, and she really liked it. She has a lot of faith and I'm so excited to get to know her better! 

Lots of Halloween parties for the wards and stuff. So that's pretty fun! We also have a new car! Not sure if it's permanent. But our carola has had problems up the wall. It was never ending this week. So we are driving a Malibu, it's pretty sweet! 

This week there has been a big focus on temples. I was able to go at least on the temple grounds 3 times this week! It was amazing. And I was able to finally go in and do a session today. What a way to celebrate Halloween! 
But it's been amazing to just be on the grounds and feel the spirit there. We were able to teach our new investigator about the plan of salvation as we watched the sunset. The spirit was so incredible. And then she came to church and I felt like everyone bore their testimonies on temples. It brought a lot of peace to my soul, that's for sure. 
I've also been focusing a lot on coming to know Christ. It is one thing to know about Christ but it is another to come to actually know him and developed a true relationship with him. As I have been able to go see the temple I have really felt that and as I have the privilege of working with and serving so many wonderful people. Not only have I come to love and care about them, I've been given this amazing gift of feeling a little sliver of how the savior feels about each of them. 
I've been reading a talk by Elder Bednar over and over again this week. It is called "if ye had known me", given in October conference of last year. And it's really changed my perspective. He talks about the story of the father that comes to Jesus and says, Lord I believe, help thou mine unbelief. And he talks about how many of us do believe in Christ as our savior and the Son of God, but we doubt that the "Master's healing power could indeed be so individualized and personalized as to bless" our specific needs. 
This month's zone focus was on teaching the restoration every single day. It was amazing. Not only do I feel confident in my ability to teach. But I have come to understand the principals so much more and my testimony has grown so deep. There is absolutely no coincidence that the very first point in the very first lesson is that GOD IS OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER. Every single point in every single lesson can be brought back to the fact that Heavenly Father loves us. And it's truly been a privilege to testify of that every single day this month. I can say without hesitation that I feel Heavenly Father's love for me, I feel that he is mindful of me, and he is mindful of everyone else around me. 
Going back to Bednar's talk, do we ask the Master to help our unbelief in his infinite and personalized healing power? Do we trust in our knowledge that God is our LOVING Heavenly Father? 

Love you guys! Happy Halloween 🕸🎃

Sister Grant 

Week 12

Another week gone by. This week was kinda weird. Not a ton happened but it was just very drama filled. We got a new investigator this week! That's the best news. We have been really struggling in that ward to find people to teach. And our ward mission leader doesn't think we do anything.. I know he knows but I don't think he understands that we cover 2 wards. But I'm excited, I think we are going to set a bap date with her this week. 

Sorry I have like no pictures... like I said not a ton really happened. Or nothing worth taking a picture of I guess. But this Saturday we got to go to the YMCA to do service at a trunk'r'treat activity. It was insane. There were so many people, and we were in charge of the the bouncy houses. So many kids got separated from their parents! I was so tired by the end of the night! But we all got teeshirts and we got to be with everyone from our district. 

Also, my friend Carl gave his farewell talk yesterday! We were in the same singles ward  at school in Idaho and it turns out he lives in one of the wards I'm serving in! Pretty crazy! 

I have an investigator who has a bit of a pride issue.. Anyways I've been studying patience and humility and charity a lot lately. And I was reading in alma and it was talking about humbling yourself. And it's been on my mind lately, am I humbling myself? Or am I being compelled to be humble? And when it comes to teaching, do I have the patience  to let them humble themselves, or am I too quick to compel them to humility? Anyways, just some food for thought. 

Have a good week!

Sister Grant

Week 11

It was another pretty long week.

Great news is that the lice problem is pretty much all taken care of and I never got it! It was a pain because my tablet is almost out of storage from all of the videos I had to download so that she would sit still long enough for me to go through her hair. 

This week we went out to eat a lot again. I can't even tell you how happy I was to finally go to a members home for dinner! I mean it is fun to go out. But it's nice to have a good conversation with someone other than my comp. And it's not like we have that may options of places to go out to eat.

We did tons of service this week! We worked at Catalina and cleaned up the trails. It's not like the work was hard but to clean the trails you have to actually hike them. So that was pretty long. And then the next day we cleaned someone's yard. They are nonmembers in our area and they are older and not able to do it themselves. So sister Gadd and I arranged a day for our zone to go do it for them. It was great, everyone was super helpful. But it was a long day for sure! They were so sweet! Her name is boots and she made us all sloppy Joes for lunch and had a cooler full of soda and waters. She cleaned her pool so that we could all go swimming. So it was a bummer we aren't allowed to because that would've been so much fun! We also did a lot of moving and packing and stuff for some members. So I'm pretty tired.

On Saturday we got to go on an all day splits kinda thing. A ward in a different zone does this activity where all the youth get to go with a companionship for a whole day and see what missionary life is really like. So we got to take a girl named Becky with us for the day! It was pretty cool! We went to the church and played volleyball with one of our potentials who lives with a member in the ward. We got to meet with a less active that just moved in. But the best part of the day was honestly dinner. We went over to Griselle's house, she is a recent convert from Puerto Rico. She loves having us over and always makes us some fancy meal. She is the best. We walk in and she'll snap her fingers and tell us to relax on the couch and have a good time. She also taught us how to make some really good Puerto Rican food! 

We teach a lot of families with little kids and it is so much fun! We have a game or a magic trick or a craft to go with pretty much every lesson. I'm getting really good with making object lessons and making things really simple. It keeps things fun and entertaining. And honestly everyone loves it. The magic tricks are always a hit. When they work hahaha! We've had a few that totally failed but it was pretty funny. We use fire in most of our magic tricks so at least nothing has gone seriously wrong!

I think the biggest lesson I've had to learn this week is patience. It's frustrating when everyone cancels on us. It's just part of missionary work. And everyone knows it, it's just a fact that everyone blows off the missionaries. But even knowing that doesn't make it any less annoying. I've also had to learn to be patient with my comp and with myself. It's easy to say things you don't mean when you are tired and hungry or just not in the mood to life. But I've learned that when I know that I am any of those things, I can turn it over to the Lord. When I get on my knees and ask for strength, He always comes through. Not that I am all of a sudden a different person and filled with energy and motivation. But when I trust in him he helps me to have the courage to just put one foot in front of the other and make it through the day!

Today had been really fun though, this morning all the sisters in my zone went bowling and then out to eat. It was nice to see everyone and just have a good time. It was kinda funny because I asked sister Gadd if we could wear pants and she said no. And trust me, I asked multiple times! But she wouldn't let me. And when we got there, all the other sisters were in pants! I was only very bitter about that. Hahaha but nah we had a great time. 

Hope you all have a great week! 

Sister Grant 

Week 10

This week's sure been swell! On Monday, I told you guys that people were coming to stay with us. My grandpa of the mission, sister Carter was here! Super fun! Lots of hugs and good times staying up all night having a blast. We even went out on Tuesday for lunch with her new comp. Had my first Sanoran dog! 

Then Wednesday during our zone breakout we get a text from sister Carter. She has lice. So we called her after to ask if she was messing with us, nope not a joke. So we check our hair and sure enough sister Gadd has the nits. Thank the heavens, we have not found any in my hair! But I have washed EVERYTHING. It's annoying because sister Gadd freaks out beyond no belief, she thinks she's cleaning... she's not. Someone said that if you mix tee tree oil and water it can help prevent lice. We don't even know if that's true. But all she does is spray everything and take naps. Of course i let her tell everyone that she cleans, but I can't even tell you how many loads of laundry, vacuuming, scrubbing, literally everything I've done while she naps. And then who actually gets to go through her hair? Oh yeah, that would be me. I get to go through her hair every night. And really, it could be so much worse! Sister Carter apparently has like hundreds in her hair. I find about 7-15 nits every night. So it's annoying but it could be worse. But she is like a child, she doesn't sit still to let me go through her hair! And it's not like I'm gonna let her just live with it, because I don't want to get it! 

Alright, sorry for the total pity party rant. Other than dealing with lice, the week hasn't been THAT bad. I've been super dehydrated even though I drink tons of water, so I'm trying to drink more Powerade and Gatorade, but my skin hurts because I'm so dry. Not a ton of lessons this week because either we had to cancel or people canceled on us. But the lessons that we did have this week were so great! I feel like I really gained the trust and respect of the people I'm teaching. Everyone loved the missionary before me and were really disappointed when I replaced her. But now that they've gotten to know me and be open with me I feel like things are going much better. 

I really don't remember a ton from this week.. It's all been kind of a blur. We only had a couple dinners this week. Most people canceled on us, so we went out a lot. We got to go to MOD pizza which made me happy. But really this week has just been all about getting rid of lice. I wish we could've done more, but we just didn't see too many people. 

The weather is starting to get to that perfect Tucson temperature! And I'm more used to it. But the nights are about 83 and it honestly feels perfect. Normally I'd say that's really hot for at night but it feels so much cooler. It was funny too because my comp and I had a debate about if 90 was hot or warm, of course I said 90 is hot. But I lost, everyone said 90 is perfect because it's warm. 

Yeah, nothing else much to talk about this week. Trying to find some new Pday things to go do. We don't do very much, sister Gadd just like to sleep and I get really stir crazy so I am demanding that we go somewhere other than the church and wallmart. 

This week in my personal study I've been focusing on Grace and mercy. I love the imagery when mercy is talked about. I had never noticed that the scriptures almost always mention something about God's hands or arms. Like his merciful hand or merciful arm. It makes me think of a hug, and how he loves each of us so much that he forgives us, has compassion on us, and is waiting for us with open arms ready to love us and hold us if we have the faith and trust in him to catch us. Because we will always fall. 

Love you all! Have a good week

Sister Grant 

Week 9

Nothing too exciting this week, it actually went by super fast. I've noticed that it goes every other week. I'll have a long week, then a crazy short week, then another long one. There really hasn't been an in between. Pretty much all of our appointment canceled on us, didn't hear back from any of our investigators. So we did a ton of finding this week. We passed out like 15 BoM's this week. We tried going through our potentials list and seeing everyone. It was good, stayed busy, it just went fast. 

Because we got FB sister Gadd has been wanting to change her profile pic, so we took lots of pictures this week. We would just stop at random places for a little photo shoot hahaha most of them are ridiculous and I can't stop laughing at them. 

One fun thing actually was that we got to go out to eat on Friday! Our dinner appointment canceled on us and dropped off a gift card for this Italian pizza and wine place. It was really good. But it was fun to go out to eat and just talk. Going to people's houses is nice, but honestly keeping up small talk all the time is exhausting! But as we were eating, we were sitting outside and this guy and his wife walk up and asked if we've been to frost. It's this really super amazing gelato place next to the restaurant we were eating at. And before we could say yes or no, he slips me a 20 and and says that they're buying. They were so nice! And yes we have been to frost before but it got paid for by a member last time too! So I've never had to pay for it. And it honestly is the BEST gelato.  

Conference was so good. I watched most of the sessions at the church. But I watched the first and the last sessions at people's houses. We went over to Donna' s for the first. She is the sweet older woman with ms. And the last one with our investigator Shandra. She totally forgot and all of them were asleep. I mean it's probably what I'd be doing if I wasn't a missionary. But it was the 1 o'clock session.. We walk inside and it was a mess. Like we had to move tons of stuff just to see the tv. Then her boys start telling me about their bird. I'm like, you don't have a bird.. And then they take out this pigeon out of a box! They picked up a pigeon and kept it! Not sure if many of you know, it's weird, but I HATE PIGEONS. They were like holding it, petting it, kissing it! It would fly near me and it took everything in me not to dive for cover. I can tolerate a pigeon of its outside, but what in the world am I supposed to do if it's actually in the house! Oh and I forgot to mention, the pigeons name is Jeff. It was an interesting session. I'll probably have to go back and rewatch that one. 

Transfers are tomorrow (tuesday) I'm staying here I'm the NW zone with sister Gadd. So should be another good transfer. We have all the new sister trainers staying with us till the greenies get here. It's a party lol! 

Hope everyone is doing well. If anyone has any cute uplifting quotes feel free to send them my way. Either email, or over Facebook. Like Pinterest kinda quotes that I can print out and put up around my apartment. Also, I'd love to hear what everyone's favorite talk was and cool insights you had. 

Lots of love!

Sister Grant ♡

Week 8

What a crazy week! I hope I can remember everything that happened. I guess I'll just go over each day. 

Tuesday was a good day. I got to go see Donna. She is an eternal investigator, but we still go see her because she is so sweet. She has ms and got some not so good news, but we go over twice a week to read the scriptures with her. We also went over to Rachel's, our most recent convert. We got to do some family history to help her find names to take to the temple. Then we had an early birthday party for sister Gadd because it was her birthday this week. They got a cake and everything it was super cute. 

Wednesday was zone conference! We carpooled with sister Hammond and Sister Johnson. It was good. It was pretty much just a bunch of directions on how to use Facebook. So if you didn't already see, I do get to use Facebook now. You might hear from me more. But the main thing it's used for is messenger. It's pretty cool actually because we can have lessons we people over fb. Either messaging or video chat. It makes it way easier to get a hold of people because it's a way more casual and comfortable way to talk. I can get messages from anyone, however unless it's an investigator I still can't respond till p day. 

Then on Wednesday night I went on my first exchange! So I spent the night in Marana. Marana is awesome! I loved it! I was with sister Kennach, one of my STL's and she is actually from Tacoma WA so that's kinda cool. They actually live in a member's garage. They set it up all nice and cozy, but it's still a garage.. lots of cockroaches! I kept finding them everywhere, and they wouldn't die. So we would just sweep them all up and dump them outside. They'd crawl back up if you flushed them. So my Thursday was spent in Marana which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The people were crazy and it was so much fun. We knocked on some pretty sketchy doors but it was good because we found 3 new investigators that day! I also got to invite a lady to be baptized, they call her the tree house lady because she was legit living in a treehouse when they met her. But now she lives in an old abandoned camper. It's impossible to find! You drive out in the middle of nowhere, and then have to go back into this tiny grove of trees and then you have to get out and walk to the camper. But she was awesome! Such a sweet spirit, and a good sense of humor. Also got to meet with this other couple that the sisters have been trying for a long long time to get in with. And then they told us all about how We couldn't come over before because their drug dealer was trying to kill them... yeah we kinda joked about it after because boy did they open up right away! Telling us all about their life on meth. As sad as it was, they were so funny! But it was a good day and I learned a ton from sister Kennach! 

Then I got to go home that night and party it up with sister Gadd! It was her birthday and because I didn't spend the day with her we stayed up talking and I gave her the birthday present I'd been hiding all week. I'm surprised that it worked! She like actually had no idea that I got her anything. And that's really hard to do when you always have to be within sight and sound. So I was pretty proud of myself! 

Friday was planning day and we got a ton finished but nothing to exciting to talk about! We did go out to pass out BoM's.

Saturday was a bit crazy to say the least. Women's conference was great! But afterwards was not great. We went out contacting some potentials and ran into a scary situation. First gun pulled on me. Kinda, don't worry we weren't ever held at gunpoint but he was a drunk.. Then we ended up driving into a cactus and that sucked too! So not the best night but one I will never forget that's for sure. I'm doing alright, I'm safe and that's what really matters!  

Sunday was great, our investigator Chuck came to church! He is 88 and such a sweetheart. He was so funny, he couldn't really hear anything anything in sacrament so he got a little annoyed. But we helped him follow along with the hymns and it was very sweet. He came to all 3 hours though and loved it! It made my day no doubt to see him feel the spirit and express his love and gratitude for his Father in Heaven. 

Today has been pretty crazy too! We got special permission from president Browning to go to the central zone to visit one of sister Gadd's old investigator whose son is in the hospital. We went with the Elders who were able to give them both blessings. It's pretty crazy, their whole family was supposed to be baptized on Saturday but ended up in the hospital! So it was cool to be with them today and help them through this hard time. And because it was a pediatric cancer they brought miniature ponies to see all the kids. 

Hope everyone is doing well, having fun! The weather is certainly cooling down here! It's in the 80's and it's crazy how much cooler it really feels! 

Love you all! 

Sister Grant 

Week 7

It's been a good week, kinda long but probably because I have been so tired. President Browning is making some changes which has some of the missionaries on edge. He is cutting organized sports. So like Pday sports, when our zone meets up at the church to chill on Pday, can't do that. Pretty sure morning ball is cut, so we can't play basketball with the other missionaries for morning workouts. Also, we're becoming a FACEBOOK MISSION! Most people are freaking out and dreading it, but I'm actually excited! It'll make it a ton easier to keep in touch with the people I meet after I leave. 

It is cooling down ever so slightly! It's now in the high 90's! And the wind is picking up which feels good. However, the wind is giving me allergies so honestly I've just come to terms with the fact that I will never win here hahaha! Jk, everyone keeps telling me that it'll be the best weather soon  enough. So I'm just holding on lol! Sister Gadd gets mad because I like to turn the ac down to make the apartment cold so that I can bundle up in a sweatshirt and blankets. I've never loved the feeling of being cold so much! And when I say cold it's really not even that cold. I think the lowest I put it was at like 68 but she was ticked that I did that. So we keep it at like 72-75. 

I'm really working on having charity and making sure that the people that I meet can feel that I have a genuine interest and concern for them. Also working on having charity towards sister Gadd. I love her but it's  easy to get annoyed with her. She has a sleeping disorder kind of like narcolepsy, I mean it's not like she will just randomly pass out. But she runs out of energy pretty fast. She sleeps a ton! She falls asleep in most of the meetings. And it's hard because that's what we do is sit in meetings, go to appointments, sit some more. I mean awkward silence is just part of being a missionary, so I am constantly kicking her so that she doesn't fall over. Maybe one of these times I should let her fall and see if she wakes up. It's hard though because I have the opposite problem. I have a really hard time sleeping. So she isn't very considerate of noise control when I'm trying to sleep. She likes to talk to her old comps on the phone at night. But she feels the need to yell into the phone just in case the whole complex wants to listen in! But lately when I wake up it's been kind of nice because I just go outside and look at the stars. The nights are cooling down enough that I don't sweat as soon as I step out the door! And I don't know if I have mentioned this earlier, but Tucson has laws against street lights, it's because there are a bunch of observatories. So the city is dark, but the sky is beautiful! Gotta watch out for critters though. Mainly just lizards, but every now and then we'll see a scorpion or a tarantula!

I'm pretty sure I already talked about how if you rub a lizard's stomach it'll fall asleep. Well I found out this week why they do that! There is a man in the ward, I call him Bob Ross because he looks just like him. We went over for dinner and it turns out he is a extraordinary painter, just like Bob Ross! And he works with reptiles and knows all about it. So here I am thinking that lizard's like belly rubs, he sure informed me I was wrong. They put themselves to sleep when they think they're going to die so that it's not as painful. Hahaha we like to catch lizards and make them fall asleep! 

We are focusing mainly on helping less active member's back into activity and getting to the temple. It's hard because most people just kinda shove off the missionaries, which I totally get, but now that I am the missionary it sucks. So we get a ton of cancellations and have to find last minute back up plans. But we are still finding new people, and passing out BoM's is still going well! We had one of the most powerful lessons this week, it was amazing! Our investigator Michael had us over and we talked about what his concerns about baptism are. He basically said that he needs everything in order, all his ducks lined up, before he does anything. And I understand his thinking, but we talked about faith and how this church is still true weather his life is all lined up or not. We talked about how by being baptized and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost will help him figure out how to get his life in order. It was a spiritual smack down no joke. But it was the furthest we have ever gotten with him. 

The best part of this week no doubt was Rachel's baptism! She was the first investigator I met in the field and was the first person  I have ever invited to be baptized! She wanted to be baptized today, the 18th, because it's her birthday. But because converts have to be confirmed in sacrament that would've been way too long without the Holy Ghost! So she agreed to be baptized on the 16th was and confirmed yesterday in sacrament! Her husband is a less active and was listening to a conference talk one day and Rachel overheard. It was on temple marriage. She listened to it and decided that she wanted one. So she went to church and the missionaries found her. And I had the privilege of teaching her most of the lessons and watching her get baptized! It was amazing. Sister Gadd and I got to sing a rendition of I Know that my Redeemer Lives as part of the program. Her kids were so funny! They kept running around during the talks and laughing and screaming. The little girl Rosetta, kept asking about the "bathtub" and when could she get in. It was really cute. I love her kids! They get really excited when we come over and they call us the amen girls. She is so awesome!

 Our ward mission leader can be a bit overwhelming to say the least. But Rachel has such a great attitude. He doesn't always fully explain himself either.. He was explaining to her how the confirmation was gonna go. But he said something like, I made sure that there will be lots of men to be apart of this and we are all going to circle around you and lay our hands on you and touch you as we pray. Then he started getting all emotional... I kinda feel bad because sister Gadd and I just totally started laughing! I mean, he chose the weirdest way to explain confirmation. He made everything sound so weird but we clarified and everything went well! 

I can't wait, we are hoping to take her to the temple in the next couple weeks to do baptisms. She is really into family history. And I hadn't had the chance to go to the temple here yet. I've only passed by one time on the first day.

Hope everyone is doing well! Don't be shy, send lots of emails, even if it's not long. 

xoxoXOXXoxoOX

Sister Grant 

Week 6

This week was definitely focused on miracles!! Our zone focus is to pass out a Book of Mormon each day, and to text in all the miracles that we see. We were able to hand out at least one book everyday, if not 2 or 3 which is awesome!! We found 2 new investigators who are excited for us to come back and teach them all the lessons and we have a baptism this week which I am super excited about. Her name is Rachel and she was the first person that I invited to be baptized. I get to speak and do a musical number at her service so that will be really cool. It has been such a privilege to teach her about the gospel and watch her come closer to Christ and see the light in her eyes. I am also so glad that she is so chill. The ward is pretty new and so this is the first baptism in the ward, so people are very excited. But the ward is filled with a lot of seniors who just make the oddest comments. And people have made some pretty strange comments to her and her husband. So I am relieved that they know to take everything with a grain of salt. She is Native American, and yesterday at church one of the older men kept making racist jabs because her husband is white and she isn't. I was mortified that he wouldn't drop the topic. But honestly, the ward keeps me entertained, there is always something to laugh about. Sister Gadd and I have a good time. 

Other than the fact that everything here wants to kill me, I love it here. This week I got to run from a bunch of wild animals! While tracting, a skunk popped out of the bushes with its tail up. I ran so fast!! It was a close call hahaha. Then the other night after handing out another book, we were walking to our apartment and there was a herd of Javelina pigs blocking the path to get home! There were 6 or 7 at least and we had to run around to the other side of the complex and wait till they were gone. I wish I got pictures but I was too busy running away!

Met some wonderfully crazy people this week. We got a call from this lady asking for help organizing her cupboards, so we went over there and she had hurt her foot and was scooting around on a lawn chair in her studio apartment. We walk in, and it smelled like she hadn't left in months, she also acted like it too. It was pretty funny. She was on so many meds that I honestly couldn't follow along with most of what she said. Also met this other guy while tracting with the biggest tumor I've ever seen! It hung over his belt and was the size of a grapefruit, or maybe even a mini watermelon. He was almost totally blind and almost deaf. To talk we were pretty much screaming at him, it was so funny. But he just started talking, showing us around his yard and his house. He didn't even ask us who we were before he started showing us around. He just kept telling us crazy stories of living by the border, and kept calling us boys.

Some other miracles from this week that were pretty amazing, we gave out the good book to this woman and her daughter in an apartment complex, gave them our number and a couple verses to read. Didn't hear anything back of course, but then we randomly went to the library, and she saw us and flagged us down. She said that she read the scriptures we gave her and that it must be a sign from God that she found us again. She said that her daughter had been asking about us and that they want to meet! So we gave her another scripture to read with her daughter and told her to meet with us later this week! So I am way excited that happened! 

Starting to get used to the heat a little bit.. having a hat has helped a ton! Also had to get bug spray and itch cream because I am still being eaten alive each night. But a am really getting into the swing of things and feel like I know the area pretty well! Im excited for this week and can't wait to tell you all how it goes!

Love you lots!

Sister Grant