Howdy Ya'll! Week three went by way too fast! i can't believe im on week for of the transfer and i have been on a mission for one month and 2 days! that's soo crazy! We got to see meet the Mormons this last Tuesday and it was soo good! it comes out this friday and everyone should see it!! it makes you laugh it makes you cry and the spirit is amazing! i challenge you all to take a non-member with you to go see it. i bet they would love it to! We were tracting on Tuesday and we had a lot of people open their doors but no one really wanted to listen to us. so we were getting frustrated when we saw this guy who was a couple doors down just watch us knock on the doors, get rejected and move on to the next. when we got to the house next to his, he yelled are you guys selling stuff?? we said no we are missionaries for the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. he said oh! come talk to me! so we went to talk to him. He seemed super interested and told us he was super busy but he would call us this week. he said he would call no matter what. so we are crossing our fingers. we went to dinner with the spencers. who are the senior missionaries in our ward. they are super cute. they gave me a CD with stories of the Logan temple on it. so im excited to listen to that. they took us out to Outback Steak house it was soo good and our waiters name was Jordan. :) it was pretty awesome. i ate way too much food because the next morning i woke up with a stomachache! it was so painful! i used some Oils and slept for an extra 30 mins instead of working out. I am now really careful on how much i eat. that day was really hard all day because i didn't really go away! but im better now. my companion has been feeling sick lately but we have been putting grapefruit in our water and now i have her convinced that oils work. :) its pretty great! Our neighbor, had her birthday this week, she told us nobody called her or texted her or anything so we took her pie on Thursday and visited with her. We sang Happy Birthday and we got to teach her a lesson! its amazing how food can get anyone to listen! She gave us apple cider and we talked to her for about an Hour. so it was nice for us to go visit her because she can't really get out of the house. we told her if she needs anything to just call. Jimmy and Heather fed us again this week, we had taco night. it was soo good. :) jimmy reminds me of a real southerner. he has the accent and the loudness and the southern hospitality. we found out that hes a convert. They really are like the cutest couple and we know they are going to get baptized. we love talking to them and going to their house. Heather has started reading the book of Mormon. She loves reading it. she feels super peaceful and loves what it has to tell her. they came to the morning session of general conference on sunday and Heather loved it and Jimmy did as well, he felt a little weird since it had been 20 years since he had been in a chapel but he felt super peaceful and is seriously thinking about talking to the bishop. we were getting home from dinner last night walking into our apartment and they called us asking if they could stop by and see our home. We aren't allowed to have people see our house so we told them we could come talk to them outside. :) we sat outside and talked to them fro 2 hours about the church and how they both really like it. We are going to go back tonight and see Heather tonight without jimmy. we are hoping we can finally teach a lesson. Friday was my one month mark! it was crazy! how did i celebrate?? we did weekly planning, took a one hour nap and went to a baptism! woot! it was sister arbons last area one of the people she taught was getting baptized it was still pretty awesome. Saturday was General conference!! i love conference!! it was soo good this time too! we have to go to the church to watch it which was really uncomfortable! i missed my jammies and my snacks. :P but i didn't fall asleep! miracle! haha not until sunday when i was shocked i fell asleep. i just laid my head down on the pew in front of me and the next thing i know there is a new speaker! whoops. :P it was only for like 10 mins though. :P but i loved Elder Bednar's talk!! it was soo good! i need to hear that as a missionary and it will be an awesome missionary tool. :) My Challenge this week: Find a way to share the gospel! Whether its writing your testimony in a Book Of Mormon and giving it to someone, or sending it to a missionary. Inviting people to see Meet The Mormons with you, inviting Non-members to Family home evening or sharing your testimony with a friend. :) if every one shared the gospel every one will hear it and what do you have to lose? this church is true! It brings happiness and blessings to all its members! God loves you and so do I! Love Sister Hanks - This was in the mall! they have a coke factory here but its in atlanta so we don't get to see it.
