Week 2 in Collins Hill

Hey Ya'll i can't Believe it has been two weeks!! this is insane! i swear i have been here forever! Sister Arbon and Sister Kelly keep saying that they forget that i haven't been here that long, they say it feels like i have been here for forever. :P This week went by soo fast too! i have the best news!! but i think ill save it for last!! because it's soo good. :) so i have been tracting a ton this week. haha only like 4 hours total but im pretty sure i have knocked on over 200 hundred doors and its only week two. :P We got to meet the other sisters investigator. She is a gorgeous 19 year old girl! who is super interested in the church. We went to Breakfast at the Crandalls house where we had German pancakes which were delicious. After we went tracting. One of the coolest part of the area im in is that i am a biking area. which is super nice because hopefully i can keep off the weight. cross your fingers i stay in a biking area. The average weight gain in Georgia is like 40 lbs. which is a ton! so we get to bike everyday and our area isn't a small area at all! plus its not flat at all! it has soo many hills! they are steep too!! this week i was able to bike from the bottom to the top of the one we go up and down every day! i was soo proud of myself and so was my companion. we also found out the hard way that most of my skirts are way too long. :P haha i kept getting them stuck in my tires as i was biking but i do have a few that work and i just bought three more. On Tuesdays we have District meeting which is where we all meet together at the Church as a district and have some training's and talk. :) its really fun and super spiritual. no one in my district can play the piano except me so i have been trying to learn some new songs. so we dont' have to sing the same three over and over again. but its kinda hard because im really only around a piano on Tuesdays and that's it. :P i have to tell you about some of our members!! The Crandalls are this cute couple who have three little kids, two little boys and one little girl. they are soo much fun to be around. She stays at home with the kids and he works all day. they have fed us twice now. but she makes cute little videos from their trips to all over the world and her kids first six months. they are so much fun. Her husband love photography and Filming. The Lloyds!! they are the family who took the picture of all of us out to eat! they have 4 kids? haha one of them is exactly like Kylee. :) her name is Annie and she is gorgeous! her and kylee's personality is exactly the same. They came and played soccer with us on Saturday and then decided to take us all to Firehouse subs! they paid for us too!! they are soo generous! Brother Lloyd is in the bishopric and sister Lloyd teaches relief society. Their Youngest is 4 and is soo cute! she loves hanging out with the missionaries as does the entire family! The Seaburgers are this couple who just got married two years ago, she is 21 and he is 24. they are soo funny! one day our dinner was canceled on us so we called them up and asked if they wanted to feed us so they took us out to a place that is kinda like Pizza Pie. It was loads of fun. they gave us marriage advice and we told stories. :) its cool to see/hang out with someone around our age as well. :) This week i got to meet a recent Convert. Sister Dunn was actually the one who baptized her. we went and visited her and shes starting to have some problems. She is probably the sassiest person i have ever met and she is hilarious. She is so down to earth and very real with us. but she came with us to the Broadcast and she loves the church. she just needs to included in the ward more. we had a lesson with her and she taught herself. those are my favorite lessons where they do all the talking and light bulb after light bulb go off. the spirit is amazing. :) I saved the best for last!! she is a 66 year old lady and she reminds me of Grandma Debby. they would actually get along really well. :) she is so nice and so easy to talk to. :) she has been coming to church and to activities and loves talking to us and loves talking about the gospel. ready for the good news?? *drum roll* I asked her if she would be baptized and she said YES!! i officially have my first investigator on date!! i was soo happy she is going to be baptized on Oct. 11!! isn't that exciting?? woot! my first official full week and i have someone already getting baptized. :D she is soo excited as well. The Church really is true! God loves us so much!! He sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us so that we can return to him. I mean really how hard is it to live the gospel? not hard at all! "Life is Hard, The Gospel isn't." I promise that if you follow God and have faith you will receive many many blessings. Lots of Love and Prayers! Sister Hanks Sorry I don't know why the pictures show up twice! I'll work on that. Stephanie

- They have frozen Yogurt here! we get it like once a week. :)

- This is what an average neighborhood looks like in Georgia we went tracting here on Thursday and that hill is like every other hill that i have to bike up in our area its crazy!

- This is the picture you got from the Lloyds! we played soccer for like an hour and we were all about to leave when sister Lloyd said are ya''ll hungry? lets go get lunch! she took us all out to lunch! They also text his picture to my mom and told her they loved me!

- This is the shopping carts at the closest store. you have to put a quarter in to get to use it then when you put it back you get your quarter back. we always have to make sure that we have Quarters.

- this is my gorgeous bike!! its soo great. :)