We arrived Monday evening and met the mission president and his wife, President and Sister Hales. They are the sweetest couple ever! We stayed at their house the first night. On Tuesday they took us to see the Lubbock Temple and then they treated us to lunch at a hamburger place called Blue Sky-definitely recommend! After a great morning they sent us on our way to our new areas! I am in Amarillo! It is the cutest place and I love the people here so much already.
My new companion is Sister Kitterman she is the sweetest person ever. We get along so well!
Wednesday was my first official day as a missionary in Amarillo. We woke up early and got to go play ultimate frisbee. We then had district meeting and then I officially met one of our investigators, Venessa. She really wants to be baptized but has an addiction to smoking. So hopefully she can get help at addiction recovery to stop that habit so she can be baptized. She really loves family history and wants to go to the temple one day and do the work for her family. We also have another investigator her name is Robin and we are inviting her to be baptized this week. She seems so ready she reads the Book of Mormon during her spare time which is amazing. Hopefully she accepts our invitation to be baptized Aug. 18th.
Thursday we did service at the Ronald McDonald house. We just helped clean a room, but doing service is so much fun. We also went to addiction recovery with Venessa that night.
Friday is our bike day, and I can officially say everyone that warned me about the heat was not kidding! It is hot here, especially on a bike! . Luckily we use Friday for planning, so we aren't in the heat too long. We went to a members house for dinner and helped her move her bed room around. She then offered to take us home so we didn't have to bike. Bless her soul.
Saturday was a fun day! We do service at the community market which is like a farmers market and help people set up their tents to sell their stuff. People are very kind and offer us the things they sell! We got brownies, peach popcorn, season spices, breakfast burritos. It's a good way to meet people! We also met with Venessa and had a lesson about faith, and then we fasted with her to have the desire/ability to quit smoking. We follow up with her today to see how it went.
Sunday was a great first week at church and finding in the area!
Today we went to Cadillac Ranch to spray paint some cars which was pretty cool!
One of the highlights this week so far has definitely been a family made me a green meal because I am a new missionary or a "greenie". We had Green enchiladas, green sherbet, green rice. It was so fun!
Another really cool thing going on is our zone is doing is a 40 day fast for miracles to happen everyday. So everyday for 40 days a companionship is fasting for miracles to happen in our zone. It is awesome and then at the end of the day we have a group text of what happened that day.
I love being a missionary and meeting new people everyday. How awesome is it that I get to testify of my Savior everyday and help others come closer to him. I love you all and hope you have a good week. Thanks for all of the love and support!
Lots of pictures from old and new districts!
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