Dec. 12,
2016
Okayyyyyy
Remember
how pumped I was last week that thee SISTER KATHRYN GLOVER was
coming to be my companion...
Well my
friends...
All of my
wildest dreams have come true.
🙈🙈🙈
It's been
the single greatest week of my life.
I just
can't get over it.
Like
literally EVERYONE told us that it wasn't going to happen. A few weeks ago we
were at a meeting all lined up to get flu shots and Sister Glover and I
jokingly went up to Elder Thornock (the AP) and said "Elder Thornock...
we've received revelation for the mission and God told us we are going to be
companions next transfer."
He laughed
at us...
LOOK WHERE
WE ARE NOW! *whips and nae naes*
And it's
been such a splendid time.... here's how my week went.
K so MONDAY
we went over to Daytona to go ice skating as a zone.
It was
magical. I got to skate around with all my greatest pals and it just felt good
to feel cold air and pretend it was winter. I felt like I was on the movie ice
princess except for the one part where I wiped out real hard, but it's fine.
(That is the SECOND Zone p-day where I've fallen in my face. Haha I'm
hopeless.) THEN we walked outside to 85 degree humidity and went on over to the
church for a BBQ....
*breaks out
into "Best of Both Worlds" by Hannah Montana*
Elder
Dummer and Elder Goff made us some hotdogs. 🤘🏼 After
a wonderful P-Day I saluted my buddy Sister Hart and wished her good luck in
her new area. Seriously... I just miss you already my friend. Also S/O to
Sister Yance and Carter... my other lovely friends that peace out of the zone.
I just love y'all lots and want you to come back. Then Sister Jones and I drove
back to NSB and she finished packing all of her belongings into a few suitcases
and we were off to teach the world about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. 🤘🏼 The
Newman's picked us up and took us to Red Robin because they are SAINTS. I got
my number one childhood favorite food clam chowder (ya I know I was an odd
child okay...) and then we went and visited our buddy Mark. He's still
convinced we are angels sent from heaven. Then we visited Milady and crew so
Sister Jones could say goodbye.
Then we
went home so I could attend to my dime sized blisters from previously mentioned
ice skating. Have no fear mom... they ALL healed up nicely.
TUESDAY my
BEST FRIEND SISTER HEWLETT took us to Cinnamon Tree Café and bought us massive
classy crepes. 😋
Then I said
goodbye to Sister Jones. Ya know... it's hard to say goodbye to someone that
you've spent three months 24/7 with. Love ya friend. 💛💛 Then
I hung out at the Hewlett's house for a few hours while I waited for SISTER
GLOVER TO COME.
*figure skates
in a figure eight because I'm so excited to be her companion."
Sister
Glover came and I INSTANTLY KNEW it was going to be a magnificent
transfer.
We did all
the fun transfer things like try to sync her iPad but not have it work... and
go to Walmart twice because we didn't make a list of what we needed before we
left and then forgot a bunch of things. I love transfers. Then we taught Cody.
He's autistic and is just my favorite person. He gave me a dead glow stick as a
"friendships bracelet." I've been wearing it all week.
We also
taught a guy named John, and an old man named Ronald who has a thick accent
from somewhere... except instead of listening to us talk about Jesus he tried
to teach us about all the birds. 😂 Then we visited Tammy and
she had us wash dishes with shampoo... 😂😂😂 then
we taught Josh.
Then we
came home and since Wednesday was #FeedTheHungryDay for the #LIGHTtheWORLD
initiative we decided to make cupcakes for district meeting. Here is the
results in picture form...
{the pan
fell behind the drawer...}
{we ate too
much frosting}
{we forgot
we were taking pictures because the frosting...}
{sister
Glover was all "Sister Reid, I have a present for you! And then whipped
out matching crocks! That's when I KNEW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT I HAD
THE BEST COMPANION on. the. planet.}
WEDNESDAY
we went to DM. I gave a thought on President's letter. Here's the district with
our cupcakes.
The rest of
the week is kind of a blur... I remember Wednesday I introduced Sister Glover
to the Orbans. Then we were going to find a less active and I accidentally put
in the wrong address but we were all "maybe God led us here" so we
knocked anyways and GOD DID MOST DEFINITELY LEAD US THERE. We met a guy named
Brian who was all "oh come in, here's some chairs."
What?
We also
taught Zoe and Ross. I can't remember what else happened on Wednesday.
THURSDAY we
road tripped down to Orlando for MLC. We were discussing what we wanted to do
for our Christmas Zone Conference and somebody suggested we did a nativity.
Sister Davis then whispered "Sister Reid is small enough she could play
Baby Jesus!" And then later when we told President about it he just said
"I'm down... I'm just tired of playing the donkey!" 😂
I'm telling
you friends. I have the coolest mission president.
That
evening we taught Sister Gruber and Cassie. Then we met this lady who was in a
night gown. Her cat ran outside so she ran to go get it and we had a
conversation with her. Then we asked her to pray with us and she was all
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" And we shrugged and were like "ya..."
so she ran over to us and grabbed our hands and said this prayer...
"Dear
Lord please bless that I get out of here with out anybody seeing me in my
nighty...AMEN!"
😂😂😂
And then
she ran inside real fast and Sister Glover and I were laughing so hard. Then we
got in the car when she RAN OUTSIDE AGAIN! She had to change the appointment we
had set with her. But then cars started driving by and so she squatted behind
our car so no one would see her in her nighty. She was all "oh... there
you go! You've seen me in my nightly!" Every time a car went by."
LITERAL TEARS FELL OUT OF MY FACE I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD.
FRIDAY we
weekly planned for a total of three hours. In the past President Berry had us
weekly plan until every minute of our week is full and we have specific planned
out lesson plans for every lesson and that usually took all day Friday. BUT
President Clark just announced that we are changing it to the standard 2-3 hour
planning session. I WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS YOU HAVE NO IDEA. Planning is my
least favorite thing because I just want to teach people about Jesus not sit in
the apartment all day. #ThanksPresident
After
planning we did service for Debi for a few hours. Then we did some finding and
got some solid door slams and rude people. Oh it is great to be a
missionary!
SATURDAY we
had an intense meeting with Elder Dummer and Elder Goff to plan ZTM. I just
wish y'all could experience these meetings. They are the most spirit filled
meetings ever. EVER. I have the coolest friends.
Then I
showed Sister Glover the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in her life.
We visited
our investigator Michael, and Brother Clapp, and Brother Harper, and my buddy
Junior and Sister Chilkott, and Ronald (our new investigator that teaches us
about birds), and Rod. What a good day.
SUNDAY was
grand. Brother Harper came to church. OUR INVESTIGATOR ROBBIE AND HER MEMBER
GIRLFRIEND KIM ARE ENGAGED!! are you listening to me? THEY ARE ENGAGED AND ARE
GOING TO GET SEALED IN THE TEMPLE SOMEDAY BECAUSE ROBBIE IS GOING TO GET
BAPTIZED NEXT MONTH. I'm really happy about it. After church we delivered
invitations for the musical Fireside. Then we helped the Cintron's with their
Christmas decorations and they fed us dinner, then we went to the musical
Fireside and so many people came and the music was superb and my heart was just
so full of love for these people I've been called to serve and full of
gratitude for my Savior. Sister Glover and I sang in the choir. I love
Christmas.
TODAY we
might go to Deltona to hang out with all the peeps... but then again maybe not
because miiiiiilllllllllleeeeeeeeessssssssss.
SISTER
GLOVER AND I ARE COMPANIONS!
I still
can't get over it.
Also, our
out of context quotes from this week are ON POINT! Please read them.
Out of
context quotes:
"She's
buffer than I am!"
"I put
my Land Cruiser in water and it grew bigger"
"I
don't like the beans that look like they're already eaten"
"What
do you do when you can't leave your house except by ambulance?"
"Here
eat one... it's like eating a toothpick"
"I
just caught that noodle on fire and God put it out!"
"Sister
Reid is small enough that she could play baby Jesus."
"I'm
down.... I'm just tired of playing the donkey" -President Clark
"Everything's
better with a little pig fat!" -President Clark
"Oh...
my good"
"Can
we pray with you?"
"ARE
YOU SERIOUS?"
"Ya..."
"Dear
Lord please bless that I get out of here with out anybody seeing me in my
nighty...AMEN!"
*when she
hid behind our car so the other cars wouldn't see her in her nighty*
"TAKE
IT EASY?!"
"He
wanted me to take it easy in my tight pants"
"Sparkling
flavored soda with a splash of real juice"
"I
like your yellow rag."
"The
adventure of sitting in a closet eating a sandwich"
"I got
sick the other day and I thought I had a mild case of Ebola"
"I'll
be back..."
"thanks
for the threat..."
"It
started with Sister Reid in the oven."
"Jesus
Christ has the authority to check people out of school right?"
"How
come my nine is capitalized?" "You can't capitalize a number..."
I LOVE
Y'ALL MORE THAN I LIKE YOUR YELLOW RAG!
P.s. I sent
out a voice recording this week. If you don't get it, email my mom.
P.s.s. I'm
sending out Christmas cards this week so if you want one of our Christmas cards
send me your address!
P.s.s.s.
This morning I was in the middle of personal study when Sister Glover started
yelling "SISTER REID I CAN'T EVEN HANDLE THIS!" And then started
yelling about all of the crazy things that were happening in the Book of Mormon
and then we just yelled at each other for a few minutes about how much we love
the Book of Mormon and I was just incredibly pleased because Sister Glover is
just as passionate about the Book of Mormon as I am and it makes for a good
time. If y'all haven't read the Book of Mormon in a while... go read it.
Sister
Whitney Reid
🍍🍋🍍🍋🍍🍋🍍🍋
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