Oh What A Beautiful Morning! Oh What A Beautiful Day!

https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/unto-all-the-world/noahs-story?lang=eng&cid=HPWE051414133

Hello All,

What did you think of the video? I thought it was a miraculous story, so I wanted to share it with you all. The Spirit was really strong too.

Anyways, I am doing really well. This week has been fun. After the crazy snowstorm of last weekend, the weather has been beautiful. Super sunny and absolutely gorgeous. And did I mention warm. :D I love it! There has been so much that has gone on recently. It's awesome. Let me tell you all about it. Are you ready? Pajamas, blankets, popcorn and cereal ready? Okay, let's begin.

Tuesday was super nifty! We taught Fancy - one of the less active sisters in the ward. She is really funny. When I told her that Sister Z was going to Rawlins, her face was priceless.) Anyways, so we had an awesome lesson with her. We read 2 Nephi 31 with her. The Book of Mormon is so powerful. It's amazing to see how the spirit works through it. Anyways, after we had finished reading it, we were discussing some things that we could do to help her change, and she said she wanted help to come to church. So we will end up calling her every Sunday at 11am-ish to encourage her to come. I wish I could say that she came this last week, but she didn't. She said she was exposed to a nasty bug and didn't want to share it. Oh well - next time!

We also visited Dot on Tuesday. She is such a cute lady. We have been reading the Christ chapters in 3rd Nephi. It's been fun. Again - check out the power that comes from reading the Book of Mormon. If you've never read it, take the opportunity to. It is a life changing book.

Back away from the tangents of Sister Bryans... Another cool thing that happened when on Tuesday was that we were able to get in contact with our Potential Investigator Ricky. If he doesn't contact us soon, I am going to call him and see if we can set up a lesson time for a Thursday. Woohoo!

On Wednesday, we met with Shellamae. She is so sweet! I love her to death. We taught her lesson 3 - the Gospel of Christ. And she asked us what she needs to do to be baptized. Needless to say, she wants to be baptized on June 3rd. I am so excited!!!! Yippee-yay-hoo!
We also did service at the Goodwill and also at the VA hospital. It was a lot of fun. I think I told you about the guy that plays the American Indian Flute sometimes when we are there. Anyways... he brought me a flute. A flute for me to keep. It is the prettiest little flute ever. He said it is in the key of C. I love it so much! Someday soon, I will take a picture with it and send it to you.

We also did some finding on Panorama that day. It was a lot of fun. We have prolly tracted about 1/2 our area. I need to do better at it. I am starting to become wrote and repetitious and sounding like a sales person. hmmm.... I need to take the courage of the Sister Missionaries that taught Noah from the video I shared and ask inspired questions after I introduce myself.

We also had a fun time at YW's. They were going over first aid. So Ansleeta and I demonstrated the Heimlich maneuver. That was an adventure. We weren't able to stay the whole time because we had to go to our lesson with Shellamae (Ansleeta's aunt).

[Ouch! My ears feel like they're going to explode. Never wear slip on earrings and listen to music with vintage headphones at the library. #myearsfeelliketheironfire] Ps. The # is for you Sister Harris. ;)

Thursday was awesome too. Instead of working out, I took a shower and made Peanut Butter Pie for District Meeting. It turned out to be more of a trifle because I didn't want to make an oreo cookie pie crust. It tasted and looked really good. I made my own whipped cream. Yum yum yum! I will attach a picture for you to see. It was delicious! And the Elders all really liked it. "Sister Bryans, I love you in a totally mission appropriate way!" Said Elder Springer. He is such a hobo. And his companion Elder Stone like the pie to which was a feat because he like mi hermano Nathan doesn't like Peanut Butter. (weirdos!) Needless to say I was really proud of my dessert.

On Friday - life was crazy! We had a really long planning session and some crazy nonsense in the morning. But, we were able to meet with Sister Barrett which was awesome. We read Enos 1 with her. She's a super cute lady. And we also visited Roxcyene! I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! We talked about everything with her. She's a humble rebel. It's cute. She told us the story of when she got her first tattoo. Her husband didn't want her to do it, so she did it. The rest of the story is better, but I'll save that for another time. Anyways, I really want her and her husband to be sealed in the temple. That is my goal for them. It will take quite a bit of work, but I know with the Lord's help; it will happen.

And then we went to IHOP because the member we were going to eat with wasn't feeling well, so they gave us money to go out to eat. I LOVE PANCAKES AND EGGS AND HASH BROWNS oh my! Quote from my journal, "I should be in a diabetic coma right now."

Saturday was fun. We again had some crazy weather - rain and hail. No big deal... although our car really needs a bath because of it. Sister Christensen took the time to wrap me up like a burrito after lunch because I laid back down on my bed. That was an adventure. :D Again, pictures will come. ;)

Sunday was a fun adventure as well. I'm pretty sure my spirit was about ready to explode in sadness. It's really hard to drop/be dropped by an investigator. It is even harder to be dropped by a less active. Especially one that was doing so well before she began working. (Sister Z you should know who this is.) Anyways.... I was about ready to cry. So we sat in the Church's parking lot afterwards and pondered what we might be able to do. We ended up telling the Relief Society president and will tell the Bishop soon.

We ate dinner with the Belnap's which was fun. They fed us hamburgers. They were very good for being made out of beef. (I still like bean burgers best.) Anyways - Sister Belnap has a new job working at Buckle, so she won't be at church for a while. It makes me sad. I can promise anyone that, if they at least make time for church whether of not they have to work on Sunday or not, they will be blessed in their efforts. I know that's true because I have had to work on Sunday's.

But yeah.... rant over.

I love you all!!!