Well hello again!
Wow, those emails were jam packed with stuff. It was awesome! I
loved reading about everything that you guys are doing, although it
seems like everything is going to be completely different when I get
home. Just don't touch my room! haha I'm excited about the garage door
opener. Dad- be careful with the trailer hitch (stay away from
missionary cars ok?!) We won't get more miles either. They won't give
anymore out because the church is getting more cars, so we just have to
not go as far into our area. It takes about two hours to get to one end
of the area to the other. Why do you start doing march madness when I'm
not there? Arg! What's happening with it? Who's predicted to win? This
sucks! What do you mean a carbon of my calling? I'm excited for Erin.
Our ward attendance is not that great. Our ward roster is 15 pages
long!!!! I'm not sure what the right numbers are, but I would say (since
I've only been twice) that maybe we have like 80-100 come? Not a ton.
We are close to a med school and they let in a few mormon families each
year and that keeps the ward young and with a primary. We went over the
ward roster yesterday and I was just amazed at it. It is so sad to see
so many people who have just forgotten their testimony, what they have
felt, and all they have done at church. We got our car fixed today- some
purge valve or something like that, that had to be fixed I guess. Mom-
thanks for the fbook news! I was wondering about Ellen and if she would
be engaged but this answers my question. ha Tell her congrats. Sad to
hear about Natalie, but I'm happy for Tom! I didn't know he was in
school. What's his address? I've been meaning to write him a letter. I
didn't know about Kim, but that's cool. I'm
fine on contacts- we got the bigger supply. Meals are pretty sparse here
which can be hard. In Dublin we had meals everyday, but last week we only
had two, so it's interesting. I'm keeping the sleeping rules mom, but
you still are just exhausted! I'm not a morning person, and you do so
much that you are just tired. I never feel like I get enough sleep. Ask
Isaac! He should back me up on this, right Isaac?!! haha
So, this week has been full of up's and down's but we have
survived and are trying to just do our best here. Right now we are in
the middle of a snowstorm. We got a couple inches yesterday and it's
been on and off today. It's snowing right now. Sis. Gubler is taking
pictures and is freezing cold! We were able to meet a lot of our
investigators from the elders this past week and feel them out and see
how we can help them. We are really excited for one couple because I
think if we can work with them and help them they have a lot of
potential. There is another couple who i guess is really solid, but the
elders left really crappy directions and no address for them, so we
weren't able to find them when we went out there. Hopefully we can
figure it out. Lame elders! We had an awesome lesson with a less active
woman though and I thought that she would for sure come to church on Sunday, but she didn't. One night nothing was working out so we were
going down the roster and we both were like, we need to go here. So we
drove there and it was like this mansion of a house that is so pretty!
They welcomed us in (the husband is active, the wife is not cause she
was offended :/ ). We talked for a little bit and then I was going to
share a scripture, but couldn't find the one I wanted, but the pages
kept turning to a different one, so I said fine and went with that one
and I'm glad I did. It was exactly what they needed (especially her) and
she started crying and knows that she needs to come to church. She
thanked me for sharing that one and reminding her that Christ is always
there to help us and to remind her that we as missionaries care about
her. Oh, by the way, she is going to adopt both of us, and wants to take
us to a cool park and have us for dinner and come over whenever. It was
so amazing and the spirit was definitely there. On Saturday in
companionship study I asked Sis. Gubler how she was doing and
she cracked. I had seen it coming for the past few days and was waiting
for it all to just overflow. We talked for a good hour or so about being
a missionary and overcoming things, and how strong she is. She is
having a hard time keeping her faith and trying to do all that she can
in this area. She is frustrated with it, and misses her family a lot.
(cough by the way, her mom is rocking the letters. She gets one like
every day from her! cough haha It helps her though) I felt like I really
helped her though and had a couple different things come to mind to
share with her and all of them she loved. I'm trying! She said that she
couldn't have asked for a better trainer! Yay! We get along great and
have too much fun sometimes...like when we're both really tired. We
studied yesterday and I thought I smelled burritos and spanish rice
(figures, we live in between two hispanic families), and she made a face
which was so funny and I just started laughing which made her start
laughing. We laughed so hard for a good five minutes and by the end of
that time we were dying and our abs hurt, but it was just what we
needed. I don't even know why it was so funny, but it was, and it helped
us to be in a better mood, and to forget all the hard moments and days
that we had this past week. It seemed like a long one, but I have
learned so much from it.
Wow, that's a long paragraph. I have learned about how much I can
handle, what I can do, and that the Lord really does have a plan for
each one of us. He knows exactly what we need and at the right timing. I
just have to trust in that and know that everything will work out how
it should here. I have to do my part though and work hard and try to
help others all that I can. I love you all!!! You're amazing!!!
Love, Sister Higgins
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