Well hello!
Thanks for the emails! Sounds like you guys had a
rather boring week in a way :P I liked reading about it though because
it's always good to hear how you all are doing! I've also been in a mail
drought for like 2 1/2 weeks so it's just good to hear anything from
people that I know! Kellie your letter was the last one I got. Thank
you!! So, mom I will be awaiting that package anxiously! Also, I love
raspberries! :) Mom, I know I need to clean my room just please do not
do it while I am gone. I promise that we can do it together when I get
home though so that I know what happens to my stuff! Thanks! Also, I
love, love, love the picture of Kellie and Steve!! So cute! I almost had
a heart attack though because I saw the pictures and just scanned the
words at first and all that popped out to me were your sister and
engaged! Needless to say I about died, so I had to reread it all and
then it made sense, so I'm glad I didn't miss it yet! You look so good
Kellie and you guys look so happy too...along with the wind! Sister
Patchett says that you guys are definitlely going to get married! haha
Let's see, this week what happened? Well, happy 4th of July! I
didn't get to see any fireworks but we went out to a parade in Alderson
which supposedly has the biggest 4th of July celebration in all of WV.
The parade was interesting- so many firetrucks from towns I have never
even heard of, sooooo much candy, and so many royalty from random days
they have (e.g. Miss Sparkler, Miss Fireworks, Miss Dandelion, Mr
Fireworks, etc. I think the best one though was Miss Roadkill!!! hahaha
Oh, I love West Virginia!). So that was the parade but I'm glad I went
to just have the experience! We had the Greenbrier Classic here all week
as well, but all the traffic wasn't as bad as I heard that it was going
to be. Lots of chartered buses taking fans from the parking lot to the
tournament and lots of policemen. Other than that, nothing else except
they did have a big blimpie in the air! This week has just been kind of
slow for us as well and a little difficult. We had 60 people at church
last week and like 52 yesterday. So sad. This is what happens when you
lose all the med students and everyone goes on vacation! Hopefully it
will start getting bigger again soon. We had to teach relief society and
young women's yesterday because they were combined, and it went well.
With us, the relief society, and young women I think we had 8 or 9
there. So sad!
Life has been really good for me this week but has also been
challenging. Sister Patchett has been really struggling the past little
while with a lot of things. She has some
interesting family things going on right now, and so she is
having a hard time dealing with all of that while out here. She just
wants to be back home to help her family out, but knows that being on a
mission is the best thing for them so they can get blessings. So, it's
been a challenge. I feel so bad for her and am trying to help in anyway,
but it kind of just has to come from within her. She also has been down cause she got a ticket last
week! :( Such a bad day for her cause she killed a bird as well! ha
I received a lot of different answers for myself this week and
that was wonderful because I had been struggling with them for the past
little while. The elders down in the Covington branch had an
investigator that they had taught all the lessons to and didn't know
what else to do cause he wasn't making progress. So, we went down there
and had a lesson with Brittney (the girl who I have helped). That lesson
was so amazing and completely directed by the spirit. Then we had a
lesson with this kid and we had never met him before and had no clue who
he was, so we just went with it and relied on the spirit to know what
to say. It was amazing because we were so in unison and we were so on
fire. I felt the spirit so much in that lesson and Sister Patchett did
amazing! I had no idea what I was going to say at times but then it
would just come, or I would just start talking and things would be
coming out that would just astonish me, so I know the Lord was there
with us in that lesson because it was awesome! We are still teaching
that family who is catholic, but they are so excited to see us and just
love us! They are so open to what we have to say and want to learn all
that they can from us! I love us! It was such a good lesson with them
yesterday and I just love them so much already! She said the only reason
why she is scared to read the book of mormon is because she feels like
she is going to want to be baptized again. She is just awesome and we
have such a good relationship with them. Her husband just loves to tease
me, Ms. Higgins, haha but he is wonderful! I can totally see them
joining and I really feel like they will...but it will probably be after
I leave because transfers are coming again!!
Transfers are next week so p-day is not til wednesday
again. I really don't want to leave here but we are finishing training
and lately I just feel like I will be the one leaving. I feel like I
haven't finished my work here yet, but if the Lord needs me elsewhere
then I will do it! Also, things members said yesterday just kind of
confirmed it to me because there are people here who Sister Patchett
needs to learn from. I will just see though! I bore my testimony
yesterday and it was really neat. Other than that, nothing that exciting
I feel like has happened here. I am just loving serving with Sister
Patchett though because she is so amazing and is teaching me so much! I
love her!! I am doing well! I love you and miss you all! Until
next week,
Love, Sister Higgins
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