I love Paducah.
This week we stayed busy as always. We started off by going on exchanges with the Mayfield Sisters. I went to Mayfield with Sister Phillips. She is a great missionary! We saw so many miracles. I feel like every time we go on exchanges the expectations are so high so we have so many miracles.
We have been teaching this girl Kayla (16 yrs old) and her mom Kandi. Kayla actually came to a Ward picnic on Saturday, so that was great! We have been helping the, understand the importance of the restoration and the BOM. In the lessons Kandi always ends up crying... It maybe because she is always drinking wine after work, so she's a little tipsy.... But she said she still feels the spirit!!
The Newmans are doing awesome too. So brother Newman is a member and just married Jayna, who isn't a member. We went over and taught her the plan of salvation. She loves it! Then she came to church on Sunday again.... She wore a skirt!! She said she hasn't worn a skirt since high school. That was a big deal!! Her daughter Abbey also wants to be baptized. So we are working on Jayna, she will be baptized soon:) She knows this is where she needs to be. The gospel really does change people. It's amazing to be able to watch.
We went to our LAs wedding...... Bishop Nordstrom married them..... They were an hour and a half late to their own wedding.... All the family was smoking and swearing..... It was like a real life television series. Hahah it was a mess! Even Bishop was laughing so hard. They threw the wedding together in a few weeks.
It was quilt week this week! People from all over the world come to quilt week!! We met some ladies from Great Britain and Australia. Downtown was so busy! We tried to go inside and walk around, but it was way to much money. But we enjoyed the National Quilt Museum last week with some other Sisters in the Zone. So amazing!!
On Sunday the Young Women of the Stake held their Young Women Recognition award night, We were able to help by serving them and help set it up. It was so fun to see all the girls that had accomplished that for the year. It made me realize what a great program the church has for these young women. It's crazy to see how big of a difference in the women we teach, how they haven't had the love, care, and leaders that we are able to have.
There is also a difference between tornado warnings and tornado watches.
Watch: watch out because one could touch down any minute
Warning: They spotted one and you better take cover!
Okay I just have to tell you thee funniest story that happened today. So there are 3 sets of missionaries in the apartment complex where we live... Well we got into this pranking game. So the Elders put flour all over our car and all this other stuff. Well we decided to go to the gas station to wipe off the windows to see if it would come off. Well we got a little carried away and started to wash the whole car.... .... .... well this guy in a white car shows up and says "Are up you seriously washing your car at a gas station right now?!" We just kind of stood there and started to laugh because it lead to that. Wellllllllll then he was like "I just filmed that and I am putting it on YouTube, can i put that i YouTube?" We were both just so embarrassed.... we didn't say anything. "Then he was like who do you work for? I'm never going in their store. That is just embarrassing! What does your name tag say?!" Then he was like "Take this dollar and go up the street and wash the car....." Well i jump in the car because i was so embarrassed and Sister Curtis just kinds of hurries to the car laughing, hesitantly.... haha pretty sure he knew we were Mormon Missionaries and thats why he was giving us such a hard time, he was a jerk too about it. But we just sat and laughed SO hard that we washed our car at the gas station.
I just want to bear my testimony of the Book of Mormon. I sure love that book. I know it to be true. I know it was made for our day and our time specifically. I love being able to share my testimony of it each day. If i don't read my 30 minutes of BOM each day you can count on that day being bad. Seriously. It brings so much peace, joy, and contentment in my life. Please FEAST each time you read... not just read, because you didn't for the day.
I rediscovered this great verse, 2 Nephi 25:26
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."
I love you all! Have a great week:)
Sister Gates
Exchanges with Sister Phillips in Mayfield!!
This is the funniest story of my life!! I'll tell you next week. #districtmeetingprobsinthecountry
Rural King adventures on the craziest day ever. Eldorado, Marion, Vienna, and home!
Giant Superman statue in Metropolis!! Remind me to tell you the story of her too.
This is Veronica.... You know those crazy weddings you see in movies? Yeah this was one of them. Hahah Bishop Nordstrom also married her. He's on the right.
Sometimes teaching a 9 year old is a struggle....... Haha
Jenna, Andrew, Ania, and Malia.... Love this family! They are investigators who are progressing slowly.
The Taylor family!! Some LA we work with.
After we had the longest road trip and a lot of bad things happen we decided to give the Spanish elders a cheer up! Google translate. Bell peppers. And a tortilla.
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