Ready or Not, Jesus is Coming!

We're both staying in Douglas! Sister Anderson and I are both staying together another transfer. Yay! It's a good thing because I sure love this girl! 

Got to Love the Billboards in Georgia!

This week was wonderful. A little story on one of the Davis families...(this is a family ward, so lots of people have the same last name :D Just like in Cochran). We went to Carl and Larissa's. We've been visiting them for a couple weeks on and off. Their two boys always tell us "tell me a story!" So we've been through a good number of Book of Mormon stories with them, relating it to principles in the gospel. They love it! So this last week we went over the plan of Salvation. They loved hearing that story! The mom (who is also a non member) was really into it as well. At the end of the lesson, we asked them if they all would like to be baptized so they could start on that path to live together as a family in the Celestial kingdom. They all said yes!! How amazing! They are all making changes in their life to really apply this gospel. We are so excited for their family to one day be an eternal unit. During the PEC meeting Sunday morning, we let everyone know, and they were all so excited! You could feel energy all of a sudden explode in the room. It's wonderful to see the excitement that missionary work brings to those around us. Share your stories with others and get them excited to do their own work! 

Birthday Surprise!

Tuesday was sister Anderson's birthday!! She's officially 21 :D Crazy! We had German pancakes (her favorite), cake and brownies, and taught lots of lessons. Nothing better. 

It was also a sweet older woman's birthday named Miss Irene. We brought her a mini peach pie on Tuesday and wished her a happy birthday. Y'all should have seen her face light up! She lost 10 years and seemed like a happy child on Christmas morning. It's seriously one of the cutest things I've seen yet. I'll get a picture with her this week hopefully. Anyways, she was so touched by the small act of love. Her friend was over, and we were actually able to teach her about the restoration before we left. When we love the people, the work moves forward. Usually in ways we wouldn't expect. :) So give some small act of service this week!  

This was probably one of the most dangerous moments
in my mission...opening that door took a lot of courage

Ok, so a bit of a crazy story...but it just gives you a little glimpse into what an average week consists of here. One of our investigators (actually she's the elder's, but we will probably take over teaching her soon) came to church this week! She typically comes without any reminding at all, but we were surprised to see her because we thought she was still in jail. Her family situation isn't the greatest..yet she lives really close to all of them so that can cause some contention. As she was telling us about what happened, she explained that her sister was being awful and kept hitting her so...as she said, "I bit her in the butt!" Thus, she ended up in jail. This lady is a fireball. But she totally loves the gospel! It takes all types. Even though some of us may have unique personalities, we should love ALL those around us. We love her. It's amazing to see the changes the gospel can make to our life.

One of the biggest dogs I have seen yet.
Thank heavens it was nice..just really slobbery.
Sister Anderson and I decided he was
"The beast" from sandlot.

I have been loving the study of prayer. I am working on making my prayers more powerful. Moroni 7:9 teaches us that if we don't pray with real intent...it profits us nothing. How sad! We should speak with our Father in Heaven as we would if we could see Him standing right next to us. He hears us and wants to hear from us. If we asked our parents for advice but then never took it, obviously they would cease to provide us with counsel. Our conversations with our Father in Heaven are valuable and should be treated as such. Let me know if you have neat experiences with prayer this week! I will be working on mine! :) 

Love you all!

-Sister Brown

Aaaand Lots of Vultures in the Summer :)