hello family!!!
THIS WEEK WAS AWESOME!!! there were many highs and few lows, but I learned a lot this week and am so grateful for prayer and a Heavenly Father that is so aware of us.
Monday was a crazy Pday trying to make room for our new sister! and Monday night we went to Crave (look it up, its awesome) a really good burger place in Highlands Ranch, and we called it our babymoon! you know how sometimes couples will go on a trip before their baby is born, like as a last hoorah? hahahaha that was our babymoon!!! it gets weird if you think about it, so dont think too hard. it was super fun though. a last hoorah before we were a trio.
TUESDAY WE GOT SISTER UHRI!!! (pronounced yer-ie, everyone asks) and she is seriously so fun, she fits right in with sister Fetuli and I and our weird sense of humor and its just been so much fun. she is 19 (turning 20 on March 8th) and is from California! To make things better, we had TWO lessons on Tuesday!! Sis U was overwhelmed but of course she killed it. We met with our Investigator from Tibet, he is moving to Chicago :( (maybe caroline can teach him, holla) But it went well! we read 1 Nephi 1:1-12 with him and helped him understand how to apply what we read in the scriptures to his life, and committed him so continue learning when he gets to Chicago. Then we met with the miracle referral!!! We'll call her R, cause its hard to differentiate them without telling you their name hahah so, R, she is amazing. she is so ready to learn and change her life, teaching her is the best, we read with her in the Book of Mormon, where she was at (1 Nephi 11) which is when Nephi asks to see what Lehi saw, and it went really well! we were able to help her realize that just like Nephi, we can all ask for ourselves through prayer, if what he are learning is true.
Wednesday was interesting, we didn't have our GPS, because sister fetulis broke. I know gift of tongues is a thing, but im pretty sure gift of direction is too cause SOMEHOW we were able to find our way around. it was good though to have to learn the streets better! and it made life interesting reading from a map, never done that before! oh the joys of only having a flip phone
Thursday we taught R again! (yeah, that's twice in a week, cause shes amazing) and we taught her the Plan of Salvation! which for me, is hard to always explain the principles right, but the spirit was there, and she loved what she heard. She hasn't told her mom yet that she is planning on being baptized, but she committed to tell her this week! and we got our package of hi-chews!! (they're basically already gone, so that's concerning) and it was my 100th day as a missionary! exciting stuff
Friday we had a meeting for all the trainers and their new missionaries, and since sister fetuli and I are training, we went and it was awesome! I've been really stressed about being a trainer, cause I feel like I still hardly know what im doing half the time, but the meeting helped me feel motivated to help Sister Uhri the best I can!
Saturday we did service for an elderly woman in one of our wards that recently broke her femur, and we were able to clean her house and visit with her. she is so sweet, and I felt so happy to be able to so a small thing to help brighten her day!
Yesterday was stake conference, and Elder Anderson of the 70 came and it was amazing! I never appreciated how cool stake conference is until my mission! I loved it so much and learned so much. We were also able to teach our part member family! we'll call them the S family so make life easier. it went so good, the wife has really warmed up to us and will share more of her thoughts and how she is feeling about what we teach her, which has been the biggest blessing! we love them so much
and I don't know if you all follow the weather here, but it has been BEAUTIFUL! sunny and 60's everyday, I love it. this coming week is going to be AWESOME. we got to the temple on Wednesday, the stake variety show on Friday night, DAVID ARCHULETA AND BRAD WILCOX FIRESIDE on Saturday, and sister fetuli's birthday on Sunday!!!!! life is so good, im telling you. I am SO happy. I have struggled with homesickness pretty much my whole mission, but the last two weeks or so I have found myself still thinking about you guys (duh cause I love you) but not dwelling on it, and i am SO grateful for that. I am so grateful for prayer, and a Heavenly Father who knows how i am feeling and how to help me. i am so grateful to be a missionary and am loving it so much.
I hope you all have an awesome week!!!! i love you SOSOO much!!!
love, Sister Richards
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