Mia familia, I send my love to all of y'all!
No I did not visit the Alamo this week, but I would have liked to :) I hope everyone had a glorious week full of stuffing and playing football and being thankful! We have so much to be thankful for! Our Thanksgiving day started at 1:00 in the afternoon, we went to a less actives house, and we thought we were just having snacks but we ate at 2! Sister Salazar served our plates too, so we had to eat everything off of it. Then we went with the Elders to the Lewis' house, we got there around 4 and the sink had just given out, it was draining so the Elders bailed water out, we all helped :) We didn't have a football, so we played catch with a tennis ball. I was having trouble running in my skirt though, the Elders made fun of me because I could only run so far without having to make an extra effort to get there. Oh well :) We are going to show them up in Basketball and Volleyball in a second though! So we ate there, and then we went to Patricia's house, and helped decorate the Christmas tree, and ate some more. I made the fatal mistake of standing on her scale, of course I gained 3 pounds that day alone haha nuts!! (It's a good thing we have a gym in our apartment complex).
So this week has been pretty rough contacting wise, we really haven't found anyone new to teach so keep praying those tens of thousands will open their doors to us! On Saturday, we decided to call it Super Saturday, because we were going to tract and contact referrals and not come back until everyone of them was done. We set out looking for all these people. We tried EVERY house we could, talked to every person we could. Some said we could come back. But no one ever let us it. By the end of the day, we contacted about 20 houses. Phew! We went hope disappointed, but our spirits were not burnt out. We thought we lost our phone when we got home, so we went to check the car for it. A nice old grandpa saw us and talked to us and invited us in to his apartment (Richard and Mary). He introduced us to his wife and we all talked for a bit. Super friendly couple, they aren't members, and they invited us over for dinner! It was such a tender mercy from the Lord.
Missions are hard but missionaries are tough! We never give up, even after a week full of hardships. I love to read in Alma when all the wars were going on, the Lamanites were constantly attacking the Nephites, but the Nephites never gave up! Especially Captain Moroni, he always rallied his troops and gave it his all, and if he came out triumphant, so can we. I know we can work miracles with the Lord and I know that this too shall pass!
Thank you for continuted love and support, I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for y'alls example. Elder Anderson is doing swell, tearing it up in Brenham, we get to see each other this week for temple day!! Woot woot! His day is Tuesday and mine is Wednesday, but since we are one the way to the temple, he will stop by.
Love and miss y'all with all my heart, keep up the good work and keep being amazing!
Love,
Sister Maughan
The tallest member of Sadie's ward (by a long shot!)
One of the families Sadie is teaching. Veronica is getting baptized this month.
Sadie's new apartment (that she was absolutely thrilled about).
Local wildlife that got stuck in their car.
A couple of Sadie's favorite Elders. One of them was finishing his mission this month (lucky family that will have him home for Christmas!)
Helping decorate a ward member's tree.
Another family member Sadie and her companions are teaching.
Sadie's "Charlie Brown" christmas tree that she was SO excited about. I love missions!
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