I keep trying to type this email, but the only thoughts that are coming to my mind are "hmmmmmm" and "AHHHHHHHHHHHH" yup that about sums up my week and my thoughts. Well I love you all and hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Love always, sister Upshaw Just kidding, but seriously this last week has been a complete blur and I may be having a slight anxiety attack at the thought of coming home in two weeks... Is that normal? I promise I love you all and I am excited to see you, but.... Ahhhhhhhhh I'm just nuts! On another note... Christmas was incredible! Skyping our families took up a good portion of the day because the church's wifi only allowed for one person to Skype at a time. Whenever a second person tried it messed up the connection, but that is okay. It was fun to talk to both sister Blain's and sister Yellow's families. We spent the rest of the day visiting people who we knew were alone on the holiday. It was another incredible mission Christmas. :) Oh and the Welch family came to church! The kids were all crying because they had to leave early. How cool is that to have kids be so upset about leaving church that they cry!? I seriously love them so much! So far everything is still on track for their baptism on January 10th, but I would absolutely love it if you kept them in your prayers. Goodness we seriously have been having so much success lately. Yesterday we had no appointments so we literally walked for three hours and just talked to people that were outside. Almost everyone listened to us and even the people who didn't were still nice about it. We had one guy that we gave a card to and he very quickly ended any opportunity for a conversation, but as we walked away he called after us and said, "ladies, I just want you to know that if God could have chosen anyone to represent Him, then He made a wise choice in picking you." It just made my day! I guess the spirit of Christmas is getting to people, but this has been one of the best transfers of my mission! I absolutely love being a missionary! I love everything about it. Even the days that absolutely no one gives you the time of day or when adults push their children away from the absolutely 'horrifying girls in their 20's that approach their families with a friendly smile.' Seriously though sometimes I feel like some people think We are mass murderers or something.... The point is I just love everything about Florida and the people here. I love the people in Vegas too! Have a wonderful week and a happy New Year! Love, Sista Upshaw Oh we also got a hug from a Jehovah's Witness! She thought I was one too and when she saw the badge she had a look of sheer horror! It was a little funny, but we talked for quite a while and I think she left the conversation not hating us so that's a plus!
Teaching the kids how to make ugly faces
Skyping with family
Playing Qua at a district meeting
No comments:
Post a Comment