Hello everyone!
This week was so good!
On Wednesday we had zone conference and hna. Seitz and I were asked to give a training on "practical baptismal services" which makes sense because some of the baptisms in this zone have been train wrecks. And let me tell you, it was the boringest training ever. We basically talked about getting baptism clothes ready and making sure they bring a towel. We only gave a training bc I told president I want to be more involved and he cheered for me when I got up. Then, he roasted me while I was up there, it was great. President Farley is a legend.
We had a really good discussion with Jash on Tuesday about repentance and how God never forgets us. He broke down and told us how he wants to overcome his addictions and we are now helping him a lot more! Jash wasn't wanting to read the Book of Mormon but we read Ether 3 anyways and worked with him to apply it to his life and he was so happy! He has been struggling a lot this week, but he was able to receive the priesthood yesterday!! Jash is so awesome!
We also had 2 lessons with Kristy this week and she is SO SOLID! She likes everything we teach and actually knows a lot of it because her boyfriend already taught her, her only hold up is prayer. After her boyfriend hung up, we convinced her to do a repeat after me prayer and although she felt awkward she did it! She also came to church yesterday and the whole entire lesson about prayer! Then, when relief society was over I said "everyone be sure to say hi to our friend Kristy! She is really cool!" and I totally embarrassed Kristy, but so many people talked to her after church that we didnt't even get to!! I tried to say goodbye but she was in the middle of a conversation and brushed us away. It's great! She told us she is definately leaning towards getting baptized!!
Hna. Vestal and I went on exchanges this week and it was so much fun! We heart attacked someone, and then we went to this super bougee park and took pics and hid pass along cards. When we went back to the house I got my travel documents and I almost died, so we called a bunch of people and found 2 people! It was awesome!
We went to dinner in Deep Ellum which is probably the coolest place in my area. We were walking around taking pics at the murals and we met this family that was taking family pictures! Their daughter was screaming so we were trying to entertain her behind the camera and then they asked if we could video them with a smoke bomb and of course we did, and it was such an insane video and the kids were screaming and running and the pink smoke was going everywhere and the mom was yelling "It does burn eyes! It hurts a lot!" It was funny, and it turns out the family is instagram famous so they gave us a free smoke bomb, and we gave them pass along cards and we went on our way!
We talked to some really nice people and spread the gospel and wow, being a missionary is so cool.
Saturday was such a good day! We had a car wash in the morning and I was in charge of holding the ugly brown signs that the elders made in the street. Well, I stepped in an ant hill and now have 4 lovely red ant bites on my ankles. We had a lot of people come and it was really fun! Then hna. Seitz and I went to ZLC with the other zone and that was a party because these elders want to do fun stuff to hype up the zone! Apparently I scared all the Dallas missionaries when I came in because I am scary and mean but now they know that I'm nice and it's fun.
Sister Dixon and I had another lesson with Donna, who is a member and she is working on coming back and is so awesome! But, we were so exhausted that we were almost falling asleep as she spoke and I almost curled up in a ball on her couch. So, that was kinda awkward. But, we made it through and I used the trick Jake taught me of just covering and resting one eye at a time.
Here is a funny Awkward Sister McKee Moment:
So on Tuesday we were going to bike to our lesson with Jash, and when we were leaving one of Sister Dixon's tires was a little flat. We went back to the garage but our pump wasn't fitting on the valve, and I said "well, maybe if we unscrew the valve, then we can pump it up really fast" and Sister Dixon said "No, that will cause all the air to come out of the tire." but I unscrewed the valve and tried to pump it really fast, and soon the entire tire was completely 100% flat. And so the only thing we could do was walk, so we walked to our lesson, and it was a really nice walk through downtown Dallas. I enjoyed it, but when we got to the lesson, the Elders and Jash asked where our bikes were so we had to explain and Jash says "oh, that is why you guys look so... Refreshed...". Thank you Jash, I would definitely use the word refreshed over hot, sweaty and gross. But, it was really funny. The hermanas came to pick us up, and the elders and Jash were waiting and when the Sisters drove past I started booking it towards them to chase them down but I was too slow. This man ran out of a building and started running after the car too and got them to pull over! He was so nice! He told us if they had kept driving he would've kept running. Not all angels wear capes.
This week I shared 1 nephi 21:14-16 a lot, and I really like them. They say:
14 But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me—but he will show that he hath not.
15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Often when we feel like God has forgotten us, really we have turned from him, or we are not taking the time or energy to remember him. Sometimes we take a lot of time to remember God, but we take no energy. We read our scriptures for 20 minutes but we don't actually study them. And when we put in that energy to remember God, He shows that by blessing us!! God loves us, and he can't forget us! Did that make sense?
Love,
Sister McKee
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