Y'all won't even believe this

Well howdy everyone!

So get this: MARY HELEN GOT BAPTIZED ON TUESDAY!!!!😆😆😆😆🎉🎊🎉🎊 I'm not gonna lie, it was the craziest 24 hours of my life!

So first, Monday, Mary Helen was all down in the dumps. She and Brother Kessler got in some kind of disagreement and she didn't want to be baptized no more. But she BORE HER TESTIMONY to us on over the phone, because she knew it was all true but her emotional circumstances just weren't right to be baptized yet. We prayed sooooo much for her that day and we asked our fellow missionaries and ward members to pray for her as well. So guess what happened??

Well Tuesday morning we get a call right after we done worked out, 7:20am, from Brother Kessler saying they patched things up and she wants to be baptized... that very day! After we were done freaking out and praising the Lord because all our prayers were answered, we had to get right on calling people and planning. We had cancelled everything and now we had to redo what we undid.😣

Bishop was at scout camp and the member Mary Helen wanted to baptize her was in Scotland... it was just unreal. Oh, and she wanted to be confirmed that day too because she wouldn't be able to attend church the next Sunday (which is a whole nother story) so we were scrambling to get permission from President and bishop to confirm her. We also had a few lessons to get to that morning and we needed to be at the church by 3 to have a few hours to fill the font enough (Mary Helen is a tall lady). Our beloved Katie, our gal who always has our backs, had been out of town for 2 weeks in Colorado and just so happened to get back the day before this madness and was conveniently free to drive us all the way to the church! Miracles!

It all came together bit by bit, and we totally got permission for her to be confirmed! More people came than we thought (because it was so last minute) and it just went beautifully. Mary Helen wanted I am a Child of God as the closing song, because she thinks it's the most beautiful thing ever and she is just the cutest! Brother Kessler announced at the end that he and Mary Helen planned on getting married a year from that day, in the temple! Coolest part was that if everything aligns I will be in the temple that day as it will be my last day on the mission, so maybe perhaps I'll get to be there when they are sealed.😊 That would be so amazing! I felt so completely happy during the whole baptism, I couldn't stop smiling. Mary Helen is so happy too and it's just the best!😁

After that the week was pretty chill in comparison. Wednesday was Zone Conference and I just love those things! You get super pumped and inspired, plus you get to see all the lovely folks you missed for a month and a half. I stole the key card to unlock the church building from our ZL'S cuz they don't know any of the passwords and I felt like I had all the power! Except I kept locking people out... oops. Technology hates me. 😅 one of the trainings we received was on using our technology resource more so I guess I gotta get over that! We have tons of missionaries leaving this transfer, so a whole bunch bore their testimonies and one elder said that "a mission can seem like the longest but also the shortest time of your life. Don't waste it." It really spoke to me. The mission is so short, I'm basically already 6 months out and I just got here! I don't want to waste the Lord's time, I want these months to count. Not for me, but for all those who need the gospel. I'm here for them.

Thursday we pretty much tracted all day. We stopped by this one house and a guy answered the door saying he had to get to work. We were chill with that. We came back up the street by that same house later and the guy was out there putting a brace on his ankle. So I said, "Oh man, are you gonna be late for work?" because we were thinking it was the same guy. Wrong! It was the roommate! This new ankle brace guy, Robby, invited us to talk with him for a bit and we actually had a cool discussion with him. He had so many questions. He was brought up Catholic and he hates the Catholic church so much, but he was very curious about Mormons and what we believe. He accepted a Book of Mormon! We don't know how solid he is, but it was still really cool.

And it was a good thing we met him because our progressing investigator Jennifer, who's attended church for weeks and taken nearly all the lessons dropped us suddenly. She said the rules were too conservative for her and she wants to explore other churches. She still wants us to come over sometimes and all that, and we know that one day she will be baptized. It just won't be while we are around.🐉

Friday we tried contacting all our potentials and investigators, that was fun! We were in the area when one investigator, Rose, told us she won't be able to meet with us on Saturday because she was suddenly called in to work that day. We were like, "are you available now?" And she said yes so we biked on over there and had a mini lesson with her. She is the sweetest human being in existence and we are so thrilled that we get to teach her!

On Saturday we got honked at a lot and it was super hot and I was not loving life at all at that point. But that night we were going to a surprise birthday for brother Snow for our dinner appointment. It was at this pizza place with a crazy hard to pronounce name. I got pesto thin crust pizza that was amazing and we got to be with all our favorite families! I talked to brother Snow's uncle for awhile and found out he used to raise Beefalo, which is a cow crossed with a buffalo. I didn't know that was a thing. It was a good time! Then I made cookies to take to church for father's day.😄

Sunday we went to church and listened to this amazing talk about Father's by brother Probst. He went over three points from the family: a proclamation to the world about a fathers role which is to preside, provide, and protect. After church we biked in 104 degree weather trying to track down less actives. It was awesome and we had no idea it was that hot till we were on our way home and read a sign that told us that, so we couldn't psych ourselves out. We literally melted. We did weekly planning for the rest of the day so I guess it wasn't that bad.

So yeah that's my week. Twas pretty darn good! I love y'all!

With love,
Sister Wilcox😘