Heyyy So... not much happened this week. 🙃
Last week I discovered how awesome Hobby Lobby is and I bought some paint for my pumpkin. Y'all, painting pumpkins takes forever as a missionary! Course it didn't help that I had no idea what I wanted to put on it for awhile, but still! I will attach the picture 😉
This week has been absolutely gorgeous! It's been sunny every day but it's been so cold! I love this kind of weather!! This is the best weather to tract in because everyone is typically outside- it's not too hot or too cold.
Sister Calhoun and I tracted this one street with some wicked hills and we met a man from Honduras who was interested in meeting with missionaries, only he didn't speak a whole lot of English! So the elders get to visit him 😝 Then we met a man who wasn't interested, but we talked to him for a bit about his incredible height. Y'all this guy was 7ft and it was the most bizarre experience having to tilt my head that far to see his face. I bet that's what it would be like talking to Hagrid.
We signed up to sing a some country song with the elders for the wards' Halloween talent show, so we've been practicing that a lot. At first the elders wanted to pick a Latino song and I had to tell them that I just could not do that- because I was losing my mind to Gente de Zona and Ricky Martin! I knew it would be a bad idea. But county music I don't really care for, so I'm not bothered by it 😁 It doesn't linger the way reggaeton does...
We had our Zone Conference this last week, and that was exciting! But man the Evansville zone is tiny! And we're so far away from everybody else! When I was in Louisville they called this zone "banishment" because you are never heard of again, basically. I think that's a little dramatic, but it's true in the sense that we never hear what's going on down in Kentucky. We're so out of the loop.
Well, Carly is still doing good, and she keeps blowing everyone away! If y'all could pray for her just so she can have the strength she needs to get through these next couple weeks, she would greatly appreciate it!
Nothing else really happened, it was a pretty chill week. So I just want to end by saying that the Atonement is the most beautiful gift of all gifts, yet it can be so neglected. Use it. It's free. It was paid for at such a painstakingly high price, the least we can do is show our appreciation for what has been done for us. I have never had a problem telling others that they can be forgiven, yet for some reason I never allow the Atonement to apply to me. It applies to all people. Using the Atonement is freeing and it will lift you from out of whatever you are facing, no matter what that may be. The Atonement is real. The power it has is real. It's the proof that Heavenly Father has unfathomable love for us all.
Also, this life is about having joy. So be joyful! Men are that they might have joy, and there is so much all around us to be happy about, even through all the wars raging and hurricanes blowing about. Be happy, look for ways to serve and ease the burdens of others, realize life while you live it, it's too short to not to. 😊
I love you all so much and I hope that this week is a happy one!
With love,
Sister Wilcox ❤❤❤
That house is one of many super old super cool looking houses in downtown. I had to take a picture of it. 😀
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