Frog Legs 🐸

Hey y'all,

So, this Oregonian girl said to herself this morning, "wow, it hasn't rained in a while." Well, Kentucky was like, "OH REALLY??" Some clouds came in and now we got rain folks. I shouldn't have said anything.

Not a whole lot has happened since Wednesday. I've baked a bunch this week cuz we did more cookie runs. I've been labelled "the frosting queen" by my district, I definitely need to chill on the frosting.

We met with Jack and Renee, oh and I finally got to meet Angie!!! The sisters taught her in the summer, but she's just been so darn busy! We got to meet her for the first time and we get to see her again on Thursday! Woot woot!

I straightened my hair today people, what was I thinking??

We worked at the archive center again and Susan, one of the volunteers, said that we should be getting an early spring! Yay! I walked out the door one morning and it even smelled like spring was coming and it's WARM. What's happening? It was freezing a couple days ago and now it's perfect!

We had district lunch at this out in the middle of no where barbeque place in Sulfer Wells and it was so good! And guess what? They had frog legs! You better believe I bought me some frog legs to try, and they were pretty tasty actually! Sister Young literally bought half of a roasted chicken for lunch. It was cut in half. She had one wing and leg and I just though it was the funniest thing! The next day I asked if she wanted chicken for dinner and she said, "I don't think I can eat chicken for a couple of days." 😂😂

We've gotten in contact with a few more people this week, and one was a couple who aren't members, but they attended the Lebanon branch last week and we got to meet them! They were sweet, and they plan on attending the Campbellsville branch the week after next. We'll see how it goes, maybe they'll want to become members?? 🙄

We ate over at the Fawbush's house Saturday night, and I cannot express to you how funny those people are. They are amazing! I can't keep a staright face when I go over there! Brother Fawbush used to be in the military, so he's kinda intimidating and hardcore and all that, but they were telling us that one day they were out shopping, and there was this giant rainbow colored sfuffed llamacorn (unicorn/ llama?). Brother Fawbush was like "that's the coolest thing ever!" So Sister Fawbush got it for him. A rainbow llamacorn. For brother Fawbush. I thought it was funny. And Sister Fawbush is expecting their first baby!

Sunday was Sister Youngs birthday and it was the most relaxing birthday ever. We went and tried by people, then she felt like we needed to go see sister Gribbins. So we did. She wasn't at the house, but her son told us she was out walking in the woods with her grandson Roy. He said we could just go out and find her, so we did. It was so cute because when we found them, sister Gribbins said she and Roy had just prayed together, and then we showed up. She got a little emotional, and it was real sweet. I don't feel like we do much, but comjjng when we did really seemed to mean a lot to her.

We had transfer calls on Saturday, but nobody called us... at all. Usually you get some kind of notification, even if you're staying together. But we got nothing. We finally saw the transfer boards and we found out we get to stay together for another 6 weeks!!! I am so happy right now! And our district stayed the same too, except we're getting a new elder to replace elder Olsen, cuz he's going home. It's exciting stuff!

We finally had time to get pants today! Mine are actually alright, I was worried I wouldn't find anything. But for the most part I think I'll stick to dresses. 😉 We also went to an Amish store and I tried liver cheese! It was pretty darn good!

It's already February folks!

Elder Gong is coming to speak to the mission on the 11th, so my p day is being moved to Wednesday. I'm pretty bad at giving heads up so I'm trying to be better about that!

A quote I read at the barbeque place (because there are religious things everywhere, it's the south) said, "If you are not hungry for God, then you are probably full of yourself." And at first I laughed, but then I really thought about it and I thought am I full of myself? Probably. Thats not good, we must always be looking to God, searching for God, drawing closer to God. When we get too absorbed in ourselves and what's going on with us, we lose sight of what really matters. We lose that eternal perspective. That's dangerous. I have had low points, we all have, but I know that when I turn to God instead of turning inward, I can get out. I can be set free.

We can endure pain and suffering and heartache, when we know that this is not the end and this is not all there is to life, we can do hard things! God is our Heavenly Father. Jesus is the Christ. We can be forgiven. Families are forever. All suffering will come to an end, and we will have eternal rest. I can't help myself. I can't figure this out on my own. I need God, I need my Heavenly Father. And I know He is there. I know He loves each and everyone one of you, and if you reach out to Him, He will be ready to lift you up. Don't ever stop reading your scriptures, don't stop praying, don't stop coming to worship. In these things you will find hope. And I know that hope is something we all need in order to keep going.

I love you all, have a wonderful week!

With love,
Sister Wilcox 😙