Sunday night Larry and I received a text from Sister Brown in Kentucky, she is a sister who was one of the wonderful angels watching over my sweet Courteney. The text said "Sister H received her VISA. She leaves tomorrow, expect a phone call. I will miss her! She sure loves her family!" The emotional rollercoaster started again! I was glad that she was in the States and "close" and safe. But I know that she was called to Argentina for a purpose. I know that she will be amazing and she will bless the lives of all those that she serves in Resistencia Argentina. It doesn't make it any easier to let her go.
She called home today from the Mission Home in Tennessee.  She sounded wonderful. So mature and so happy. Thankfully she will be meeting up with Hermana Elton who was her first missionary companion in the MTC. She flew from Nashville to Atlanta Georgia. Then boarded the 9 pm flight from Atlanta to Buenos Aires. She should arrive there at 8:30 am on 8/27/2013.
She is on her way! Oh the places she will go...

The Week Where Nothing Happened

Oh yeah! 

Let's start this off by introducing the newest elder in our little old Hopkinsville Kentucky. Elder Steinekert and Elder Perry were the english elders here and serve right next to hermana and I. Elder Perry was transferred on Monday and we were able to talk to the new Elder Monday night! 

The conversation went as follows: 

"Elder! Where are you from?"

-"Hawaii! But I was born in West Valley Utah!"

*we look at each other like what the?*

"Awesome! That's where I'm from!"

--"What high school did you go to?"

"T-Ville what what! What about you?"

(I actually really don't remember where he went)

"Aweosme!! Wait...what's your name?"

--"Elder Thorup"

*I stop dead in my tracks*

"wait, Elder Thorup as in Colton and Katee Balmforths cousin, whose brother is serving in England and said brother is pretty much engaged to Caitlin Brown?"

(He's probably thinking I'm insane)

--"Exactly!"

"Welcome to Kentucky Elder. Glad to have you here."

It's a Small World after all. It's a small. small. world. 

This morning they put hair gel on the handles to our car. Good thing we have been suspicious of them the entire time so we inspected our car. Nice try elders. 

This week has been pretty non eventful to say the least. You probably all should just skim this e-mail and carry on with your lives. haha I'll try to put some humor to this nothingness...

Monday: FHE with the Acred family. She was born a member and he is not a member. (we dibs him even though he is english.) But Sister Acred is preparing to take out her endowments. And she is prego! Anyways he had a lot of questions about garments. So we talked about the temple a lot. That day we also played Clue, not once, but twice, and I won! Not once, but twice! Pretty sure I need to be a detective or a psychic or something. I'm just that good. 

Tuesday: We went out with one of our Ward missionaries Hermana Dorvil. She is originally from The Bahamas and is super cool. She pretty much just taught our investigators and Hermana and I watched Barney. Jk. But really we hardly said 2 words... And the investigators probably said 1 word. Yeah. She's a chatty cathy but we are really grateful for her. 

Wednesday: We had dinner with Bro. Carroll. Sister carroll had to work so Brother carroll told us that he was going to sit outside on the porch while we sat inside and ate and then we would have a lesson outside. WHAT THE?! He's the nicest man ever. We set it up so we sat on this couch by the front door and he sat outside and we talked through the screen door. Pretty cray cray but it was really sweet of him to serve us. 

JAZMIN AND JESUS CAME TO OUR FHE. that's right. Both of them. Jazmin started school so she called us and said she had so much homework already. I was like NO! SHE HAS TO COME. So I told her to come for a half hour and to bring it and I'd do it for her while she learned about the word of wisdom. She did just that. I love doing other peoples homework.

Thursday: literally nothing happened except we went to see The Browns because Brother Brown just got back from deployment. I love that family. 

Sometimes their daughter Harper is sitting there and I'm feeding her and she starts leaning back and almost hits her head and I catch her like how Edward caught Bella when she had the vamp baby. That's right. Quick. 

Friday: We went and saw our sweet Sister Carlisle. We could spend everyday with her I swear. She told us more about her books and all of her trips and we just sat there like we were watching a documentary of her life.

Saturday: The good stuff. We went to see Maggie (returning member) her two daughters live by her and she told us to go visit because one of them just had a baby. They both live there with their fiances and have no furniture at all. They have very little and it's really sad. Gabbie was baptized awhile ago but Jackie never was! Jackie accepted a Book of Mormon and said we could come teach her! And her fiance! They'll have to get this marriage thing going on quick if you know what I'm sayin. ;)

We also saw Jesus tonight. He is just, Jesus. I guess. Hah I don't know. We taught the Plan of Salvation and it was hard to get through. He is a very faithful man and I know that he will be baptized. I just have to be patient and let Heavenly Father do the rest! 

Well this week should be more exciting hopefully! I love you all and I hope that you all are having a wonderful week! 

Love Hermana Healey

P.s. I lead the music in sacrament yesterday because Sister Poulter isn't feeling well and afterward Sister Fears told me that I reminded her of Snow White. That's right. She's the best. I almost cried. 

Thanks mom and aunt lisa! 

The Spirit told their Hearts my Words were TRUE!

My dear loved ones, 

I am staying here in lovely Hopkinsville Kentucky, with the lovely Hermana Rich for at least one more transfer. Oh yeah! Squid cannon. 

So much has happened this week that I just feel so overwhelmed with love for my Savior. 

So listen up. 

We saw Larry again. Even though he was like "I don't wanna do this anymore" "I'm giving up" blah blah. We both felt really impressed to at least share with him The Restoration. We saw him and I know that if Hermana Rich wasn't there he would have just told me to go away. But thankfully she dragged him out of his apartment so we could sit and share this message. I have no idea what Larry needs. He couldn't stay on topic, we had a hard time going through the lessons and I just sat there and asked him question after question to try and understand where he was coming from. He thinks that everyone in the world is out to get him and he is some "fallen angel" from God to scare the people to repent and I just sat there so lost.

Once upon a time we met a man Ciro, we started to teach him the lessons and he would sit and listen, but never kept commitments. He really wanted us to meet his "woman" though. At the time she was in Puerto Rico taking care of her mom. One day he told us that Carmen (his "woman") is a member of our church! And we were like “No way!”

Lo and Behold, Wednesday night we were leaving our FHE and had a missed call from Ciro. What the cray cray? We called him and Carmen answers and says "Hermanas! When are you coming to see me??" We thought for sure it was a trap. We were going to be attacked.

She answered the door, embraced us and kissed us on the cheek and asked us where we were from and about our families. CARMEN WAS BAPTIZED AS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 30 YEARS AGO. She was really active for about 4 years and then moved and then just didn't go back?  We shared The Restoration and after I said the First Vision we just sat there and waited for the spirit to prompt her to say something. There was no dry eye there. The spirit was so strong. She just kept saying that this is the true church. What a testimony. Seriously. She is awesome.

Unfortunately Ciro looked bored out of his mind. Also they aren't married! Ha that's another trial. But we asked Ciro to be baptized and Carmen said yes for him so we'll take it. haha jk We are still praying for him. But Carmen. She's a miracle.

Jesus is praying for a date. He knows that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that we share a message of truth. But he doesn't believe that there needs to be a church, that the church is in your heart. He is another brick wall we come across. I sit there and try and try and try. And he talks over us all the time we never get to teach. And I try to listen. I try everything. But I honestly just have no idea where to go with him either. I was sharing my testimony and mid-sentence he cut me off! I mean I am used to being interrupted. haha happens all the time. But at that moment I held up my finger and told him to wait. I probably shouldn't have done that haha but still, it’s difficult to teach him.

There are so many investigators who I immediately love. And can't help but to love them. But then there are some who I honestly sit there and just not talk because I feel so lost. I get frustrated and then I know that I can't feel the spirit when I have that feeling. My district leader said that there was an elder once who was so amazing and was sent to the hardest of areas and built them up and then was moved again to other hard areas and still made success and the president asked him how he did it and the missionary says that he always pictures that person in all white. 

I know that these people are Gods children. Charity is the pure love of Christ. I know that Christ is our perfect example and I need to be more charitable to others; literally, WWJD for reals?

Letty is still progressing amazingly. Every time we come she gets out her study journal and writes down everything. She is truly amazing and she is so powerful. She is still on track to being baptized on Sunday and we are so excited for her and for this decision she has made! 

Maggie Radford is a less active and she came back to church on Sunday! She sat by me in Relief society and all she could say is how much she has missed being home.

I love how the Gospel really is a home. I love seeing these members remember the feelings they had before and want to strive to do better. I am so grateful to have that same home feeling in my life. I hope that when I raise my family in the gospel that it will be a home for them. 

We also helped The Carrolls clean their house this week and half of the time I played with Ashlynn (she's 4)(and drop dead gorgeous) and we were butterflies and I got my wings because I found a butterfly motorcycle and I didn't get any pixie dust but that's okay I'll get it when I'm older. 

I am so grateful to be here in Hopkinsville still! My journey here isn't over yet I suppose! I love y'all and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Love Hermana Healey