Well this was quite the eventful
week! Haha so many random stories but
I'll try to help them all make sense
haha.
I told you we had that Awesome STL
conference But I forgot to send the picture.
These ladies are my heros and I am so blessed to work with
them.
Love these sisters!
Witwatersrand Wadsworth, Anderson,
bell, Rammell, Freeman, Rasmussen,
me, Major and Moyer.
So Wednesday night this week, Sister
Rasmussen and I were sound asleep
all snug in our beds...then for some
reason I just woke up and just
stared at the ceiling for a bit...I
looked at the clock and it was like
12:50 something...I was awake for a
few minutes, then I just hear this
loud rumbling noise and then the
house started to shake! Right then
Sister Rasmussen woke up and
screamed a little Haha we had no clue
what was going on....it only lasted
about 5-7 seconds then it
stopped...it didn't last super long
but our picture frames and glasses
and stuff were shaking so that's
exciting! Haha neither of us had
really been in an earthquake before
so we weren't sure what it was!
Haha We have had two since I got her to Helena
now!
We've been hearing from some members
that about
every 50 years or so there's a MAJOR
earthquake in Helena that
destroys a bunch of stuff....and
guess what...this next one is
overdue! Wooho! It's been like 80 or
so years since the last one so
people have been saying it's only a
matter of time….nice!
Also, another fun fact...bear spray
is potent and sticks to
EVERYTHING. We were in the car the
other day and for some reason, who knows WHY but I was rubbing my hand
on the side of the passenger seat
in the car....didn't think anything
of it but then my eye had an itch so I rubbed my eye...bad idea. Haha
holy cow that stuff is still powerful even MONTHS later! It must
have still been in the seat fabric or something because it burned all
over again. We had a good laugh about it all....Only in
Montana right
This week on Thursday we got a text
from the people we live with.
Their daughter was coming into town
so we were madly trying to find a place to
stay! And to make things even better,
we had another exchange that night so we needed a place to fit 4
sisters...we were debating to see if
we could live at the church for the next few days haha....but then
the Bangerters are amazing and said we could live with them for a bit!
They're awesome. And just to tell
you how awesome they are, the first
day, they woke up at 5:00 and made homemade scones for us all so we
could still eat and get to studies on time! Wow were spoiled. They're
incredible.
One last crazy story....last night
we were going to find a
referral a member gave to us that
day at church. We pulled up to what we thought was the right address at
the same time as another car...We figured it was the person who lived
there...I'm totally thinking "wow!
miracles!!! The Lord took us here at
just the right time!" Haha well just our luck, I parked right in the
middle of a puddle....so we get
out and wave to the lady and stark
walking super awkwardly toward her,
trying not to get muddy water in our
church shoes...as we get close
enough, were about to start talking
to her, she yells "stop right
there! Don't come any further! You
are DRUNK. Get off my property
right now! I'm calling 911!" at
this point I'm totally thinking "this
is MONTANA I bet she packs! Shes
gona pull a gun and shoot us!" Haha
it was quite the interesting night!
We're guessing we looked drunk
because we were walking weird trying
to not step in the puddles..We
were able to calm her down a bit and
by the end of it we had a nice talk with
her
Haha anyway, it was a fun night and we were
dying laughing in the car after:
Haha well sorry this is so long (like a letter could ever be too long for her parents, hahah)
Just been an eventful week. But now for the real good stuff. M and C. They're amazing.
She told us "Oh, and I heard
Mormons don't drink coffee so I figured I'd
get started on it...got rid of my coffee machine and haven't drank it
in 4 days!" Holy cow. Can you
say prepared?! She is amazing. Things
are real tough with her divorce and
jobs and kids and stuff but she
just pushes through!! She is on
fire!
And then C. She is amazing. She's had a wild past but is
so ready to turn her life
around. She hasn't believed in God
her whole life and she was raised
completely atheist. Oh my oh my. She
said when she started coming to
church she felt something she's
never felt before. She said a prayer
for the FIRST TIME to know if God
was there and she said she can't
deny the answer she got and her
feelings. She's been reading the Book
of Mormon daily!! She's like "I
LOVE this book! I always have it with
me., I just love the feeling of
having it near."
Holy cow.
It's amazing how the Lord works.
Both Michelle and Courtney have met
missionaries before but it never
went anywhere because they weren't
ready yet. It's incredible how the
Lord prepares people and puts them
in our path. These two have
strengthened my faith tremendously. I love
them dearly! Well, it's been a crazy
busy week! But it's been lovely.
And guess what. There is SUNSHINE in
Helena!!!!!! It's cold sunshine,
but it's there!!!! Haha tender
mercies of the Lord
LOVE YOU FAMILY!! Thank you so much
for all you do. I miss you tons!!
But love you even more.
W/<3
Sister Hodgson
We went to our meetings and some had been moved...so we took a quick nap in the car with the great PET PILLOWS you sentus....THANKS
There's this famous sandwich place called "Staggering Ox"it's like torpasta bread bun things but it's a sandwich. It's super
fun!
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