Heyy what a week! Haha crazy days
over here in the Zoo.
So things are always super crazy,
but it doesn't always come off that
crazy in email form...but it was. So, Monday was a pretty good
preparation day, pretty normal! But
that evening got a little crazy.
One of our sisters was getting mid
transferred to Wyoming to take the
place of a sick sister who went
home, so we drove her half way to
Helena. We made the pass off at a
sketchy little shop in the middle of
Garrison Montana(no one knows what
that even is) haha. On the way back
we were cruising along in the
middle of the mountainous nowhere and
the gas light came on...joy. There
was nothing for miles. We
started praying right away and somehow
coasted into a little gas
station. Miracles. Find them! Oh
and also the Sister's bike couldn't go with
her yet because the other sisters
didn't have a bike rack.
The uh oh happened when the sisters
who put the bike back on didn't put in on all theway...so on our way back to
Missoula, we look through the rear view and and see half the bike hanging off
the rack, about to fall off.
Haha so we pulled over real fast
and put it back on. And there's not
even a scratch so were good;
Haha Tuesday was fun! We did some
festivising in the morning ( it was sister Hodgson’s20TH Birthday !!) It was free
cone day at Dairy Queen so we all went there for lunch). It was great. Also thank
you all so much for the birthday wishes, cards, boxes and things! It
made my day. You're all the
greatest:)
then we went on exchanges…always
fun and always eventful.
ALSO-just to add to the craziness
we went to go see sister
Z....and guess what, she eloped! It
took about 20 minutes then they went to taco johns. Crazy Huh??!! But we continue to work with R her new
husband
haha so good things are gona happen
there!
Anyway. We had zone conference on
Thursday and that was SO GOOD! I
love seeing President and Sister
Wadsworth. We talked a lot about
listening and letting the spirit
guide. It was perfect for the things
that we've been working through
with the sisters. Gosh missions are
the best. Anyway. Friday was super
stressful and things just went
crazy ( sometimes sister stress
happens and we are supposed to be helpful J )and it seemed like one of those beautiful
days where everything that could go wrong, did...but in mission speak, that's
code for "this stinks right
now, but good things are about to
happen!" Haha and Saturday was
manifestation of that.
This picture shows Montana weather...Rain and sunburn in the same day...and picture!!
So at stake conference last week,
this woman gave a talk and told a
story about this really tough time
she was having. She got a blessing,
and the in the blessing, the words
were said "I command you to stand
and struggle." Wow that hit
hard. So on Saturday we were stressing a
little from the day before. ( Haha
lots of stress) We said a
companionship prayer and the thing
that came to us was to stand and
struggle. So we decided the best
thing to do was to get out and GET To
We also found out that our car
registration expired a few months ago...we didn't havethe car then, so who
knows what happened hahah but we didn't want to drive an expired thing a ton so
we decided to be on foot all day. That was actually SOOO nice to get out and
get some sunshine and exercise and get to talk to some people. Little tender mercy.
We walked ALLLL OVER and talked to some awesome people. We ended up being able
to visit with like everyone we've been trying to visit with! So many
miracles.. And our little miracle
for the day...we had in the area book a guy named D. I had gone by on exchanges but the house was
being remodeled and it looked like no one lived there.
So we ment to move him off our list…but
I thought she did and she thought I did….hhmmm
So sister Freeman and I were in the
area on foot and decided to drop by one last time. Turns out he does live there
and
He even texted us confirming our return appointment. It was way
awesome. We're excited to meet with him.
I just loved the message of "stand and
struggle". Life isn't going to
be easy...but the thing that makes
it so amazing is that through the
atonement we can stand and
struggle. We can keep pushing forward and
learning and growing. I love this
gospel, I love my Savior and I love
being a missionary!! Love you lots.
Have a wonderful Easter!
W/<3
Sister Hodgson
Birthday Festivities Thanks for the fun box mom!
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