Head...throbbing....world...infiltrating my life..... (March 24, 2014)

SIGNING UP FOR SCHOOL.
worst.

So basically my mind is being like shut.off. as i try and sign up for classes.

AMAZING experience with Carol yesterday. Went and brought a random team up...who is asian and a recent convert and just LOVES the gospel.....somehow we end up having her baptize me in the middle of the living room floor showing her that its not scary and you are underwater for 2 seconds........next thing you know we are promising blessings out of our EARS about the gospel and the ward family she is entering into....and then we are setting a date?? and im like whoa..too much too soon she is looking really uncomfortable so i ask her how she is feeling and she's like "i dont know" so we just PAUSE and talk about the Spirit and we are about to wrap up and a physical PRESENCE settles in the room and something tells me to look over and for the first time EVER i see Carol begin to cry, and it was the most beautiful thing ever to be able to SEE the Spirit working on her.  I'll never forget that moment, as we ask her "what are you feeling now" and she says THE SPIRIT and it was magical, fireworks exploding, she is doing wheelies in her wheelchair, just kidding but STILL amazing.

And MOTHER she LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED talking to you. she called me RIGHT after and told me basically the whole conversation and how you had been praying for her and she thought that was SOO sweet.
......and now she won't stop calling me Jordan. #fail.

APRIL 19th CONTINEU PRAYING FOR HER.

i have no time left because basically since Wednesday it has been non.stop.talking. even in our email time i just realized i spent 70% of it talking to Sis Runia and also cant say anything bad about her anymore because she gets sent all of my emails.....#awkward #shoutouttoRune-dawg

LOVE YOU ALL
xoxoxo
me.


SHOUTOUTS!
MONTANA!?!?! You are the BEST ever, sending you a letter STAT! best suprise ever! :)
SHAY-BAYBAY! yeah, LOVED the deets on yo life, i was JUST thinking about how you probably died...and then you appeared!!
MITZI never cease to amaze me, that talk was UNBELIEVABLE!
Sis Chytras? love you. LOVED it.

ALERT ALERT DREAMS DO COME TRUE. (March 17, 2014)

So me and Sister Runia (DON VITOS FRIEND ya, that one.) have been praying....basically since last year that we would be companions. Joked with the A.P.'s to send MURR-NIA to somewhere remote where we can do.work. speaking spanish (we dont speak spanish.)
Been like WEIRDLY calm about this weeks transfer, bascially counted on being transferred because I've been here 4 transfers, 6 months, only been trasnferred ONCE my whole mission. I repeat. Been transferred ONCE....have 5 months left. hahahahaha THAT.STATEMENT. i'm awesome. (thus 500 pounds of luggage....)
anyway.
bascially said my goodbyes to the Wardies yesterday....
imagine the awkwardness as we see the transfer document today and realize I am staying....Sis Beuchert is leaving (tear)..........and my new companion is
SISTER RUNIA!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Like are you freaking out yet!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
Already had a brain aneurysm. Over it.

Had an INCREDIBLY successful week, best indicator wise of the whole transfer, we are being SO blessed, good way to end out our companionship with a bang!! So many miracles, so little time....

It's been a HUGE transfer, where they like cleaned.house. on us so we're going to have one last zone p-day before we all get scrambled so gots to go parrrtayyyy but know that I'm so ridiculously happy and have zero complaints in the world.

....Except for maybe one. Pray for Carol. She's old, in a wheelchair, and is an emotional rollercoaster. One second she's getting baptized, 20 minutes later she's calling us saying she is staying with her old church.....and then that cycle happens 40 more times. EXHAUSTING. Pray.for.her. she's so close!!!

LOVE YOU ALL!
xoxox
me.

SHOUTOUTS:
to my amazing mother. We are currently wearing matching headbands courtesy: you. SENDING A PIC NEXT WEEK! <3 <3 <3

PICS:
1. Carol. HILARIOUS. Love.

2. Me and Sis Nash got to go on splits for the evening this week after MLC's. GREATEST EVER. Mainly because we got to redeem ourselves from the MTC and see how far both of us have come. We read parts from our journals in the MTC together, super nostalgic, but realized WHOA i actually have made progress. shocking. :) (weird note, sister Beuchert is her new companion, companionshipincest...whaa?)

3. Made Sis Bell a scrap book of all the Sisters favorite quotes...with ALL of our extra time...?? WHATwerewethinking. She LOVED it. <3 obsessed with her.

BEDNAR - PART DOS (March 10, 2014)

(Jord sent this too her brothers, but I thought it was good for us all) 

ok you lil weenies. Prepare for a SERIOUS awakening when I get home. I'm going to whip your lil butts into missionary shape!!!
Are you becoming a missionary NOW? Are you living a missionary lifestyle NOW? are you sharing the gospel when you can? are you praying for opportunities to share? are you reading your scriptures daily? Studying Preach My Gospel? DOING YOUR HOME TEACHING??
The whole time Elder Bednar was speaking about Hastening the Work and the WORK involved, I was thinking of my lil bros!!! and getting yous PREPARED.
He told a ridiculously awesome story of going on a "convert retention" mission with his son. He went to Bolivia, poorest country in world, and was visiting a family who had remained active and stalwart members who basically spent 6 months salary on this meal for them in their one room house with 7 of them living there. First thought "how can we help them" which he said was the WORST question he could ask himself, tell you why later. So they have dinner and they ask if they can give the kids candy (brought little jolly ranchers) waiting for a fight from the kids. instead line up and each take one. no "wait, that's not the color I wanted! I want to go first! mines ugly blah blah blah" so he's like ok, well they must not even REALIZE they could have more than one. So they ask the parents "can we give them the whole bag?" they're like bewildered WHY would you want to give them the whole bag, but sure! so hes thinking HERE is the real fight, now they'll argue over who gets more etc. Gives the bag....they instantly run out and start passing them all out to their friends. NEVER occurred to them they could take more than one. Never occurred to them to fight over that, because when you have NOTHING, the important things start to matter.
He had one of those "what if" moments and he thought well what if this family could follow us around for 3 days. Put them in a black SUV and just follow our lives. From piano practice, to football, to dinners, to events. etc. "when should we be ready for morning family prayer?" Oh, we don't have that, only some days, because we are too busy, schedules too crazy, only on Sundays sometimes. And he imagined that little family walking into the bedroom, closing the door, and saying "how can we help them?"
"in the midst of nothing temporally, they got it spiritually."

He also talked about his recent visit to the Congo, NO MISSIONARIES because of the political turmoil, JUST ORGANIZED ITS 7th STAKE. No missionaries, ever. But they GET it. They share the gospel, on their own, because they KNOW what is important.

Shared these not to make us feel guilty, but to recognize the Hastening and if we will keep the pace.

SO MUCH MORE but i'll leave that for now.

Remember what is important, and how you were FOREORDAINED to the Preisthood. And if you question if you should serve a mission, its because you don't realize WHO you are yet. A son of our Heavenly Father. You've been ready forever, you made the decision before you were born.
You know you are getting ready when you don't "duck" opportunities. (meaning don't duck opps to share the gospel whenever you can. Whether to less actives, or non-members)

LOVE YA LIL WEENIES!
xoxoxox
sis Murr

BED.NAR (March 10, 2014)

My life has not been separated into 2 categories:
-"Life before Bednar"
-"Life After Bednar."

Literally ANYTHING else that happened this week instantly became not important.
WEEKEND LONG BEDNAR SESH!

5 meetings, 3 days, EPIC.
I brought my notes, but like, where to even begin??

FIRST off. First meeting was for the whole mission. I'm pretty sure that was Heaven is going to be like?? Literal like happisest day ever, SO.MUCH.LOVE.

Pres had been like LAYING down the law, Assistants calling us like every second, one more thing, one more thing, bring a question to ask him, it has to be this criteria, you have to raise your hand, actually no you don't, ok just bring a question, no talking ever, ok actually no talking when we walk in the building. BLAHH BLAHH I'm like whoa.

So we go super early because we are taking a mission picture. Look down. #nonametag some things never change..........
NOT a great day to forget that. So luckily we live like 2.3 miles away from the church...but on busy roads....so solid 10 minute round trip. Seems easy? Supposed to be in our seats at 1:30.......its 1:16........goin for the gold.
LIKE JEFF GORDON NASCAR-ing around (but TOTALLY obeying the speed limits...................................) grab the tag...racing back..........whip into the parking lot.........................ELDER BEDNAR. Arriving. Everyone looking at us.
OMG.
Instantly become a cholo driver. Seat back. Head down. Pull into parking space slowly.

But we snuck in a back way and still got seats in the front because our ZL's love us and saved them. #tendermercy

MIND-EXPLOSION. Whole time just question/answer. For some reason I was just expecting like CHASTISEMENT/REBUKE sesh because his last few conference talks have been like ultimate calls to repentance. And the AP's were like all of a sudden putting us on LOCKdown so anxiety building.
BUT HE WAS AWESOME. just asked us questions about his talks he sent us to study, nailed it. then open questions. Whipped out KOLOB TIME!?!?! Prayin about that one.
OK so comments what we learned at the end, my comp Sis Beuchert whipped out a hot mess because she was so nervous but recovered! And she's like "wait...do you know what I'm saying?"
(E. Bed) Totally! But one word of precaution, be patient..."
"Elder Bednar that is my biggest weakness."
"Would it surprise you if I said I knew that?"
"WHAT THE"
best.moment.ever. haha HOLY.

Ok so then like 4 more meetings just for our stake, I'm like HOLY SPOILED ROTTEN. So blessed to be in the Derby Zone for this! Hands down worth the 34 exchanges I've had to trek through JUST for this moment.
Main point I took away is we need to be AGENTS who act and not OBJECTS who are acted upon.
i.e. "bless everyone who is not here at church this week that they will be here next time"
CANCEL.
"agent-prayer" --"Heavenly Father, we all have someone in mind right now who is NOT here, we are all going to go out, find those people, invite them back with the power and the tools, resources we already have from thee, the ONLY thing we need from you is that you inspire us so we don't all go to the same house."

MIND=MUSH.
Words can't even describe the feelings.
Like literally puts everything into perspective like NOTHING else I've experienced before. Time on my mission became so much shorter, this life became so much shorter, worldly things became SO much less important....and all that matters is that I make it back to live with my Heavenly Father. that's.it.

Last theme. The LORD is Hastening His work. Not us. The only question we have to ask ourselves are, "are we going to keep pace with the Hastening?"
#preach

AMAZING! Become agents and not objects.

LOVE YOU ALL!
xoxoxo
SISTER Murr.

SHOUTOUT
SMASH PACK I don't even get how you are real. EVERY WEEK. I swear I'll get one back atcha soon!!! <3

I've ultimately failed at taking pics this week. LAST thing on my mind. But I'm repenting and will do better next time!
But for now. Here is a bear-in-a-bathtub.

WHY are you eating a bear in a bathtub? (March 3, 2014)

This week...............
Party central week. Relief Society "Un-Birthday" party where we had a service auction. LA's, Investigators out of the WOODWORKS show up. They have this cute little survey you have to fill out of all the service or "good-deeds" you've done to earn "service bucks" to bid with. Missionaries got automatic most "5 points every time you opened your scriptures this week..." .....1,000?? Like seriously 100 questions long....so we end up with like 400 points. A lot. ...................Judy cashes in. "3,285"........................................wut. Everyone's just like ok...she bids on EVERYTHING so we finally just start upping the bids just to run her out of money...(sin? I think not...)
MArtino. Elder Martino that is. From the Seventy. Came to speak to us. Like SO.BLESSED. CHANGED.MY.LIFE. well a little bit at least. He is like the most inspired guy EVER. Had meetings with him allllll day. Oh, had a little leadership meeting beforehand and just stomped out all of our brains, swirled them around, and molded them back into General Authority status. If I could transcribe all of my notes I would but mainly read Alma 8-12 and realize that Almulek was a Less Active member who was changed into the most righteous Member Present for Alma in existence. #preach
Run. Boy Scout Fundraiser Ward Party. It was a REAL auction of desserts. WITH a Talent Show. LITERALLY the best thing of.my.life. Basically no one signed up for talents so the YM went to the Primary and let the kids have a free for all on the sign up list. Cup stacking....Hula-hooping for 4 minutes straight...thats it.....Napolean Dynamite dance....Beehives synchronized dance... topped off with an original song from Judy Mills.............................................basically what I'm saying is I should change all of my emails as tributes to Judy....enough material to last to the eternities. Anyway dessert auction finally comes. Bishop gives us and the Elders money to bid with. Everyone hates us because we got all the good stuff because no one wanted to out bid us. NAMELY the best peanut butter bars you've EVER tasted. "Each bite exhalts one Gentile" according to the Elders. But everyone had mis-placed pity on us and contributed the treats they bought to the "starving missionaries" ........literally just running away from children chasing after us with cupcakes, cake-pops, brownies.......bear in a bathtub (brownie, marshmallows, teddy-grahams = GENIUS..but disgusting)......and baklava...???
Totes had a baptism. Part Member Family status. Saturday was E. Martino day....plus baptism......plus winter blast??? Meetings in the morning....left during the lunch break for the baptism....forgot all of the programs....late....missed a picture...snagged one as they are walking in to the font....gave a talk on the Holy Ghost wile Holy Ghost'n it since no time to prepare......closing prayer running like mad back to Elder Martino meetings where I'm playing the piano for the special musical number/getting my mind blown by the Spirit.........and then ended the night off with Lawrence Welks Show aka Ward Talent Show........and then church was cancelled. NEVAAAAAAAA.
Yes. Interviews with Pres. Best day of the Transfer for sure. Love that man.
?......Sunday...Snow Day?? Cars were parked. Church was canclled. Winter Tundra outside halted all sort of human activity....aka 2 inches of puff on the ground. But whatevs. Elders went to drop of something at other Elders apartment...right as cars were parked. So they were stranded all day. Resuce mission'd it with Sis Smith who we live with and got them. Played Guesstures in honor of the Oscars............ANNIHILATED. Literally realized that I am a PRODIGY at that game. #OddCouple guessed that within like 4 seconds. HOW. I will never know...
!Elder BEDNAR comes this week. THAT would be David A. FREEEEAKING OUT. Can't wait. Prepare for my life to be totally chastised/rebuked followed up with an Apostolic call to repentance......followed up with a Q & A sesh. (literally so nervous, he's given us 3 talks we have to study and just going to call us out and ask questions about it....SO INTENSE. pray for me.)

LOVE YOU ALL
xoxoxox
Sista M.

SHOUTOUT to mah homies on da block:
-SMASH PACK literally who.are.you. AMAZED. I'm writing you back STAT.
 -MOTHER best package EVER. and Elder Budgey-Poo literally couldn't stop thanking you.
-GRACIAL got the goods on FRIDAY not even Saturday.... LOVED EVERY SECOND. r.i.p. heart shaped pizzas. Glad the tradition lives on.

PICzzzzzz:
1. GOODMAN FAM! Literally best.day.ever. SO HAPPY #eternalfam Dad just got the Preisthood last week. beaming!!

2. BEST. Moment. of.my.life. Another one just to show the Prodigy-ness of this moment. HOW did I get that. Still don't know. Notice the Elders so deflated in the background.

3. Elders reaction to free food. Before we realized that we would be accosted by diabetes...

4. Oh, and last week's Judy/Carol team-up miracle moment. <3 #besties

SHOCKERS. (February 24, 2014)

How 'bout them Shockers eh??? We live LITERALLY like 2 minutes up the street from the WSU stadium so we get all the deets from the games from the fans walking home.

When I first got here and I told people I came from Lawrence...KU blah blah they suck stupid smack talk...I'm like "Your mascot is a stalk of wheat. BYE"
so that was that.

SPEAKING of Shockers, top 3 of the week.

Went on exchanges with sweet lil thang who may or may not have Asperger's. So we are knockin some doors that night....talking to this nicest guy ever who grew up Presbyterian....our of NOWHERE (still getting background on this guy) "Actually...  our first Prophet, Joseph Smith...in his studies found out that Presbyterianism was not true......so...."
0___________0

(^^^ I promised myself I would NEVER use that emoticon....but literally......expresses my emotions perfectly.)

"uhm...yeah speaking of the Resoration...that is the message we have to share....fumble fumble lame recovery...don't hate us...oh your neighbors are members? awkward....yeah we don't associate with them..don't burn their yard...ok bye!"

-Sister BlurtingInsults- "Dang it! I should have invited him to baptism!"
Wait... WHAT?????
"yeah...don' you think? right there at the end?"
"..........lets go pet this dog. and talk about how that is probably NOT the best option in that situation....."
SHOCKER.

Set a super high District Goal for some key indicators so were working extra hard this week.....
"we really need a member to go out with us."
"It does say in the white handbook we can drive Judy in our car...."
"............yeah no that's only for team ups..."
"I know....."
-slow turn-

"Hi Judy! Wondering if you would like to come do some missionary work??"
CUE coming on TEAM UPS with us. Literally whole time im like this is going to be a TRAIN WRECK but sis beuchert was SO inspired because it was.....FREAKISHLY PERFECT!?! Her and Carol are like BESTIES!? first thing she says when we walk in "Heard you were thinking about getting baptized?? well I just did, and its wonderful! So when can you?"
GOLD
lierally didn't talk the rest of the hour.
On the way home, guy cuts us off, totes used to it, comes with the nametag I guess.
(Judy-DIRECT quote) "WELL, if buttholes could fly, that guy would be a space shuttle." *shaking fist in air*
ULTIMATE SHOCKER.

Back to back exchanges this week EXHAUSTED Saturday trying to make it through the day. Tried a potential. Not expecting anything. JAMAICAN NAMED ANDREA with one daughter and loads of foster kids? (after restoration) Yeah I don't even have to pray about tat cause I know its true.
OK!
TRIFECTA SHOCKER.

Lastly had the Sisters Conference. Sister Bell always wants to start it with someone teaching us a different way of exercising to spice up our lives. Person we had fell through so she asked a Senior Sister to teach....................hula.
Tiny little branch building we held it in because cenral place of all the Sisters..."no one can see me! Ok........" -stands on Sacrament table as make-shift stage-
APOSTATE SHOCKER.
but we went with it OK! Sister Bell was cool with it.

TURNED OUT SO GOOD THANK YOU TO ALL THE SUGGESTIONS!

xoxoxox
LOVE YOU
-Sister Muray

SHOUT OUTS
SMASH PACK ANGEL CHILD. love you.

NEW YURR (February 18, 2014)

Sitting in the Library, on a Tuesday. Who knew that was National Fill the Library Day?
Every library, PACKED.
8 missionaries having to e-mail.
-lots of time to wait-

So, what do we do? Figure out what even happened this week and what to say in m

y email? No, no, that would be ridiculous.
Obviously take creepy stalker pics of people and have "librarian re-enactment" photoshoots with my District.....OBVIOUSLY.

One year ago today I was running around like a MADMAN still getting stuff together to go on a freakin MISSION in 2 days. Procrastination....will take that to my grave. #hopeless
"Milestones" tend to make you nostalgic... so I've been pondering a lot about my life this last year. How much I've changed, how GRATEFUL I am for choosing to serve, lessons learned, lessons NOT learned, lessons I NEED to learn.  If anything I've realized how great it is to be a missionary.

HOW GREAT is it to walk around representing Jesus Christ, ALWAYS. How great is it to have ALL of your time, talents, resources, DEDICATED to the Lord?

So even when you shovel driveways in skirts pretending to be terrorists....there is always that one token Saudi Arabian that chooses to walk by in that moment, who is watching you....wearing a turban....................

How great is it going to a teaching appointment before dinner and having that family "suprise" you with an authentic Vietnamese meal, full of weird meats, membrane looking "spring rolls", and a dessert that basically consists of sugar-less jello, "geltain cubes" (???????), ice cubes, and un-identified canned fruit............"oh..great...you...........shouldn't.....ha...v..e......................" #stillhaveadinnerappointmentafter #VOM

Sometimes I think I should know more than I do. Being out one year, as a Sister you are 2/3rds done! So people look to you as if you actually know what you are doing.

So that being said, I guess after one year I probably shouldn't be asking in MLC's to define "progressing investigator".....
Probably should remember by now that I have to wear a nametag....always..........
Probably should know by now how to check someones oil...? <--NOT we had car checks this week at our meeting and we had to check some Elders cars......"so just check the oil, engine fluid, some other fluid....and tire pressure..."

-blank stares-

"You don't know how to do that yet? You've been out like a year!"

DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THE CORRELATION THERE!?!?!? There is none. Totally justified in our ignorance.

-still standing there-

"...so...they.....passed?"

PROBABLY should have learned by now how to manage my time better emailing as I see there are only 10 minutes left...and I still have to email President.

LOVIN' THE MISH! Goes by too fast.
xoxoxoxo
-Sister Murray

SHOUTOUTS:
I missed a few weeks so....
SMASH PACK!?!? V-DAY PACKAGE!? LOVEEEEED
SUMSIONS! Got your Cap'n Crunch on P-DAY and the AP's diiiiieeeeddd!! haha gave it to them as a token of my submission.
DON VITO YOU ARE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! me and Sis Runia talk about it on the DAILY! SO HAPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY/sad that i'm missing it. BUT EVERY.SECOND.BETTER.BE.DOCUMENTED.
ALEXANDRA LYNN literally speechless. BEST VALENTINES DAY EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GOT YOUR PACKAGE RIGHT IN TIME! FREAKIN LOOVEEE YOU AHH BEST EVER LOVED EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!
Sis Reeves- got the letter. loved.

I FEEL LIKE I AM FORGETTING SOMEONE! I have my list at home...so next week part dos!!!

LOVE YOU ALL

THE 'LYMPICS!!?!?!?!?! (February 11, 2014)

Today it is snowing. AGAIN.

We have to shovel driveways IN SKIRTS. But I just think to myself, "yes, this is what true weirdness is. Shoveling snow in a skirt. Bliss."

We told Judy that President Uchtdorfs bestie was coming named Elder Bednar and that was a little bit of a mistake because now we can't quite make it past the bit of information any time we visit. "You make sure you tell him to be at my house Saturday at 5:00 for a good German home cooked meal, no no, NO one is too busy for a free meal. You tell him I won't take no for an answer!" So if anyone has Elder Bednars contact information...could you let him know that he has a dinner appointment March 8th at 4:30 at the home of Judy Mills? Bring a lint roller if he has one...

Had transfers and SISTER RUNIA is an STL in the Wichita Zone now which means phone calls....like all.the.time. #blessher

I'm weirdly calm as I look down at the timer on the computer and see 43 seconds left. So I probably should go before it boots me off for the homeless guy waiting to get on to stalk Selena Gomez....#as always

LOVE YOU

PSYCH....not that weird show....but like that word from the 90's............psych. (February 3, 2014)

NOT being split up. ITS LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING.
Literally whoever prayed for us PRAY AGAIN FOR LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS!?!?!? because the Lord heard your prayer and me and Sister Beuchert are actually staying together as STL's!
Literally got NO sleep last night because the area I THOUGHT/knew I was going to....they told another Sister we were with she was going there.................then some Elders called to tell us how they destroyed us in our "friendly" key indicators competition #depressed and said they are opening part of their area out in the BOONIES for Sisters........and the room went silent..............and everyone looked at me...................................."Oh."
So thought I was going to WINFIELD population: 3 all night..............FREAKED out this morning in the office when we saw the Transfer list.....interrupted an intense meeting with Pres but WHATEVS he asked for it.
So.happy.relieved.every.emotion.with.it.

OK enough about that.

No time. New Sisters are coming to stay with us tomorrow which means...like we actually...have to clean....stuff........#confession
OOPS

WHAT.EVEN.HAPPENED.THIS.WEEK.
oh yeah.
FIRESIDE.

So remember how I've never mentioned the fact that we are having this big musical fireside for the whole zone and all the missionaries started inviting people to like last week....and it was on Saturday....and the ZL's told me I was in charge of it?
Yeah that's because I just found out last Monday.....and it was on Saturday...................
and there was a giant ice storm on Saturday.....but we still did it..............
and the SONGS sounded great............................to the Twenty-EIGHT people who showed up. Twenty-EIGTH spelled out for you to emphasize the miniscule number that is.
28.
I counted.
In the whole chapel.

hahahahah like literally we all just could not stop laughing at how many people there were. like passed out 1,000 flyers that is NOT an exaggeration. literally 1,000 printed. Elders at the mall like every day handing them out.
28 people.
7 of them were children/infants.....so they maybe don't even count.

So.......introducing FIRESIDE 2.0: THIS TIME ITS PERSONAL EDITION.
Same fireside.....just in 3 weeks with more time to invite.....
CONSTANTLY AMAZED AT THE IDEAS ELDERS COME UP WITH. But we are grateful for their......contributions. :)

SIRITA!
Sparknotes version:
Few weeks ago driving to find a referral.....realized NOT even in our area......turning around passed someone with a flat tire.....instantly got impression to help them...........flipped around. stopped.



realized we don't know HOW to change a tire.............
*calling Elders*
Blessed little Elders not even in our WARD miss an appointment to come help us because we sounded desperate but it was so weird the INSTANT I saw these 4 black girls squished in a tiny yellow bug I KNEW.............gospel. to all of them.
So the weather is nothing short of 0 degrees....my face has become numb...hand is literally frozen on to a metal rod thing im somehow holding trying to assist in even who knows what with the Elders as we herd the girls in to our car to stay warm and I'm giving Sis. Beuchert the "teach them the gospel or I'll put 30 cats on your bed as you sleep" look.....and MIRACLE......24 minutes later have 4 new investigators...............................................WHO ARE NOT EVEN IN OUR AREA. #depressed but ya ya hastening the work blah blah pass it on whatever.

THEN the Zone Leaders teach her...Sirita...other 3 kinda drop off......../didn't even live in Wichita.....
BOMB lesson. Find out she is not even in THEIR area....pass her off to Elders who changed the tire (we are like cheering tender mercy Elders sacrificed and end up getting it BACK)
GO to find her.............NOT EVEN IN THEIR AREA (she was bopping around peoples houses?)
LANDS IN OUR AREA.
died.
of happiness.

Taught her. So prepared. Planning her baptism.
Came to church yesterday for the first time and she's telling me how her Sisters/cousins are like MORMONS? you cant go they have like tons of wives! im like haha ya we get that all the time.....(thinking she gets it....)
"So do you see that a lot in the Church?"
polygamy??
"ya"
um no.....not ever. you thought that was true??
"Gurrl yea! I'm like oh.....whatever." still.came.to.church.....! hilarious.
LOVE HER.


Ok some girl in front of us just asked if we were nuns. NOOOOOOOOOOOO but yes. email time just got cut even shorter.
LOVE YOU
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
love
Sister Murray

PS MOTHER got my package with MILLIONS of pictures BEST EVER! LOVE YOU!
PPS BRONCOS!?!?!?! r.i.p

Shenanigans. (January 28, 2014)

Remember that word?? Even better in written form.

Ok I had ALL these notes to share with you from our seriously REVELATORY week.................................................................#forgotthemall
SO yeah....dang it.........

INSTEAD I shall shamefully recap with no detail.
SO this week we had the visit from the Missionary Department. HOLY WHAT WHAT WHAT. changed.me. SOOOOOO inspired like crazy opened our eyes as to how we should be teaching with the pamphlets...and I mean ya...pamphlets are our best friend...but how THEY used them???????????????????????????????? Genius. Then crazy awesome training on planning/teaching effectively. AHH. greatest. So excited to apply it all.

LASTLY................................
last Sunday had this TERRIBLE dream...aka a night terror.... that the Assistants made me sell Cap'n Crunch on the side of the road wearing this huge like poster sign thing...."Sister Murray you have to like SELL it..like do whatever you can...you will be SO blessed for this blah blah blah blah" i was like no that is SO dumb I'm not....fight fight fight...FINALLY succumbed and was obedient and did it.

So woke up just like SO annoyed, dream was SO vivid, so real, had to lay there for like 5 minutes to make sure it didn't really happen, you know one of those?

So that day on P-Day told them about it and they were laughing like ok that is crazy.........but you know what that means? We're going to ask you to do something Cap'n Crunch-ish that you'll hate but have to do! ha ha joke laughing not serious moving on.

THURSDAY we have that special MLC's and before Pres and the AP's ask to meet with us to "discuss some things".........................long story short we have 27 new missionaries coming in....TONS of Sisters are struggling....not enough ready to train....so he's been going back and forth as to whether he should split the STL's and put them all with "special assignments" but keep 2 in a zone....asking our opinion.......well Sis Bell kinda leaked this a few days previous so we made a pros and cons list.............haha cons was like double the length....kinda voiced our concerns.....moving on.
During the meeting just go the most like OVERWHELMING peace and smack in the face like DUH. We have to do that. Its going to be freaky hard but whats a mission if it isn't hard?
RIGHT then E. De Leon walks up.....'so.......remember that whole Cap'n Crunch thing.....?'
ya ya ya OK I'LL DO IT!
pray.for.me.

SO much more happened this week that I'm just too lazy to explain but know it was a GREAT week! Just read my comps email she writes like literal NOVELS that i'll have to subscribe to after the mish to keep me updated on what I even did on my mish.
 Oh yeah and i'll tell you next week about our new investigator Sirita! SERIOUSLY LOVE HER so prepared.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Sister Murrayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

oh ya and Elder Bednar is coming to the mish in a month HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!