4/29/14

6 weeks has come to an end. Sad. 

transfer calls week, and my wonderful Twin sister will be leaving me. I will be staying here in Sycamore- which i am so excited about. sister Oliphant is being transferred back to Joliet. Not the same area but the same zone she was previously in. I have truly enjoyed serving with her. We have become so unified and have had such a fun time teaching the gospel together. She is an amazing person to work with.  i will miss our time together.

Sister Oliveira is going to be my new companion. She and sister Oliphant have been out the same amount of time.  and she is from Brazil! i am so excited! maybe she will teach me some of her portuguese. exciting stuff ahead!!  

Yesterday was amazing!!  Church was so good! and we had three investigators at church!! WOOT!!  Chris Cain came to Church. She loved it! she shared with us how she loved the spirit and the people and plans on coming back! she is awesome! we are so excited for her!! 

Then our other investigator Kylie Ryder came to church. she is 11 and is the daughter of a less active. she is awesome and her mom and her were fellowshipped so well!  exciting! 

We had an awesome meeting with our ward mission leader yesterday and the other missionaries and a miracle happened! 

so there has been this man coming to church, his name is Tom and everyone thought he was a less-active. so the Elders have been working with him and teaching him off and on even though he is in our area. As Tom met with the bishop we came to discover that Tom was Baptized when he was 18 but NEVER confirmed.  so he is not an official member of the church.  so Bishop talked to him and told him about the situation and how he would need to be rebaptized. do you know what that means?  We just got a new investigator who is already on date to be baptized and we havent even taught him! haha we actually just taught him a lesson and it was amaazing. he has such a desire to follow Christ and is so ready! it is awesome! so we just put him on date for the 17th. :)  thank you Elders for doing all the work for us! I love it when investigators are just handed to us. haha He is awesome.! :) the more and more i think about it i cant fully take in how amazing this miracle really is. its awesome. i love being a missionary.

Sue is doing amazing! we made her dinner this week- it was delish. thanks for the recipe mom. and then we watched the testaments with her. It was an enjoyable evening. then later this week we taught her of tithing and she was so impressed with the programs of the church. obviously the church is true. it is amazing what Gods church does! 

I don't know if i told you or not, but sister Oliphant and I have been singin in our lessons. She is very talented musically, so she is Excellent at harmonizing and just making every song sound beautiful. so we sang "god be with you till we meet again" for a couple of people this week who are very special to us. and we cant wait until we will be reunited with them at special occasions in their lives. (baptism, endowment etc.)  

ok.. our car was in the shop ALL week today - for a tiny dent that someone put in our car- hit and run.  so we were with out a car.. and let me tell ya. Cars provide SO MUCH FREEDOM! its not even funny. we had some funny/ interesting experiences trying to find rides. But it all worked out. :) and it was amazing. and we felt free after having a car again. Thank you parentals for providing that freedom for me, and encouraging me to get my licence etc. i am grateful for you. I LOVE FREEDOM! 

thank you for all your love and support. 

Cant believe it is may this week. CRAZY!! 

mothers day is soon! cant wait to talk to all of you! love love love

sister O'Neil