October 21, 2013

Here's the latest from Sister Huss! (:

My first experience with tornado's wasn't too bad. LOL I think that If you sleep through it it doesn't really count but oh well. 

As far as transfers, I am still in Plattsmouth with Sister Wagher! It is so weird to think that after this transfer I will have been here for 6 months! I am excited to still be here! It also turned out to be a good thing because Sister Reveillac broke her arm really pretty bad, enough to have surgery this week.  So she had even said that she was praying that we both stayed. She didn't want to have to get used to new people along with every thing else and have to show them the ropes and everything. We were meant to both stay this transfer.

Not a ton different this week. It is starting to actually get cold now ( like highs in the 40's or 50's) so that has definitely taken some getting used to. Not as much for me as for Sister Wagher! Miss Arizona is freezing to death and sadly it's hilarious to watch. My favorite was this week when she asked me if it was going to be cold again when it had been in the high 50's that day. We don't have snow yet, but we have had some really bad storms. Nothing like the tornado warnings though just lots of rain. It also has made it more difficult to find new investigators because we usually would  just talk to people outside, but it's so cold outside no one wants to be out. The big thing we have been working on is getting people to come to the ward activity. It’s a chili cook-off/ trunk or treat. There have been a lot of people we are working with that are really excited for it and a lot have even said how excited they are to bring their friends too. It's just a nice safe environment for kids to trick or treat, as well as free food. We have been working with members to invite people to that too so hopefully it will be a big success. There are a lot of activities going on. Here the Christmas event is gingerbread houses that they display at the trail center and Kanesville tabernacle and each ward does a gingerbread display. So that has been the big thing that we also have been inviting people to. Almost everyone we talk to has no idea what the trail center is but when we talk about the gingerbread display, they immediately just go “Oh that! We have been going every year since I was a kid..." So it’s a huge missionary tool.

But today we went to the zoo!!! A member and her non-member daughter have year passes (most people in the area do) but we went  with them and they were able to get us in for free! It was so fun! It really is a super cool zoo. They have an aquarium in it along with an entire Jungle house where all the jungle animals aren't in cages or exhibits or anything. They just are free to go to wherever they want, safely though. It's amazing!

Sister Huss