Hello hello hello! Above is the most interesting thing
anyone has ever said to me! Apparently we eat snails at church!
Well this week was uneventful in some ways. I have been sick
for the past couple of days so I've been struggling to keep up my energy. I'm
such a joy when I'm sick (poor Sister Hunter).
Last Monday we went bowling and least to say I'm horrible at
bowling.
Tuesday we saw the Greens and did some service for them.
Sister Green is getting some results back soon so please keep her in your
prayers! We then went to see the Seavy girls as usual and taught them the word
of wisdom! The girls are approaching their baptismal date so we are so excited!
Since Heidi is eight she will be interviewed by the bishop but since Hailey is
nine she will need to be interviewed by Elder Jackson. When we told Hailey who
she needed to be interviewed by she said: "OOO I HIT THE JACKPOT."
Yup a nine year old said this. Classic. Throughout the day we contacted some
people and checked up on Randy. Towards the end of the night we had this
prompting to go try this potential investigator one more time before we decided
to stop trying him. Whenever Sister Mounteer and I tried he was never home or
never answered. Finally Sister Hunter and I tried one last time. He came
outside and didn't seem too interested in talking with us in that moment. We
set up a time to come back and that was it. As we were walking away he yelled
to us: "Wait! We can talk now if you'd like." I was confused to be
honest but we went up and taught him the Restoration and he committed to
reading the Book of Mormon and praying to know if it's true. We are pumped for
Dan!
Wednesday we had good ole district meeting and I brought
cookies for everyone. Elder V and Elder Black downed them in minutes. I
provided their breakfast apparently. Throughout the day we delivered cookies to
some of our investigators and they are just the cutest! Let me tell ya about
some of our investigators...
-Carol brings her crickets to church.
-Randy came to a baptism with his drunk friend.
-Don thinks we are frickin crazy because we don't believe in
hell.
-Alberia is a super crazy black lady who says her ulcer is
always bleeding.
-Bryce is normally smoking when we talk to him.
But I love them! They keep my life interesting. Later we had
dinner with the amazing Wing family! Brother Wing was just called as the Stake
Patriarch in Stake Conference yesterday and I was so happy! He's amazing! Our
last lesson for the night we taught Harlee Groesbeck who is turning eight soon
so her parents want us to go through the lessons! We are teaching alot of kids
and I love it! Okay here is an experience for ya...
Lately we have been calling a bunch of members who haven't
attended church for the last couple of years to see if they are interested or
live at their current address. We called this one older gentlemen and his wife
who is not a member picked up. We told her who we were and she immediately went
off on us. She asked us about 10 times not to come by the house and we
respected that and said we wouldn't. She then said:"He doesn't want
anything to do with the church. I don't want anyone coming over here. And he's
naked! So if ya wanna come over than be my guest. I'll chase you down with a
stick." And that was the end of our night!
Thursday was my sweet Sister Zullos birthday so we went over
and dropped some flowers off to her! I just adore her! We ended up getting Cafe
Rio as well (and two other times that week oops). Thursday was when I was
starting to feel sick so we slowed down a bit. We went to the Adams house for
dinner that night and man I just love them! After dinner we went over to our
investigator Elizabeth's house and chatted with her. Her son Diego is a
Jehovah's Witness so he was cracking jokes while we were there. After we
invited them to church Diego then said how he was scared because we eat snails.
Nice! Lastly we ended up at the mission home for Elder Holm to open his mission
call! He's going to Alabama!
Friday I woke up and was so dead. I ended up sleeping from 8
am to 12pm and passed out. Sister Hunter said she came in every 30 minutes to
check on me to make sure I was still breathing. We had planned exchanges that
day so we started exchanges a little later. We saw the Seavy girls again and
talked about the Sabbath day and fasting! Hailey especially is so dang smart
and catching on quick! That night we had the Sweetgrass Creek open house for
the new building and it was awesome! Carol our investigator came to check it
out! After the open house we went over to check up on Tiffany and Bryce and
walked in right as they were doing some game show thing to win 5,000.
Everything is so unexpected when we are with them haha.
Saturday morning we helped a family in Central ward move so
that took up some time. I was hecka sweaty after we were done so that's what I
get for not working out as hard in the morning! The rest of the day wasn't all
that crazy. I was still sick so we weren't able to do much. We went to the
adult session for stake conference so that was fun! The Stahls and the
wonderful Zullos were both there from my Helena ward. Reunion!
Sunday was wild because we had ward council at 7:30, Monad
church started at 9 and Stake Conference for the other stake started at 10! So
we booked it over there after we took the Sacrament. Working in two stakes is
always an adventure! After all that shenanigans, I still had a migraine so I
ended up laying down and I was out. The rest of the day we shoveled snow for
some people including Sister Hodges! We started to shovel her walkway in secret
and she ended up coming outside. She got mad and invited us in and fed us at 8
at night haha. We had just come from dinner not that long before so I was
struggling to pack down the food she gave us because she was sweet enough to
offer so we sucked it up. Joys of being a missionary!
There's my week for ya! You all are amazing and I love you
tons!
I'll leave you with two of my favorite scriptures President
Wadsworth loves to share with me:
"I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when
ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." -D&C 82:10
"And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy
youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn
of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be
supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall
be lifted up at the last day." -Alma 36:3
Keep the faith.
Pictures:
-Sister Zullo!
-Exchanges with my bestie Sister Larsen!
-Elder Holms mission call opening (I was sick that day so
excuse me for looking dead)
-The moment I shared that I had 15 check your speeds on the
way to the mission home and Elder Baird was right there :)
-Hailey and Heidi Seavy
Love,
Sister Austin Miles ♡
2215 Monad Rd. Apt. 4
Billings, MT 59102
Montana Billings Mission
2215 Monad Rd. Apt. 4
Billings, MT 59102
Montana Billings Mission
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