There were 34 missionaries headed to the Texas, Houston mission with me. If you're thinking that, that is a lot its because it is a LOT. Some of the them are waiting for visas to go to Brazil so we'll see how long they stick around. I think it was about 18 or so of us that are sisters so that is pretty neat! The mission president is so great and his wife is the epitome of a 'Sister missionary gung-ho enthusiast'. They are really young, probably 40ish but they have kids in junior high and high school.
Anyway, I'm in TEXAS! Woo. So right now I'm serving in Bryan,Texas in the Bryan 1st ward, its a very nice family ward. Its about as far north as you can get in this mission, my companion calls it 'being in exile' mostly because our area and the neighboring area cover half of the entire mission. In other words, it is super spread out. Its kind of fun because out here there are a lot more 'true texans' plus we're right next to college station so there are a LOT of Aggie fans. I don't know if its this area or just Texans in general but goodness gracious people really love to talk here! Maybe its also part of being a missionary but people just feel the need to pour out their life stories to us. So my listening skills have improved greatly.
My companion/trainer is super great, her name is Sister Gregson. She is from Holiday, Utah and she has been out since February. She has trained every companion (besides her first of course) since she's been out, so she is a pro.
There are absolutely zero mountains here, I've never seen a place so flat! It is, however, really green and beautiful! Even out here in the boonies. The weather has been kind of rainy the past couple days. Two nights ago, there was a HUGE thunder storm at probably 2 am, I do not think that I have ever heard thunder so loud. I thought the world was ending. When we woke up the was a puddle in the middle of our living room, which is weird because around the doors it was completely dry. We're still trying to figure that out, our neighbors actually had to pull up their carpet b/c it flooded so much. Fortunately we have linoleum floors so it was no problem. By the way, our apartment is cute and little. It's two stories but the upper level is just a loft.
So I committed someone to baptism!! Yay! We had a referral for this girl named Erica, so we of course contacted her and set up a time to teach her the first lesson. Remember what I said about people here liking to talk? Erica, who I had never met before, told us everything that had ever happened to her. She has had a really rough life but she is trying to pull it back together. So we taught her the first lesson and it went great. So we had her say the closing prayer and then I asked her if she wanted to be baptized. We're planning on Nov. 9 if she comes to church and what not. Anyway, that was a really great experience. It is really awesome to see someone who has never had the gospel in their life be able to feel and recognize the spirit.
Mostly what sister Gregson and I are doing is working with the less actives because there are I lot of them here. Also, we do a lot of work with part member families.
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