July 29, 2013
Hey family!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MP3!!!! I love you so much and hope you have a great year!! :) :) :)
So good to
hear from y'all it sounds like things are going great at home! When does school
start back? School here starts next week!
It's so crazy that summer is practically over... These last few months of my mission
are flying by and I don't really like it that much.
The little
boys in the picture are Adam and Michael Daniels from the ward, SO DANG CUTE!!!
I honestly think one of the hardest parts about being a missionary is the fact that
we can't hold babies or little kids.
I've heard
of Elder Dye, never met him though. That's so crazy that they already know who their
replacements for the Center are! When is their mission over? I'm still not sure
if I'll go home before or after Christmas...
No we didn't
really do anything to celebrate Pioneer day which was weird... The Relief Society
president here in the ward though Nancy Allen and her family were in Oakley for
the celebration and she said her brother pointed out some family who was singing.
She didn't get the chance to talk to them though... I think her brother’s name is
Powers and his family is in Grandma's ward.
For Pioneer
day I was SICK! Holy smokes it was not good. I hadn't been feeling good Tuesday
night and we went and did service again Wednesday morning and I felt ok until we
sat down for lunch and I guess I went sheet white, I didn't pass out thank goodness
but it was a rough couple of days. Nauseous, achy, and exhausted... Sister Carter,
the Bishops wife, took good care of me though Wednesday which was nice it felt like
I was at home instead of being sick in my apartment. So many amazing people out
here I love it! I'm feeling good now though! The Priesthood is definitely a real
thing.
Our first exchange
of the transfer went pretty well. I was with a sister though who is known throughout
the mission for laziness and really just not that great of a person. Sad to say
that most everything that was said is true... I went into it with an open mind but
it was kind of a rough 24 hours. I literally did all the teaching in our different
appointments she kinda just sat there. She's got a lot of physical and emotional
problems that she just doesn't handle very well. But for some reason our investigator
Kim Williams is literally OBSESSED with her! It's almost creepy how much she worships
her and the ground she walks on haha! It's because they're both as Kim would put
it, "voluptuous" girls. The lesson with Kim went really well though and
she's got a target date of baptism for October 31st. She said it was around that
time last year that all this started with her husband Bobby who got baptized in
March. So hopefully it'll all work out and hopefully she'll get her answer before
then.
Sydney's dad
is continuing to give her grief about the church and poor Sydney is way confused...
We're literally doing all we can to help her out but it's getting to the point where
she really needs to know for herself because we can't be there all the time. Please
continue to keep her in your prayers.
Gloria has
a tentative baptism date for August 8th! She's got a few things she needs to overcome
like smoking but I'm positive she'll get there, it might just take some time.
Pam is still
about the same... She says all this great stuff but really isn't putting it into
action and actions definitely speak louder than words. Her son Devonte seems pretty
interested in learning though so maybe she'll have more of a desire as he joins
in more.
We picked up
3 new investigators this week! One is from a less active/part member family David
(Junior) Ennis, he seems really promising, we're meeting with him tonight. Shawn
Frost another LA/PM family, he's going to be a challenge but a good one I think!
And Jan Kimbler, she is a cousin of a member in our ward, she also seems really
promising.
Things are
definitely moving forward here in Kingsport! I really love it here! Sister Burningham
and I are SO BUSY all time, it's awesome!!
We have mission
leadership council again tomorrow and we have to do a short training on correcting
disobedience with love... We'll see how that goes.
I think that
about wraps up this week. Thanks for all the love and prayers. I love love love
y'all!! xoxoxoxo
Sister Bedke
:)
p.s. Yes I
got Brooke's letter sorry one should be coming shortly!
p.s.s. I haven't
mentioned it because it really hasn't been that bad! Northern Tennessee is sooooo
much cooler than Southern man do you remember this time last year??! I literally
thought I was going to sweat to death it was SO HOT!! There's been a few hot days
but also a lot of rain I guess this has been a pretty unusual summer. I'm not complaining
though! :)
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