Week 17 Camels & Zebras in Paradise! Oh My!

March 2 2015

This week has been crazy and SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

So.... at the beginning of the week we were driving to Odin the back way... and lo and behold I look out my wind and was very confused at what I saw. About 6 or 7 camels... CAMELS! WHAT?!?! lol I made Sister Sperry stop the car and we just sat there looking at them not able to believe our eyes! We took pictures, of course, and then started again... but were brought to a stop by the sight of a Zebra... Camels and zebras in the snow out in the middle of southern Illinois. WHAT!?! lol It was great! We had a good laugh :)

Then on Tuesday we finally saw Joe! and set a baptism calendar for him! For March 21! He was so excited and wants to be part of this church so bad! but Friday night he texted us and said he needed time so I hope he is still aiming for that day. If not, he will be baptized when he is ready.

On Wednesday we taught Moose and he brought his friend.... Onion... lol I love these radio names! These guys talk on the radio and go by their radio names! We taught a little of the Gospel of Christ and Moose bore his testimony and was trying really hard to help Onion understand! He is so AWESOME! We gave Onion a Book of Mormon and he called us the next day saying that he forgot what he was supposed to read! So awesome!

Thursday was Zone Leader Training where we all get together in our zone and the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders teach us and get us pumped and excited for missionary work! I Loved it! It was so great! We talked about how we are here for the Lord and we need to be obedient and that is when the Lord is able to bless you more abundantly! :)

Friday was so awesome! We saw J and her boyfriend. She has had a very hard life and wants to change and come closer to God because she knows that He loves her. We taught them about the Restoration of the gospel and then invited J to be baptized and she accepted! Our goal for her is April 18th :) She has a lot of changes to make so we are going to be working a lot with her :) She is so awesome!

Saturday we were racing the weather. It started to snow around 2 and so we were hurrying to see people up in Salem before we had to park our cars. We saw B... which was a miracle! B is T's husband and has only been to church (any church) 2 times in the past 20 years I believe. He is not a member but his wife and daughter are. He agreed to take 4 lessons from us and so we got to teach him and he was more open than I thought he would be! And then we went and taught Moose outside... In the snow! It was so awesome... and cold! lol

Then yesterday stake conference was cancelled and so we went out with the McKs to shovel members drive/walk ways. It was super fun! And then we got the ok to drive and went to Sister Ss for dinner and then out to see D and D! I love them so much! they are awesome! D is a less active member and has gone through a LOT! so he hasn't gone to church in a long time and D is his wife that is not a member and we are teaching her and helping her learn more about Christ!

This week has been absolutely amazing and it is going way too FAST! But I think that is mostly because I am having so much fun!

Love you So MUCH!

Sister Brimley