Sorry I have like no time, but I just wanted to say I love you all and hope your week is
great! HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE MATT AND GRAMS
Monday, May 9, 2016
Week of Feb 29th
So many miracles this week :)
I have met the best people! There are just many people and neat
experiences that I wish I could share them all! But we have been able
to talk with so many people this week since the weather has been nicer
and they've been out and about! We have had this "one more" mentality,
as in knocking one more door or something. We were on our way to go to
dinner and we decided to give a picture of Christ to a couple of
people. They told us they wanted to learn more and to come back and
see them at their house. When we went to the address the next day, but
turns out they don't even live there ha BUT we found this family that
had met with missionaries and wanted to be baptized! The 10 year old
granddaughter Keniya wants to be baptized in a couple of weeks and we
are so so excited :) they were able to come to church and she is just
really learning so much :) she gives the sweetest prayers and I just
love being a missionary!
We were so so busy this week and taught around 30 lessons, which is my
favorite part! And it really paid off, we had so many of our
investigators come to church this week, we took up a whole pew! It was
just so neat how we gave everything that we could, and the Lord gave
us so much more. Through out the Book of Mormon the testify that if we
keep the Lord's commandments, he promises we will prosper in the land
and I KNOW this to be true! Just always so very grateful to be n
instrument in the Lord's hands.
Also, Lacey had her baby this week and my niece is the absolute
sweetest thing ever! My heart is so full and I love you all :)
I have met the best people! There are just many people and neat
experiences that I wish I could share them all! But we have been able
to talk with so many people this week since the weather has been nicer
and they've been out and about! We have had this "one more" mentality,
as in knocking one more door or something. We were on our way to go to
dinner and we decided to give a picture of Christ to a couple of
people. They told us they wanted to learn more and to come back and
see them at their house. When we went to the address the next day, but
turns out they don't even live there ha BUT we found this family that
had met with missionaries and wanted to be baptized! The 10 year old
granddaughter Keniya wants to be baptized in a couple of weeks and we
are so so excited :) they were able to come to church and she is just
really learning so much :) she gives the sweetest prayers and I just
love being a missionary!
We were so so busy this week and taught around 30 lessons, which is my
favorite part! And it really paid off, we had so many of our
investigators come to church this week, we took up a whole pew! It was
just so neat how we gave everything that we could, and the Lord gave
us so much more. Through out the Book of Mormon the testify that if we
keep the Lord's commandments, he promises we will prosper in the land
and I KNOW this to be true! Just always so very grateful to be n
instrument in the Lord's hands.
Also, Lacey had her baby this week and my niece is the absolute
sweetest thing ever! My heart is so full and I love you all :)
Week of Feb 15th
Happy Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day! Just wanted to say hello
and love and miss you all!
and love and miss you all!
Week of Feb 8th
This week was pretty great! Um for starters, on Monday we went to
the Bishop's house for a " farewell" dinner with the elders. We had
caviar, beat pickled eggs, pig snout, tripe, beef heart, snapping
turtle soup, squid, octopus, muscles, clams, crawfish, fried frog
legs, fried rabbit, and fried Rocky Mountain oysters.. Yeah it was
pretty interesting and I took really little bites of everything but it
counts! But then we had shrimp and grits so that made up for it haha
We met a lot of people but we didn't get to teach much, but it was
super neat and humbling to meet all the people we did. And we got to
do A LOT of service. I'm learning so much about truly being a disciple
of Christ and it's great. We met this older couple named Mamie and
George Lance, we drove by while they were raking their leaves so we
pulled over to help! They were the sweetest and said that their secret
for being together all these years is "to never go to bed mad at each
other" it was sweet and simple.
We also had this service project with the church picking up trash!
We were briefly on the news haha! Hope you all
have a great week, love you bunches!
OH YAH GO BRONCOS
the Bishop's house for a " farewell" dinner with the elders. We had
caviar, beat pickled eggs, pig snout, tripe, beef heart, snapping
turtle soup, squid, octopus, muscles, clams, crawfish, fried frog
legs, fried rabbit, and fried Rocky Mountain oysters.. Yeah it was
pretty interesting and I took really little bites of everything but it
counts! But then we had shrimp and grits so that made up for it haha
We met a lot of people but we didn't get to teach much, but it was
super neat and humbling to meet all the people we did. And we got to
do A LOT of service. I'm learning so much about truly being a disciple
of Christ and it's great. We met this older couple named Mamie and
George Lance, we drove by while they were raking their leaves so we
pulled over to help! They were the sweetest and said that their secret
for being together all these years is "to never go to bed mad at each
other" it was sweet and simple.
We also had this service project with the church picking up trash!
We were briefly on the news haha! Hope you all
have a great week, love you bunches!
OH YAH GO BRONCOS
Week of Feb 1st
Hello from Conway! I'm staying another 6 weeks for sure so yay!
Highlights from this week: we had this awesome zone conference in
Sumter will our mission president and Elder Nielson(general authority
over missionaries) and it was so good! Their talks and insight were
great, I am constantly learning tons! And it was also good to be with
many missionaries, I saw a few that I knew in the MTC so that's always
fun! Friday our investigator Connie took us to have breakfast at the
beach on Surf Side Pier! (I had tons of pics but the computers are
working so I can't send them this week:( ) but it was really cool! I
love all the neat things and place I am able to see, but most
importantly the people. And it's really cool to see people grow and
change in the gospel. I have never felt closer to my Savior, as I'm
able to testify and bring others unto Him, but also as I haves relied
on Him so heavily. This work could not be done with out Him. And our
lives shouldn't be either. It is the sweetest thing I know and I'm
just so grateful to know that He lives and loves me. There are a bunch
of different churches down here and people believe lots of different
things, but it's neat to be where people believe in Christ at least.
We met Maggie this week. It was in a not so great area and we couldn't
find this guys address, so we were going to just move on. But the
Spirit prompted us to go to this house and it turned out to be the
address we were looking for. The guy wasn't home but we met Maggie and
she said she was interested in listening to us. The Spirit completely
took over the lesson and touched her heart. She just kept saying how
simple it is and that she knows it's true and makes sense. Before we
were even done she asked if we could come back and teach her more and
be baptized. She said that everyone should have the Book of Mormon
because it makes sense and is true. And I testify of that as well. I
have seen and felt the Book of Mormon bring me closer to Christ. And
I've seen His Gospel change me. I know it was written and brought
forth by God for me. And for everyone. It's so neat to experience the
gospel change lives, and to see people recognize truth. My testimony
grows stronger each day. I know my Savior Jesus Christ lives and that
we need Him and His gospel now more than ever. Missions are tough but
I am so very blessed. Thanks so ,cut for all you guys do! Sorry I only
have a pic of me and my comp.
Highlights from this week: we had this awesome zone conference in
Sumter will our mission president and Elder Nielson(general authority
over missionaries) and it was so good! Their talks and insight were
great, I am constantly learning tons! And it was also good to be with
many missionaries, I saw a few that I knew in the MTC so that's always
fun! Friday our investigator Connie took us to have breakfast at the
beach on Surf Side Pier! (I had tons of pics but the computers are
working so I can't send them this week:( ) but it was really cool! I
love all the neat things and place I am able to see, but most
importantly the people. And it's really cool to see people grow and
change in the gospel. I have never felt closer to my Savior, as I'm
able to testify and bring others unto Him, but also as I haves relied
on Him so heavily. This work could not be done with out Him. And our
lives shouldn't be either. It is the sweetest thing I know and I'm
just so grateful to know that He lives and loves me. There are a bunch
of different churches down here and people believe lots of different
things, but it's neat to be where people believe in Christ at least.
We met Maggie this week. It was in a not so great area and we couldn't
find this guys address, so we were going to just move on. But the
Spirit prompted us to go to this house and it turned out to be the
address we were looking for. The guy wasn't home but we met Maggie and
she said she was interested in listening to us. The Spirit completely
took over the lesson and touched her heart. She just kept saying how
simple it is and that she knows it's true and makes sense. Before we
were even done she asked if we could come back and teach her more and
be baptized. She said that everyone should have the Book of Mormon
because it makes sense and is true. And I testify of that as well. I
have seen and felt the Book of Mormon bring me closer to Christ. And
I've seen His Gospel change me. I know it was written and brought
forth by God for me. And for everyone. It's so neat to experience the
gospel change lives, and to see people recognize truth. My testimony
grows stronger each day. I know my Savior Jesus Christ lives and that
we need Him and His gospel now more than ever. Missions are tough but
I am so very blessed. Thanks so ,cut for all you guys do! Sorry I only
have a pic of me and my comp.
Week of Jan 25th
GO BRONCOS! I don't have much time today, but yes it did snow (I am right next to Myrtle Beach) so 1/16th of an inch is still snow! This week has been jam packed with miracles, I wish I could share them all! But last week we went on exchanges( i had a different comapnion for 24 hours) and i met this little boy named Jacob. We had a great lesson and is being baptized this Saturday, so excited for him! He said the sweetest prayer about doing everything God asks him to because he loves God. The Spirit truly led and guided us to the people we need to see and I am just so grateful to meet so many people and witness all of these miracles. We had this like 20 yr old girl that wanted to meet with us (they met her right before i came) and we have been going back to her house several times througout the day to catch her over the last 6 weeks and she has never been home. Last friday we prayed to know what to do, felt prompted to go to her house, AND SHE WAS HOME. had such a beautiful lesson and strengthened my testimony of prayer and that answers are real. We also had a super cool world wide missionary broadcast from the Apostles! All in all the Gospel is true and I love you guys! I promise ill have more super cool stories and pics next week!
LOVE SISTER BUCKEY
Week of Jan 18th
Happy MLK day! Down here the kids get 5 day weekend for MLK day so
that's neat! Last night we knocked into the Horry County Police Chief
and she invited us to come to this MLK breakfast with her, so we did!
It was quite an experience! We were by far the youngest people along
with a handful of white people so that was neat! We also had gritz for
the first time! It was honestly pretty weird because there were a
bunch of political and fancy people, and we knew absolutely nobody,
and barely got to see the lady we just met last night haha but I've
learned to love and embrace the awkward situations in missionary life!
SO this week has been great as always! We have had lots of different
foods; cabbage and corned beef, chicken bog(chicken, sausage and rice)
Japanese hibachi and all sorts of desserts.
I'm excited to try more soul food, but yes it is very true that you
eat lots here in the south!
We were able to get a service opportunity that we will be doing every
week and this soup kitchen called Shepherds Table. It's so neat to be
able to help out the less fortunate, and we get to talk to lots of
them as well! Like I really just love getting to know people, and have
this neat opportunity too see them as Christ does. We even had this
guy holler us over because he had been baptized! The Lords hand is so
neat and I'm so grateful to being serving Him!
Highlight was definitely meeting and teaching 3 kids, Keyshawn, D'maya
and Imani. They're around 10 years old and they really want to be
baptized! They know o much already, like they were just with God not
to long ago and it's so cool to see them remember the things they were
taught before they came to earth. They truly recognize the Spirit and
truth and it's so neat.
OH YAH so we went to this members home and they were watching the
Bronco game, I was so so excited! They were die hard Steelers fans, so
that was a bummer for them haha. But when we got there the game was
just in the background, and I was totally listening to our
conversation and really tried to not watch the game but when they
fumbled the ball and D Ware recovered it I almost jumped out of my
seat and we all laughed so hard. I definitely miss football a lot, but
I'm so grateful for everyone that's been keeping me updated!
All in all had a solid week and truly love being a missionary. I
love hearing from y'all and am so thankful for everyone support!
Here's some pics I promised! South Carolina winters and rain are a lot
different from back home!
LOVE SISTER BUCKEY
that's neat! Last night we knocked into the Horry County Police Chief
and she invited us to come to this MLK breakfast with her, so we did!
It was quite an experience! We were by far the youngest people along
with a handful of white people so that was neat! We also had gritz for
the first time! It was honestly pretty weird because there were a
bunch of political and fancy people, and we knew absolutely nobody,
and barely got to see the lady we just met last night haha but I've
learned to love and embrace the awkward situations in missionary life!
SO this week has been great as always! We have had lots of different
foods; cabbage and corned beef, chicken bog(chicken, sausage and rice)
Japanese hibachi and all sorts of desserts.
I'm excited to try more soul food, but yes it is very true that you
eat lots here in the south!
We were able to get a service opportunity that we will be doing every
week and this soup kitchen called Shepherds Table. It's so neat to be
able to help out the less fortunate, and we get to talk to lots of
them as well! Like I really just love getting to know people, and have
this neat opportunity too see them as Christ does. We even had this
guy holler us over because he had been baptized! The Lords hand is so
neat and I'm so grateful to being serving Him!
Highlight was definitely meeting and teaching 3 kids, Keyshawn, D'maya
and Imani. They're around 10 years old and they really want to be
baptized! They know o much already, like they were just with God not
to long ago and it's so cool to see them remember the things they were
taught before they came to earth. They truly recognize the Spirit and
truth and it's so neat.
OH YAH so we went to this members home and they were watching the
Bronco game, I was so so excited! They were die hard Steelers fans, so
that was a bummer for them haha. But when we got there the game was
just in the background, and I was totally listening to our
conversation and really tried to not watch the game but when they
fumbled the ball and D Ware recovered it I almost jumped out of my
seat and we all laughed so hard. I definitely miss football a lot, but
I'm so grateful for everyone that's been keeping me updated!
All in all had a solid week and truly love being a missionary. I
love hearing from y'all and am so thankful for everyone support!
Here's some pics I promised! South Carolina winters and rain are a lot
different from back home!
LOVE SISTER BUCKEY
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