Hello everyone! Once again, the week flew by! Some good things are happening here in Zionsville though :) oh, and some crazy news! These next three weeks, we are going to be in a trio with Sister Wilkenson and are going to be covering two areas! Her companion is going home early for school, so we get to be her companions :) It is going to be crazy and probably hectic at times, but it's going to be a blast :)
We had dinner with Brian's family and they are such genuinely good people! They were super curious about us and what we do as missionaries and they were super impressed at all the things we do at such a young age. It was wonderful to see how supportive Brian's wife was of him and how grateful she was to us for teaching him :) and yes, this is super random, but I feel the need to tell you that Brian went Bear hunting and shot a black bear with his friend Tony. It is now mounted on the wall, and then Brian showed us the skull of the bear! Here's your fun fact of the day: to clean the bear's skull, they stick it in a box of beetles and they do all the detail cleaning! Super disgusting but really fascinating all at the same time! Anyway, his wife made us a little Christmas gift and gave it to us to show her appreciation which was darling of her! They are just such a wonderful family :)
We had a super cool experience this week with a lady named Nannette Zawadski. We got her information from sisters in Carmel, IN and we have been trying to get a hold of her for weeks! She finally responded to us and said we could come to her house! She was excommunicated 19 years ago and wants to take the steps to be baptized again. I was a bit apprehensive before meeting her because I didn't know what to expect, but as we talked to her and got to know her I was able to feel the Spirit testify to me of the love that God had for her, and I knew then that she needed to know it too. I testified to her that Heavenly Father loved her and was so incredibly happy about the decisions she was making to improve her life. What is even more amazing to me is that I really didn't say anything profound, but because the Spirit was there, she was able to feel and know that the words I was speaking were true, and her heart was able to be touched and she was able to feel that Spirit once more, something she may not have felt for a long time.
We also have a new investigator!!! We met her tracting and she told us she would let us in, but her child was sleeping, so she said to come back another day after 4pm. We came back the next week after 4pm and she was about to leave her house so we set up an appointment with her on Tuesday at 4:30 :) please pray for Mary!
It has been wonderful to be a missionary at Christmas time because our primary focus is to invite souls to Christ, and what better way to celebrate Christmas than to be a disciple of Him who is the only reason we have this beautiful season. Keep the real spirit of Christmas with you this season, and I promise it will be the best Christmas you will ever have :)
Stay warm! (We got our first snow this week! It was magical.)
Serving with a Smile,
Sister Bradley
The famous Hoosier Goose. People dress them up at holidays! Why? No clue.
Sister Dyches and I after a training by her and her husband. Elder Dyches is the General Authority that visited our mission this transfer :)
First Snow!!!
The little gift Brian's family gave us :)
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