Hello friends and family! Things are looking a little bit like winter again in Rock Hill, but hopefully all this rain will bring more flowers in the spring.
Someone reminded me this week that I haven't really been talking about the people we've been teaching! I guess when it's your day-to-day life as a missionary, it doesn't seem so noteworthy, but it's actually the most important thing we're doing! My bad, haha. I'll do better to keep y'all updated. The main people we're working with are:
B, who is a neighbor and friend to one of the recent converts in our ward. She was able to come to church with her friend a couple of times and she enjoyed it! She has a pretty hectic schedule so we've only been able to meet with her once so far, but we've been keeping in touch.
Z is a young woman who attended our ward once with her friend, who is a member in Charlotte. She unfortunately just moved from Rock Hill back to Charlotte, and she's not quite sure she's ready to meet with missionaries there yet. We were able to meet up with her this week though! She is very sweet and could be truly blessed by the gospel in her life. She's also planning on attending the Gladys Knight fireside in April, which is something we missionaries are very stoked about!
K came up to the church building on Christmas Eve after our services had been let out and only the bishopric and the elders were left. They referred her to us, and we were able to teach her a couple of times before she got a new job that gave her a demanding work schedule. It got to the point where we could hardly contact her at all. This Sunday she called us during ward council meeting (we must have been inspired to forget to put the phone on silent 
) and told us she finally had a day off work and could come to church! She was really happy to be there and the ward welcomed her with open arms. We were so excited that she was finally able to make it!
Of course we're also still working with less-active members and new converts, helping strenghten their testimonies and come closer to Christ. And we've been doing service! This week we helped clean up around a group home for foster children. On Wednesday we and the elders helped the food bank unload a bus full of canned goods from a food drive. And when I say bus full, I mean it was FULL. We unloaded over 900 pounds and didn't even finish that day!
We also had a little miracle that evening! We were walking back from service since it's right down the street. Sister Laney wasn't feeling well and we didn't have a dinner for the night, so we were planning on earing dinner up in the apartment and turning in for the night so she could rest. Just as we reached our apartment, we got a call from a member who was driving home from work. He asked if we had a dinner that night, and when we said we didn't, he had us meet him at the sandwich shop a couple buildings down from our apartment and paid for our meal there. It was a HUGE blessing at just the right time!
Another exciting thing that happened this week was daylight savings. It makes just about as much sense to me now as it does the first time I did it, which is not very much. It gives me comfort to know, in this world of change and uncertainty, that at least Arizona time will stay right where it's at.
Spiritual thought of the week: don't judge, and don't try to help someone without understanding them first. You will never know where someone is coming from unless you listen to them (not another source) and try to have an open heart, to see things from there perspective. Remember, "they don't care how much you know untill they know how much you care."
Love y'all! Have a fantastic week (with more daylight in it, supposedly).
Love,
Sister Reay
When you meet your former district leader at Wal-mart the week after transfers...
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