Deep In the Heart of Texas

No time. Love y'all We got Karigan baptized!! It went pretty great though we were disappointed at the turn out for 6th ward. We invited quite a few people and made lots of announcements and it literally was not a ton of people. We thought there was going to be tons of people cause lots confirmed. But other than that, it went well! Half the program members were sick, but we had backups, and it worked out great. (Dallin baptized Karigan, and his companion, Elder Elkins confirmed her since the member planning to do it was ill.) We had a media referral turn out to be a basher, though we testified so powerfully that he started sweating and got cottonmouth sooo bad. And it was cool outside, so not way he felt the heat from outside. He must have felt the flame of our testimonies. Our testimonies came out so much stronger!  -Elder Higginson   

  We got to skin deers and stripped them of all their meat and dropped off those carcasses into nice bins. It was legit. I had a blast and I got to do it with some of my favorite missionaries so y'all already know it twas a good time. (Dallin did this at a food bank where hunters donate their kill to those in need of food. The missionaries helped prepare the meat.) Got to teach a lesson to a foreign exchange student who is living with members. It went great, and she's excited to start reading! She's already been coming to church and activities. Hype.  We also had A trunk or treat. Y'all already know that we put on our ponchos and got kitted out with some ties. We were straight Nephites out of the Book of Mormon, and our members invited friends, so it was sweeeeet! Karigan is gonna be baptized this Saturday! Prayers up! No time. Hurrah for Israel

  Fair enough Supperrr great week. We found a couple super cool brothers who are legit and want to meet with us a lot. Don't think either are attached to a church so we'll get them soon. One was like, how often can we meet? And we were like uhhhh 2-3 times a week and he was down. He seems sweet and went to college so y'all know he maybe has good comprehension. Same with the other brother.  Also Karigan's parents now want to be baptized, and they are locked in. I'm so excited. Her baptism is right after transfers, and I am doing stuff at Karigan's baptism, which is next transfer....so hopefully I stay. I also love training Elder Elkins. He is a king and I'm using my time to teach him the most I can. I hope I can finish up his training and prepare him fully for the rest of his mission. We have so many connections and our teaching in unity is getting better and better. We started a 40 day fast of ten things that are hindering our ability to feel and have the Sp...

  HOLY MOLY OKAY OKAY OKAY. Wow, this week was wild. So many crazy experiences.  Lilian got baptized!! It went great, EXCEPT our key to the church wasn't working so we had some bike Elders come in clutch with their key. The Elders came at a perfect time to help us set up too cause she brought authentic African food so we had to set up the cultural hall too. It all worked out, though!! We had a family that we are working with come and they loved it. The daughter is on date, and we are working on the dad and mom right now:) Then on Sunday we had a Polynesian family throw leis on her and got her Confirmed!! HYPE, she was crying with happiness after, it was awesome.  OKAY OKAY OKAY POSSESSED PERSON TIME We got asked by the Talley Sisters (They are in my district) to give someone a blessing. Apparently, they didn't even know the family. We pull up to the house and there are a bunch of cars parked out front. And we were like huh, and knocked. A man answered the door and let us ...

 We had a BEAUTIFUL restoration lesson. We had President Fitzgerald with us because he gave a baptismal interview to Lillian. (She's going to be baptized this Saturday!!!!! We are PUMPED) and this was our first lesson with this lady. We had knocked on our door a couple days prior, instead of disappointment. And wow! The spirit was so strong. She's only been in the states for a few months and was looking for a church. Another immigrant from Africa, haha. They are elect! Anyway we started teaching and testifying, and she loved the ideas of modern prophets, and said they make so much sense and basically bore testimony of them. And then President Fitzgerald comes in and uses the gift of discernment and says, "This is what you've been waiting for and praying for. You have been searching, and God HEARD your prayers. He KNOWS you and ANSWERED you. It was POWERFUL!! She was like wow, you're right. She was blown away by what we taught and wanted to teach her two boys all th...

  Nick got the Aaronic priesthood this Sunday!! It was so cool and awesome. He's an absolute king--I love him. It was a bit of a bummer though, because Charlene came to church and was complaining about not wanting to go to Relief Society, and so it took her a bit of time to just get her in there. She ended up having a great time there, but because she took so long, me and Elder Elkins missed being a part of the circle to give Nick the priesthood. But we got to watch it from the window outside!! But still slightly depressing, haha. Training is awesome. Elder Elkins is a king, I love him. We have been teaching finding, practicing the first vision, haha. It's so fun just going back to the basics. We are getting a bit stressed with our deaf friend Charlene. She is a bit frustrating and it's just a bit draining being with her. She came to church from Austin cause she's up there for a few weeks, and she stayed for the linger-longer after church. Then we had a lesson, so we we...

  Hey y'all, a got news for yall.... Yeah, not really, life is just chilling.  EXCEPT WE GOT A BAPTISM!!! LETS GO. Nick was baptized and confirmed this last weekend and I am so happy. He's a king, I love him dearly. I honestly felt like I didn't do much with Nick. He just kept keeping commitments, and I was like wow, I met you like 5 weeks ago, and you're being baptized. How the heck did this happen? Most people I teach are like pulling teeth to get them to do anything, but with him, I didn't even have to work as hard. Which was sooo nice, haha. Very good.  Then I was in a trio for the week, which was a blast. Got to spend it with a trainer and trainee on their second transfer together, so I was learning a lot with how to prepare for my new companion. We found a....well actually we don't know what....but it's a taxidermied animal we found at the church dumpster. Y'all already know we snagged it and put it in our car, lol. It was a king move. For those of...