Deep In the Heart of Texas

  Awesome week! Went by so fast.  Short story time: One of my favorite miracles this week was when we were headed to dinner, but I knew we were gonna get there 15 min early. And in the neighborhood, I actually took a wrong turn to the dinner, but then I got the impression that "No, you made the correct turn." And now I'm like, okay okay, lets get outside, so we said a prayer for direction, and the Spirit was so there. I'm now on the edge of my mental seat, excited for what's gonna happen next. We look over to our right. A nice couple is sitting on their porch. Elder Elkins says, "Hey! Wanna picture of Jesus?" And they say, "Absolutely, come on over! Pull up a chair." So we pulled up a chair and started teaching them. THEN three of their teenage boys come out, and they are super fun and chill, and we shared a message that got them involved (it's cause we first tied it to God and then to football). The Spirit was there, and we set a return ap...

It was a great week! We got to go to the temple with Nick Jones!! He had transferred to YSA a month ago, but we got some members together, and we all went together. It was SO AMAZING!! LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. I haven't done baptisms for the dead in more than a year, and it was so cool. I got to baptize Nick.....and then he baptized me. H e brought all of his own names for it. The Spirit touched my heart. My JOY was FULL. So awesome! Also had a LEGENDARY exchange with Elder Reynolds! Shout out to Middleton Idaho!! We literally talked for so long. It was legit and we just chatted all night long. Never connected more with someone in one day. We literally missed each other by sheer chance. He moved out of the 4th ward when I moved in. Like we know all of the same people, did scout campouts in the same forests.  Anyways love y'all. No time! Hurrah for Israel!! -Elder Higginson

  Hey y'all! So funny enough, I wasn't supposed to send an audio for my last email. Oh well.  But this week was a solid grind. We had a super cool friend who was progressing, seeing the change in her life, and was receiving so much peace from God. But then we think something happened (maybe anti), and she sent a breakup text:( We'll see if we can resolve anything that's come up....luckily we got the Spirit to back up our words! We went to Bass Pro Shop. Soooo chill. It was a lot of fun, and we took pics with lots of funny stuffed animals. Definitely a hype trip (pics below of our shenanigans). We invited Robert and McKayla (the parents of the daughter who got baptized) to pray about baptism. And he was like, yeah I'm 95% there. Then, the next morning on Sunday we get a text from him saying "Morning! I'm in, I'll get baptized Christmas Eve." Haha, so enough said about Robert's personality. Gonna be sweet! Spiritual thought: People can go off on ...

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...