Marshmellow Wars!

Hello, everyone!

SO this week has been great!  Today we are having our zone activity... MARSHMALLOW WARS!  It is going to be SO much fun!  We also sprayed our house for scorpions this morning. Since moving in, Sister Bingham has seen one scorpion which I didn't get to see because she threw the notebook it was on across the room. Lol.  And the other one she felt touch her 3 times in her bed on her arm.  She screamed and jumped out of bed and we spent like a half hour searching for it in the middle of the night. And never found it.  So, we really don't know if it was a scorpion, but it sure scared the crap out of Sister Bingham! We pulled out the black light and everything to search for it. 

Let's see... last night we had a 2 hour lesson with one of our investigators.  He's a sweet man, but his heart still needs some softening.  However, we finally got him to commit to praying and reading.  He's already been to church 3 times- something he hasn't done since he was 12. And he's 75 now. Tomorrow we're watching the Easter Pageant with him.  We're really excited about it.  And he's teaching us how to play golf. We figure it's a way to have daily contact with him. He says I'll be a pro.

We also had a lesson with the father of the family of 5.  The mom is Catholic and supposedly not very interested. We haven't met her yet.  He also has 3 kids.  He says that he will decide later if he is going to let them take the lessons.  The lesson itself was really good though.  It was very quick, but he understands the restoration now and he committed himself to read the BOM in 4 days.  We have a lesson with him tonight to find out how that went.  He also committed to pray and he was supposed to be at church yesterday but called his LDS friend and told him he forgot he had prior commitments. He will be there next week though with his family in tow.  He accepted a baptism commitment as well. Tonight we'll probably commit him to a date.  We'll see how that goes. 

Ok so to the individuals:

Mom- How's WW? and the new calling?

Dad- It sounds like things are keeping you busy, if only the weather! How green is your thumb now? 

Danny- How's the family? Love you!

Cory- YOU WROTE TO ME!!! And TWO letters!!! :-D I feel so loved and special!  I like your new goal. Keep it up! And I loved your drawing of Henry crawling. hehehe. And I like the nose game he plays. I'm going to try to handwrite you back today... hopefully... Oh, and let me know what your new address is if you get that new housing managing job thing so that I don't write any letters to the wrong address... :-P Thanks for the love in the form of letters!

Eric- So? How was your trip home?

Lynz- CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DL!  I'm so excited for you!  Hooray! So...? any letters headed my way? You PROMISED!

Lindsey Ker- I got your package! Thanks! It was cute. I love you! I am super bummed that your dad and rest of the bishopric got released, but I guess I saw it coming...  :-( I suppose I'll just have to come and play at your house... Lol.

Deon- I wrote down Tyler Maxson's name in my planner, and if I can I will try to meet him. But it's a big world and we're pretty glued to the people we take to the Pageant, so no promises. But I will try!

Tammy- So.  I think I know Elder Bennion, but I'm not sure. It's more like I know of him.  And I think I was in the same zone with him at one point (and may still be...) but we don't see our zone very much at all so he may know of me, I know of him, but not much more than that. Next time I see him though I will ask if he knows "the amazingly awesome Tammy Johnson who is one of my mom's best friends". How's that? :-D

Ok. I love you all. Thanks for your prayers. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO x 10. For everyone.

Love, me

So This Week Has Been Crazy

Hey Family!

SO this week has been crazy.  We moved this week into a little house behind the Ellsworth's main home where we were living before. It's a cozy little place.  However, Sis Bingham found a tiny scorpion the other night on her notebook.She went to sweep it off with her hand, thinking it was a thread until she saw it move.  She screamed, threw her notebook, and when I came in, we tried to find the scorpion which was no longer on the notebook, to no avail. Lol. So we prayed for the Lord's protection. Again. Hehehe. And we'll continue praying.  After all, all of the scorpions are beginning to come out of hibernation now... So we're bound to see more!

All is well on the teaching front. We have 2 investigators and one on hold that we need to recontact in a week. He needs time to think, so we're giving him space.  Tonight though, we have a first lesson with a family of 5. I'm really nervous.  I haven't taught a non-member family yet. Only individuals.  So,this will be interesting! And, yes Eric, we will be extending the invitation to be baptized to them.  We're hoping to extend a date, too.

So, this may be odd to hear, but this week Sis B and I were freezing! It was only in the 40's, but man oh man. We were SO cold!  Thank heaven for space heaters, sweat pant and blankets!  It was overcast and rainy for like 3 days. Is that normal for AZ?  Because I though this time of year it was all sunshine and daisies... Lol

Oh, so Sis B accidentally kicked me in the face. It didn't hurt and I don't have a black eye or anything, but we decided to do my make-up so that it looked like I had a black eye to show the elders as a late April Fool's Day. (Unfortunately April Fools day wasn't on a p-day this year. Lol) It looked good and real.

To the individuals:

Mom- I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! 10%?!?! That's great!  I am also so excited for your new calling!  How fun! I haven't gotten anything in the mail yet, but I'll be watching!

Dad- I am so excited about your green thumb!  Maybe when I go back to Idaho, you and mom can move there (because Lynz will be going to school there by then) and become an Idaho farmer! Hehehe...!

Lynz- A car?!! You've got to be kidding me! Lol.  I am super excited for you. Remember to send me a picture! Good job on PP! Keep me updated.  Maybe you should write a nice lengthy 10 page letter as one of your experiences. :-P

Eric- I'm glad you get to spend some time at home! Take pics with everyone and send them my way! Yes? :-D

Ok. I love you all! XOXOXOXO

Love, Me

I'm So Tired....

Hello, family!

We found out transfer news on Saturday night.  Heavenly Father answers prayers.  For the first time, I was praying that I wouldn't be transferred.  Not to say that I haven't wanted to stay in an area, but I just figured that Heavenly Father would do whatever he thought was best.  But there are so many things that I want to be here in this area for. For example, next week Pres. Ellsworth is coming to speak in the YSA ward- something that I worked hard to set up.  Not to mention we just got 3 new investigators over the past two weeks. So I figured, "Hey, the Bible dictionary says that some things are conditional upon us asking for them.  So, I'll let Heavenly Father know what I wouldn't mind happening, while making it clear that I would be willing to do whatever he decides.  And he apparently decided I could stay! Woot Woot!

So. Sister Bingham and I are moving.  The Ellsworths that we live with have a daughter coming home from her mission, so they need the room.  So we are moving into this small house on their property.  We're actually kicking the spanish elders out of it.  Ok. Not really kicking, but they are moving out and we're moving in. Our district is losing a companionship, too.  A spanish elder and an english elder will be working together covering 3 wards and the spanish branch. So they'll be called a zebra companionship.

AS for conference, my top 3 favorite talks were Elder Cook's, Elder Scott's, and Elder Holland's.  I loved each of them

Ugh... I am so tired for some reason...Lol. grr...

The work is going great.  We have 3 investigators that seem pretty solid and one even came to 3 sessions of conference.  The work is defin. coming along. It is so nice to finally have  people to think and worry about, odd as that sounds...Lol

Ok. I just typed 6 words and 4 of them were misspelled.  I'm getting too tired to even know what I am saying.  So. I'm glad you got the package. Sorry there wasn't more in it for you all. I just didn't want to cart any unnecessary things with me. Like past journals.  SO. I love you all. XOXOXOXOXO.

Ok. Hugs and kisses all around!

Love, me

PS. 9 months on Thursday! AHHHH!!!!