HAPPY BIRTHDAY to mom

Hi Mama!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY on Saturday! I'm sad that I won't be there to celebrate with you...but know that I'll be cheering from Bowling Green! You're the most amazing mom in the whole world, and I'm so grateful for you. Over and over on my mission, I've had come to mind a solution or idea for something because of an example you set for me at some time in the past. You've taught me so much, even when I didn't realize it. So thank you. :)

This week has been good. We met with a lot of less active members this week.  Yay! We also met a family of 4--husband, wife, wife's sister, and niece--that we started teaching. We met them when they were moving into the apartment complex we were tracting--we helped them move their things and then got to go back and teach a lesson. Service is the best. :) They're all so cheerful and excited to see us every time we come over--we love it. We invited them to church yesterday, but they didn't end up being able to come. Hopefully next week though! 

That was the only investigator lesson we taught this week--Nikki and Oceana dropped us, and Michael cancelled on us. :( Man! That's okay though, because it gave us lots of finding time! We met some really great people. We decided to try service tracting on Friday--we went around in our service clothes and offered to help people with yardwork/etc. It was SO productive! The night before we had been in the same neighborhood for just about 20 minutes, and only talked to one family--they were out on the street and we stopped to talk to them, and it turned into a long conversation (I love it when that happens). Brett and Karen have met missionaries before, so they recognized us. And when we went back the next day, Brett was just walking out the door to wash their 3 cars. Talk about perfect timing! I also love it when that happens. :) So we helped him wash the cars and got to talk and hear about his life. The really cool part is that Sister Williams from the Biking area was on exchanges with us for the day, and her dad is in the Army, and Brett works specifically with veterans--so they had lots to talk about. he really opened up and was more friendly to us because of it, and invited us to come back again sometime. Good thing Heavenly Father knows what He's doing. :)

I've been so grateful for little tender mercies this week. It wasn't a bad week, just rather tiring. Elder Maxwell says that "hope spurs weary disciples on," and that phrase came to mind a lot this week. I've been particularly grateful for the cardinals. They're the Ohio state bird, and we see them everywhere! Gabby calls them "tender mercy birds", and I quite agree. They are beautiful and inspiring, and I've come to recognize and love their distinctive, sweet song. It's kind of like learning to hear the Spirit--and it's always a sweet, tender mercy. I'm so grateful for it. :)

Transfers are next week--what? Crazy. We'll have p-day on Tuesday, but I don't think much else will change around here--unless Sister Young's visa comes in. We'll find out soon! 

Thanks for all of your love, prayers, and support. I love you all!

Love,

Sister Wygant

Zone Conference (Lyndsay is lower left)