Hermana in Houston: Week 14: I Loved General Conference!

Hi friends and family!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTERS! They mean the world to me!

Two words... GENERAL CONFERENCE. Ahh! So good! We went to a "nearby" church building to watch it in the chapel - surprisingly much less reverent than at home. haha My favorite part was the family sitting in front of us would hold hands as the congregation stood and sang, so sweet!

I love driving! It is so different here! Traffic lights are horizontal, roads wind every which way, and they all have ridiculous names. I MISS THE GRID SYSTEM. My GPS will be my best friend for the next fifteen months. haha

The biggest miracle this week came from the fast we had last Sunday for our area and our members. We had more member present lessons this week {7} than we did for the entire last transfer! Absolutely amazing! Member present lessons are where a member of our ward comes with us to a lesson with an investigator, and they are vital for the investigator's progression because the investigator is more likely to attend church if they have a friend there. It made such a huge difference on the quality of our lessons this week! Missionaries are NOTHING without the ward. Nothing.

April 1st was a funny day.

"You're going to teach all of the people

you planned for...

April Fools! You're not going to teach anyone...

April Fools! You're actually going to end the day with more member present lessons in two days than the whole last transfer!" -Heavenly Father

Another miracle was that I had been praying to find opportunities to serve, specifically to find a rest home so we could visit the elderly because I loved doing that at home. So one day this week we were tracting in a new neighborhood and one of the houses we tried opened the door! It was a man with a funny accent who ushered us in and handed us a Bible and a guitar as he led us through rooms of others speaking a weird language, finally taking us to the living room, where there were three old people watching a movie. We eventually figured out that they are a couple from Romania who run an old folks home from their house! They saw that we were missionaries and wanted us to read the elderly the Bible and sing to them! They kept asking, "How did you know where to find us?" haha SO COOL. They are so much fun! We are going to go visit them twice a week from now on.

One thing happened this week that I suppose is funny in retrospect was one night when we ate with a sweet older lady in our ward; chicken enchiladas with salsa verde and flan for dessert. Of course, we were completely stuffed and we waddled (ha! seriously.) to our next appointment, where she surprised us with dinner... chicken enchiladas with salsa verde and flan for dessert. Gorged is the only word I can think of to describe the feeling.

Funny of the week:

Funniest story I have ever heard

Two Elders were being, well, Elders and setting off little homemade bombs in the street outside their apartment. Someone called the police, and when the police came to their apartment they found what anyone would find in a missionary's apartment... a map... with points... and names... and dates... they were arrested and spent the night in jail until the police could be convinced that they were missionaries.

Love you all and miss you all so much!

I would love to hear from you!

Que tenga un buen dia!

Hermana McOmber