What's cool is that we were all about helping the members any way that we could.
On the friday before conference we got to meet some of the members coming in for conference and truly try to uplift them/help them with their struggles (we know that we've all got 'em :) ) and that led to us meeting an older single woman named Gina who unloaded on us (she must have liked my dimples too) and also a member named uh..Sister Gysler from Switzerland. Sister Gysler was really really nice and gave us great advice about staying a "pearl of a girl", protecting our virtue (don't waste time with boys who only "want to play") and staying faithful for our children and not giving into peer pressure and staying true to our promises. We shared a message from President Monson about the role of women (I felt like she embodied that which President Monson described) and afterwards she shared some more advice with us (she spoke in this really sweet soft voice with a french accent) and then said that she wished she could give us something (she had brought swiss chocolate for all their friends here in Utah). But no chocolate my friends; she was not sure she had enough for her friends. However, reaching into her purse she found 1) Granola Bars ("they were made in switzerland...they're swiss") 2) Wet wipes ("these are ALWAYS useful") 3) tissues ("you can always use these") 4) Pens ("pens are ALWAYS useful, you can always use a pen"). It was hilarious. No worries, mom and dad, we protested receiving any gifts the ENTIRE time. but we for sure will use the pens, wet wipes and tissues.
Back to conference though...we all made goals for the members that we would invite to have their friends called and we set goals for how many names we would receive. Now, as President put it into perspective for us we did it for "Gethsemane; Calvary; The empty tomb; Spring of 1820". So in total we will be contacting 2,421 names. What's cool is that for each name we received we put up a leaf on a tree and then for each 100 names we had we put up one fruit. It was incredible and we all, after a long weekend of work got to sleep in until 9 am on Monday (which was not as enjoyable for me because I woke up about every 1/2 hour after 6 am).
Life is so good though and I LOVE missionary work. It makes everything better and is the most welcome distraction for ANYTHING that might be going wrong. I got to see Randy, Kaycee, and Ryan Holland which was great!
Ok. sorry it was a long one. I love you all!! Take care! and Keep being good examples and sharing the gospel!!
Love, sister Hulet
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