January 5, 2015

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wowza! Can y'all believe it's already 2015!? Exciting stuff :)  This week was a really good week!  We started off the week by going on exchanges- Sister Bearnson (one of my trainers) came and worked my Amarillo area with me and we had a lot of success! It was 9 degrees that day and people's cars weren't starting, so we had a lot of opportunities to help out (even though I'm not the most knowledgeable about cars!) and were able to share bits and pieces of the gospel with them!  We were able to do some service this week at the old folk's home- so fun!! We "exercised" with them by bouncing a ball in a circle and lifted 2 lb. weights!  A word of advice, if you want to be whipped into shape, just go work out with the 90 year olds! haha :)  Then we had interviews with President Heap and it went so well- I love that man! I know that I have been called to serve in this mission under the direction of President and Sister Heap! He makes me feel like I am the best missionary in the world and I learned a lot from him. 
Another big ice and snow storm hit the panhandle of Texas, so we were left car-less so that no missionaries would get in an accident- it was cold, really, really cold- but it's ok! We met a preacher on the corner of a main street in Canyon who was shouting and "crying people to repentance..." so I thought I'd be nice and ask how his day was and the second he read my name tag and saw that I was a Latter-Day Saint, he gave us an earful.. so that was fun!! haha. 
We had an investigator come to church and it was great- he stayed for all 3 hours! My testimony has really been strengthened this week as I have been standing up for my beliefs, and I have met a lot of people here that I absolutely KNOW that I was meant to meet. The Plan of Salvation is a very real and perfect plan and I know that I knew many of these people in the life before! I am so grateful to be a missionary! Please make the gospel a priority in your lives! We are not perfect, but the gospel definitely is! I love you all :) Have a great week! 
Love, Sister Evans