September 21, 2015

Classic bike day photo

Hello family! I don't know how spiritually filling this email will be, because oh my goodness this week has just been packed with moments that I just can't stop laughing at. But I'll just share a few...

Anyway, story #1

So, Saturday was MLC in Lubbock with Elder Palmer of the seventy and Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the presidency of the seventy. It was so amazing! And exactly what all of us at MLC needed to hear. But that's not the story, that was just super cool. We drove to Amarillo after on our way back to Pampa to go to our investigator's wedding. I hadn't met her yet, because she's been so busy getting her wedding ready while going to school. We are both without a GPS, so we got lost for a solid hour around Amarillo looking for the wedding. When we finally got there, we had completely missed the actually ceremony and showed up just in time to stuff our faces with wedding food and all the classic evening festivities, like the bouquet toss and and the dance party. Let's just say, when they start blasting single ladies, and you're a missionary, and your investigator (that you don't even know) keeps yelling at you to come up and catch the bouquet, and your bishop is just looking at you like "I wonder what they're going to do...?", there is no other more uncomfortable moment in the whole world. Sister Wilkins and I just sat there, so uncomfortable, and refused to get up. The entire wedding was looking right at us, don't worry, being set apart is a REAL THING. Haha, I started to feel a little normal that night, but after that, I was reminded 100% that I am a missionary. And I am so happy for that reminder!

Story #2

Wednesday, we went up to Dalhart with the sisters there to take them on exchanges. They cover 2 areas, so all Wednesday, I was in Dalhart, and Sister Wilkins went to Tucumcari. But we all spent the night in Dalhart, which was a total party. The entire thing was going great. We had a successful exchanges, and we had plans to wake up on Thursday and all go outside to play some soccer in the street for our workout. Can I just say how pumped I was for this! We got outside, and we were walking over to where the street light was at so we could see the ball, but I decided it would be fun to run over there and get everyone else as pumped as I was. BAD IDEA. I was running backwards, cheering them to run with me, and then BOOM, on the ground, in so.much.pain. My foot hit a dip in the road where it turned from a normal road, to a cobble stone road. My ankle (being as lovely as it is) rolled so perfectly, snapped so loud, and knocked me over. I went straight into complete shock. Nausea, dizzyness, super hot then freezing in 2 seconds, mood swings (crying in crazy pain on second and laughing my head of the next). It was crazy. We were all convinced it was broken because of the shock I went into. I LOOKED LIKE A CRAZY PERSON. I had to crawl down the street to the car and was driven to the emergency room in Dalhart, TX to be treated for shock and a possible broken ankle. Luckily, it is just sprained. I am back to normal, just a little limp and a brace. I just keep playing the moment over and over again in my head. It was so me, I've just been waiting for the day that I get this type of injury on my mission...we all knew it would happen eventually. Oopsies!

Story #3

Our house has vivint (the security system), and our front door lock has been struggling recently. We were trying to leave this morning to go email, and we somehow set off the alarm to our house! Within like 2 minutes, 2 cops were at our house, questioning us to make sure we weren't trying to break in. It was a mess...But I am glad to know that they'll show up that quickly if something does happen. 

Anyway, things are going great here in Pampa! I am having so much fun and the time is FLYING by. I gave a talk in Sacrament yesterday. So, I've been studying all about the fall and the atonement and how it relates to Christ's love recently and how to gain the kind of love He has. How to really love as Christ loves One big thing I learned is that, just like all the other attributes of charity that we read in Moroni 7, we have to learn how to love. It's not something we just fall into by accident, and it's not something we just fall out of. It takes work! I am truly so blessed to be on a mission and learn all about the love that our Father in Heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ have for us. It is truly so amazing what they do because they love us!

One last thing, pray for our investigator Tim, please!! He is trying so hard to change, but has some crazy stuff happening in his life. Yesterday, he was praying to know how to fix his situation, and he thought to call us, but then he didn't. But we still showed up anyway (I love the spirit!). We had 0 idea what to say to help him, so we all said a prayer, and he opened up the Book of Mormon, and the VERY FIRST VERSE had his answer. It was amazing! A huge testimony builder for all of us. And he really wants to move forward, so just pray for him! I'll keep you updated on how it goes.

Love you all!! And have a wonderful week!

Hermana Peck

My wonderful view all the way to Lubbock...
got to love injured ankles and chilling in the backseat
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