T E X A S: Being the Lord's instrument in helping people come to Christ!

I feel like every week that I come to email y'all, I just think to myself, "Wo, how in the world am I going to properly express to them how my week went?...so much has happened!" So hopefully, y'all can get a gist of what I experienced all week long through the words I quickly spit out in the next 20 minutes!

Aaaanyway, our week started out fun on p-day. Sister Harvey cut my hair! She is a cosmetologist and I am so glad she did it. It feels much better! And she had fun doing it.

The next day was zone conference in Amarillo! AMAZING. I cannot begin to express how wonderful it is to have leaders that are inspired and care so much! That is probably one of my favorite things about the church. The knowledge that those that lead us are inspired and given authority from God is priceless. Oh, and side note about zone conference...they made me share my departing testimony! Oh my lanta that was scary. I really didn't think they would ask me to share it, since I have so much time still left, but since it was my last zone conference they asked me to! And it was an amazing experience. My entire mission I've pondered what I would be like and what I would be saying right before having to leave the mission field, and I can happily say that I know I am becoming the woman God wants me to be! But the key word is "becoming," I'm not there yet...but now I have the rest of my life to take what I've learned here in the Texas Lubbock Mission and keep growing.

The next day was a world wide missionary conference. It was amazing to be taught by leaders of the church and know every missionary was learning the same thing. This truly is, all through the world, the same work! It's the Lord's work and it is such a wonderful thing to be a part of!

Then came bike day. Oh man, that was probably the windiest day of my mission. Remember how last week, I mentioned how some of our lowest of lows come after our highest of highs? Well, those conferences were a spiritual high and that bike day was...a low point. We could barely even keep our bikes up right while on them, because the wind was blowing us so hard. But we made it through and my legs are 10 times stronger now than they were before:)

Saturday and Sunday were amazing too! We had our stake conference, and the Amarillo stake is so solid! The stake presidency works to help us know the Lord's will for us. They are working to turn the stake's perspective to members doing the missionary work and having the missionaries come help. I love it! It is switching my perspective of missionary work and really helping me focus on being the Lord's instrument in helping people come to Christ!

And even with all that was going on this week, we still somehow fit in so much missionary work! Our investigator Pat is the cutest. She cried this week about how we have changed her life because of all that we teach her. That was amazing, because she rarely ever opens up about spiritual things! And Tim...oh Tim. He and his buddies were joking around about drinking all through our lesson yesterday. I was so heart broken while trying to teach, so we just ended the lesson and told them we would come back when they were willing to let the spirit in...and then I broke down crying because it just broke my heart to see people I have worked to help just throw what's good away. I don't think I've ever done anything like that on my mission, but it was definitely from the spirit! It is amazing to see how the spirit truly does work through us! I have no more time, but pray for the Shelton family---they need it!

Love y'all have a great week!

Hermana Peck