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Feb. 7, 2024 -- Maximum Horsepower

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Har-Ber, Springdale AR February 1st-7th, 2024 Transfer news!! Next week I will be moving about 10-20 minutes north to Centerton AR!๐ŸŽ‰ This email I wanted to highlight a few things I'll miss about Har-Ber: ☆       Sister Morton!!   Aw I'm going to miss her so much. We've been through thick and thin but at the end of the day we just laugh it off and have such a good time๐Ÿ˜‚ She is such a humble person and I'm inspired by how she always wants to become better (though she is already so much) The area is in good hands!!❤️ •     Recent convert Debbie calling most every day to "check on [her] girls" •     Pickleball and Bible studies with Kyle and Victoria! Such cool deep conversations about our different faiths •     The 30 seconds of door punching and rattling before Parul's kids can bust the door open •     Our friend Reagen!! She has the biggest heart and no one is a stranger with her. •      Mist...

Out with the Swamp Kittens -- Jan. 31, 2024

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Har-Ber Springdale, AR Jan 25th - 31st, 2024 Another great week here in Springdale! I've been working with Parul and her family pretty much since starting and they have come so far. This week they sat in first hour of church (sacrament meeting) for the first time! That was a big steppingstone, Parul has been so worried about it knowing how crazy her kinds can be. It went wonderfully and everyone had a great experience. Wendy is on track to be baptized on the 17th!! Highlights! •     Hit 6 months today!!๐ŸŽ‰ •     Saw a live possum "swamp kitty" crossing the street •     We had records of someone the missionaries had visited and had a pretty bad interaction with. He was upset they hadn't come in so long... but because he was so upset no one had come back in another 2 years. Sister Morton felt we should do something so we settled on leaving a note and number. He called us and said he was impressed, then we ended up having the coolest visit with t...

On the Lord's Errand -- Jan. 24, 2024

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Har-Ber Springdale AR January 18th-24th, 2024 Hey!! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. We've kept busy here, so straight to the highlights! •     Parul really wants both of her kids to be baptized, but one of them doesn't need to be (we believe it is only necessary for those who are old enough and able to understand the commitment). We were worried she wouldn't let Wendy be baptized if Patrick couldn't, but it suddenly clicked for her that we aren't excluding him, he is simply whole and pure already๐Ÿ˜Š •     We knocked into our member Sandy's son, he wasn't super interested, but we mentioned it to her. She said she's felt prompted lately that she needs to tell her kids about the Book of Mormon and this helped confirm it!! She texted us the next day and he wants to read it:) •     Our young friend Gabby took our challenge to pray about the Book of Mormon and Bible, and she was excited to tell us that Jesus and God told her the books we...

Hibernation -- Jan. 17, 2024

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Har-Ber, Springdale AR January 11th - 17th, 2024 This week we have spent some time in hibernation! While there was really just the one big storm, AR is lacking snowplows so we haven't been allowed on the roads. We've had to do a lot of missionary work inside, but at least we got snow! Highlights! •     We had a really cool experience with an inactive member. She no longer agrees with any religion, and it was a little tense at first. By the end of it though she asked us to help her find a ward member who can be a father figure and role model for her son. The interaction couldve gone so many ways but it was such a positive experience! •     Missed our friend by 2 minutes, but it meant getting to watch his grin as he zoomed by and did some impressive donuts on the snow packed roads before backing into his driveway.  •     Really cool video call with this Pohnpeian guy named Anthony! He is really excited to come to church with his family thi...