Ringing in the New Year with some SWEET RESOLUTIONS :)

January 06, 2014

Ringing in the New Year with some SWEET RESOLUTIONS :)

ALOHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

How y'all doin'????

I am just dandy. This week was especially special! I want to tell y'all about some of my new goals :)

1. First and foremost my ultimate goal is to keep all my goals. I think that this goal is probably going to be the hardest but the most rewarding of all my goals. I know what you are thinking....Sister Tucker, you could keep this goal by just not making any goals....TRUE....but I mean business this year!!!!!!!!!! #firstgoal

The other goals are separated into categories....Spiritual, Physical, Temporal, and Emotional.

Spiritual

2. Read the BOM two times
3. Finish D&C
4. Finish the New Testament
5. re-read Preach My Gospel.
You might think this is a lot....but I get 3 hours of study time in the morning....I will totes finish by October :)

Physical

6. Of course the usual...exercise everyday

7. No sweets (unless forced...it happens)

Temporal
8. Wear retainers and floss (mom would be so proud :))

Emotional

9. Find the miracle in everyday

10. Take a picture everyday

I know what you are thinking....DON'T YOU ALREADY FLOSS!?!?!?!? YOU HAVE GREAT TEETH SISTER TUCKER!!!!!!!!!! And yes I do, but I could be more consistent and disciplined about all of the things on my list. That is why I created goals...and wrote them down....and created an action plan. Elder Uchtdorf has a great article in the Ensign about goals. I was pretty inspired by it :) :) :) I hope you all will use this New Year to come closer to your Savior by making spiritual goals. (I just included the rest of my goals so you can see how cray cray I am :))

Anyway...I will report to you about my week...

Monday-

-Had a great lesson with the Hymas'. He is pretty less active and she has been very active. The lesson was about the sacrament and it was powerful. Brother Hymas is hilarious. He is an old funny grump :)

- Elder Perrins was making a Chimichanga and we had never had a Chimichanga so he made us one. It was decent tasting. Not as good as tacos de lengua though....(cow tongue tacos:) )

Tuesday -
-NEW YEAR's EVE!!!
-Talked to 17 people on the street! There were a lot of interesting people out and about! We had a guy with a mean dog and he said behind our backs "We're not going to eat the Mormons today!" Like I said...interesting!!!!
-Brother Klabacka came out with us! He has a strong testimony of the missionary program. He likes to tell everyone while we are out..."WE"RE THE MORMONS!!!!!"
-Had to be in by 6pm... asleep by 8pm!!! It was so refreshing!!!!!

Wednesday-

-NEW YEAR'S DAY!!!!! It was super awesome. We were well rested and ready to work.

-We had Brother Bybee come out with us to contact potentials and less actives. He served in Chile recently and it was fun to hear some of his stories.

-We had a lesson with good ol' Sister Dolley! We talked about why good people have bad things happen to them. 2 Nephi 2 is the best :)

- We had dinner with President Romney...not the Presidential Candidate...Our Stake President! He is related to the famous Romney though!

Thursday-
- Went to the Las Vegas Temple! I love to see the Temple! It is so beautiful! It truly is the Lord's house! I've been able to go with every companion! It truly is such a blessing to have the Temple near us!

-We met Brother Jones! He has been less active for a while but he is going to an appointment with us TODAY!!! He has a British accent which is legit!!!!

Friday-

- We had an awesome weekly planning session! We were a little nervous that we would get transferred...but WE ARE STAYING TOGETHER!!!!! What a relief! We are looking forward to another awesome transfer!

- We also had a great lesson with Jacob Allen. He asked "Why didn't we choose Lucifer's plan? That would be really easy!" Awkward silence! Then the spirit came in and explained it better than we ever could have!

Saturday -
- ZONE TRAINING MEETING!
-Pizza and games for Zone Lunch!
-Carlie, our investigator, is moving! Bummer!
-Angie & Pepe want us to help them become more active!

-Sister Davis and I are staying another 6 weeks in Quail Ridge!

Sunday-
-Quail Ridge meets at 11am now!

-Jacob came to church!!!!! :) He even called off work so he could stay all 3 hours!!

-Bishop Durham asked all the parents of missionaries to bear their testimonies! It was an amazing Fast & Testimony Meeting!!!

-Sister Davis and I are teaching Mission Prep classes every Sunday with the Zone Leaders! It is so much fun!!! We trained on the "Missionary Purpose!" It was powerful!
-We didn't run out of gas... even though we really thought we were going to!

Well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was the week! The whole thing was a total blessing :) Life is wonderful!

I love you!

Love,

Sister Tucker