October 5, 2015
 JOY TO THE WORLD
 HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY.

Sike, we don't say "howdy" in this city!

anyways, well this week went by fast..

biking.. preaching.. sweating.. freezing!! 

all the fun things of Texas :)

first off, what a wonderful conference weekend it was,

except the fact President Monson is looking OLD. dang. 

but it was a good weekend :) 

We were blessed that our investigator MIGUEL ANGEL got to come and listen to the prophet! It was such a neat experience.

 (but you best believe I watched conference in English hahhaha)

It is such a blessing to invite others to listen to hear the prophet. :) It was cool to see my first mission president sit up there on the stand, you bet we were all freaking out when he was sustained 

(hahah it was cool :) President Ashton is a good man.

 I loved all the talks that were given, it's just cool how every six months we have the chance to listen to the leaders of this church, what a blessing.  This church is true!!

fun fact.. you can ride a bike .. well, I can ride a bike and drink hot chocolate! So on Saturday morning it was cold, so we wanted hot chocolate.. but we had to bike to the church for conference, (1 hour bike ride for those who were wondering) So we got hot chocolate and drank it as we rode to the church. We are some pretty talented hermanas :) jaja

As for gator talk!
We have a handful of some souls :)

Miguel Angel still just wont accept a baptismal date. He's killing me, but he loves the church and the Book of Mormon!!

We are teaching a family right now, Gina, Melanie, and Geraldine, and they are planning to get baptized on November 7th. It is so neat how Heavenly Father prepares souls!

We have had some really powerful lessons with Leonel this week, as well as Franz. (a cool kid from Bolivia) His friend called us from New York and told us to go teach him, so FRANZ is getting baptized November 7th. cool :)

We haven't been able to see Reyna, so pray for my girl!

I think that's all..

oh wait.. Joy to the World!!

In English class this week we taught about CHRISTMAS :)

and the cute students all stood around the piano and sang, Joy to the World :)

Cute little Hispanics :)

well, holla at your girl if you need anything :)

please send mail!
missionaries love mail ;)

hint hint for everyone hahaha

love ya girl,

HERMANA WIDDISON

 no pictures.. bummer

next week :)

                                                                                                       September 28,2015       ASTROS

Hello beautiful people :)

Just your favorite humble missionary here :)

coming to you from the hottest place ever..

yup that's right, Texas is still hot!

but hey, it's in the 90's..

kind of chilly...

PRAYING FOR THE COLD.. 

 I don't know how I am gonna feel with the cold while biking my booty off..

hahaha but whatever the Lords wants, I will get with it :) hehe

Well, it's been like 4 days and I just wanted to THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PRAYERS!!!

Our investigator ANGELO CAME TO CHURCH. praise the lord. haha

oh my gosh I was so excited,  it was the biggest miracle ever.

I don't think I have ever been so excited to have someone at church. He came and LOVED IT!!!! he calls us every night to read the Book of Mormon with us.

this guy.. haha

 This week went by quick. I went to an Astros game last Wednesday, it was kind of weird, super "worldly" so I am glad to have a normal pday today,  but hey, the pictures are legit hahahah

Just doing the lords work here in Texas, biking and talking to everyone and their mom.

We have this super cute lady we are teaching English too.  Her name is MAIRA, pray for her, she wants to know why the heck we leave home to bike around.. duh, because we have to gospel, that's why we do it :) hahah

It's a great opportunity to spread the gospel while biking, because people just think we are  crazy because we are biking in skirts :) we get asked lots of questions :)

We are working with a lot of investigators right now :)

Pray for RUDY! he is so funny, he is so curious, and loves learning! pray he will accept a date.. come on Rudy! haha

Then Simon.. oh man we had a lesson with him last night.. (he's from Africa and speaks Spanish and he said," I was baptized when I was three and the pope has the priesthood".. haha hmmm... no.. so pray he can understand, but it was a good bold lesson.. "no the Pope doesn't have the priesthood.." that kind of made him confused.. Silly Pope.. hahah

Oh, General Womens Conference, it was good.

but you know I am pumped for general conference.  I like to hear the priesthood holders talk. 

(the ladies are kind of.. boring.. that's okay.. they are all good :) 

ENJOY GENERAL CONFERENCE :)

Make sure you take a specific question into conference, and be thinking of it. Heavenly Father will answer it. It is awesome!

ENJOY CONFERENCE>> :)

who will the next 3 apostles be?!

hmmm :)

HAVE A KILLER WEEK :)

Invite someone to watch conference :)

Spread the gospel people!

Save your brothers and sisters :)

LOVE YA GIRL.

HERMANA WIDDISON

 

 

                                                                                         
                                             September 23, 2015
DA ME 5 :)

HOLLLLLA AT YA GIRL :)

another week..

oh wait, why is Hermana Widdison emailing on Wednesday?... BECAUSE YA GIRL IS GOING TO AN ASTROS BASEBALL GAME TODAY!! cool :)

We saw so many miracles this week, and we are just having so much fun doing it :) 

haha some fun moments this week!!

We are working with this bomb less active right now, and how are we working with him you might ask?  WELL SOCCER. obviously hahaha so we have been playing soccer this week :) and BOOM MIRACLE, HE CAME TO CHURCH!  what what.! hahah so cool! playing soccer is an amazing missionary opportunity here, hahaha funny, but it works :)

then oh my heck, I WENT WEDDING DRESS SHOPPING! hahahahahha with Hermanita!! and then  we were matching at church.. (don't worry pictures will be attached, like always) 

AS FOR GATOR TALK

Hermana Sanchez and I are just talking to everyone.. EVERYONE.      

 We have been so blessed and have found some way cool new investigators :)

We of course are working with MIGUEL ANGELO.. or angel.. miguel..

legit, I don't even know what to call him, but, he is amazing!! He freaks out with the spirit and loves, loves, loves the lessons.

He just wont accept a baptismal date.. SO PRAY FOR HIM PLEASE!

It's so neat, he calls us every night to read the Book of Mormon with us over the phone, so cool!

Then we have a homeboy named RUDY.

ahw he is seriously the coolest cat I have ever met. 

 He just has such a desire to learn so much.
PRAY FOR MY BOY

Then we have REYNA.

 She accepted a baptismal date for the 18th of October. It's crazy, she already has all this faith. Yesterday she told us how one of her friends told her she didn't want to be her friend anymore because she was learning about our church, so she basically just ended the friendship, because she knows this church is true... WHAT WHAT!! 

PRAY FOR HER

THEN this is crazy..

So we had this guy we got as a referral.. SIMON..

and we went and knocked on his door..

HE IS FROM AFRICA AND SPEAKS SPANISH.

so that was a weird surprise. hahahah

 We just want to do so much, and just teach the world, but we have so little time!! We just are so busy, biking our booties off and preaching the gospel!!

It's so much fun!!
and hey, the weather is kind of..(not really) cooling down :) so grateful for that!!!!

It's such a blessing to be a missionary. 

I feel like I just got to my mission.

It is hard, but its been good :)

Love you all!!
love ya girl,

Hermana Widdison :)

Missionary work comes in all forms!

Wedding dress shopping with Maria

September 11, 2105

Sister Kaylee N. Widdison
Houston North Zone

Dear Sister Widdison:

I am pleased to have extended an assignment to you to serve as s Sister Trainer Leader in the Texas Houston South Mission. As I mentioned to you when the assignment was extended to you, I know that this new responsibility comes to you from the Lord. There is much that He expects from you as you become a core part of the leadership of this wonderful mission.

This new assignment comes with great responsibilities.  It is essential that you do your best to be an example of exact obedience, faithful service, and being spiritually led by the Lord.
The way you serve will have a great impact on the whole of the mission and its success. Never forget that everything you do or don't do will have an impact on the work, as the missionaries will look to you to set the standard for missionary service. Accordingly, strive that your area will be the strongest in the zone.

It is also essential that you remember that such a position of authority does not indicate that you are any better than your fellow missionaries. To the contrary, as the Lord taught, "and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all." In order to fulfill this sacred assignment, you must see yourself beneath all rules, requirements and standards of excellence. You will succeed in being a great leader by being a humble example and the first to do what is right.

Please do everything you can to be worthy to be guided by the Spirit in teaching and leading the work with the sister missionaries under your direction. Remember that you represent your mission president, and more importantly the Lord, in every exchange and conversation you have with the sister missionaries under your direction. After an experience with you, the sisters should feel like they have been with a true and humble servant of the Lord. Seek to know the Lord's direction through prayer and revelation, and become more and more a woman of God as you fulfill your responsibilities.

Remember that a key part of what you do is to build up and train the sisters for whom you have responsibility. Make this a focus of your work. Look for opportunities to bless and inspire them. 

On a personal note, I very much look forward to working closely with you in this new assignment. Please know of my love for you and my confidence in you. I know you will do a wonderful job in fulfilling these new responsibilities and have a lasting impact on the missionaries you will serve.

Sincerely,
Aaron T. Hall
President

                                                                                               September 14, 2015
 PRAY,PEDDLE,PREACH ;)


Hello my beautiful people :)

another week here in good ol Texas.. hahaha

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MIRACLES!

I have an amazing new companion. Her name is HERMANA SANCHEZ and we have so much fun together! We have so much fun, like to much fun, it's just fun!  Because we are just talking to everyone and we have already seen so many miracles! We are going to be so busy, it's really neat! :) 

As you can see from the millions of pictures below, she is obviously Hispanic. So hopefully my Spanish gets better.  :)

It was really neat, me and Hermana Sanchez just clicked and got right to work!!

We have some really neat investigators right now :)

We are working with a guy named Angelo, who is crazy (like kind of crazy) but he is so interested. He told us he is just so tired of trying to find the truth, and he is just ready to have it. Then we are like dude we have it. hahah HE IS AMAZING. it's funny, he had us put our hands on his shoulders and had us pray for him.. BAHAHA oh my gosh though, the spirit was so strong.. so strong.. he was like,"I can not breathe."  He can recognize the spirit so well.. its amazing!

We also have a cute girl that we had a super strong lesson with.  Her name is Karla and she just straight up moved here from El Salvador, with no one and nothing and she just wants help and wants to just feel the holy ghost always. She is ready to be baptized, its amazing.   Please pray that we can find somewhere for her to live. She's just lost and lonely and is only eighteen years old. Its crazy!!

 Also, we had a big ward party with about 300 Hispanics. CRAZY!  festiva de patrias! haha uh crazy. It was so fun, everyone from different countries brought all their food and was just so prideful about their country! They did different dances and just had a lot of culture. Hispanics can party.

We also had the privilege of taking our ward mission leaders daughter out teaching with us. Her name is Allison :) she's cute and wants to be a missionary, she is only eleven. Never too young to start em, right/:) hehe 

A week full of miracles, Jehovah Witnesses (ehhh so over them) old men giving us hugs, and biking, biking, biking!  :)

The weather is finally cooling down!! AMAZING!! feels like September.. well a little bit.. still hot. but it's like 70 degrees in the mornings :)

Thank you for all the prayers :)

I can truly feel them!!

enjoy the millions of pictures :)

LOVE YA GIRL,

Hermana Widdison :)

                             
                                             August 31, 2015                     
J DUBS

 This week on Monday we went to go try this referral we received. Then we saw some people moving so we went and asked if we could help, and the guy was like "oh the Mormon girls" hahaha but in  an excited voice!  He had a million questions and asked us for a Book of Mormon. So that was cool in two ways.

1. No one ever lets us help them, but they let us help them move!

2. He asked us for a Book of Mormon and to teach him.

However, he was English speaking so bummer for us.

Then we had some guy come up and talk to us and try to teach us about his new religion called "The Core" haha he was like, "I am doing exactly what you guys are doing." (haha hum not really). So that was weird, we surely  aren't going to help him spread his new gospel.

Then on Tuesday, we got rain and thunder and lightening and black skies and 70 degrees. Then of course within the hour sunshine and 100 degree weather.. so that was weird.

Wednesday we did  service with the Houston food bank!  One of the ladies that we always serve with came to our church on Sunday too! so that's bomb.. 

We had some fun conversations with testigos de jehovah.. uhh jehovah witnesses hahaha ... they are crazy. legit. so weird.. but hey its whatever. 

 We had an awesome lesson with a less active that we found. Well, he found us!  then he came to church on Sunday. It was his first time to church since may 2008. He was so happy to be back.         He said it felt weird but he was glad to be back. So that's good.

 Also, our investigator Angel, We had a good lesson with him  about temples.  He asked us all these insane questions... yup. that was a hard lesson.

I hit my year mark on Thursday!  Ate some waffles and burned a dress.. haha

We also got to help a less active pack up and move, so that was fun.

We spent a solid amount of time in Home Depot researching roach stuff. Because we have super bad cockroaches. So that's fun. We have so many its so  nasty.

yup,

my week

love, ya girl

Hermana Widdison

One year for me!

cockroaches going down!

Gift cards from home so I don't starve.

                                                                                                   August 24,2015

Rain and Thunder                                              

What up?

It's your girl :)

 A lot of you probably missed my email last week... yeah, I just didn't feel like having anything to say. Don't worry, I am still dying of heat here in Texas.. hahaha but its okay because I am here now and you can now jump for joy that you got your email from your favorite hermana ;) hehe (humble much jaja)

SO THIS WEEK.. We had lots of rain, thunder and lightening, so that meant waiting out the rain because we can't bike in lightening. So one day we decided to just go out and try and go teach people in the bad weather and boom Hermana Whitehead got a flat tire! haha oh my gosh. so we learned our lesson. It'ss better to be safe and wait out the rain then to just go biking in it. It's hard be trapped inside. We would get all ready to leave and then the holy ghost is like, NO! so we go back and learn patience. It's like a roller coaster. TEXAS WEATHER IS AWFUL! This week every day is around 105.. haha Texas make up your mind!!

A night of a bike falling off the back of a car, then biking home with no brakes! PRAY FOR HERMANA WHITEHEAD PLEASE, her poor bike.

Biking home at night here is like MOUNTAIN BIKING IN THE DARK. Don't do it.

awful, sketchy, peligroso.

This week we saw a lot of miracles!! (like always) 

we are now helping the cutest little lady from Colombia learn English. It is so humbling because she just looks at us and cries and tells us how bad she wants to learn English and we just sit there and tell her exactly how we feel, because its been so hard to learn Spanish. So we do know how she feels. However, the gift of tongues is real, and she is working so hard! It's a miracle we found her, she moved here from Florida and she was meeting with the missionaries there, so she already knows so much! It was such a miracle!! pray for my girl.. SHIRLEY :)

Then we have ANGEL! this cool guy ( believes in aliens and 4th dimension stuff.. like what?) haha He is probably one of the coolest guys I have met. He loves the Holy Ghost and that's just what he wants  He kind of has some weird beliefs right now and all he wants to do is come to church. HE IS SO COOL, he just wants the light of Christ, and we have it. So that's cool right ;)  ITS COOL! I think  he's going get baptized  when he gets work off. So pray for him. 

Then I would love to share a biking miracle with yall :) 

This happened about 3 weeks ago and I just keep forgetting about it!

So we bike up and down this one road and there are these cement blocks ( like the ones for parking lots.. ya know? )  So there was one of these on the sidewalk. I saw it and within a split second my timing was off, and my pedal was gonna hit it!  I saw that happening  so I closed my eyes, got ready to fall,  tucked my arm in and then a second later I was still on my bike! I opened my eyes  and realized that I  didn't fall.  It was amazing!  When we got to the stop light I looked at Hermana Whitehead and she said,  "how did you not fall?"  I know we have angels with us who are watching over us and protecting us with every step we take, every pedal we bike.. it's amazing. 

The mission is crazy.

Houston... oh, Houston....

This week its going be hot.

When we bike down the roads,  the only way to describe it like, IT'S LIKE BIKING WITH THE HEAT OF A CAMPFIRE CONSTANTLY.   that's all

pray for ya girl :) 

HERMANA WIDDISON
:)

PS. Your girl has been on her mission for a year and my Spanish is still bad. I will keep working on it though.

                                       getting ready to go.. left. had to come back.. so sad.