December 1 2015

ARBOLITA

WELL WHAT A WEEK OF PICTURES :) 

you lucky folk :)

let me just start off by saying..

1st thanksgiving without turkey,  I guess it had to happen sometime right.. how sad. 

oh well!! 

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving though :)

On thanksgiving Hermana Sanchez and I tried to make a list of everything we were grateful for. We went through the alphabet and had a minute for each letter... haha I would have to say we got really creative.. :)

We had fun, but it was weird! but hey 2 of 2 Thanksgivings down.. none to go :)

On Monday we helped do some service with the Houston Food Bank. We were handing out turkeys and some canned foods for the thanksgiving break :) it was so fun!  It is a blessing to help them.

We had a fun/weird thanksgiving haha.. no turkey for me! 

We helped decorate ourselves as Christmas trees.. haha we went over to our ward mission leaders house to help them decorate their tree, but instead we decorated ourselves and they thought it was the funniest thing ever hahahaha so we had fun with that :)

I had a super fun exchange with a sister who is from temple square on her outbound here, and she is from PANAMA  and she is crazy!  but we had a fun time :) biking in the pouring rain... 52 degrees... absolutely soaking wet and frozen.. haha but hey thats the lords work! and she is an amazing teacher! We went and taught one of our members, and a new investigator we found named ____, and he accepted baptism.. so that was cool :) pray for him!!! he is cool! I am grateful I get to work with the sisters and how we get to go on exchanges weekly to learn new things :)

 Also,  we were biking around on Saturday night  and our brakes don't work.. and we were frozen... and it was pouring rain.. yes this is dangerous.. hahaha but we were blessed :) 

We are working with one of our less actives named_____, and she has two little girls who want to be baptized so bad, so we taught them and it was such a miracle lesson.. their mom said they could be baptized, so grateful for the Holy Ghost and his ability to soften hearts :) but the little girls names are _____ and _____:) they are so cute. It was worth biking in the freezing rain. When we got to their apartment, they gave us towels to sit on.. hahahah we had a lot of cold frozen clothes on.

 Sunday I said goodbyes to a lot of the people, and gave my little friends some choose the right rings :) (thanks Aunt Kaye)

Oh yes, I am getting transferred,  its been six months here in this area. I find out on Wednesday where I will be going!

I am grateful for Hermana Sanchez!! she has been amazing!! she is so fun!!  she will see so many miracles in Houston but the lord needs me else where.. who knows where I will go?

Enjoy the pictures!

Some of service, us as trees, decorating Christmas trees, biking in the freezing rain, Hermana Rivas and I, hermanita and my cute little friends at church with our rings!!

love you all :)

have a good week :)
welcome December!

pray I stay in a biking area.

love

hermana widdison :)

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                                                        November 16 2015

 life.. partner?‏ 

 OH MY HECK.

hahaha this week..

Well, me and Hermana Sanchez made this bet, we came up with 35 questions we had to ask people in the streets, so we had 10 days to ask all these question.. like "do you believe in god?" "do you know how to pray?" just simple question, and we got alot of interesting responses and honesty and new investigators :) 

 Last night we had about an hour left and had 6 questions more to ask, and if we didn't get our goal we had to take cold showers for 5 days.. hahaha so we had to ask all these questions. So we were walking and we just ask this guy.. "do you know how to pray?" and he says of course,  then we talk and he ends up being from Jerusalem, and he is a Muslim, but as the conversation goes on, he just ends up asking me to be his GIRLFRIEND. hahahahah he just simple asks up if we can date, because he is looking for a LIFE PARTNER hahahahah... we told him we could pray for him that he could find someone, and we can't date.. hahahaha and we walked away quite fast! hahahahaha but we opened our mouths :) so funny.. "Can you be..ummm.. my life partner?  "like my girlfriend sister wittingson?" hahah (because no one knows how to say my name) BAHAHA

 It has been fun asking people questions, and we achieved our goal.. NO COLD SHOWERS :) 

This week NORMA told us we couldn't go and see her, because she had so many doctor appointments, so that was sad for us. We hope she is doing good! but we get to see her tomorrow :) 

We were able to help the red cross do service for a benefit thing they were doing! HELPING HANDS :) 

As for gators,

well... besides the fact there was a 800 pounds gator found in a parking lot here.. hahaha

our investigators.. are just.. well..  you know how the work goes.

We are opening our mouths, and we have been able to find a lot of new people to teach :)
which is a blessing! 

We were able to help our investigator RUSHINNE decorate her Christmas tree. She left for Guatemala yesterday for a month. :(

We have been able to really learn how to see if people are interested or not, and if they truly understand. It is sad to teach people and they say no.. because they just don't understand the blessings they could receive from having this gospel in their lives. We are doing all we can to help teach them.

Have a good week :)

Enjoy the snow and cold!

Y'ALL ARE LUCKY

Love,

Hermana Widdison :)

Sometimes the tall missionary sits in the back with the kids. :)

Helping get ready for Christmas

Helping Hands service

                                                                                                   November 9, 2015

30 miles

Howdy :)

We had a good week!!
It is finally cooling down here in Texas.

Well kind of, one day hot, the next day freezing!!

We are definitely biking a lot, as in over 30 miles one day!  hahaha that day was miserable!!

 We broke up with _____ , so that was sad, but when people don't progress, you break up!

We  have been able to find a lot of new investigators :) 

(more to come next week)

We had a fun OYM this week. This guy named FIDEL!

We were walking, and I told him, "buenas noches" and  just kept walking.

 It felt like a movie because I took about ten steps and the Holy Ghost told

me to turn around and talk to this guy. It seemed like slow motion. I turned my head around and yelled at him and told him we needed to talk about God. It was totally the Holy Ghost, because he has met with missionaries in El Salvador before. It was neat,  an experience that I will never forget!

I was able to see some familiar  faces from my  Kemah area.

THIS IS LUIS!! I was so excited to see him!

Well, short and sweet-

love,

Hermana Widdison

                                                            November 2, 2015

QUE PASA CALABAZA

HOLA HOLA :)

Well, its finally, kind of, cooling down here in good ol Texas..

hahah thank goodness :)

THIS WEEK:

NORMA, She is amazing, We had such a powerful lesson with her about family history, and she was so excited to be able to do the temple work for her daughter. She told us she received her answer that this church is the true church, and she is so excited to be baptized. We took some members with us, and she bore testimony to the members of this gospel. IT WAS SO POWERFUL! It was amazing! We were able to teach her a lot this week, and she just writes down all her questions, she has lots, and so it's amazing.  She is actually studying and progressing!

 KEEP PRAYING FOR MY GIRL NORMA :) 

Also, we went and saw our girl MAIRA at work, and she was seriously so excited. We haven't been able to see her this week because of her work, so we went to her!  It was a little blessing for us to see her :) pray for her.. please ;) 

We had the privilege on Thursday to have a zone conference with a member of the Seventy, Elder Corbridge. He came and boy oh boy did I learn a lot!! It was really neat, just the things he taught us, and just what the Holy Ghost taught me. It was really neat and powerful! One thing I have learned is to really try and apply all the things I learn from our big conferences. I have really been trying to listen to how the Holy Ghost speaks to me, which is hard sometimes, but it's something I know I can work on!! 

Also we were able to help out at the federal doctors office and do some service! 

This time it was for kids to get glasses!! haha it was so fun! So there was about 200 kids, grades kindergarten to senior year, and they come in and are able to get free glasses! It was neat! Throughout that week they had over 1,000 kids.. CRAZY!! but cool :) 

We of course had a Trunk or Treat!!  Hermana Sanchez and I were the Cheetah Girls..

haha Cheetah Sisters :)

WE CARVED PUMPKINS! 

Fun, fast people in Guatemala don't carve pumpkins. haha so we carved pumpkins with Wilson, and and his daughter Allison, his cousin Melvin!! and it was fun! It was their first time.. haha they just think Americans are so weird.. haha they just didn't understand!! haha

Remember my old investigator ANA/?! aka Houdini.. haha SHE CALLED US! oh my goodness.. she called Thursday and I freaked out,  and now she won't respond,  but she called :)

and of course.. biking on the wet sidewalks and Hermana Sanchez should've crashed.. but of course we had angels with us, so I truly have a testimony of angels with us when we are pedaling.

and that was my week.. haha 

NOW FOR THE GOOD PART :)
PICTURES :)

LOVE YOU ALL :) Hermana Widdison :)

Carving Pumkins

Cheetah Sisters and Princess'

Trunk or Treat

Thanks for the socks Mom

Happy  Halloween!

                           October 26, 2015

Wind, Rain, Biking 

I AM ALIVE EVERYONE :)

 Seems like everyone at home is hearing more about this hurricane than I am.. hahahah

We didn't know there was a hurricane until last night.. hahah shows how much we are in the loop!

We were getting a lot of flash flood warnings, but that was it! 

lots of rain.. lots.. lots of rain!!

Let me tell you about this amazing week we had :):)

On Monday we of course had to have more cakes smashed into our faces. An elder from our ward was getting transferred so they smashed the cake, and we all got a little bit of it :) haha

OH MY GOSH Hermana Sanchez cut her foot open. We were clear at the edge of our area, visiting some people and her foot got sliced open, so that made for quite an adventure in the Walgreens bathroom trying to figure out that situation.

We also had quite the adventure on the freeway feeder.. hahahaha This story will be saved til I get home MOM :) hehe

On Saturday we had the opportunity to go to Hermanitas wedding, Eight years in the making and they finally got married :) she has been one of the people here in this area who I have been so blessed with to get such a close friendship with, I was so excited when she got married :) she is of course an eternagator, but I am so happy for her. :)  

This weekend was hard for us because of all the rain we got. The roads were just flooded, so biking was hard, and so we walked and walked and jumped in some puddles but made fun out of the time we had :):)

Oh and another adventure we had.. The power was out in church on Sunday due to the storm, so everyone was saying how it was like the catholic church, haha no lights.. so that was funny.. 

BUT AMAZING THINGS HAPPENED WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS :) 

MAIRA CAME TO CHURCH! ahhhhhhh :) she brought her daughters,

she is so amazing, and I love teaching them. They have such an amazing desire and love for this gospel they are learning about.. and they LOVED LOVED LOVED CHURCH :) 

so blessed //

so grateful :):) 

We are just seriously having so much fun with these souls we are working with!!

Please continue to pray for our investigators. keep Angel in your prayers.

Also we have NORMA, who is the cutest lady and we teach her, and she is just like a sponge. I am so grateful for how Heavenly Father is preparing souls here for us in our little vineyard. NORMA is truly prepared. please pray for her. 

pray for Maira, and her daughters. :) 

We are also working with one our favorite less actives. His name is Melvin, and he is just our best friend! We had a really powerful lesson with him about repentance, and the spirit we had was so powerful and amazing!! I love teaching people about repentance and the atonement. The spirit of the people just changes and its just hope. Its amazing, so continue to pray for Melvin please. :) 

Hey and another miracle - Only one skirt was ripped this week.  Hermana Sanchez ran into a pole.. hahaha

LOVE YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK, and a safe Halloween :):)

PRAY FOR ME :) I am praying for y'all ;) 

love 

Hermana Widdison :)

                                                                                        October 19, 2015

Murder in Madison Park

 HOLA HOLA HOLA :)

Looks like I love y'all so much, so many pictures this week :) you're blessed!! I will explain :)

THIS WEEK :

Oh wait first,

TRANSFER NEWS

Looks like your homegirl HERMANA WIDDISON IS STAYING AGAIN!! 

haha This is transfer number four in this area... I am so used to moving everywhere in the mission, so now I am finally staying somewhere!

I guess Heavenly Father thinks it's really good to have me biking around houston :) 

AND I GET TO BE WITH HERMANA SANCHEZ 

Oh my heck, I love that girl hahaha we have so much fun, these past six weeks went by so fast. WOW!

So same address.. hehe letters are good, letters are GREAT. :)

so.. onto this week :)

We had quite a busy week.. like holy cow!!

On Tuesday I was so blessed to be able to spend some time in a dental office.. WHAT WHAT :) 

It was a federal dental office in downtown and we did some service there! They had about 200 second graders come in and get sealant put on their molars (correct my spelling dad) but we got to help out as a zone with this project! It was so fun!! Alot of scared 2nd graders.. haha they told them they were going on a field trip.. then bused them to the dental office.. mean teachers if you ask me! hahaha (pictures in red safety vests.. )

then what else..

We were able to go to the TEMPLE,:) it was such a blessing! We were able to get taught by the temple president and his wife, then President and Sister Hall,it was so neat to be able to learn so much. The temple is so neat, I was able to truly learn so much, especially about my self worth in the eyes of God. Then of course we had a photo shoot outside :) hehe the blessings of the temple are amazing. (temple pictures)

We were also able to do more service.. hahah (this week we had 29 hrs of service... dang) We went and helped out with a 5k race! It was called the Brent Event!! It was a race for a man who passed away from cancer a few years ago! and of course President Hall ran in it.  (He is amazing, he runs iron mans. He is the coolest president ever, don't worry he didn't wear his spandex hahah) (and Sister Hall ran also ) (THEY ARE AWESOME) We got blessed to help with the kid carnival! It was so fun! plus it was neat, there were a lot of missionaries there! What a great and fun service we got to do :) (helping hands service shirts)

As for our gators..

We had a lot of break ups this week with our investigators.

It was awful.. literally awful.

It was a sad week... 

when we dropped ___ I felt so sad, I have never felt so sad about not being able to teach anyone before, but he just couldn't get rid of his doubts.

bummer for him, Because this church is true and he just wont accept it. 

 WE WERE BLESSED WITH LOTS OF MIRACLES:) We had an amazing lesson with MAIRA, she loves the plan of salvation, she freaked out again when she heard the plan of salvation! haha and also she invited us to her dads birthday, but unfortunately we didn't get to go. It started at 11. Then she slept in and missed church. bummer, hahaha Oh those party people!

Then Norma, our investigator came to church and loved it. I've never had someone love church so much, it was a blessing! She brought her super catholic husband and he really felt the spirit. #thankyouHeavenlyFather

then MELANIE, GINA and JARELDINA 

We went and were able to teach them, and they were all reading in the Book of Mormon as a family. They were asking all about Lehi and Nephi... oh my gosh, so cool!!

We were able to see alot of miracles this week, I am so grateful for it!!
Cant wait to be biking for another 6 weeks... hopefully it starts to cool down soon!!

Oh my heck, this story is to scare my Mom! haha 

On Saturday night around ten, we were getting ready for bed and we heard "fireworks" and I told Hermana Sanchez they were straight up gunshots. She was like, "no no fireworks". So we just thought whatever and went to bed. The next day we had some people tell us there was a murder across the stress from our complex, some guy was shot 10 times.... OH MY HEAVENS. Houston is sketchy! but it's okay we cant be outside past 9:30. So don't worry!!  Hence the title "Murder in Madison Park".. (LOVE YOU MOM)

LOVE YOU ALL
:):):)

HAVE A GOOD WEEK :)

love your girl,

Hermana Widdison :)

P.S. My mission has a Facebook page... I think its called Texas Houston South Mission.. I'm not sure??  Lots of pictures there if you wanna see my cute face some more. :)

                                                                                                            October 12, 2015
Biking on the Freeway

Hello fam bam :)

Another amazing email from your favorite girl :)

Holy cow can I just say.. BUSY...hahah this week was so busy I don't even know where to start.

First, let me tell you.

HERMANA SANCHEZ IS THE BOMB .

She is seriously such an amazing companion. I am so grateful for her and her example she sets for me, and we just have so much fun together. I am so blessed with her, she is awesome. We are just working so hard, and seeing so many miracles and having so much fun :) 

this week was so fun :) 

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

ANGEL CAME TO CHURCH, He is obsessed with the LDS gospel library app! haha He still hasn't accepted a baptismal date but he has all these cool dreams with Hermana Sanchez and I and we just tell him God is giving him all these signs!! hahah but he is stubborn!
PRAY FOR THAT MANS HEART HAHA

We are working with MAIRA :)

She is this cute lady we are teaching English too.  We felt prompted to teach her the restoration..

so we were teaching, and after the first vision, she starts rubbing her arms, and freaking out, because the spirit was so strong. It was amazing, it was really really cool :)

then RUDY :)

he is just Rudy.. pray for him haha 

Also, we had 2 exchanges this week...  

Some crazy things that happened on exchanges!

MOM I BIKED ON THE FREEWAY! like the legit freeway..

hahhahahahha

then while I was on exchange, we were teaching a less active, and we asked him at the end of the lesson if we could do anything for him  and he asked us to check the color of his toes.

HAHAHHAHA you bet I was busting up haha but we checked, and its okay people his toes were normal color, but the toenails are a different story.

people ask missionaries everything..

:)

this definitely isn't all..

PICTURES... We were downtown doing service.... and BOOM check it out :)

 

 

LOVE YOU ALL, HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

your favorite girl :)