Week 18- Hershey

August 20, 2009

Hello my family!!
So not much to report to you for this week. I'm sorry I don't have a whole lot of great things to tell you this week. It's been a little rough but it'll all get better soon, atleast in a couple weeks.
So we had a great service opportunity last week. We went to serve a lady in the ward and help her with canning!!!! It was so fun and my first time attempting to can. She has a huge garden and has been so overwhelmed with too many fruits and veggies that we decided to help her out a little. So we learned how to can peaches and pickles and boysenberry jelly. It was such a great experience! And a great opportunity to be in her home because her husband is not a member so we could open him up a little more. He actually comes to church every sunday but is just stubborn when it comes to baptism. So we'll hopefully be able to break down his walls :)
We also did a sisters exchange this past Tuesday. It was soooo much fun!!!!! The sisters who are serving in Hershey came to us and we split off. I went with one sister in the morning to do some service, then we switched at lunch and I got to go teach and tract with another sister in the afternoon. It was seriously so great! In the afternoon, I went with a sister who has been out for 14 months...Sister Sonderegger... so I got to learn a lot from her. Her style of missionary work is definitely different then Sister Deals and I LOVED it! It made me excited again to have transfers come up and hopefully get to go learn from someone new. She was very good at really getting people involved in what she was talking about, asked tons and tons of questions and wouldn't take no for an answer. She says she wants to be a lawyer someday.....and she'll be a great one!
We also went to Hershey last P-day for a sisters P-day. It was way fun! Hershey is a fun little town! They have hershey kiss lightposts and a chocolate road. We obviously couldn't go to Hershey Park, but we did go to Chocolate World and got to ride on a free ride that taught us how they make chocolate. AND free chocolate at the end. Best P-day ever??? I think so! :)
Well I hope everyone is doing so good! I miss you all lots and lots and love you lots and lots!! Keep me updated, and keep staying strong! Love, Holly