Week 2 in Texas

So I love Texas and I love the people here. It is such a cool place. We had a few rainy days this week and we have another one today. Just 2 days ago it was over 80 degrees! The rain has made everything so green! 

So this week we had our first Zone conference! It's was pretty chill but it was long! I learned a lot though and it was refreshing. They also fed us Papa John's pizza! It was so good! 

Conference this weekend was also awesome! I love conference. We watched the first session at the stake center here in Denton and then we ended up helping an investigator move during the second one. Hallelujah we can go back and watch! 

The solemn assembly was so spiritual. Holy cow, being able to sustain the prophet like that was such and incredible experience. The spirit was so strong. My companion and I looked at each other and we were just in awe by how much the spirit was there. 

All the changes that president Nelson has announced are so cool! It just shows that the windows of heaven are open and we have the opportunity to gain revelation!

We also went on exchanges this week! It's was cool to learn more from the STLs! I also got to be in a singles ward for a day and that's so cool! We had an institute game night and it was so cool to play games with people my age and feel normal, even though it was just a few hours.

The happiness that comes from sharing the Gospel is unreal! So we were early to an appointment with C. so we decided to knock doors in her complex. It was rejection after rejection. On the second to last food, someone answered and they were nice but didn't seem too interested. So we walked up to the next floor and there were 2 apartments on C. floor. At this point we were late so we were going to skip that door but we felt like we needed to stop and go over to that last one. When we knocked it, it immediately opened. We were pretty shocked and we offered to share an Easter message. She invited us inside which was awesome and we shared that with her. She loved it! She said that we saved her that night, that she was going to go out and instead we saved her. We watched conference with her and she basically asked us how she can get baptized. She is so golden. She loved conference! She is a miracle!

We have been able to meet and get in touch with a lot of new people as well. Some of our current investigators have been hiding from us. C. is so awesome though! She is progressing so much and I think this week we're going to ask her to be baptized! She is so awesome! 

I'm just so happy, the spirit is the source of pure joy. Being a missionary is awesome! I love y'all! I wish I could tell you everything, until next week though! 

Love Sister Emma Joi Gardner