Week 58

Hey everyone!

This week has been pretty great! We were able to have Zone conference, Terry got baptized, watch the Women's broadcast, AND got over being sick!

Zone conference was so funny this  time. It was all about setting people with a date but they twisted it with dating too. It was an entertaining time!

If you haven't watched Elder Uchtdorfs talk I highly suggest it! It was amazing! Also cool story in the ensign about Chocolate cake.. that is about my zone leader so if you feel up to it you can read that too! 

Enjoy all these pictures! !!

XoXo-

Sister DeCamp​

Week 57

HELLO! IT'S ME!

Sis.Hunt and I are still doing awesome here in Sumrall! Besides how the weather started to get hot and humid again these past few days..but it's all good!! I like the heat!
This week was pretty rough, but I have an awesome companion and awesome ward members around me who are always there to help me out!! SO blessed.

This week we went to Chick-Fil-A with the Williams, and we gave Matt a pass along card, and told him to give it to the guy at the register at the drive through instead of his credit card. He did it. And the kid was way confused. But we all laughed and this kid said he would actually come to church and that he was new to the area and looking for a place to go on Sunday! MORE BLESSINGS! He didn't end up coming to church, but we will catch him. Another excuse to make a trip to Chick-Fil-A right? ;)

There was one day this week and it was probably my worst day out here so far-Sis.Huntand I were SO over this week. So we went to eat lunch and a member was there and payed for our food! This doesn't happen out here in Mississippi guys...only in Utah and Idaho haha. More tender mercies. That brightened our day by 1000000%. 

Even though this has been one heck of a rough week, I know how important it is to pick yourself back up and to keep on going with the Lord's work. Never let rough days/weeks effect your faith and dim your testimonies! Look for Heavenly Father's hand in your life EVERY DAY and PRAY to help see it as well!!

"You have more faith than you think you do." -Jeffery R. Holland

Hey everyone!!

Sis.DeCamp and I are still doing awesome here in Sumrall, MS! Besides how the weather started to get hot and humid again these past few days..but it's all good!!
This week was pretty rough, but I have an awesome companion and awesome ward members around me who are always there to help me out!! SO blessed.

This week we went to Chick-Fil-A with the Williams, and we gave Matt a pass along card, and told him to give it to the guy at the register at the drive through instead of his credit card. He did it. And the kid was way confused. But we all laughed and this kid said he would actually come to church and that he was new to the area and looking for a place to go on Sunday! MORE BLESSINGS! He didn't end up coming to church, but we will catch him. Another excuse to make a trip to Chick-Fil-A right? ;)

There was one day this week and it was probably my worst day out here so far-Sis.Hunt and I were SO over this week. So we went to eat lunch and a member was there and payed for our food! This doesn't happen out here in Mississippi guys...only in Utah and Idaho haha. More tender mercies. That brightened our day by 1000000%. 

We also celebrated Elder Wandry's Birthday this week! We made oreos and they were a hit (thanks for teaching me how to bake cookies mom!) We also celebrated our half birthdays as a companionship even though mine is not this week and Sis. Hunt's is in December.. Why not right? it was a good time! 

Also Terry is going to get baptized this week! We are really excited for him! And praying that it will be a memorable experience for him! He's crazy and so ready and prepared! It's pretty amazing to see how the gospel can change people's lives. It continues to change mine daily. 

Even though this has been one heck of a rough week, I know how important it is to pick yourself back up and to keep on going with the Lord's work. Never let rough days/weeks effect your faith and dim your testimonies! Look for Heavenly Father's hand in your life EVERY DAY and PRAY to help see it as well!! It's pretty amazing all the blessings you will see when you start to do that! 

"You have more faith than you think you do." -Jeffery R. Holland

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/shower-of-heavenly-blessings

Love you all! 

XoXo-

Sister DeCamp

Week 56

HEY EVERYONE!! 

- Last Monday was like the zombie apocalypse in Walmart, you guys probably are more informed than I am because...you know...#NoInternetLife... but Hurricane Irma is hitting Florida and it's not going to hit us (hopefully) but years ago that's what they said about Hurricane Katrina and it still hit here-so everyone is paranoid about the storms all around us haha. But it's all good here!! Praying for those in Texas and Florida though!!

- I GOT A SOUTHERN GOSPEL MIXTAPE! We were talking to this kid who works in the grocery store in Sumrall, and he told us he sang, so we went to his car and he played his mix tape and sang for us, then gave us a copy of it haha I'm so stoked about it!

- This week we knocked on this lady's door and she wasn't interested, so I asked for referrals around her neighborhood, and she goes, "I don't think people like it when you knock on their doors.." (and Sis. hunt just stared at her..lol we were so done) and she's like "Don't you guys run into that?" and I said, "NOPE! People are actually very nice when we knock on their doors!" And she was caught so off guard, and she was just all like, "OH. Carry on then." and shut the door haha. Tracting is the best....

- We also got dropped by 3 of our investigators which is really frustrating and discouraging, but GUESS WHAT!? Terry is getting baptized next week!! So we are still blessed and very thankful that we can physically see our work efforts going forth and are able to see changes people are making in their lives because they come to know the truthfulness of this gospel!!

Seriously, this is the true church. I would NOT be here on a mission for 18 months in the middle of no-where Mississippi if I didn't want to share the truth with others who don't know about it. It's hard, but so rewarding. I LOVE the people here in Mississippi, and the weather is getting cooler too! Hopefully it stays that way!! Because we love being outside right now! Sis.Hunt and I are doing awesome!! I am so grateful for her and we never want to get transferred and taken away from each other haha. She makes missionary life the best.

p.s: We proselyte at football games in our town on the weekends. No, we are not on dates with other missionaries lol.. that's dumb. Passing out Book of Mormons at a football games is where it's at though!! @ MJMmissionaries

Love you all! Talk to you next Monday!!

XoXo, Sister DeCamp

Week 55

Hey everyone!

This week was a good week and really funny! It started out with both of us getting sick though and we felt like we got hit by trucks. But we made it though! 

On Wednesday we were doing our personal study and randomly checked our phone. We were under tornado warning and a tornado had touched down about 15 miles from where we live! So that was nutty! There were 4 tornadoes on Wednesday in the Hburg area! So that was crazy!! Sis hunt had bever been in a tornado warning.. we ended up hiding in the tub haha it was so funny!

Thursday we went tracting and this man was so anti it was funny and we turned around and his lamp fell over and shattered... he looked at us like we had devil powers.. it  was pretty funny actually we were trying really hard not to laugh.

Saturday we tracted all day long and around 4 we headed into the city for a dinner appointment/ to visit some members. Well we went to a members donut shop and and they werent there but we both felt like we were about to fall asleep because we had taken some nyquil the night prior.. and yeah that stuff is strong.. well anyway we decided that we would take a quick 5 minute power nap. And a member came and knocked on out window and scared us so bad! It was so funny. But then we went to our dinner appointment and had Filipino food! Sis hunt was in paradise (she is half Filipino) 

Sunday was a struggle! We had to be at the church at 7 and we live 30 minutes away from it. But we made it on time! We also had an awesome appointment after churh with the Trussll's ! They are one of the most amazing families I have ever met! They are really missionary oriented. They have 2 kids out on missions- I actually met one of them in the MTC- And at dinner they brought the cutest lady and we had a really good lesson on the Book of Mormon and then after our lesson she told us she wanted us to come and read with her weekly and wanted to learn more about it. So that was amazing! And Then we had some other appointments with a lot of people that have a lot of potential! It was a good week! A kid bore his testimony about his mom and said " she is like the spirit, but louder!" It was funny but I sat there and thought about how true it was. Mom really is like the spirit but louder.. ha! Thanks for that mom! Sometimes I need to be told in more than just a whisper.

Last night was fun as well! We got invited over to the Duff's home for dinner. It was really fancy for labor day but hey I'm not complaining! It was also one of the most spiritual lessons I have had on my mission. The spirit was so strong there. We talked about sacrifice and that led into us bearing our testimonies and we had a mini testimony meeting with everyone there. And everyone participated. It was really amazing. It is so cool how much the spirit can work on people and how present it can be when you are talking about Christ.

I know that this church is true and that is is Christ's church once again on the earth today. I am so thankful for my testimony. I know that without it I would be lost. But with it I can have joy. And that is a pretty amazing thing to know. That even in our hardest and darkest times, we can still feel joy.

I know that the Book Of Mormon is the word of God and it is the truest book we have on this earth. I challenge anyone that hasn't read it to read it and pray about it and find out for themselves if it is true or not. 

I hope you all have a blessed week!

Much love,

Sister DeCamp

Week 54

Hey everyone!!

Hey this week was really good! We met a really cool guy who is interested in the Gospel... but the only problem was that he didnt speak english.. safe to say we are working on our spanish skills... lol.

Sister Hunt and I will be staying together in Sumrall and we are really excited about that. But the sad thing is that some of our favorite missionaries are going home or leaving our district. 

We were able to help out at a Beehive activity for the stake and that was a lot of fun! 

We also went on exchanges. I went with Sister John again! She is a lot of fun!  We got chased by 4 more dogs this time though...I'm getting really sick of dogs.. I don't think I will ever own one.. actually I know I will never own one..

We also got to go to the Sumrall football game again. Because when the whole town is at the game.. you go where the people are. Its a lot of fun. They played wayyyy better this week!  

And finally probably one of the saddest things was we had a mission funeral for GPL . Sister Hunt and i were the ones that gave his eulogy so obviously it was great!  

Enjoy these Pictures!!

Much love,

Sister DeCamp​

Week 53

Hey everyone! So this week was pretty crazy!

It started out last week with Sister Hunt and I dying an elders hair bright red because why not? Haha it was pretty funny! We also said goodbye to 2 of our Purvis homies. And spent most of Pday with them last week. 

On tuesday we worked a lot and we were able to find a new investigator! He is a cool kid! He is about 32 and all about being healthy. And so we talked briefly about the W.O.W and he is all about that life! Which is really cool! Also that night we had a dinner appointment scheduled and they said they were going to send us pizza at 730 and so we were home and around 8:45 we ended up ordering our own pizza... haha And we went to get it about 2 minutes before they closed.. whoops. It was really funny becuase we had both taken showers so our hair was pretty wet and Sister Hunts was in a towel because she forgot it was on her head, so right before we walked in she took it off. HA!

On Wednesday we had DM and youth and volleyball. I have gotten pretty decent at playing volleyball in a skirt.. and when I mess up its something to blame it on.. cause in skirts you cant get too crazy..

thursday we taught a RS lesson about car maintenance... We know nothing about cars... but we were able to turn in into a spiritual lesson about taking car of ourselves and things we should do.. it was pretty cool! That was an...interesting and super funny night...Oh we also did service and cleaned a hoarder's backyard.. probably a LOT grosser than cleaning the inside of the house.. the smell... EW! It makes me never want to own anything besides a trash can..  

friday, saturday, and sunday all kind of blurred together.. But we were able to go to the Sumrall football game.. they play about as good as Uintah does.. LOL  We also met a preacher who has scared off like 4 sisters... but to us he was really nice.. it was not what we were expecting. But it was a tender mercy for sure!! 

I hope y'all have a blessed week! Make good choices and read your scriptures. They can change your lives.... no joke...

XoXo-

Sister DeCamp

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Week 52

Hey y'all!

So this week seemed to FLY by! But it was really good! We had Zone conference on  Tuesday and It was great to see everyone and see President! This transfer the theme has been princesses and my princess is Tiana... I don't look anything like her sadly.. BUT they say it was based on personality not looks.. haha It was pretty cool actually. And I love that movie so it all worked out for me (; 

Wednesday was kind of a strange day. Everything seemed to not be working out. But our investigator called and wanted to take us out to lunch so that was awesome ! We went to 5guys and set him with a date! Of september 9! So be praying for him y'all! And after that we decided to go to Lifeway Christian store- and met a a lady who was so interested in the gospel and had so many questions- seems like we were in the right place at the right time! And then we went to the church for youth and played some volleyball! Wednesday night ball is always a good time!

Highlight of the week! We were the only set of sisters that something didnt happen to car wise! So that was a blessing!!

Y'all the gospel is true! Keep being happy and make good choices!! 

much love,

Sister D