Week 2 of insanity

AH!

Why is it that every day is a crazy day! idk but its awesome. we have had a super fun week hahaha we did trade offs this week also! dun dun DUN!!! haha I stayed here and sis Garten came here! woah! crazy! lol its pretty interesting to see how the things that I taught her, she still did! kind of cool!! lol but it was a fun day! we went and saw our family! thor brock Tabitha mom, we met thors girlfriend beca! and our adopted gma hahaha we started em on family history! so awesome

Here is our awesome plan me and sis ch have decided. a member brought this idea up. ok well since I have been here a few members who baptized a million people were tellin us about their missions. so in the Book of Mormon, in Helaman 5:14? not sure if its the exact one but it says how nephi and lehi who are missionaries baptize thousands of people! so we thought...we have the same gospel we're teaching like nephi and lehi. every missionary in the BoM! we are teachin the exact same gospel! why aren't we having thousands of baptisms? then we thought, well yes the people we're around aren't killin each other like in the BoM. but we're worse then Sodom and gomarrah! we have so much more things happening then everything combined! so the world needs the gospel more then ever! then we remembered, there is a prophecy about the south, how it will be the highest baptizing place in the world! and how whole congregations will join together, that is thousands of people!! now we thought, ok how do we do that. Pres hit it right on the head.

Family History

So we are creating a plan to start teaching congregations about family history! get inside churches and do classes on family history!

Congregations will convert. so why not now? haha

ok anyway!! our ward had a big activity. it was an action fundraiser for the youth camps. it was way fun and funny hahaha

we have had some pretty intense lessons this week!! lots of gators not understanding that the BoM isn't replacing the Bible!... I guess this week I realized once again that im in the bible belt lol sweetness! bring it on cupcake!

Oh my gosh ok so we were on a bike day and Jamie Bradley came out with us! it was sooo fun!! we made tons of new friends! we bike through the DQ drive through to get lunch lol then ate at the turkey walk park! Idk what has been happenin. I just feel like we talk to way more people and see more people and we're out in public way more! no time for members some days lol its crazy! then this week there has been an abundance of kindness happenin! like so many people callin to check up on us! and wantin to take us out! like so much is happening!! its kind of insanely awesome!!  shoo I don't even know where to begin what happened. hopefully this week we will get more organized and so ill have more specific things to write lol ah!! but just so yall know this week has been awesome! and we're doin good!

LOVE
YAHHL
Sis Milne the first!

ps. so excited for the womans conference this weekend! girl party! wooooo

#boss

Ok

What a week it has been like. holy rip. I don't even know where to start! so much has happened. we have skipped lunch like 4x this week because we didn't have time! I know its crazy because yall know how much I love to eat!!  BUT We  have found a grip ton of new people. like its a little insane. its not even our goal to get this many! we wanted to get the ones we already have progressing! but they just come into our paths! we're not gonna ignore em. we talk to everyone!! ahh!!! ok so imma just pull out some main highlights haha

Me and sis ch work great! seriously its freaky. we teach well together, we get along so good. im havin soooo much fun!! and the fruits of our efforts are being seen! sis ch is an incredible missionary. so success will follow wherever she goes. hallejuha she is here hahaha.

We have been adopted into the coolest family in the world!

Sis bassett told us to go see her neighbors she said they were pretty cool. so we did! Tabitha is the moms name and mr. schaeffer is the dad (not sure of his name) they have remodled their house to look like the 50's. everything 50's. we entered into the 50's!! they have 2 sons.Thor and Brock. Thor is big and muscular and Brock is smaller and muscular. thor is 20. so my age and brock is 17 so breannas age ;) They look and dress like they did in grease!! the hair and everything!! we were over at their house for like 2 hours just talking and getting to know each other!! They are our family now haha they called us their sisters and we call em brothers! mom and dad!! seriously I thought of my sis Breanna like 99% of the time. she would die in this house! So tada!! I have found another family! shooo family reunions are gonna be BIG!! haha

Then the Greens. So jeremiah went to jail. and Erica moved to crestview with her grandparents to get away from him. all of this happened in one day! crazy!!!

Sister Russell bought us a grip ton of vitamins. SO we are now Healthy people! tada! look at us go aww! haha we take pills all the time! we feel like old people!! druggies!! ya you thought I was a druggie before... hahaha that was nothing!

My tooth is feelin better. I have to go back in 2 weeks though. so I have more time to convert the workers :)

We got the sickest ward mission leader in the world!!!!! Bro Nettles!! seriously sick! Oh my this is incredible! he asked how we were doing with getting members involved. I said ask and ye shall receive. and then we ask and so we get good member presents! poor elders they were like no we have a hard time with that :\ #thatawkwardmomentwhen...

The Barcos are doing incredible! they came to church again so this is their 3x! wooooo! they are staying longer and longer! wooooohoooo!! oh my and they are reading and praying and the spirit is getting stronger in their home! I just love the barcos!!! ahhhhhhhh

We have started meeting with Deborah Bell she is a LA and she is so cute we just sit on her floor and teach her a lesson. she is... just so stinken cute! that's pretty much all ive got to say! she lives alone has 2 grown kids. shes a convert.

So for our work out one day this week. we found a military obstacle course. and so we planned to go do it for our workout! we got inside ;) and we did it. HOLY FLIP! its scary and hard! lots of things to climb over and its testing your strength! there was this tower k. and a big net to roll down from the top of the tower. we just looked and each other and said we've got to do it!!! getting up to the top of the tower was sketchy! haha the wood that you had to climb on was spaced far apart!  we hit a point where it was spaced way apart and we were way high up. we couldn't get down either haha we had to go up!! when we got to the top and looked down we were just like dang! if we had fallen we would have just DIED! haha ok maybe not die but not feel very good. it was cool how we got up though because we did it together. like we helped each other out! team work!! so I jumped into the net bum first. I was so scared! now this morning was so stinken cold! so when your skin is cold and you hit it, or scrap it, it hurts a whole lot more!! so I ended up rolling down the net. I have battle wounds from where my knees went through the net holes haha ow! than sis ch had to go but she didn't want to after she saw me! needless to say we made it safe and alive and are ready for round 2! oh my heck it was so much fun!!!!

OOPS sorry this is way long! ok ill hurry. We had 4 gators come to church!! one of the EOD boys Peterson came with bro hagewood. the barcos came. the suddeths came! they had the baby blessings and it was beautiful!! than loraina coutoy! wooohooooo!!! and we didn't sit by anyone! they all had member fellowshippers! woop woop! talk about incredible ward!!!

Than last night our gators Quinton and aaron invited us to their church meeting. they are gonna come to ours next time ;) but we were a lil late,and we walked in and everyone turned around. with us there there was 17 people. I counted haha we split up into groups and talked about scriptures and Gods love for us. so I answered I was prayin that I would say something inspiring hahah idk.i kept lookin over at the other group where sis ch was in and I saw them talkin and laughin and readin scrips so I thought . man ive got to step it up!! so I tried hahaha I taught my group about missionaries! and who we are how long we're here etc. then I asked em how long they had been goin to the church. most of them weren't for very long! shoo. so I got the peoples numbers who I felt we could give BoM to. we got like 4 potentials? plus our 2 gators. hahaha its crazy how like the spirit is weird in their church. stage for a big band and loud yelling preachers. I just kept thinkin about how the spirit speaks in a soft gentle voice. still small voice haha. nope not a lot of the spirit was their until I started talkin to my group and sis ch was doin it too!

OVER ALL! So much more awesomeness happened this week and I can't even say it all! not gonna burn your eyes from readin it ;) to cool to be real!

LOVE YALL
Peace and blessins peace and blessins!!

DO MISSIONARY WORK!!!! Its a commandment. if you don't than shoo you need to repent!

LOVE
Sis MILNE

#boss

#borntobeawkward

Week one

Umm ok I don't know how to explain what has happened. like im afraid of whats to come because im so happy right now. ahhh!! but this last week. Sis C is gone! Brewton Alabama! :\ so im in the groove of getting used to the new comp. Sis Ch. aka Christopherson. she is from casper Wyoming she has been out for 6 months, she just turned 20, she has a younger bro and sis. she is a convert, she was baptized when she was 15, her fam was part member, she came from Chipley where she has been her whole mission, she flys planes and loves to talk to everyone. we teach pretty well together so far. I talk too much though... eek! ive gotten in the habbit of just not assuming. and just doin! sis Ch is pretty sick though. w'ere super similar in a lot of ways haha kinda funny. ummm.. she has dirty blonde hair, my height a beautiful smile... ummm idk hahaha So the last few days with sis C were interesting, her runnin around packin. I sittin downstairs settin up apts for the weekend and such, sis C panicking cuz she's leavin, me sittin watchin her pack... hahaha she didn't tell anyone she was leaving so there were not any fams she really wanted to say peace to lol she can do what she wants :)

Well now that sis Ch is here all the things in which has happened in Niceville she doesn't know. lots of inside jokes with members that im tryin to fill her in on. I feel like im just shoving info at her! this week I am realizing how bad of a missionary I really am hahahahha like no structure in studies, never say things right, always say the strangest oddest things, give too much info when none was needed. idk im havin a companionship identity crisis? lol not sure what to say! its one of those things where you see a HUGE mess in a room and your like not sure where to start. and if you just attack it, nothing happens to it? lol its weird and frustrating.

BUT! we are having so much fun! like its.... fun!! yes we work hard and I know a lot more about the area then she does and im tryin to fill her in on everything. But its fun! like... im havin fun again! the world is brighter? hahaha all the members are like 'where is cooper?' I say ' brewton Alabama!' they say awe! she was the funniest! strangest sister ever!!' a few of the members have brought up things that she has done, and I just laugh hysterically because I know she does things like that. then some ask me if im happy she's gone. I never answer, i just say that i wont answer that. then one member was like, ok sis milne unplugged, what was it like? i said maybe when im not a missionary anymore! ya'll saw her, you were with her! haha she is absolutely brilliant! still blows my mind hahaha. im nervous on that part where people ask questions and make jokes etc. i don't agree and i just don't say anything lol thisll be fun!

I have just been praying that ill be able to be a good comp for sis Ch. that's for sure. on Friday we both woke up with stuffy noses, my cough got worse and so we're like NOOO! we cant get sick! so than it got worse :( so we bought a few cough drops and boxes of tissue today haha

We had some pretty sick lessons this week! Sis Suddeth. amazing woman. part member, her hubby is LA and they have 2 adorable kids. a 2 yr old and 3 month old. SO CUTE!! she wanted to take the lessons again right? so we finished the Restoration and the Plan of Salvation. this morning actually lol we taught the creation cuz we didn't and we went into the gift of the Holy Ghost. and she just eats it up. i love her the spirit is in their home! its amazing!!! we asked her if she''d  say the closing prayer. she started the prayer and just broke down crying! we didn't move. ok well i looked up to see if she was ok. but she just cried! and than the spirit got super thick!! she didn't know why she was cryin, she wants the gospel in her families lives so badly!  she said that they would read the BoM every night as a family. The Russell family knows her hubby, his pilot call sign is Chuggs. lol  so we're tryin to hook the two families up! this weekll be a good week for the suddeths! on sunday they are gaonna bless the baby, liberty. CUTE!  Than sis Diviney is back!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!! we taught her the first 1/2 of PoS! super powerful it was really cool to see how everything we were sayin didn't seem new to her. kinda like she already knew it.. huh funny how that happens #AWESOMELESSONS

Me and Sis Ch are still figurin out how to balance each other but its been pretty dagum good so far! Put your trustin the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. that is a true fact!! haha

LOVE
sis Milne

#borntobeawkward

Letter 58!

AH!

Ok this week has been insane literally. as im lookin at my planner for this past week. it has been forever ago! Monday was so dagum long ago! ahh! hahaha

WELL! lets start with the Green family!

We saw them a few more times this week. then played counselors. they were in an argument and they invited. no jeremiah invited us over. Erika was cryin they have been married a year. and so they were basically complainin about each other to me and sis c. we just sat there on their floor... awkwardly listenin. when jeremiah left the room. Erika told us that he was abusive. (oh crap) so when jeremiah came back and they went at it again we had to take control of the situation, we raised our hands and told em to time out lol. we showed em lds.org and their marriage stuff. watched mountains to climb Erika cried, I cried. ahh! they still want to be happy! we left em with a couple conference talks to look over together. the spirit was STRONG! We started PoS this week. with em... so Jeremiah got antied by his preacher. who told him to not talk to us and not let us into his home! how rude he don't even know us. pfft lol so he don't want to get dunked no mo. He is a funny man. He is always sayin. "ok imam be honest with yall." "Honestly yall" "ok honestly, imam just be strait up honest with yall" than he goes off on a random story that has no meanin. and he looses us! he is definitely deaf in the ears! when he goes off on these...'tangents' even his wife will make a face at us tthat says im sorry. but Erika still seemed into it! ahhh!! we had sis bassett come with us again. and she was there for the whole thing. she said afterwards that he seemed off. and that the things he said were iffy. so yesterday before church we went next door to see if they were comin to church like they said they would. and Erika said they weren't, jeremiah wanted to go to the Baptist church and she has to go with him. :/ dang. I just want to kidnap her into our apt and keep her and braylin safe!! come to church!!!! so last night we went over with the intention to read with them. but tada! they had been converted to the Baptist way! and they gave back their BoMs and stuff we gave em. and want to try to convert us. well its mainly jeremiah. Erika was sayin how in church she really felt the spirit! she got goose bumps and chills, and she was cryin the whole time! but than jeremiah said that after we left em when they were arguing our aura had left a really good spirit and that it lasted all night into the next day.... our aura? shoo its the spirit!! so over all. we lost our 2 bcds, and our gator family :( sis c was flammin up! last night jeremiah was on one, sis c was on one! hahah oh deer. we talked about it for like and hour afterwardslol. AHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SATAN GET THE HENCE! fer reals. this is foolishness.

Than our other BCD Christa has been out of town all week! her work has just exploded with things to do! once again satan is hard at work.shoo someone is ganna get hurt!!

with all this happennin, it has made me start to rethink my teaching techniques. I seriously am not a good teacher. like we were readin in the scriptures today, and I have been hearin stories all week about missionaries and the people theyre teaching. and I am seriously questionin everythin! ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok on the pro side, we got 8 new gators this week! hurray! we were nice to ourselves a few times only cuz of all the freaken bible bashers we talked to this week. so here is another conclusion I have come to. in Niceville I have not met with soo many bible basher Mormon hatters! seriously!! so many that will actually talk to us sisters!! its insaine. after the lesson with sis bassett, she asked us if we felt this way all the time. for it is a sickly feeling, pretty much brings tears to my eyes, with a little bit of anger and sorrow. and I said yep we have this a lot. but the good feelings out way the bad! its just hard to remember the good sometimes. just like a hill. climbin it is aweful!! but once your on top, life is beautiful! and so good! yet you cant help but fear the fall and the climb up again. and you do this over and over and over again! how can humans do this so much! up down up down up down.! there was a quote that said,

those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it

but we did meet some solid people! our part member familys are bein super nice. Heavenly Father doesn't forget us, he blesses us in ways thatll give us the strength to climb the next mountain. how about we just ride the escalator?? I like it!

Ok funny story time. so on Saturday we gave a church tour to our EOD boys :) the hagwoods and their friend :) love em!!  sis c asked Peterson to be baptized and he said yes! just on his own time! she was super happy she has never invited someone to be baptized and then have em say yes before. it was cute! but we were on bike that day. we had a full schedule!! woop woop. we left the church and was goin down this hill. I was in front and I hear a bike fall. I turn around and sis c is spralled out in the road. I slame on my brakes and run up the hill to her. she is dazed and bloody, she ate the pavement hard! her chin was bloody and her knee was, her arms have cuts and bruises and so do her hands. there was a guy inside a house where she crashed that ran outside to help us. we got a new gator out of the whole experience. lol, but its so sad. I took pics of her! haha I should not laugh but I cant help it :P when people ask I always smile a little. I bite my tounge hard!! hahaha so now she is an injured woman. fun life!! welp that's it for this week. im  hungry now and I possibly need a nap. haha
LOVE
SIS MILNE

ps muhana you ugly! - johny lingo!

Transfers

Hey im stayin in Niceville another transfer!!

Being in an area for more than 2 transfers is always a fun adventure. This week has been strange. like idk what to say about this week. transfers have kind of messed with my brain for a bit. but first off. lets start off with the most amazing dinner in the world with The sister Bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss her so much already! good thing its not the end right??

We got a new solid gator Stephanie suddeth. part member and she wants the gospel! also the Barco family part member, they want the gospel in their lives too! The barcos came to church on sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a little excited :) hahaha so many members that I love here. so many funny experiences! We're doin a marti gras family history booth this Tuesday at the local college, we have a pretty sick poster and another part member family gave us tons of beads and masks hahaha I am learnin what a ton of stuff means!! ahhh! so funny. we have been tryin to get new gators that are solid and get all our other gators progressin. so we've been inside a trailer park a few times, and we're makin friends with the kids haha they just swarm us! we met them by walkin down the street and one of the little boys asks if we're Mormons and we said yeah! he told us that Mormons used to come by all the time in their old house. so we instantly became friends with all the kids ahah James is the little boy he has been introducing us to all his friends. and all the kids tells us where they live so we can come visit! way to be missionaries! its really cute. I love those kids!! super fun :)  we've been bikin a lot this weekend and walkin. talkin to lots of people. yep.... that's pretty much it! sis c's face and arms are healin up real well. im becoming a germaphob though ;(  its getting warmer!! all the ants are back. havin fun bein a missionary! im 3/4 done with Jesus the Christ. I have to finish!!!!!! ummm... what else

This next transfer is gonna be boss. we're ganna baptize 500 people. hahaha the font will have to be full 24/7!!! except on Mondays. that's our pday ;) lol wellp next weeks email shall be funner hahaha idk this weeks was short. sorry!!

LOVE
SIS MILNE

Letter

AH!

Ok this week has been insane literally. as im lookin at my planner for this past week. it has been forever ago! Monday was so dagum long ago! ahh! hahaha

WELL! lets start with the Green family!

We saw them a few more times this week. then played counselors. they were in an argument and they invited. no jeremiah invited us over. Erika was cryin they have been married a year. and so they were basically complainin about each other to me and sis c. we just sat there on their floor... awkwardly listenin. when jeremiah left the room. Erika told us that he was abusive. (oh crap) so when jeremiah came back and they went at it again we had to take control of the situation, we raised our hands and told em to time out lol. we showed em lds.org and their marriage stuff. watched mountains to climb Erika cried, I cried. ahh! they still want to be happy! we left em with a couple conference talks to look over together. the spirit was STRONG! We started PoS this week. with em... so Jeremiah got antied by his preacher. who told him to not talk to us and not let us into his home! how rude he don't even know us. pfft lol so he don't want to get dunked no mo. He is a funny man. He is always sayin. "ok imam be honest with yall." "Honestly yall" "ok honestly, imam just be strait up honest with yall" than he goes off on a random story that has no meanin. and he looses us! he is definitely deaf in the ears! when he goes off on these...'tangents' even his wife will make a face at us tthat says im sorry. but Erika still seemed into it! ahhh!! we had sis bassett come with us again. and she was there for the whole thing. she said afterwards that he seemed off. and that the things he said were iffy. so yesterday before church we went next door to see if they were comin to church like they said they would. and Erika said they weren't, jeremiah wanted to go to the Baptist church and she has to go with him. :/ dang. I just want to kidnap her into our apt and keep her and braylin safe!! come to church!!!! so last night we went over with the intention to read with them. but tada! they had been converted to the Baptist way! and they gave back their BoMs and stuff we gave em. and want to try to convert us. well its mainly jeremiah. Erika was sayin how in church she really felt the spirit! she got goose bumps and chills, and she was cryin the whole time! but than jeremiah said that after we left em when they were arguing our aura had left a really good spirit and that it lasted all night into the next day.... our aura? shoo its the spirit!! so over all. we lost our 2 bcds, and our gator family :( sis c was flammin up! last night jeremiah was on one, sis c was on one! hahah oh deer. we talked about it for like and hour afterwardslol. AHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SATAN GET THE HENCE! fer reals. this is foolishness.

Than our other BCD Christa has been out of town all week! her work has just exploded with things to do! once again satan is hard at work.shoo someone is ganna get hurt!!

with all this happennin, it has made me start to rethink my teaching techniques. I seriously am not a good teacher. like we were readin in the scriptures today, and I have been hearin stories all week about missionaries and the people theyre teaching. and I am seriously questionin everythin! ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok on the pro side, we got 8 new gators this week! hurray! we were nice to ourselves a few times only cuz of all the freaken bible bashers we talked to this week. so here is another conclusion I have come to. in Niceville I have not met with soo many bible basher Mormon hatters! seriously!! so many that will actually talk to us sisters!! its insaine. after the lesson with sis bassett, she asked us if we felt this way all the time. for it is a sickly feeling, pretty much brings tears to my eyes, with a little bit of anger and sorrow. and I said yep we have this a lot. but the good feelings out way the bad! its just hard to remember the good sometimes. just like a hill. climbin it is aweful!! but once your on top, life is beautiful! and so good! yet you cant help but fear the fall and the climb up again. and you do this over and over and over again! how can humans do this so much! up down up down up down.! there was a quote that said,

those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it

but we did meet some solid people! our part member familys are bein super nice. Heavenly Father doesn't forget us, he blesses us in ways thatll give us the strength to climb the next mountain. how about we just ride the escalator?? I like it!

Ok funny story time. so on Saturday we gave a church tour to our EOD boys :) the hagwoods and their friend :) love em!!  sis c asked Peterson to be baptized and he said yes! just on his own time! she was super happy she has never invited someone to be baptized and then have em say yes before. it was cute! but we were on bike that day. we had a full schedule!! woop woop. we left the church and was goin down this hill. I was in front and I hear a bike fall. I turn around and sis c is spralled out in the road. I slame on my brakes and run up the hill to her. she is dazed and bloody, she ate the pavement hard! her chin was bloody and her knee was, her arms have cuts and bruises and so do her hands. there was a guy inside a house where she crashed that ran outside to help us. we got a new gator out of the whole experience. lol, but its so sad. I took pics of her! haha I should not laugh but I cant help it :P when people ask I always smile a little. I bite my tounge hard!! hahaha so now she is an injured woman. fun life!! welp that's it for this week. im  hungry now and I possibly need a nap. haha
LOVE
SIS MILNE

ps muhana you ugly! - johny lingo!