The Best

Happy St. Patty's Day! I am currently sitting in the church building, typing this email, wearing green dollar store necklaces and a glowing/flashing green bracelet that is only just slightly distracting. Thought I'd let y'all know.

Church signs of the week:
"Is the bread of life on your menu?"
"Prayer is a weapon that should never be concealed"

Southerners. I love them.

So the work has matched the weather this week. Sunny and glorious. Except for now it's storming and pouring and there's a flash flood warning, but ignore that.
A few stories for you thoughtful and kind readers:

The N Family:
So remember that amazing family that we ran into/found in Morven? Well... the amazingness never ceases, and they moved to Valdosta! Like, one day, we went for an appointment that we had scheduled, and they weren't home so we called them and they told us that they had moved! Umm... what? But then we found out that they moved 7 minutes away from us and about 5 minutes from the church! AWESOME POSSUM. The Lord has really had a hand in preparing this family. In a recent lesson we had, we asked the family if they think there is only one true church on the earth, and read Ephesians 4:5. They really understood it and loved the truth that they felt. I knew they were different from the very first time we met them. Mr. N actually stayed and participated, and it is pretty rare for the husband/father of the family we are teaching to sit and listen, much less participate. Anyway, he's probably the one that's most excited out of everyone in the family. We asked the them to pray specificially if we were sent from God and if The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints is His true church. To which Mrs. N responded: "I think the answer's going to be yes." So awesome. She said that she could see that we believed what we said and that she could see that we were different. As we were leaving, Mr. N (who is the bald, skinny, old, has worked hard all his life, and quiet thinker type) said: "We'll see you on Friday, and more than likely on Sunday too." They didn't make it to church this week, but they're planning on Book of Mormon class and church for this week. They're wonderful.

C:
So, I'd been feeling a little bit discouraged for a while and then this week, I went on exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders. Which just means that we switch companions for 24 hours. The point of this story is that Sister Parke (who I was paired with) is a ROCKSTAR. Seriously. She's one of the most amazing missionaries I have ever met/have had the pleasure of teaching alongside. Every time I am with her, I learn about 6,000,000 things. And this time was no different. Her positivity and spirit really helped me, and we were able to see SO MANY MIRACLES within that 24 hour period. One of those was C. She was on the list of potential investigators that we have from years ago and she was one from 2011. Sister Parke and I knocked on her door and she came out on her porch and we ended up talking for about an hour. She had just moved to back to this place 2 weeks ago, and she asked us how we knew. We told her we didn't but Heavenly Father did.

Update on the W Family:
We went over to their house this week a couple times. And one night we watched the Restoration video. At the end, K said: "Wow, that was a really great movie. Are there others like this?" This is the 15-year-old, too cool for school, K! It was hugeeee progress. Everyone said that they understood the story of Joseph Smith and his role much better. And their family is really coming along, we're so excited for them.

Things are wonderful here in Georgia. I love this gospel with all of my heart. I have never been happier, hardships and all. Missions are the best. THE BEST.

Massive hugs,
Sister Szilagyi