Focusing on our Investigators

Well another week goes by! This week was kinda laid back, we have really been focusing on our investigators that are getting baptized in two weeks!!!! So we spent most of our time with them making sure they are all ready for the baptism and we get all the lessons in for them. At church they talked all about temples and family history work and Tamisha was just crying and told every one she cant wait until she is baptized so she can go to the temple and get baptized for her mom! It was the sweetest thing in the world. So i think we are going to find some one to take her down to the family history center in Columbus so she can get started she just is so excited about it all it really is amazing! Saturday we went and did service at the ranch all day that is always fun i love helping out there and we have jasmine and robert who live there they are like 15 and 16 and they are so fun! robbert gave me a snapping turtle shell its so cool its like the coolest thing any one has ever given me lol! i have really been trying to read the book of mormon all the way threw i started mosiah friday and i finished it last night i love it so much it is an amazing book i just cant stop reading it!!! haha but i encourage y'all to ready the book of mormon cover to cover and make a little highlighting key of things you want to get out of it. its amazing all the little things you will find well i love y'all have a good week hear from ya soon!

Well another week goes by! This week was kinda laid back, we have really been focusing on our investigators that are getting baptized in two weeks!!!! So we spent most of our time with them making sure they are all ready for the baptism and we get all the lessons in for them. At church they talked all about temples and family history work and Tamisha was just crying and told every one she cant wait until she is baptized so she can go to the temple and get baptized for her mom! It was the sweetest thing in the world. So i think we are going to find some one to take her down to the family history center in Columbus so she can get started she just is so excited about it all it really is amazing! Saturday we went and did service at the ranch all day that is always fun i love helping out there and we have Jasmine and Robert who live there they are like 15 and 16 and they are so fun! Robert gave me a snapping turtle shell its so cool its like the coolest thing any one has ever given me lol! I have really been trying to read the Book of Mormon all the way threw.  I started Mosiah Friday and I finished it last night! I love it so much it is an amazing book.  I just cant stop reading it!!! haha But I encourage y'all to read the Book of Mormon cover to cover and make a little highlighting key of things you want to get out of it. Its amazing all the little things you will find!  Well I love y'all have a good week hear from ya soon!

Turtle shell given to Shelby by Robert

Tamisha's House

Helped the Red Cross

The Columbus Zone also had the opportunity to help the Red Cross with their Home Fire Prevention Campaign. They had a great turnout and installed many smoke alarms.

This Week was Good!

Wow this week was good! We had our first district meeting of the transfer and I had to give a training on prayer!  We also had exchanges this week so I got to go to Columbus with Sister Dayton! And if you have been keeping up with my letters you will know that putting us together was probably not the best idea we came out together and we are both crazy! It was so fun! We sang Josh Groban at the top of our lungs with the windows down and some guy tried to give us a pack of cigarettes so I gave him a picture of Jesus! lol We had a great time! It is so cold here in the mornings and at night.  I am wearing two sweat shirts and pants to bed and two blankets!  If someone wants to take pity on me a pair of fuzzy socks would be greatly appreciated! Tamisha and her kids are doing so great! A family in the ward invited her and her kids over for dinner with us and we had a great time and had a little testimony meeting after and Tamisha cried and bore her testimony it was so great! They also came to church on Sunday and she shared what she thought in sunday school so thats  really good! And then our investigator Lee who missionaries have been working with for two years because he has been waiting to get off parole passed me a note in sunday school that had October 20th written on it after sunday school he said that he is going down to meet with his parole officer.  So it looks like things are looking up for him so we might have 5 baptisms coming up! On saturday we went to the ranch with the elders to do service and Brother Monte let us go fishing so I caught  a couple baby fishes hahah! Well hope to hear from y'all soon!  Love, Sister Randall

"If I don't got nothin' nice to say don't say it at all"

Well this week was alright! I didn't send an email out last week cause my mom told me, "If I don't got nothin' nice to say don't say it at all" Hahah!  This week was better we have a family of 4 on date to be baptized on November 7! So that's exciting! We have been working hard this week! We made all of our goals except 1 so that is pretty good! This transfer has been kinda challenging so far but I guess I need to learn something. So we had a fall festival this week in Phoenix City Alabama and our investigators wanted to come and we set up a ride with a member and thirty minutes before the festival the member called and said I don't really feel like picking them up so I went on with out them... It took every thing I had not to swear at her! So I had to call the family and tell them she wasn't coming to get them.  She was so sad and upset. So me and my comp went and got stuff to make dinner and carve pumpkins for the next day to make it up to them. Later that night she texted us and said she doesn't think she wanted to be baptized any more but they would come to church the next day and see how it was. So she came to church and they loved it! Everyone was so nice to them! After church we took them dinner and pumpkins and they said they want to be baptized still and that they loved church! So things are still good here! I love them so much! They are so great & I can't wait to see them grow in the church!!!!!

Love, Sister Randall

Struggles

Well, our email today from Shelby was a little sad.  She is struggling with her new companion.  She told Shelby that she is not there to be her friend and that she hates to talk to people.  Well, if any of you know Shelby that is just opposite of her personality.  So Shane & I both counseled her serve this sweet sister and to be positive and uplifting to also seek the guidance of our Heavenly Father and He will help her to know how to handle and react to her companion.  As her mom I just want to jump on a plane and go to Georgia to help her, but I know I can't rescue her from this.  I hope that she diligently will pray and ask for help from our Father in Heaven.  It broke my heart today!

Here are a few pictures she sent us today!
A member's truck and we all know how much Shelby Loves trucks!
A Bug that shelby found!
This is Lee learning to tie  a tie!  He is waiting to get baptized.  He has to be off of parol first.  Shelby said that his testimony is so strong!
This is a quote that I sent to Shelby this morning.  I love it.  If we all just keep moving forward one step at a time we will succeed and Heavenly Father will rejoice.  

General Conference

Sister Shelby Randall & Sister Girvin, Conference Sunday 2015.  Watched Conference with Sister Vicky Talley and Family!  I love that my daughter is loved by so many members in Georgia!

Ward Clothing Drive

Shelby and her new companion had the opportunity to help out with a ward clothing drive.  Here is a few pictures!  When Tessa saw these pictures she said, "She looks like a hooligan!"