Fun Adventures

Hey y'all! Hope that you had a great week! This week was good we had a couple of fun adventures this week! Monday we decided to go to a swamp and go for a walk down some trails. It was really fun! Half way down the trail we met this old man who told us if we want to see some cool wildlife that we should go around the other side of the lake. So we took his advice and we went around the other trail and started walking. About a mile down we are walking along and right on the edge is a freaking big gator! It was so cool we where so close to him it was crazy. He didn’t even move.  We sat there and took pictures of him for a good 20 minutes. It didn’t even move when the Elders decided it would be a good idea to chuck some rocks at it! Tuesday we had our district meeting so we all went to the church for that. I gave a training on personal study and some of the other missionaries gave training's as well. When we got done we came out to get in our car and it wouldn’t start! So we stole the Elder’s car for the day and went to see some people. We saw Shelby and the spirit is working so hard on her right now! She knows that she needs to get baptized! So she finally told her husband and he said that he has to do his own research before he will let her get baptized. And he doesn’t want the help of the missionaries... so pray that his heart will be softened! Wednesday we got ready for Thanksgiving! We made some cute hand outs so that we could take them to some less actives in the ward for Thanksgiving! It was a good way to get in the door even when it was close to the holidays! Thursday was a busy day! We had three houses to go to for Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for the ward we are in and their love! Friday we planned all day! Getting ready for the next transfer! It’s not the funnest thing to do but someone’s got to do it! We also went over to Grandma and Grandpa Norris house! We had a fire and roasted hotdogs and decorated their tree! They are an older couple in our ward that has taken in the missionaries as their grand kids! And they have a big fluffy blind dog-named Trinity!  Saturday we had our transfer calls so that was really stressful all day! We don’t get the call until 9 that night so all day we where freaking out cause Sister Dayton has already been here for 4 transfers, we where for sure that she would go! We told the Elders that we where having a hard day because of the call and then we went to lunch with the Sisters. When we get back the Elders had climbed our balcony and set up a hammock for us hahah! So we used it for the rest of the day to finish up our planning! That night we got the call and Sister Dayton & I are staying together one more! We are so excited to be together for this next transfer and to see what the Lord has in store for us! Love y'all hope that you have a great week!  

Love Sister Randall

I Love My Mission

Hey y'all! It was a good week here in Grovetown.  Just work-in hard! We had our zone conference this week so we got to see missionaries from two different zones! Sister Dayton and I got to see Sister Farmer another sister that we came out with so that was fun! It was good to be with everyone and get some training! Shelby came and helped serve lunch to the missionaries and that was awesome! She loved it! We also had a Relief Society activity this week and she came! She drove us home and we talked about baptism and she knows its right. She is just having a hard time making the jump! Every time she feels the Spirit she gets scared.  So pray for her that she will stop running away from the Spirit!!! I also talked in church this week so that was fun! This week I was able to talk to some missionaries that where having a hard time wanting to be out here and be motivated. Telling them about my mission surprised me of how deeply I feel about these last 15 months. I love my mission and the time I have had out here.  It truly is the best thing that has ever happened to me! Thanks for all your love and support I love ya’ll have a great Thanksgiving! 

Love,

Sister Shelby Randall

This Week For Us Was Pretty Good

Hey y'all! Hope that you had a great week! This week for us was pretty good.  I feel like it was forever long! Monday was a good day we had a chance to go to the store with the other sisters that live close to us. After we got done shopping one of the sisters locked their keys in the car so we had no way to leave the store! We tried everything to get the keys out, in the end we had to call a locksmith to come save us! That was not cheep but we taught him a little lesson while he broke into our car haha! 

   Tuesday was a good day we saw a lot of people and we had our weekly Book of Mormon class. Shelby wasn’t able to come because she was in Chicago but it was one of the elders birthdays so we made cupcakes and brought them for the treat after the class and had a mini birthday party! 

   Wednesday we just did some service with a recent convert named Stephanie. She is really nice and just needed some time with the sisters so we helped her clean a little and talked about some of the questions that she had! Shelby also got back from Chicago so we went over and talked to her about her trip a little!

   Thursday was such a fun day! We had zone training meeting so we went up to Augusta for that. It was cool to be in the new zone! It is the smallest zone I have ever been in. After ZTM we went to a Hawaiian food place called Aloha! Some members own it so they let us eat there for free. After lunch we went on a little mini tour of Augusta. It is so pretty!! And the best part was the Augusta National Masters Course! Yep that’s right Dad I went to the Masters... well the gate was open and the guard let me walk up to the line haaha! But i got to see the clubhouse and he told me a bunch of cool facts about the Masters! It was pretty fun! 

   Friday was our service day at the food pantry so we worked there most of the morning. That is always fun! I love talking to the people there. It’s at a Baptist church so we make new friends while we are there! Also me and Sister Dayton and Elder St. Thomas hit 100 days until we go home!!! 

   Saturday we went with a part member family we are working with onto Fort Gordon. They showed us around and we where able to get to know them a little better! 

   Sunday was such a fun day starting at 6 am! We had meeting early at the church and then we had the church services. There were some people that we invited to come that where able to make it so that was nice! After church we went to the Jehovah witness church! Our maintenance man Mike goes there and he invited us to attend their service! It was a interesting experience.  Everyone was very nice to us. All I can say is the church is true y'all! It was just way different than what our church teaches!  

    So that is my week! Here are some pics that go along with the week! I love y'all thanks for all the support!!! 

Sister Shelby Randall

15 months Out!

Hey y'all hope that you had a good week! This week was really good we had some great lessons, celebrated 15 months, and we get a extra hour of sleep now! We had a really great lesson with Shelby this week!!! We just went into it with the mind set of we are just going to listen to her because there is some thing that she has questions about that we haven't figured out yet. That was the best lesson that I have been apart of in a long time! She finally felt the spirit!!! She was like "what is this feeling I never want it to go away!" so she is doing awesome!!! 

    I went on exchanges this week with the sister training leaders and that was fun.  They are so awesome and it was cool to go to a new area and meet some awesome people and get to know Sister Howard a little better. 

    Its official!! Sister Dayton and me have been out 15 months!!! Its crazy to think that we have been out that long! We celebrated with some sparklers and root-beer! Also the time has changed yet again! I’m still not used to that but its all good we get an extra hour of sleep now! I have been thinking a lot about my mission this last week and I am so grateful for the chance that I have had to be here in Georgia! I wouldn’t give this up for the world! Thank ya’ll for your love and support! 

Sister Shelby Randall

Back wood Pictures

Back wood pictures of Sister Randall…..Silly girl!

Happy Halloween

Hey y'all! Happy Halloween! Its been a good week here in Grove Town! Still trying to figure out the area and get used to being here but I love it. This week we have been working hard to help some of our investigators make the next step in their progression. We have been working with Shelby a lot, she has been working with Sisters for a couple years now and we just have been stuck on what the next step should be. Saturday night we had a fireside with our mission president and his wife and our investigators and it went really well with Shelby there I think that its exactly what she needed. Right after the fireside we had the ward trunk or treat and all of us missionaries decorated our car like Jonah in the whale hahah! It was really fun and the ward is so great here! I’m excited to get to know them more and to be able to work with them. I hope y'all have a fun and safe Halloween! Thanks for all of your love and support. Here are some pictures of our car and some fun adventures for the week!

I am Now with Sister Dayton in Grove Town!!!

Hey y'all! Wow what a week! I got transferred so on Tuesday we went up to Macon to find out who our new comps are going to be. We got there and all went into the meeting and they announced who our new comps are when it got to my comp I think that President re-thought his choice when I started jumping up and down! I am now with Sister Dayton in Grove Town!!! I came out into the mission with her we where in the same MTC room and she is my best friend!!! So we are so excited to be together in Grove Town! We have been busy this week just trying to get to know people and teach, Grove Town is so much smaller than Warner Robins. Its a fairly new town that has a military base so this makes base number 3 that I have served at. But my first army base so that is exciting. Here in Grove Town all the missionaries live in the same apartment complex so we see them all the time and the other Sisters here are Sister Bernsen and Sister Maher. Sister Maher was one of my companions in Warner Robins so its cool to see her again! Well y’all its been a good week thanks for all of your love and support. Here are some random pics of me with a dog that matches my hair color! And an awesome sign that was in someone’s yard lol!