Called to Serve: week 14: we are the SMOKY sisters!

We had a goal to find 2 new people to teach this week, so we spent lots of afternoons and evenings knocking doors. On one particular night, we had 3 guys open the door shirtless, 1 in a swimsuit, 1 tell us, "I've met missionaries, but never kissed any" and another ask us, "do cowboy butts drive you nuts?" Not super successful when the only 2 people to let us in were heavy smokers (we came home and had to wash EVERYTHING, hence the subject) that were very much not interested. But planting seeds is what it's all about, so the funny people really spice up the rejection haha.

"ok boomer!!" (this one's for you Jake!) We met a guy named Chick this week who is a fellow shipper for our friend Tim. He wanted to meet us before joining our lesson the following night. We got to know him and discussed the lesson we would be having and how we planned to involve him. We told him that Tim was out of town, so we would be doing the lesson over zoom and would just call him the next morning to go over the lesson plan. Chick then proceeds to ask how to use zoom, how Tim will be able to be part of the lesson from San Diego, how he would get the lesson, etc. Before leaving, he says he will check the mail to get our lesson tmrw morning. I had to stop and pinch myself to not burst out laughing, but a laugh still came out. After 30 minutes of explaining how we would CALL to explain the zoom lesson, he still resorts to snail mail.🤦‍♀️ Needless to say, the lesson went over well. Tim had his last lesson and received a priesthood blessing last night. He is on date to be baptized this Sunday and we are so excited for him, but he is really getting every trial thrown at him right now!! Please keep him in your prayers!

If you know me, you know I love family history work!! It's like a puzzle trying to find work that needs to be done, doing indexing, and learning about ancestors. This week, after reading in D&C 2, I decided to spend some time on familysearch.org learning about my great grandparents. I read some of the coolest stories from my family members and it really made me feel so much closer to them. I could talk for days about the cool stuff I read, but I'll just share one thing I found! There's a thing where you can map your ancestors and I found out my family comes mainly from 2 places: Utah and Birmingham, England!! Coincidence? I think not! Super spiritual experience and fun to learn more. Go read about your ancestors and tell me what you find out!!

other highlights from the week:

-zone conference was Tuesday, so we got to road trip to Heber!! It was fun to see the old district, but my MTC comp was sicky which was a sad bc I was excited to see her!! Get feeling better sis Taylor!!!

-tried deer meat for the first time in taco soup...tastes like beef but yummy nonetheless

-weather hit a balmy 34 degrees this week!! I was able to write my talk in the sun for an hour and knock without a jacket in the afternoon!

MIRACLE: We taught a lot of chaotic lessons this week, but in every single one we were able to feel the spirit so strong when we testified of Christ. In the twin's lesson, we were teaching the plan of salvation and it got a little wild with candyland and the dog and little brother. But when we talked about Christ's atonement, everything calmed down and all 3 kids were totally focused and were able to share what Jesus meant to them. So cool! And in Kasey's lesson, the mom had tried to send us away bc of the crazy night they were already having. Sister Gilliland offered to clean the dishes while the mom made dinner and I taught Kasey solo. He was distracted by the noises as we talked about the godhead, but when I asked why he chose to follow Jesus Christ's example, he tuned all the noise out and shared a really awesome story of how he had felt prompted to serve a boy at school that day and how it made him feel. It was spot on! I know that Jesus Christ really is our ultimate source of peace, so watching that happen in our lessons was awesome!

Alma 60:36 reads, "...I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country." Remember that this week w the craziness of the new president!! God is greater than the world and He is definitely more powerful than politics. #prayforamerica

love sis dougall!!!

p.s. anyone want to hit the DI or goodwill for me and find some size 8.5 cowboy boots???(it's closed on our p-day

) I'm trying to not look like a city girl here(someone GUESSED I was from Oregon bc of my rainboots and Columbia coat hahaha) in Vernal and the braids just don't cut it when I cant wear jeans haha. Send help (or cowboy boots lol)!!!