I'M TRAINING?!

Transfers were last Friday and we hopped on our call and they said "Sister Pratt you are staying in Branson" YAY! I LOVE BRANSON!! Then they continued to say "and you'll be training" I WAS LIKE AIN'T NO WAY THEY ARE HAVING ME TRAIN AFTER 1 TRANSFER WHAT HAHA?! Then, I found out who I'd be training and I immediately got so hyped. My trainee is Sister Reese, who lived in my building at Utah State and was actually in my ward!!! So crazy!!

Sister Reese and I got dinner at the yummiest bbq restaurant on the strip called, Getting Basted. Their fried onion and brisket was unmatched. Naturally, we invited the server to church and he emphatically said "YES!", he told us that he hadn't been invited to a church in his 6 years of living in Branson and he has been anxiously waiting on the day :)

Another miracle- we were studying at the park when a man came strolling by whistling. We complimented his whistling, asked him his name... And he ended up talking to us for 45 minutes at our table next to the lake! He told us he has talked to 4 sets of missionaries like us in that exact same spot over the course of 5 years and that maybe this is God nudging him once again. I've never met a sweeter man, and the moment we shared with him was one I'll never forget.

*Update on our friends getting baptized soon:
-Toni and Carol: still smoking, invited several local celebrities to their baptism
-Donna: also still smoking, but progressing like crazy. We do super in-depth book of mormon studies and she writes down everything (impressions, questions, words she doesn't understand)
-Deb: yep you guessed it, still smoking! Has a strong desire to learn and grow


PICTURES: 

SISTER REESE!


Our friend Colten


Donna and us at Stake Conference


Fav missionaries in our ward, The Dewey's


1,200 acre backyard?!


Tim!!


Branson Landing


DONUTS




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