Holla from Houston!: what just happened?

honestly i think the theme for the week is best summed up in the phrase "wait..what just happened?" mind if i give some examples?

-lady invited us into her house, taught her a quick lesson, said a prayer..normal right? wait..she was definitely in a bathrobe, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

-went over a training video on family history work online and decided to turn to the guy sitting at the computer next to us to try it out..asked him about christmas traditions..ended up talking about his mom and how much she loves christmas and it was her favorite holiday etc etc and then he goes "but its not like that anymore...shes dead.." "oh my gosh im so sorry!" "its alright that was 20 years ago" (and then this is when i made a mistake...) "how did she pass away?" "look her up on the internet..she is all over..heard of the infamous butcher massacre of 199something? thats her. she got butched up" ope! there it is! my bad! probably never going to ask anyone about christmas traditions ever again. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

-decided to knock on a member's neighbor's door while we were waiting, introduced himself as Tupac (a rapper) and was super intense initially..but once we got talking asked "were yall casted for this? cuz yall are perfect!" then later in the convo "okay..what yall selling? cuz whatever it is-ILL BUY IT!!" ended up watching the HE IS THE GIFT video with him (if you havent seen it go to christmas.mormon.org) and giving him a Book of Mormon which he accepted happily! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

-a lady i randomly talked to at subway one time because hermana heckel needed to use the bathroom ended up coming to church because turns out one of her good friends is a member! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

-went to go pick up a new investigator for church, his great grandma answered the door...said "Mario" didnt live there..after describing him she realized she knew who he was and said he was asleep...i asked if she wouldnt mind knocking on his door and letting him know we were here to take him to church..(a little too bold? your call) but she did it! said he didnt want to get up...so i invited her to come to church! (little too bold? your call) and she said yes! so she went and brushed her gray hair and we inched our way to the car...no joke the whole process took about 10 minutes...and when we finally got her to the car...all of a sudden "Mario" comes sprinting around the corner full speed without shoes, shirtless yelling "GRANDMA!!! GRANDMA!! DONT GO! THEY'RE COMING SOON TO TAKE US TO THE RANCH!!" (what?) to which she responds "WHAT? SEE? I CANT EVER DO ANYTHING I WANT! WHY DID YOU TELL THEM YOUR NAME WAS MARIO! YOUR NAME IS FRANSISCO!(then she turns to me) sorry mami, maybe next week." WHAT JUST HAPPENED

-LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!

a recent convert named kimberly called us up an hour before the scheduled temple trip for the youth and told us she found a family name (as missionaries we are only allowed to go if a recent convert has a family name to take to the temple) so we were STOKED!!! so we ran to the bus stop, grabbed a bus, ran the two blocks to the chapel, jumped on a computer, made her an LDS account, put in all the info, print of the name, zooooooooooooomed to the temple, got the bishop, gave her an interview in the waiting room of the temple, AND DID SOME BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATIONS!!!!!!!!! she kept telling us how amazing it felt to be in the temple and that when she was baptized for her aunt she could feel her there with her...so precious!! it was so last minute and crazy to coordinate but we did it!! you best believe when we finally made it home and took a breath the first words that escaped our mouths??? you guessed it...WHAT JUST HAPPENDED??????

this work is wild sometimes, but i love it so much! sharing the gospel is ALWAYS a good idea!! no matter how crazy it might seem. do it! you wont regret it. i promise! the church is so true!

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

paz y bendiciones

hermana hull