crazy jesus-fanatics👭

Hellooooo! it's so hard to believe that it's already been ANOTHER week here in G-Town. I came to the realization that I've officially spent the entire summer of 2016 in the best area to spend a summer in. I have oceans everywhere, beautiful sceneries, and yes...even horrific humidity. BUT I wouldn't take back a single sweat-dripping second of this past summer here! it'll be a summer I'll remember for the rest of my life. 

let's start this email out with a cool miracle, shall we? so sister brown and I ran out of money pretty early this month so for a few weeks we were going off of about $5-10 between the two of us. we got to the point just recently that we were down to $.09 this past week so we were really living off of nothing. it was a struggle. but this past wednesday, we had district meeting at the church and we stayed there afterwards to do some companionship study. as we were sitting there planning, a lady comes in to chat with us. she and her husband originally attend the Manchester ward in New Hampshire but they were in Georgetown to do some building maintenance or something.

anyway, so she came and chatted with us for a while and would leave and come back often. one of the times, she came in and handed us a $20 bill and said, "people would do this to my kids while they were on mission. take this money and go buy yourselves some food!" WE WERE SO THANKFUL! she left for a second to do something with her husband but when she came back again, she had another $20 bill for us. we couldn't even believe it. she counseled us to share it with the elders! I love the members of this church...we truly are one big family :) we felt so loved that day and it was so neat to see the love of the Lord reaching out to us through somebody else. it's just a testimony builder to me that He does care about us and He loves His missionaries! well, He loves everyone. but especially His missionaries ;) 

here's a story that made it straight into my journal...we called our investigator a couple of nights ago to have a lesson with him since he lives pretty far out in our area and as we were talking to him, it became more and more evident that he was more interested in me than the gospel. yep. 

"you should come back after your mission and Jesus can do a miracle"

"I think you're the one for me"

"I'm a simple man, but I can give you everything you need"

blah, blah, blah, blah....stuff like that. it was too hilarious! he's from Honduras and he seemed like he had interest in coming closer to Christ, but we aren't sure that's the case anymore. sister brown and I
were trying not to bust out in laughter as I tried telling him that I'm 100% focused on my mission and I'm not interested in anything else right now. I tried being super churchy and Jesus-fanatic-crazy but he seemed to really like that. he "wants someone that loves Jesus as much as I do" 

on saturday we got together as a ward and did service together at Gloucester which was fun! we cut cheese, filled window boxes, and worked in their community garden. service is one of my absolute favorite parts of serving a mission...it brings a kind of happiness and fulfillment that you can't really find anywhere else! and I was doing it with members of the church that have become my family out here. it was wonderful :) 

something that has been on my mind lately has been the word "Remember". It sounds strange, but I often think about how important it is for a missionary or a member of the church to have a good memory. we can attend church meetings or temple sessions which can overwhelm us with the spirit, we partake of the sacrament and feel cleansed each week, we fall to our knees seeking comfort and direction from our heavenly father and we often receive it which also overwhelms us with that same spirit, we have undeniable experiences that, at the time, we feel as if we could NEVER deny. but, life happens...stuff gets in the way...and we start to forget. we forget those crucial testimony-building moments in the mist of the worldly barricades of life. WE MUST REMEMBER. whatever it takes, keep yourself in tact with those spiritual moments. find time to pray, read your scriptures, or find ways to serve. seek to keep the spirit in your life. I promise you that you will never lose sight of those wonderful times and those firm building blocks given to you by the spirit which come through doing the things asked of us. 

this church is so good.

the gospel is so good.

God is so good.
missions are so good.

I love you all.

love, sister watson

Our mission mama (Sister Adams) took us to Newburyport last P-Day and spoiled us like crazy!

We had a goodbye breakfast for Elder Williams this morning. he's leaving on Thursday which is a few weeks early in this transfer so that he can get to college. Sister Adams made the theme like a graveyard since this is his "dying" area (missionary lingo). your first area in your mission is your "birthplace" and your last is your "dying area". the buoy in his hands was a gift from the Adams because he helped "keep this ward afloat!" 

I kind of love Sister Adams.❤️