Week 30 - Snow! and a Talent Show

Sisters Potts, Wiese, & Penrod styling their winter hats

Well, everyone, not sure what happened this week, but Sister Potts either forgot to send her weekly email or had a technical glitch or something ??!!!  So, Momma Potts gets to post random stuff.  Hehehe!  Thankfully Emily was able to send a cute picture of their trio donning their winter caps now that the snow has set in.  They were expected to get 6-12 inches of white fluffy stuff yesterday, so in Emily's call home, we got to discuss sending extra winter apparel items :).  

Also, Emily is truly loving her companions, Sister Wiese and Sister Penrod.  They all get along fabulously and have a lot of fun and laughter together.  Emily is so happy! and she is loving the different change of pace that proselyting brings.  It is so rewarding (and inherently at times frustrating) to be able to follow people's journeys as they investigate the church.  They have been praying for miracles and working so hard to help a special lady in Massena who knows the church is true and wants to be baptized, but has to work out issues with other people currently in the branch.  There always seems to be drama in small branches with everybody knowing everybody's business in this small town and having a hard time putting past things behind them.  Anyways, pray for a miracle for Emily's special investigator so that people's hearts can mend and allow this baptism!

The other thing that happened this week if a fun talent show that the YW in the branch put on.  The missionaries weren't able to attend, but they evidently pre-recorded themselves doing special talents, which were then shown.  I found the video below on a blog that an awesome senior couple keeps who are serving in Massena.  Mark & Karen Spear are amazing second parents to Emily!  They have the sister missionaries over all the time as well as members and investigators, and that is where Emily goes to use the internet and call home from.  Sister Spear is Kevin Worthen's sister (the President of BYU), and she and her husband serve the members of the branch and community in countless ways, trying to help build them up and provide assistance.  Love them!

Mark & Karen Spear

Hopefully this shows up ok on the blog.  If not, you may have to copy & paste it in your browser.  It's Emily at her finest--can she do it?  She's going to attempt saying all 50 states in alphabetical order in just ONE breath.  This girl of mine is just filled with talents I didn't even know existed.  Haha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhNO7djolF0#action=share