hot pot

 Hey yall! 

This weekend we had a meal with a member of our ward and his wife and I CAN'T resist telling yall about it. It was the coolest thing we had hot pot at their house! If you don't know what that is just Google it haha I think Google will explain better than me! 

On Wednesday we had exchanges! I stayed in CB with the lovely sister Dubois. Her and her companion are a hoot and a half oh my goodness they have energy for dayzzz. We had a few hours of service and my goodness my back. It was broken. Gone. For the next three days I had a hard time getting out of a chair. It was bad 😂 

Friday we had zone conference! It was actually great. We talked a lot about following the spirit and the Lord's standard for missionaries and the work. After that we had a lesson with our friends Danny and Jen and they are so fun. Danny is so humble and they are just a cool couple! He offered to walk us to our car because it was dark. So sweet! 

Not sure I have much juice left for a long email this week but I've got a couple great pictures! It's not every day you see dogs on a roof ;) Pray for me yall for real this week it's gonna be interesting. 75⁰ for a high and 13⁰ for a low. Ouch. Hey at least it hasn't snowed yet! 

This week my spiritual thought is my friend Sean's testimony! I'll direct you over there to read it. He's amazing! 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid035wcNM1AWW1QTQ2gWgVQKCfUpsZcaVWpUZPF4ZTF5nf3D3SewCu8MSLLTEH7EkyoQl&id=100015425617038

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

a Lotta dogs 

torlet

man's got vocals

sunny guy

aliens in iowa?

 Hey yall! 

That was indeed click bait I did indeed dress as an alien for Halloween. What. A. Week. Where to start??

Wednesday! We had the ward trunk or treat and Sister Arnold and I dressed as the "women in black" (our options were limited folks). It was super fun! 

Come Saturday we had Sean's baptism! Thank you all for the prayers because he was able to enter the waters of baptism and receive the gift of the holy ghost this weekend! I cannot believe the way Sean has turned his life around in the 2 months we've been teaching him. How wonderful it is to see others follow the example of Jesus Christ! 

Saturday was not without flaw though haha. The adversary works HARD on people just trying their best to be good. Sean's baptism was together with another family. Long story short only one member of the family was able to make it to the baptism and we started about an hour late. The members of the ward were so gracious to be patient with us and those wanting to change their lives. We love the council bluffs ward!! 

Today for pday Sister Arnold and I had the wonderful honor of planning zone pday! Seriously though it was a ton of fun. We made a bunch of treats and put up decorations so that the Halloween pday would be extra spooky special! We had fun carving pumpkins and playing games (especially volleyball, don't ask about the hard loss though. It was a tough tourney). 

"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Isaiah 41:10 here's a scripture from my recent scripture study. For the full dramatic effect check out this song by the tabernacle choir, inspired by this verse! 

How Firm a Foundation

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/music-from-april-2010-general-conference/2010-04-how-firm-a-foundation-wilberg?lang=eng

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

women in black

Sean's baptism

I MADE THE MUMMY COOKIES

 Halloween party!

 Halloween party!

Aliens!

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