the final countdown

 Hey y'all! 

Had a great week here in grand island. We had lots and lots of lessons but still managed to find some new people to teach. A while ago I studied a speech on following promptings of the Holy Spirit and how we can "tune our celestial radios". Recently I've been working hard on following every prompting I receive and we've seen lots of miracles! 

Our friend Darryl is still plugging along. Once he got started reading the Book of Mormon he can't stop. He rereads the chapters we give him 4-5 times and just absorbs it. He comes to church every week without fail which is so crazy since we used to beg him to come check it out. Once he checked it out there was no going back. Big things ahead for Darryl....

Dan has been studying a lot on his own and we've been giving him a break so he can focus on preparing for his baptism. He really wants to be baptized but is having a hard time kicking what he needs to to be able to do it. Please pray for Dan! 

We recently started teaching a guy named Dewey and his fiance. He's super cool and trained to be a minister at one point. He's very knowledgeable about the Bible and I think we've learned quite a bit from one another. We love dewey but dewey has one of those terrible tiny dogs that is just on go-mode 24/7. He's still a puppy which means he bites us the whole lesson and unfortunately for my shoes he pees when he gets excited lol. 

Recently I've been studying the new testament. Here's something I learned this week! As Elder David A. Bednar (an apostle of the Lord) pointed out, the character of Christ is to turn out when anyone else would turn in. At this point, Jesus' best friend and cousin John the Baptist has just died and He is mourning, the way anyone would. But when others would take time for themselves He could only do the Father's will. 

"When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick." Matthew 14:13-14

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

thelfie!

turkeys putting us out of work

biscoff cake a member made

sick tree house

spot it

sick tans

pls excuse the mess

Sun!

 Hey yall! 

Short and sweet this week because I procrastinated. Miracles have been abounding here in grand island and I can promise you with a surety that Jesus is the Christ. He lives. He loves you. He wants to hear from you! Pray to God and ask if He's there and I promise he'll answer. 

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

happy easter(s)

 Hey yall! 

Happy easter(s) (it's an inside joke unfortunately)! What a sunny week it's been! Today it's 75⁰ and sunny. Don't worry though the wind and hail will be back by tonight :) 

This week we got to do some service! Helping people move and brushing horses! Our friend Paul has a few horses so we volunteered ourselves to go brush them. 

Friday we had district council and interviews. Since it's my last transfer I had my exit interview which was mildly uncomfortable but just talked a lot about my future and what I've got going on after the mission! 

Yesterday was of course Easter, the most important day for Christians around the world! We ended up talking to a crazy amount of people yesterday (like, almost 200) and sharing Easter messages! It was a beautiful day full of miracles and sunshine and Jesus. We had Sunday service and then later had dinner with the bishop and his family. They were so sweet and set up an egg hunt for us missionaries 😅 

Today we spent a lot of time in the sun and played like 3 hours of pickleball. We found some paddles and balls at Walmart for $10 and now we're hooked. 

I hope you all got a chance to celebrate Easter and what that means for each of us. Because He lives so can we! Here's a link to check out the video I posted on my Facebook for Easter! 

https://fb.watch/jQiDmgkSZR/

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." Matthew 28:6 

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

Barb

HORSIES

pickleball againnn

clouds

pickleball

easters

general conference III

 Hey yall! 

This week was a busy one for sure. On Tuesday night we drove out to Lincoln for transfers to pick up Sister Palmer! She's been out about 9 months and this is also her first transfer outside of leadership. 

On Thursday we had like 6 lessons planned but only 1 ended up going through so we had a lot of time to find new people to teach. We ended up talking to 102 people that day. Definitely a record for my mission! 

We started teaching a family who only speaks Arabic so it's been interesting to teach them. They are so sweet and always give us a water and a can of soda. Even though our lessons are solely through Google translate the Spirit is always there. 

The weekend. Wowzers. This weekend was general conference so we got to hear from the prophet and apostles and other church leaders. It was a crazy weekend trying to get our friends to church 5 times (for the 5 sessions over two days). Luckily we got to watch with a lot of them in their homes and at the church. All in all we saw a lot of miracles! Dan went into conference looking for peace and low and behold in the last talk of the Saturday morning session President Henry B. Eyring says something along the lines of "today, I'd like to talk about how to find personal peace." Awesome miracle! 

God is so aware of us and wants to answer our prayers. Sometimes we just have to look for the answers he's already given us. 

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

orange rolls I made for general conference! 

Miracle Monday

 Hey yall! 

This week was pretty slow up until Monday. We usually only work for 3 hours on Mondays but since tomorrow is transfers it was miracle Monday where it was a regular work day! It was definitely the most miracle filled miracle Monday I've seen. Have I said miracle too much? Haha we found 4 people to teach yesterday and 3/4 said they were actually looking for a Church. Super cool! 

On Thursday we helped dig up a stump with one of the people we've been teaching. This isn't any old stump though. See pictures below for this serious project! We also got to help a member clean out their house because they were moving. 

Sunday after church we had dinner with a family in the congregation which was awesome! Afterwards we drove out about 30 minutes to a tiny township and tracked down some people who were formerly taught. Lots of cornfields! 

Since tomorrow is transfers tonight we'll be driving over to Lincoln to drop off Sister Jensen as she'll be getting transferred. Sister Arens and I will have a new companion! 

Tomorrow is the first day of my last transfer as a missionary. What a ride it has been and I will forever be indebted to the Savior for His example and great sacrifice. 

In the last 6 weeks I read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover, highlighting the names of Christ and what is taught about missionary work. It took a lot a lot of time but was so worth it! If you've never read from the Book of Mormon before, read it (even just a little bit)! Please do not rely on the opinions of the world, heck don't even just take my word for it! As a missionary I've seen time and time again the Lord fulfill His promise that if we will read from the Book of Mormon and pray about it, He will tell us if it is true or not. 

"4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. 

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." Moroni 10:4-5

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/introduction?lang=eng

Jesus loves you, 

Sister Katie Troy 

digging

DAN

snow

biggest hill in GI (fr)

cow

sun