Farewell

Our last few days together before she gets to go home!

12/01/14

Hey Momma! How are you?

This week was good! But long we had to still work and knock on doors we met a woman named Karen who's husband died the day before thanksgiving I felt so terrible for her I asked if we could pray with her and she said yes and then afterwards I told her I knew that she'd be bale to see her husband again. and we gave her our information to contact us, she had still been on my mind the next day, and we had dinner at a members home on Friday, we had left overs from there dinner on Thursday and she gave us a whole entire pumpkin pie we dropped by Karens and  gave it to her, her whole family was there and they all had smiles on their faces and she gave us a hug and thanked us. that was the high light of the week!:)

This transfer I will no longer be an STL! I am sad but  it was fun to do a ton of exchanges with 2 set of sisters we had! Things will probs change over here 22 missionaries are going home and 12 are coming in. I have a bigger responsibility now, I will be training a greenie! I'm gonna be a mom! (That's missionary logo) my daughter will be here Wednesday! and I am nervous and excited at the same time, I still feel brand new!

Oh and Friday Erica our Recent convert asked us to help with Christmas decorations and I felt right at home doing that:)

And we will be Skyping on Christmas day some time, depending on when I have dinner at a members home and we will be skyeping while im at the members home :) and they will probably be able to text you and warn you when I will be calling :)

I love you!

Love,

Sister Berryman

Elder Kopishke

Hey!

This week was great Elder Kopishke came and we got to have three meetings with him....HOLY ENLIGHTMENT!!! He is so amazing!  and Sister Kopishke is the sweetest cutest thing ever!:) and they have good humor. 

Also Elder Parker from the 70 was here as well

 

Wednesday we had Zone conference with him and talked about missionary work and faith. He really likes to involve the whole congregation to participate so it's more of a discussion with everyone. He told us that this mission is the best at finding new investigators, but we are not keeping those investigators because we have the same number of baptisms for other missions who aren't the best at finding so he advised some things for us to do to keep our investigators.

 

Thursday was a fireside for all the church member and missionaries investigators and less actives were invited, he talked about how we need to help bring people come closer to Christ, one lady asked "How do I help my children come closer to Christ, if they have been raised in the church, and don't want to do anything with the church?" Elder Parker answered the question and said "We have to love them and continue to pray for them and put their name on the prayer roll for the Temple" and Elder Kopishke said "Elder Parker is right, Lehi was the father of Nephi and Sam but he was also the father of Laman and Lemuel. Adam had Cain and Abel" And it made me think of our inactive family members, and how we have to love them, and it also made me happy, because all I really knew what to do for them;  to pray and love and put them on the temple roll, and I am glad that I have been doing the right thing for them. He also mentioned that they have their own agency and it is their choice if they want to be with us as a family for forever. So just keeping doing your part Mom :)

 

Friday we had Mission Leadership Council (For Zone leaders and Sister Training Leaders)

which they attended to as well. Elder Kopishke mentioned that this meeting is the MOST important meeting in the Mission. He told us not be Policemen but a friend as a Sister Training Leader. Which is what I have been trying to do for the sisters that I am over because I am no better than them.

 

I got to see Sister Manzer! (mtc comp.) and Sister Smith! (mtc roommate)

 

That pretty much sums up the week!

Love you!

-Sister Berryman

December Baptism!

Hey y'all!

The high this week is like 65 Haha and

I am freezing over here in the South it's been in the 40's and it's it's been pouring rain!!! And it's wet...and freezing and humid :(

 

I went on an exchanges Saturday it was really good! I'll send some pics I was with Sister Stone, she is from California and goes home in April.

 

We have a new ward mission leader he is the bishop's dad, and I am so excited! He and his wife just got home from there mission in Nashville and they are one of the best couples ever... I'll miss Brother Cluff (the last wml) but change is good!

 Two more squirrel's ran in front of me while driving this week, (they're suicidal) luckily I didn't hit them though!

 

Yesterday at our dinner appt. the family who fed us, their neighbors backed into our car, thank goodness it's not too bad, they were really nice and that was a good opportunity to get to know them, and they fix cars(the neighbors), we will be spending our pday getting that fixed today!

 

Elder Enrich Kopischke is coming this week to our mission on Wednesday I am super excited for that!

 

 

This week we also got two people on date! The two kids we have been teaching (I think I sent pics a few weeks ago) they'll be getting baptized December 27th!!

 

 

11/14/14

This week was great! Sister P-day was fun! we played volleyball at the church, there was laser tag afterwards, and most of the sisters went but we drove the Summergrove sisters, and I was the odd one out no one else wanted to go laser tagging besides me soo we just played volleyball and went home afterwards :P Sorry I said I would send pictures and I am not! I feel bad! But this week was great we are getting more members coming out with us! and I found out that one of my investigators maiden name is Berryman!!!!!!! Spelled the same way! And I was like are your ancestors like from Ireland and Germany? And were they sheep herders? Haha and she said yes! And it was weird she asked me if I knew Allen Berryman and I was like uh no but that's my Dad's middle name :) So I took a few of her family names and birthday and when they were born and I'M goin' to see if we are related.....what else happened this week.. OH we went on exchanges with both set of Sisters it's been a crazy week for sure. and now that it's in th 30's, 40's and 50's

 I think I'm getting a cold :( but I am fighting it!

Other then that missionary life is swell!

I love you guys mucho! hope you are doing great! :)

 

 

-Sister Berryman

 

 

 

 

 

  ..oh and I saw a cat with no tail

Zone Sisters

SO this week was great We had Mission Leadership Council, then we went to the temple and had zone training, we also had the ward trunk or treat and chili cook off and one of our investigators came! Other members invited non member friends. 

It was a really good turn out.

 Saturday was our first exchange with a set of sisters in our zone. We planned to exchange at a certain time and  they were an hour and 15 min. late they were doing service with some one who gave them a ride and then after they did service the family they were with decided to go out and eat so they were stuck with them, then as we exchange, Sister Charlesworth, who I was with for the day we went and saw a potential, but we didn't get to teach her cuz she was sleeping (her son had answered the door) so we go back to the car to find out Sister Charlesworth locked the phone and keys in the car...SO we walked back up to the house we were at asked to use the phone, and thank goodness I had our phone number memorized! The potential had just woken up so we ended up teaching the restoration, and we finally got in touch with my Companion Sister Tavenner and Sister Stone in Sharpsburg. They said they would drive to the mission office in Peachtree City to get the spare key and drive back to where we were to unlock the car, so while we waited we knocked doors and found some investigators!:) My companion arrived after awhile and we decide the best thing to do because of miles, we would set goals on how to improve and exchange back. As we closed with a prayer they walk out of our car and it's the wrong key! Hahaha so we had to drive all the way back to the office, which is closed on Saturdays, but the A.P's met us there and gave us two different keys to try, so as we are on our way back to the area of where there car is, the vehicle coordinator calls us back and he asks what key the A.P's gave us and we told him and he was like nope those are not the right ones...turn around Haha so we had to go back and get the right key. We were in the car the whole day on Saturday pretty much, but I am grateful it was the beginning of the month so that we had the miles to drive and with the few hours we were on exchanges with we did learn a lot and we did some how make progress in each others area:) It was awesome :)
That was the most entertaining thing that happened this week! :)


I am freezing! 
(It's officially fall and I am forever an Arizona girl!)

Today we are going laser tagging and roller skating with all the sister in the zone and eating lunch at a members home I will take pictures! 

If you'd like to write Sister Berryman (she loves letters from home!) her address:

Sister Heidi Berryman

4541 Highway 34 E

Sharpsburg, GA

30277

Her email:

heidi.berryman@myldsmail.net

Autum in Georgia

Oh by the way, these people worked for Disney and the deck out there house for Halloween!