Birds Fly South!!

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Happy Monday y'all!!

Sister Miller & I realized something pretty mind blowing this week. We saw a random flock of geese by a pond & Sister Miller said, "Why the heck are there so many geese here? They fly south for the winter... oh my gosh we're in the south!" I don't know if they mean Arkansas when they say "birds fly south for the winter", but I'm in the south & there are birds & it's winter so it all adds up to me😂

The highlight of our week happened on the way to Bentonville for zone conference. We had the car this week, so we took it through a car wash because the companionship with the cleanest car gets money. Well fast forward a few minutes, we were sitting the parking lot feeling pretty good about ourselves & looking cute. Elder Dike starts walking up to the car with a confused look on his face & says "Sisters, what did you do to the car?" We look & the casing of one of the side mirrors had completely broken off... wires exposed and everything. Oops😂 One thing we talked about at zone conference was "believing in what you believe". We discussed that the most important part of having faith is "doing". We have to act on & exercise our faith in order to keep growing. So, have faith in our Savior, Jesus Christ. Have faith that blessings will come from keeping Gods commandments. I know you will see more peace, hope and light in your life!

Not a long email, but at least you got some pictures this time😁 Talk to you next week! Love and miss y'all❤
Sister Emery Collins



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