"Jesus is coming. Perhaps today."

Happy Fall Y'all!

We're on a tornado watch right now so hopefully the weather is better for you than it is for us! I did hear y'all got snow though. That freaked me out a bit. I'm not sure what I'll do with snow. Probably not drive for the first 3 months that I'm home... I'm just realizing in this moment that I'm being an Alleman and talking about the weather (not that that's a bad thing Grandma ).

This is a bitter sweet email because it's probably the last one that I'll send as a full-time missionary. We're going to Greenville Sunday night and then I'm driving the minivan up to Virginia on Monday to the Mission Home so I'm assuming we won't have time to email nor will it matter anyway because I'll see y'all the next day anyway :) 

You're right Dad. Change is the only constant thing in our lives and it's terrifying to me but I just keep reminding myself of a quote I read on pinterest I'm sure that says something about how if our lives were exactly the same ten years from now as they are right now we wouldn't be very happy. I'm excited to see y'all but I'm scared to not be a missionary anymore. I'm not sure that I want to be a normal person again. I had my exit interview with President this week though and he gave me lots of good counsel. It was weird because we talked about normal things that we normally don't talk about as a missionary and it was my mission president. I'm going to send y'all a copy of the notes I made after of everything he talked to me about. Basically he said that as I move forward my unknown about school will work out. Don't be afraid to date and don't defer marriage. #gross Go to the singles ward and Institute. And he told me about future callings I'll have in the church. I was real grateful for Sister Hymas after because we had to drive to Greenville and so she just let me talk the entire way about everything I needed to. 

This week Sister Hymas and I both got a cold. It.was.the.worst. I literally almost fell asleep in a lesson while I was on an exchange. It was embarrassing. The Lord is really testing me to make sure I work hard until the end. All I've wanted to do is sleep and drink hot chocolate but you bet that after we got back from Greenville we knocked on five billion quadrillion doors to hand out the fliers for Stake Conference to all of the less-actives because President Walker asked us to. And you bet we had members with us and we tried to see every non-member we've ever taught even a little bit to and no one answered. We had the worst key indicators we've ever had in a long time but that's okay because numbers don't matter . It's just nice when you have high ones because it means you got to teach a lot.

This week I'm grateful for:

- The talk "Continuing Revelation" by President Eyring. I realized as I was reading it that the reason I cry during "weird" times is because I get emotional when other people share experiences about receiving revelation and following it. 

- Getting to see Sister Hurley.

- And her and Ben taking us on base today so I could get some marine apparel.

- In-home lessons.

- Pumpkin bread made straight from the pumpkin the girl carved. Yes I will be that person when I'm home :)

- Nice people who bring us tissues and food for our colds.

- Sleeping all the way through the night.

- Knowing that my packing will be over in less than a week from now. I HATE PACKING. Maybe more than anything. Especially when you have to make it weigh less than 50 lbs.

- My District. They're so much fun. E. Dickerson made red velvet cake for us this week because we won car inspections. And I get to choose the hymns for next week since it's my last one #christmassongsfordays

- Thanksgiving being so soon.

- Getting to see my fambam so soon. That makes my heart happy. Which is just about the only thing keeping me from not going crazy right now that I'm about to leave this place. 

This week I've realized that the only way to live your life and really be happy is to make the gospel your life because this work that we're all apart of is the most important thing that's happening on the earth right now. It's literally the most important thing we could ever be doing. I'm not really sure how to keep living a pattern of righteousness when I get home but I've made lots of good goals and I'm excited to come home to a family who I know makes the gospel their life. Thank you for teaching me how to live the gospel and for being examples of it yourself. 

I know this gospel is true. That our Heavenly loves us soo soo much that He put us here in families and He's organized the church for our benefit. That Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and that it's only through Him that we can be happy and be worthy to have the Holy Ghost with us. I know that Joseph Smith was willing to act on his faith and that he saw our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. That he translated the Book of Mormon and I know that the promise that that book contains, that if we'll read and ponder and pray about the words it says, that He'll tell us that they're true through the power of the Holy Ghost and that with that knowledge only comes so much more happiness and joy about where we came from and where we're going and why we're here. 

There are no coincidences. I know that I needed to come on a mission and only serve in VA Beach and Havelock, North Carolina. I've had the companions that I've had and met and taught the people that I've had so that I could learn the lessons that He needed me to. I'm a different person than I was 18 months ago because I know just a tiny bit more about the doctrine but most importantly because I know that I need my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and I need to live these things I've been teaching to others or else nothing else matters.

I love y'all. More than I ever have before. And I'll see you next week :)

Love, Sister Szabo

 my long lost friend came back because she missed me so much.

I love this woman. Well both of them actually :)

 Jensen. Szabo. Hymas. Evans.

Bunker. Bowen. Szabo. Hymas. G1

These pictures were taken after AN ENTIRE DAY of tracting. In the rain. With a cold. 

I don't tract people. I'm way too awkward for it. I can't talk to boys when they answer the door. And my door approach sucks. That's why the Lord didn't put me in a YSA Branch. 

"How about this Sunday?"

HELLO!

So bad news..we got kicked off before and I procrastinated this email because I do not know what to write and now we're about to get kicked off again so here we go...

This week I'm grateful for...

- Sister Hymas. She keeps me sane. and comforts me when I cry during our hymn during companion study because I realize that this is all ending way too soon for my liking. People in our ward ask us what we're going to do when we have to live without each other. I'm really not sure actually. I love her a lot. We have sooooo much fun together.

- MLC. It was my last one and that makes me sad but it was so much fun and such a revelatory experience. Also sleeping over at the Greatbridge Sisters apartment is a hoot and a holler especially when it's with Sister Youngberg and when after MLC Sister Hymas and I are just casually talking to President in his office while we look at the transfer board. He's a good good man.

- When people in Chesapeake ask us if we like to talk while we all wait for our food and then they tell us they'll read the book of Mormon and they give us all their information so we can give it to the Norfolk missionaries. I wanted to cry it made me so happy. President told us it shows that we're diligent in our own area and that God trusts us to put people in our path. It taught me a lot too. They were asking us about different myths they've heard about our church and I realized that I still don't know the answers to everyone's questions and I never will but I'm a lot more confident to tell them what I do know and that's what God wants from us.

- My exit interview is this week because there's so many of us going home. We're doing Greenville exchanges and my interview is right smack in the middle of them so we had to reschedule. I'm grateful for sisters who understand and work around our schedule even when it means we have to do an exchange my last week with Sister Hymas.

- Brother and Sister Humphreys. They fed us lunch this week and they sacrifice so much for the missionaries. I conned them into feeding me one more time before I go home. Saying goodbye to Brother Humphreys is going to be one of the hardest things I have to do.

- Slow days where we knock and knock and knock on LA's doors and no one answers so that I know how great our good days are where we have lots of lessons.

- Zone Meeting. It was my last one too and I love my zone. We had car inspections after and so we all got to talk and it was fun. I have a very fun zone. Sister Hymas and I are just making friends and transfers are about to happen. That's the way it works though I guess.

- Letters from Mom. They make me oh so happy :)

- Lessons with K. She set a baptismal date on Monday and then backed out by Saturday. It's okay though, I have faith in her. She knows it's true she's just listening to other people too much.

- Lessons with M and the Fulps. M is so awesome. We taught him the Word of Wisdom this week and he finally at the very end said he would try it out and live it even though he sees no problem with drinking tea...sounds like everyone else in this part of the world.

- Sister Boles cutting our hair today. I hope that I'm like her one day. Her and her cute little family make my heart happy. I hope I'm as strong in the gospel as they are when I'm their age.

- Tori moving to California in January. California is a whole lot closer to Utah than out here and it makes me happy that I'll get to see her more often. I miss that girl.

- Dad having me do those typing tests so that I can type this email out like a boss in less than 10 minutes.

I love y'all lots and lots and lots! 

Sorry I stink and my emails stink worse.

Don't worry only 1 more of them.

And don't worry I'm working super hard until the end.

I can't imagine doing it any other way.

I am excited to see y'all though 

and I hope you have a wonderful November week!

Love, Sister Szabo

lilywhites. jacobson. jeppson. jones. szabo. hymas. hansel. chandler. ray. mcgettigan. miller. don't know (we refer to him as e. hood's companion). hood. montgomery. dickerson. williams. tucker. brassfield.

marshall. putnam. kunzler. mahler.

"Jesus is coming. Perhaps today."

My emails are getting worse the longer I'm out so I'll just apologize now.

I'm literally just going to write what I wrote down in my notebook this week...

- THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HALLOWEEN CARDS! I loved loved loved all of them! And Sister Hymas wants me to tell you thank you too!

- Can we still celebrate Grandma's birthday on November 30? I figure that way all the attention can be on her and not me :)

- Sorry Mom that I can't give you my Christmas list until after Thanksgiving ;) hahahaha

- At 17 months I thought that I would have things figured out...I'm still no good at teaching, I still don't know where to go most of the time or what things to plan, I still am tired all of the time. There's some weird thing in your brain at the beginning of your mission that thinks you'll get better at all of this but in the end you learn so much that you realize you really don't know anything at all.

- Our routine every single morning:

6:25 alarm goes off.

6:30 second alarm goes off.

Roll out of bed (literally)

Pray.

Put in my contacts.

Change into my exercise clothes.

Grab a name out of the prayer jar.

Take a sip of water.

Put my shoes on.

Pray before we leave the apartment.

Run. 

Walk to cool down.

Shower.

Get ready.

Make smoothie/Get grapes ready (we switch off every day)

Personal study.

You would think we would get sick of it but if we miss part of it it throws off our entire day.

- K hasn't set a baptismal day yet but she's progressing like a boss. Tori was her biggest fellowshipper and Tori just moved to Tennessee and I'm quite sad about it. We're going to make K have more friends though now.

- M is progressing too. He's stuck on the priesthood and having to be rebaptized but he's so awesome and the way he's being taught is the way missionary work is supposed to be done. Members have a friend, they invite him to church, he meets the missionaries, they invite him to take the lessons, the members set everything up and we have dinner and a lesson in their home every week.

-  I got my departure packet this week. GAG. Sister Hymas' parents told her that the mission office called to make sure they have the correct address to send the stuff to them. Sneaky parents you not telling me they called you and sent you stuff. 

- Our Halloween was AWESOME

We have interviews so we picked up our elders and spent the majority of the day in Morehead because we had District Meeting after.

In my interview President started by talking about how I go home so soon. He asked if I was anxious at all and I said I thought everything was pretty normal but that there was a lot of unknowns that I have to figure out when I get home and he promised me that the unknowns would get resolved quickly because while he was praying at the beginning of our interview he said he had a very strong feeling that I have a "grand" future ahead of me but that we would talk more about that in another interview. You could say that I'm just a little bit excited for my exit interview now :) 

Sister Hymas and I went on a date out to lunch so we really only have each other anyway. I love that girl a lot!

We had a lesson with Katie and Tori and Ben and then our ward had a trunk or treat and it was loads of fun! We stapled tootsie rolls to mormon.org cards and handed them out. President said we had to be in our apartment after that so we borrowed a deck of cards from some members and we played card games all night. I'm obsessed with the new game that Sister Hymas taught me.

- Saturday we had a social media day. Our entire mission did it and basically we had members who signed up to come out with us all day and took pictures of us doing our day to day stuff and then post it to social media. It was to flood social media with positive images of the missionaries and to help "humanize" us. It was draining and was the most awkward thing I've ever done but it was a lot of fun too.

- Yesterday our RS President was telling us a story during her lesson about when her daughter died and she talked about how she's been a different person since that day and this morning I was thinking about that and realized that I will never be the same person again because of these 18 months and I'm really grateful for that. I don't know how I went about doing things without the knowledge of the gospel that I have now.

If you've made it this far I hope you enjoyed this long random email :)

Have a fun filled fall week :)

I love y'all!

Love, Sister Szabo

adventure pictures

"God don't like ugly"

HAPPY ALL HALLOWS EVE! 

We got kicked off the computer this morning and then went to New Bern for our Sisters Preparation Day so sorry for the late email. 

Our Sisters Preparation Day went good! We carved pumpkins and had the caramel apple bar. Only 2 sets of sisters brought their assigned topping so that was kind of annoying but luckily Sister Hymas and I were bringing the crushed candy bars and we brought more than we had planned for so it all worked out. Anyway that means nothing to you..thank you for the idea! Everyone loved it. 

This week we did lots of service but we saw lots of blessings because of it. We found 3 new investigators through members which was exciting! One is a girl who's 9. We've been teaching her brother and she always sits in on the lessons and is awesome. She turned 9 a few weeks ago so now she's actually considered an investigator. Another was a girl in our ward's boyfriend and I actually wasn't there for the lesson because we were on an exchange but I met him at church and he's such a good guy. The elders were teaching him but the family called us and asked if we could teach him instead. That was awkward but our elders already think we're brats anyway so it all worked out. And the other one was from a LA lady who I met months ago with Sister Hurley and we were finally able to catch her home again and we set up a return appointment for this past Sunday and we taught her and her kids and she wants her kids to be baptized! Her son is 13 and her daughter is 8. They're adorable and have the best manners. We have lots of good things set up for this week! We're really excited!

We went on exchange with the Washington Sisters. It's weird having a 7 week transfer so we only have to do 1 exchange a week if we want to. I went to Washington and almost everything fell through but we still had lots of fun together. And I got to be in my first trio so that was fun! I'm glad I've never served in one because they're awkward to teach in but the sisters I was with were pretty cool cats. Also a recent convert that we taught said "the Book of Mormon just jives with me" and I realized yet again that I am definitely not in Utah :)

I have this fear that the Lord is preparing me right now by making me aware that something that will be hard for me when I'm home is not living "the pattern" that Sister Hymas and I do everyday. We really really love each other and have our routine down and I'm afraid to have to go home and figure out how to live again. I think one of the hardest parts for me will be not being with Sister Hymas. Good thing she comes home in February. And Molly will just have to deal with me being crazy companion on her for weeks :) 

On Saturday we did service for this family and we literally destroyed their bathroom. We took everything out from the wall paper to the tile to the toilet to the sink and cabinets. We learned how to put in tile and paint. It was fun. At one point I went crazy and was picking up tile as fast as I could that Sister Hymas was beating with a hammer to loosen and break up and later she compared me to the show Molly and Lunette (?). The clown lady who is a clock at one point in the show. Mols and I were obsessed with it. Anyway Sister Hymas compared me to her when she picks up the messy room at a super fast speed. We were both crying we were laughing so hard. She's such a good companion.

Fun facts for this week:

- Remember last summer when I got really bad leg cramps? They came back this week. It was awful. I've been taking those pills that dad sent me and putting on deep blue and they seem to be slowly going away.

- When my life isn't organized I'm a stress case. God is teaching me a lot about myself.

THANK YOU FOR THE PACKAGE! We put up our decorations and I have a serious candy problem. We were so happy to open it and Sister Hymas loves Halloween so it made this holiday even better.

I love y'all a lot a lot! Thank you for all you do! Have a fun Halloween!

Love, Sister Szabo

 FHE last week. Tori. Hymas. Szabo. Katie. Laura

 Sisters Preparation day

#rebels4lyfe 

 Jeppson. Jacobsen. Szabo

Companionship gone wrong.....

Jokes.We were fixing our ghetto blinds and they fell down and hit me. The picture doesn't do the bruise justice. 

"A grudge is a heavy thing to carry."

Sister Hymas and I have a goal this week to be nice because there's some people in our lives who really test our patience EVERY DAY. So here's my gratitude list...

1. I have a testimony of fasting but when I was set apart I was promised that fasting would have a new meaning to me as I fast for people I'm teaching and for other missionaries and I was thinking about that and about how I haven't really seen any huge miracles from fasting on my mission. Last fast sunday I fasted for a few individuals that we're working with and here's some neat miracles that we saw this week...

- K: talked to her Mom and her Mom told her that if this is what makes her happy then she guesses she's fine with it. Gods timing is perfect so when we asked her after fhe last week if we could start teaching her the lessons and she said yes because she had just talked to her Mom and has been praying really hard to know if she should join the church. Things worked out perfectly. and she's super awesome so that's a bonus.

- A B.: came to church and fhe this week.

- A C.: we FINALLY had a lesson with. She's such a good girl it amazes me. And her dad finally gave us her baptismal record back so we sent it in this week.

- Tori: is just awesome. she's coming with us to the Mullinex's fhe today and we've still been having boss in-home lessons with her every week. She's the best fellowshipper to EVERYONE and she's making us friendship bracelets and I love her. Her friend in VA and her Mom in Tennessee are taking the lessons from the missionaries right now :)

- S: won't call us or text us back. BOOO NOT A MIRACLE. but the miracle will come. hopefully this week :)

2. Brother Humphreys is seriously the best thing that ever happened to Havelock. He's the best WML EVER and I just love that man a lot. 

3. One of the sisters in Morehead has the quote "Maybe He just TRUSTS you to do what's right." by Elder Bednar and I just thought it was kind of perfect :) I've really learned on my mission that God won't always give me a "clear" answer but that lots of times I have to act first.

4. I love every single time I pull out my cute planner that Molly made for me.

5. I've been in this ward for so long that a family who I helped move out because the husband got deployed so the wife went back to utah to have her baby just moved back in. 

6. Sister Hymas is the best last companion. I love her. 

7. Today during personal study I read Matthew 26 and I wrote a novel of a testimony in my study journal but nobody's got time for that so I'll just say that 

- the atonement is REAL. 

- i'm soooo grateful to have been raised in a family where the gospel is not just a church building that we go to once a week but that it's the center of our home and our lives.

- mom and dad are THE best parents in this entire world and are the greatest examples I ever could have asked for.

- i KNOW that the gospel is true because even though I can't give you all of the answers I know that down to the little details that I don't even understand that God knows what He's doing and that His plan is perfect.

I love y'all tons and tons and tons. 

Most of all I'm grateful for each one of you.

Thank you for emailing!

Have a happy happy week!

Love, J/Sister Szabo

"What is missing from CH CH? UR"

Wow I don't even know where to start this week. It has been CRAZY! So so good though!

We taught a lesson in Morehead City's boundaries #apostate. That awesome investigator that the elders referred to us..well it turns out that we taught her at her daughters house and when we went there for our return appointment she was at her her real house and so the member we were with just took us to that address and we were definitely not in our area. We repented don't worry. Sister Hymas and I were dying the entire time. We're about half way there and Sister Hymas goes "This road looks really familiar to me....Wait I've been on this road before." hahahahah wow being a missionary is great. 

Sister Weight made us Cafe Rio salads for dinner this week and it was just about the best thing that ever happened to me.

BIGGEST MIRACLE EVER THIS WEEK...

We got a headquarters referral from some elders in California for this girl who just started taking the lessons there so we called her and when she called us back she was like "'Do you have time to meet today?" We casually told her that we did and secretly we had no set appointments so of course we had time to see her that day! Her name is Sarah and she's AMAZING. She's basically another Tori. She needs all of the lessons still but she wants to get baptized and knows that God led her to the gospel and she's so ready for it. She just needs to quit smoking but before we even asked her about it said "I want to quit smoking I just need help to." Oh okay because people tell us that everyday...not! We're real excited about her. I can't believe how God works sometimes and I'm grateful to still be here to teach her.

We went on exchange with the Kinston Sisters this week. One of our investigator's sons got baptized there so we got to go at the end of our exchange and it was awesome. We're hoping that his baptism will help push her along. 

When people sin that we love a whole lot and we hear about it, because people think they need to tell us everything about everyone, it makes my heart really sad. 

I'm real good at finding any and all clocks in people's houses that I can see from where I'm sitting #nowatchprobs 

This week I had a really neat experience during one of my personal studies. I just read from the Book of Mormon the entire time but I was completely focused on the people we were going to be teaching that day and I was able to get done everything that I was supposed to for our lesson plans and I was able to receive so much personal revelation. It was one of the strongest times that I've felt the Spirit on my mission. 

This morning we went and helped Sister Z and Willow peel 10 lbs of potatoes and then we went with them to New Bern to help with a reception. Who knew all those receptions with Aunt Susan would help me on my mission :) I LOVE Sister Z and Willow sooo much but it wore me out. We're going on 2 exchanges this week too so that will be fun. Yay for staying in Havelock and with Sister Hymas though. I have no complaints about anything. I would rather be tired and busy than have nothing to do. 

I love y'all a whole lot and am real grateful I got to email you today. 

Have a beautiful week! 

Love, Sister Szabo 

 The Restoration DVD does miracles. even when it's on a tiny dvd player.. enough said.

 We had funnel cake for the first time.

 exchange with the Kinston Sisters.

Bagley. Harrison. Szabo. Hymas

Happy All Hallows Eve. (since when has Halloween been called that?)

 peeling potatoes for days.

This is from a few weeks ago before transfers. 

Kinston East Zone

"God grades on the cross not the curve."

HHHHHHEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOO!!!

We had a WILD week. 

Monday we went to New Bern and watched Meet the Mormons. We had FHE at Ben and Tori's and for our lesson we talked about following the Prophet (because it was general conference and you know we couldn't miss that opportunity) and we watched "Love the Essence of the Gospel" by President Monson and we all played Conference Bingo. Your bingo boards are still being put to good use Mom :) I knew there was a reason I brought them with me from VA Beach :) You should probably get ready to pull them out for next gencon since y'all are party poopers and don't play when I'm not there :)

Tuesday we had lunch at a LA's house who we just recently met and is super awesome. We also talked about following the prophet (I was kidding about using this opportunity) and we watched "Dare to Stand Alone" and she was bawling by the end of it. It was neat. Very inspired. She's probably going to come back to church and baptize her whole family. It's fine :) That night we drove to New Bern to meet the zone leaders and got to drive with them up to Elizabeth City in their cool mini-van to spend the night for MLC. Elder Matheson and Elder Wardell are HILARIOUS. They're cute little best friends and they makes me happy. Elder Matheson is the new Assistant and it makes my heart happy. We drove through Nags Head on the way up there (where we passed that NC sign that you sent me a picture of Mom) because Sister Hymas served there and then we spent the night with 2 Hermanas who I had never met before in Elizabeth City. GHETTO. It was a hoot and a holler. 

Wednesday we had MLC at the Bennetts Creek chapel because there was a funeral in Portsmouth. After they were showing Meet the Mormons to all of the Chesapeake Stake missionaries so we got to see Sister Hurley and I felt like I was seeing a long lost friend. I love her SO much. She goes home tomorrow and she'll be in Utah right around the time that I get home so that works out nicely :) That girl changed my life and I'll love her forever for it.

After MLC when we got back to New Bern Sister Hymas and I went to dinner at The Chelsea. We went there once before after a zone meeting and I've been obsessed with it ever since. What we didn't know though was that their dinner menu is WAY more expensive than their lunch menu. YOLO. Sister Hymas and I are both as cheapys as they come.

Thursday we had to weekly plan and the only real exciting thing that happened was we had an in-home lesson. President Walker feels like in-home lessons are the way the Lord needs us to do missionary work. Good thing Sister Hymas and I already had a goal to have at least one a week for our entire companionship and we've done it so far. 

Friday we had District Leader Council and Zone Meeting. It was in Havelock this time because there was a funeral at the New Bern building. We were all crammed into our tiny Relief Society room and it was HILARIOUS. Sister Hymas and I had to give a training on why and how we have in-home lessons so we decided to play family feud for it and it was a good time. Later on that night Willow came out with us and we went and had a lesson with a referral that the elders gave us while they were proximity knocking last transfer (because we suck and we almost never go out to Newport and last time we went we didn't have her address) and she was home and let us right in and is pumped about learning more and reading from the Book of Mormon. 

Saturday and Sunday were of course GenCon and I loved every second of it. I received so SO much revelation. Watching it at the church doesn't really compare to watching it while playing bingo on the couch but it does keep me awake and it was a lot of fun. Sunday afternoon was definitely my favorite session. Soo many good talks. Funny too that that's usually the session I fall asleep in at home. #isuck I especially loved Richard G. Scott's talk. I run out of breath talking about those "foundation" aspects of the gospel because I love them so much. I KNOW that if we'll read our scriptures, pray, go to the temple, and have fhe that we'll be on the path the Lord needs us to be on. I've seen it in my life. Even with mistakes that I made I didn't go off the deep end and I know it was because I was already in the habit of doing those things. Fun fact: I got 2nd place for guessing which apostles were going to speak during which session :)

Oh and I almost forgot to tell you. Mostly just because I wanted to see if y'all would make it to the end of the this email because this is definitely the best part. Because President Baker has some training he has to go to next week we had transfer calls this week. So on Sunday in between and after Conference they happened and I would have paid money that I was going to get transferred because there are just so many of us STL's that go home at the same time and well....I was wrong. SISTER HYMAS AND I ARE STAYING TOGETHER FOR MY LAST ONE. And I couldn't be happier. We're going to do work. I'm so happy to stay in Havelock and with her. I love these people way too much to leave them already.

That's a rundown of my week. Maybe next week I'll be better about actually talking about the proselyting part of what I do :)

Have a beautiful week! 

It feels like Utah fall here today and it's making me a happy missionary :)

LOVE YOU! 

Love, Sister Szabo/J 

AKA your favorite state-side missionary

Selfie Sunday

We spent all of Saturday and Sunday with Laura at General Conference and at lessons! She's awesome! She's going back to Utah at the end of the month and we've already made plans to hang out for days when I get home. 

 #ldsconf

our morning walk in Elizabeth City 

You can't see it but there's a monster truck behind us. We found it on our way to Elizabeth City.

Sister Hymas got her camera card back and went crazy with pictures this week. I was obviously fine with it. This is us at the hermanas apartment

after mlc pictures 

 we love each other.

Hymas. Szabo. Hurley 

the original gang. #rebels4lyfe

Hymas. Szabo. Bluemel. Matheson. Wardell

"the field is white already to harvest"