We aren't soliciting we are saving!!!

May 25th 2015:

First of all, HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! This week was a long but fast week. Not too much happen this week, Sister Sutton was sick on Tuesday so we spent the whole day literally doing nothing. That was fun. And yes, we did attend the aquarium for free! We were like little kids on Christmas morning. 

We knocked doors for 6 hours on Thursday. And man was it hot! We were exhausted and thirsty! We prayed that someone would offer us water, and SOMEONE DID!  Prayer works guys! I was getting really tired of people saying they weren't interested in our message. They aren't interested, because they don't know the importance of the message. I decided was going to pull out my puppy eyes (the ones I use on my dad), and tell them that I left my family for 18 months to share this very important message with her. She said she was just about to leave, but we could come back another time. I learned that not only do they work on my dad, they also work on pretty much everyone. 

 Let me just tell you about all the great looks people give us on Bay Shore, when we are biking in a skirt. Some people even take pictures of us, so if you see some random picture of me in a skirt on a bike, please don't forget to tag me! ;) jk don't do that. But I would not be surprised if there was some random picture of me on instagram, it happens more than you would think! 

 Well I hope you all have a great week! I love and miss you all!

p.s. My mail box is starting to collect dust. I would not be apposed if you guys sent me letters! :) 

502 s Fremont Ave

apt. 816

Tampa, fl, 33606

How many pictures do you think I took before I actually ate the pizza?

It's free! Who doesn't like free?

Work hard, Preach hard!

May 18th 2015:

Man, Tampa is starting to get really hot! But the Lord blesses us with rain everyday around 5:00. so last Monday we were complaining that it was too hot, so the Lord deiced to dump a huge bucket of water on Tampa, unfortunately we weren’t near any kind of shelter. We had to run to a prespertarian church near by to hide. 

 I have also come to realize that Tampa is just one big mixing pot; I have met people from all over! It is actually pretty cool. Oh, I almost forgot I ATE ALLIGATOR!!!! It was soo good. I would highly recommend putting it on your bucket list of things to try. Well like I mentioned earlier it is hot, and one day Sister Sutton and I wanted ice cream. We went to the nearest grocery store and bought a half gallon of gelato and finished it in 5 minutes. Don't worry I am not getting fat, I do lots of sit ups in the morning. ;) 

 Sister Sutton and I are still pretty new to this whole missionary stuff, and half the time we don't know what we are doing, but apparently we know how to plan. Our STL's called us this week and told us that we were brought up around 4 times in the leadership meeting. President kept telling everyone how good we are at planning. We were really shocked by that. Haha 

   Last Monday we had an appointment with a LA at 3:30. (we were ending our pday like 3 hours early) So we weren't the happiest we were ending our pday to go to a less actives house who isn’t the nicest to the missionaries. We went to her house, and she was in a great mood, she loved our message. Towards the end of the lesson her daughter came over, Sister Mcara (the senior missionary) asked her daughter if she was a member. Sure enough she wasn't, sister Mcara asked her if she would like to hear the missionary discussions! She told us she would love them and set up a return appointment without us even asking her. We had the appointment and she just soaked up everything we said, her husband loved our message and kept saying “It all makes sense now!". The Lord truly does bless those who are diligent! 

 Well TTFN I am going to the aquarium for free! Perks of teaching cool people. ;) 

Sister Judkins

Rain

Alligator!

No one told me I had another sister.

May 11th 2015:

 Sister Sutton is my long lost twin! We are the exact same person! Everyone asks us if we are sisters. It is pretty funny. Well this week was another great week of missionary work. My week consisted of; knocking doors, knocking doors, and knocking more doors! Sister Sutton and I make the best of it, we have a pretty good time! But we have been working hard, and it is paying off. We actually have lessons scheduled for this week! 

  I leaned a valuable lesson this week, don't trust the chocolate shops here. I know, I took it hard too! Unfortunately you don't get to hear the story. Maybe another time! 

 I actually learned another thing this week, this one actually is a valuable lesson. Coming on my mission was a very hard choice, many of you know I didn't really want to go on one. It was a huge leap of faith to submit those papers and answer the call of the prophet to come to Tampa. And guess what, the Lord caught me! He has carried me the whole time! If you take a leap of faith the Lord will catch you. Now it doesn't mean it is going to make it easy, it is still going to be hard. But he will give you the strength to keep pushing through! So trust in the Lord! 

 oh and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all you great women out there especially to my mom! I love you all! sorry I don't have much to write about this week. 

Sister Judkins

Check out my double chin.

Knocking Doors Builds Character

May 4th 2015:

What a stressful and sad week! Sister Sackley is gone! :( She got transferred. But I have been blessed with another great companion, Sister Sutton. She is from Queen Creek Arizona. The both of us don't really know where we are going. We haven't gotten too lost yet. Everyone thinks we are sisters. Unfortunately no one wants to hear our message, they just want to talk about how adorable we are! Haha We have knocked a lot of doors this week and have gotten the same response; " No sorry we already have Jesus in our life, but you guys are adorable!" 

 We are teaching this guy named David, he is a shark wrangler and works for Rippleys Believe it or not in Canada, oh and he is Brittish. He is the coolest guy EVER! Sister Sutton and I worked our charm to get free aquarium tickets out of him, So we will be attending the aquarium in the near future.

I didn't fall of my bike this week, so that was good! We are working on trying to flip south Tampa, We have knocked a lot of doors and had no success, well we planted a lot of seeds so I guess we have had success! I hope you all have a splendid week!

Sister Judkins

I know why missionaries get fat.

April 27th 2015:

I know why missionaries get fat on their missions. Proverbs 28:25 explains it all. Anyways, this week has been interesting just like any other week in the mission field. Last Monday we had a tornado warning I had no idea there were even tornadoes in Florida. Haha don't you fret I am still kicking. We met the cutest Haitian boy in the projects this week, his name is Eric. He walked up to us with this huge smile and said "hello Christ sisters!" He is the cutest. I fell off my bike again, no I did not hit another mail box. Sister Sackley stopped and I didn't have enough time to stop, and well I am sure you can picture the rest. It was pretty much a human Catapult. I flew over the handle bars and didn't stick the landing. All is well. :) 

  I have officially made it past my first transfer, and unfortunately sister Sackley and I are being separated. She is getting transferred, and I am getting a new companion. Let me just tell you, that she is going far in life. Everyone better watch out for Sister Sackley! She is amazing and I am going to miss her. 

 The church is true. I love and miss you all. I hope everyone has a fabulous week! 

Sister Judkins

I am a mormon hear me roar!

April 20^th

This week was just another great week of missionary work! I have come to the conclusion that there is something in the air here, people in Tampa are really interesting. 

TRACKING WORKS! It was a hot and miserable day, we walked up to the last house and knocked on the door. We asked the man at the door (Danny) if he would like to watch Because He Lives, he really liked the clip. He started to talk about how prayer has given him strength, and he told us how he read the Book of Mormon 30 years ago and he wanted to believe that it was true. We asked him if he had prayed and asked God if it was true, and of course he hadn't. His countenance changed and he asked if he could have a Book of Mormon so he could ask God if it was true. Danny came to church! We called him on Saturday to invite him to church, he never answered his phone. We were not expecting him to come, but he did! He loved sacrament meeting! The spirit was so strong in that meeting!

 The Lord truly does prepare people to hear out message. I am super excited to see what happens with Danny, we are meeting with him this week. We want to invite him to be baptized when we see him! Keep him in your prayers!

How to tan while biking

Do you see the mail box? Yeah I didn't

WE GOT AN INVESTIGATOR!

Me

I biked into a mail box...

April 13^th

We are back to knocking doors! The mission president asked my zone to start knocking doors to see if we could find more people to teach. Ill just say that knocking doors is pretty interesting, Haha there are some really weird people! I LOVE FLORIDA! 

I don't have a lot of time this week, but I just wanted to share a story about how I biked into a mail box. I was in my own little world enjoying beautiful Florida, next thing I knew I hit a mail box and shot in the air. Haha maybe it wasn't that dramatic, but I still hit the mail box and I fell off my bike. I am sure the cars passing us got a good laugh out of it! I sure did! 

I finally taught my first lesson! we haven't really had any success in this area. But we met this lady on the side of the street and asked if we could come teach her about Christ. She told us to come back the next day. We came back and taught her the restoration. She wasn't too sure about the priesthood, but we did all we could. We invited her and her job is to accept the message and pray about it. We called her the next day, and unfortunately she was not interested. That is okay though, because we planted a little seed! 

The computer I am on does not let me send pictures, I will try and send some next week. :) 

Sister Judkins