** THIS IS SISTER WHEELWRIGHT'S LAST E-MAIL FROM THE MISSION FIELD. SHE RETURNS HOME NEXT WEEK!!**

Hey y'all,

      So it's been a fantastic 18 months here in Georgia! They sure did fly by so fast! It's true that time fly's when you're having fun. Grovetown is such a wonderful place. The work is really moving forward here. There are so many people that are ready to hear the gospel! It reminds me of my first area, Warner Robins. It seems like I was just there, a new and anxious missionary. So much has happened since then. I've learned so much. I've been able to strengthen my faith and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through all the different experiences I've had!

        I know with all my heart that this is the only true church here on the earth today. That Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful for him and his sacrifices. I know that no sacrifice is too great for obedience. I've been able to see that throughout my mission. I know that blessings come as we're obedient. I'm so grateful for Jesus Christ and his atonement and that I've been able to strengthen my relationship with him and learn how to more fully apply it in my life. And also then share that with others. It makes me think of the video "Because of Him". It's one my favorites!

        "He lives, and because he lives, you... she and he and they and we all will live again. Because of him death has no sting, the grave hath no victory, we can start again and again and again. Because of him guilt becomes peace, regret becomes relief, despair becomes hope. Because of him we have second chances, clean slates, new beginnings, there is no such thing as the end because of him."

          I know that's true! I've been able to help people discover what is possible because of him and see the joy come into not only their lives but mine as well. It's been such a blessing. The best part is that it doesn't have to stop now. Missions are forever! These friendships I've made will still be there. Though missionaries may die (go home), Disciples never do! I'll do my best to continue this great work as a member missionary! Thank you so much for all your love and support. It's made such a big difference as I've been serving. I know I couldn't have don't it without you and especially without Jesus Christ. He is my best friend and I love him so much! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

See y'all soon! 

 

Georgia peach macon miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It's been such a great week! We had Zone conference. My last one. It was so amazing, they're so inspired. It really helps us through out all the different areas of the work. I learned so much from everyone. We talked about the Sabbath day and how we can be able to get more out of it. One thing I learned that stuck out to me is that when we take the sacrament we don't just renew our baptismal covenants but all of them that we have made. It's so much more then I thought it was before. I'm doing my best to make it more meaningful. We've made goals to change the way we look at it now and be more prepared for church. It's made such a big difference! We also talked about how we need to pray more simply with our investigators. Later we visited Angela and we prayed and after the lesson she prayed and said she learned how to from us. It reminded me of the training we had. It was fantastic! At the end of the meeting they have all those who it's there last zone conference share their testimony. I was so nervous! There was 3 elders and 2 sisters, sister Landis and I. The elders went first. It made me think of the first time I spoke it church. I was nervous then too. I prayed and it all worked out. So I prayed up until it was my turn. It went really well. I made it through with out crying! It was such an amazing experience to talk about my mission and how's it's change/strengthened me and my testimony. The spirit was so strong while everyone was speaking. It's one of my favorite parts of Zone Conference.

      Sunday was fantastic! Angela came to church!! She brought her grandson with her too. She loved that he was able to go to primary so that she could listen and learn more. They both had a great time, he didn't want to leave after he made so many friends. It such a great ward I'm so glad they were able to fellowship them and help them feel welcome! Later we went tracting and were able to meet so many nice people who are interested in the learning more. I love it when you meet someone and you can just tell right away they've been prepared and are ready to listen. Even if you get lost trying to find their house at first and can't call them cause you don't have service so your companion does the service dance. You become family and they mean so much to you, yes even the goat!  ;) Love yall!  Missions are the best, I love being a missionary! Make it a great week! Thank you sooo much for all your love and support! 

 

Georgia peach macon miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

 

Exchanges with Sister Danible!!

 

Hey y'all,

    This has been another fantastic week full of miracles! Last p-day for fun we went bowling on Fort Gordon. It was so much fun! I wasn't amazing at first but I'm getting better. We did it again yesterday. I even got a strike! It's only 1.50 a game so that's fantastic! We went over to the Packers for dinner yesterday, it was so much fun. We helped them frost cupcakes to celebrate a birthday! They're such a great family!  I love the spirit they have in their home, I'm so thankful to be able to get to know them.

       We went on exchanges with the Sister Training leaders in Evens, GA, Sister Danible and Muegge. Sister Danible came to Grovetown with me. It was so great! I learned so much from her. She is a great missionary. We tried to make pancakes. We decided to put blue food coloring in them for fun since it's our favorite color. The pancakes didn't turn out so good. We told the elders and they said we made smurf road kill. So true!

     Friday we had a appointment with one of our investigators and we invited Bro Packer to come to. It fell through so we went to see a less active and it went really well! Sister Pack even gave him some homemade cookies to give to us. Blessings! Sunday we fasted to be able to find those who are ready to come unto Christ. Later that day we stopped by another investigators and they weren't home so we went tracting in the area. The first door we knocked on they opened the door (first miracle) They invited us in!  They are so open and willing to hear the message we shared. It was definitely an answer to prayers. Plus they have cats. A few people here have a few cats, so that's fantastic too! 

      So we've been teaching Angela, she is so sweet. She has so much faith already. She wants to quit smoking and is ready and willing to take that next step to be free of it. So we went through the 15 step program with her. I'm so excited for her, I know that she can do it. She is such a great example to all those around her including her family and friends. She is so happy even with all the stress of life.  I love being able to get to know and teach her. It's such a blessing to be serving here in Georgia! Thanks for all you love and support, make it a great week!

Georgia peach macon miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

    So far I'm just loving it here in Grovetown! The members are so supportive it makes such a big difference in the work. We have so many people to teach! It's close to the end of the month so we were low on miles so... more walking! It's such great exercise, and you can contact people as you go! Plus I have a great farmers tan. We had members helping us out though so we didn't have to walk all week. They came out with us teaching and gave us rides to church too. It's such a blessing. It's great to be a missionary!

    So many great things happened! One of our investigators Sharlene gave us a ride to our Book of Mormon class on Tuesday. Then she stayed for the class too! It was so great to have her there. We were able to have a church tour with her after the class, the spirit was so strong. It was such a great day! A few days later she saw us walking and stopped to give us a ride. She is just so sweet! I'm so grateful I had the chance to teach and get to know her. This last week we had dinner at a members house, the Packers. I told them that my grandma's (mom's mom) maiden name is Packer and that we could be related. So we looked at our family search. It turns out that we're 5th cousins! I thought it was so cool! Family History is so important. They love doing family history. So they've been so great in helping us get the members more excited about it. Plus they're willing to show people how they can do it. It's been great to have them in the ward. They just moved into the ward too so I thought that was awesome. I know great things will happen here and I'm so excited to be a part of it! Make it a great week! Thank you for all your love and support. 

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It was a crazy awesome week! We went to transfers, my last one. I loved it! Sister Sorensen gave us a ride to the meeting. She also gave me some homemade granola bars. They are my favorite! It made my day to get them from her. They helped me get through the stress of everything. I'm so gad I got to go one more time. I was able to see a lot of good friends there. You know who you are... y'all are the best! I'm now serving in Grovetown, with my new companion Sister Pilimai! This is her 3rd transfer. She grew up in California and moved to Utah in high school. She loves photography, art, and of course missionary work! She has such a strong testimony. I'm so excited to get to know and serve with her. It's going to be a FANTASTIC transfer.  

 

 I love it here in Grovetown! Sister Pilimai is such a great missionary. I've learned so much from her already. The work here is going so well. I love the people here already! There is this one family from Brazil. They are so nice! They want me to go Brazil with them after my mission. I told them President Cottle served there and they thought that was super cool! There is another who own a pizza place. They are so nice, they want to make sure we get fed. So we get to eat there for free. Which was such a blessing because we were short of food and were able to go there.  We also have been able to find new investigators to teach. Last night it was 8:45 and we needed one new investigator still. So we tried some apartments and this lady invited us in before we could say anything! We had such a great lesson, and she wants to learn more! Also the other day I had to get a new water bottle and the cashier asked why we were so happy. Then he told us that he had been to our church before. So we talked with him and got his information. We're going to be teaching him tomorrow. Attitude can make such a difference to those around us. It was way cool! Thanks for all your love and support. Make it a great week!

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll!

This has been a great week! It was my last week here in Albany. I'm getting transferred tomorrow. I'm going to miss all the people that I met here. I've made so many good friends that have now become like family to me. It'll be hard leaving ya'll. The good thing is it's not goodbye it's see ya later! I'm so excited to be able to go to transfer meeting one last time. To go through the excitement that it brings. To get a new companion, and area. To be able to meet more people who will become close friends and come to love them as I do the people I've met already. I know that so many miracles have happened and peoples lives changed. It's not over. There are more still to come! I'm so excited to be a part of it and see them take place. I know that this church is true and that as we come unto Christ we can be perfected in him if we let him in. I love ya'll so much and will forever keep you in my heart! 

Here it comes My Last 6 weeks as a missionary. I hope to be able to continue working hard and be obedient. To fulfill my purpose as a missionary, to become what he want's me to. I know that when I do that then it won't matter where I serve. Also that where ever I go is where he wants me to be. I'm going to be serving in.... To be continued! I find out tomorrow at transfer meeting!

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll

It's been a great week here! We went to chehaw with a family that we've been teaching. it was so much fun, they loved it! Stake conference this last week end was way awesome! I was able to see friends from my past areas! I was able to learn so much! One thing that I learned is about how to make sacrement more meaningful. I'm excited to be able to have a more spiritual experience and be able to help those we teach do the same!

 

District photos, at Chehaw Zoo with the family we're teaching,

and my Valdosta friends at stake conference!

 

 

Hey ya'll,

     It's been a great week! We've been able to do a lot of service. One of the families we're teaching was getting a mobile home ready to sell. So we helped them clean up the place in side and outside. It was a lot of fun! One time we were cleaning out the shed and I found a really big brown spider right next to what I was picking up. So that was exciting! Then we took some stuff off a shelf and moved it. There was a viper snake sleeping underneath of it right by where we were standing! So they tried to relocate it. That made it mad! It flattened it's head out to look bigger. It may have been poisonous, but we didn't want to find out before he was beheaded. 

   I had a great Birthday on Wednesday! We had a busy day. We had lunch with the family we've been teaching the Sheler's with a home made German chocolate cake! It was fantastic! They even had birthday cards for me, some were hand made. They are such a great family! We had dinner with the Halls Stephen and Nanci. They are such great members!  

 We helped the red cross install fire alarms. Because Albany was one of the first places to safe a life from the service. We had to sign waivers so they could film to make a video of us. After we finished they provided lunch. It was a great missionary opportunity. We were able to talk about the church with them. They told us how cool they think it is that the church has always been such a big help no matter where they are. 

   We've had some pretty good rain storms this past week! It gets so bad we can hardly see the road. They usually happen around or close to the eveing/night time though. Which is so good because it cools down a little. One time we were walking back from visiting a recent convert and the storm started coming in. Fortunately we got in right as it started raining. I love being a missionary! Make it a great week! 

Georgia peach,

Emily

Hey ya'll,
This has been a great week! We went on exchanges with the sister training leaders in Douglas Sister Walker and Sister Zenovieff. Sister Zenovieff came to Albany. It went really well, I learned so much from her. She is such a great missionary!
        Last Saturday we went to a baptism for a little boy the elders were teaching, he's 9 and his cousin who's 8. So many people came to the baptism. To have all the love and support of the members of the ward. It was fantastic. I think that would be great to have at every baptism. It made such a difference in how they felt. They played a video about missionaries and it just made so happy to be serving. Also To be serving around such wonderful people, missionaries and members.

   After the baptism had pioneer day. It was a lot of fun, we were able to help serve the food. Plus they did a few different pioneer activities. We delivered some bibles to referrals that live in smaller cities around Albany. That was an adventure! We also did some service for one of our investigators. We cleaned a stove and had a lot of fun doing it. Overall it was a great day!

  Sunday we sang in church again. We sang "They the builders of the nation" for pioneer day. It went really well. Later I played the piano for Relief Society and that went really well. I love hymns, they can make such a difference. I just love being a missionary! It's such a blessing to be able to be here serving in such a great mission! Make it a great week!

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It's been a great week! Last p-day we went to a Crime and Punishment museum and Last Meal cafe in Asburn, GA. It was interesting. It had a lot of history in it. We got to take pictures in the electric chair and in a cell. We had a tour of the place from one of the locals. He knew a lot of the sheriff's that used to live there. He had a some cool stories to tell. It also had some pictures of some people's last meals. One had Domino's pizza, which is soo good and another had KFC.  

   So you know the stories with missionary's getting chased by dogs well it almost happened. I know right!? I don't know why I'm excited... whatever. So we were walking back from an appt and decided to try and see a potential. We walked half way to the door and saw a big black thing on the steps, that's weird. Then we didn't see the big dog barking behind the fence... that's the dog. We stopped just as the dog saw us. So we turned to leave and he jumped up and started running at us. So I thought I don't have to run faster then the dog just my companion. J/K! We stopped and turned to face him. In the end he licked our hands and we parted as friends... I think.....still not sure on that. So it all worked out, but for those few seconds it was intense.

   Another night we were walking back and we really wanted some strawberry lemonade. So felt like we should walk a different way then normal and walked past a gas station. They had Strawberry Lemonade! The next day a member bought us strawberry lemonade too, Blessing! 

   We taught the lesson in Relief society, it was on temples. It went really well. Everyone was involved in the lesson and making comments. I just love the temple so much and all the blessing we receive from going. I can't wait to be able to go again. 

       One of the families that we're teaching is Jenifer and her husband David. They live out in the country in Bridgeborrow. They have all the animals, well they have a baby goat now. It's the cutest thing ever! I was able to bottle feed it. It was so adorable. They named her Magnolia, Maggy for short though. David has kept up with his Book of Mormon reading. He is now in ch 16 of 1 Nephi and really enjoying it. He marks it and writes notes/questions. I am so grateful I have the chance to meet them and be a part of their progress. It's been such a blessing. Thanks for all ya'lls love and support.

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

    It's been a fantastic week here in Georgia!  Last Monday for p-day we went downtown and walked around looking at the different historic places they have. We took a few pictures of the Ray Charles statue. They have him playing the piano. He is from Albany. Tuesday we had district meeting and one of the Elders is going home so we made funeral potatoes and the Elders made a cake. His companion wrote a Eulogy and we had a "funeral" for him. He laid on the ground while he read it and we all talked about memories we had. He goes home today actually. 

      We received a referral. Someone went online and requested a missionary visit. This family lives at the edge of our area. Miracle of the day trying to get there though. We went to visit them and the gps was wrong so we got lost we tried to call them but we didn't have any cell phone service. After trying the view houses in the area nobody was home. We tried the phone again and got service long enough to find her house and it all worked out. It's such a great family. They've had missionaries teach them when they lived in Michigan! They moved here to Georgia and wanted to keep learning. They had lost they're copies of the Book of Mormon in the move. They asked for a Book of Mormon they Wednesday when we came back Friday. David Jenifer's husband had already read the intro and testimony's all the way up to ch 6 in first Nephi with things highlighted, notes and questions. Which is so fantastic! It's been great getting to know them, They have so many pets! They have like 11 cats some inside some outside a few of them are kittens. they also have some: dogs, turkeys, chickens, and a pig who is house trained and knocks on the door to come inside he also does tricks for jolly ranchers! We went to their place for a fourth of July bbq on the 3rd it was a lot of fun!

     Thursday a we went out to lunch for Indian food with a member and her friend she's a little interested in the church. That was great to spend time with them. We meet them at the book of Mormon class Wednesday. The food was okay a little spicy though.

     Saturday we were trying to save miles so we walked to different less actives close by. We came in for lunch just as it started raining. There are these big alarms outside they went off it's said: thunder storm warning is in affect seek shelter now! We had a crazy thunder storm it was sooo loud. Later that night we were on lock down so we ordered pizza, garlic knots, and some Root beer and had it delivered.  Sister Smiths mom sent some stuff for the 4th so we took pictures with it. We played skipboo and ate pizza while we waited for transfer calls. We're both staying in Albany, we were so excited we started to jump up and down screaming! Overall it was a great night! Sister Muegge's companion went home today so she's hanging out with us until she gets her new companion tomorrow. She came over yesterday we're in a 3 some for a few days.

  I'm excited to stay in Albany for another transfer with my companion Sister Smith. I know great things will happen with all the fantastic people we're teaching. Make it a great week! 

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll,

It's been a fantastic week here in Albany GA! The weeks go by so fast, so much happens. Last Monday I had my hair braided with some hair I bought, Kawajaylne's sister did it for me. Kawajaylne is a recent convert. It took around 3 hours. It was a lot of fun to have my hair like that and really easy to take care of it. I had long hair again so I could do so much with it. 

 We had members take us to different cities close by that are in our area but would take all our miles. We went to Damascus! So we had to take pictures! it was great to get to the members while we traveled from different places. We're able to deliver the bibles and contact a bunch of referrals. It helped us to reach our goals we had made for the week! 

 We went to the relief society activity Alex and Susan came. They had a lot of fun! It was great to have them meet more of the members. Members can make such a difference in the work by helping them feel involved, and loved. It's the last week in the transfer It went by fast! I know this next week will be great! I hope ya'll have a happy 4th of July! Did you know that Amuleck was converted on the 4th of July? Talks about it in alma  10:6

     "Nevertheless, I did harden my heart, for I was called many times and I would not hear; therefore I knew concerning these things, yet I would not know; therefore I went on rebelling against God, in the wickedness of my heart, even until the fourth day of this seventh month, which is in the tenth year of the reign of the judges.

 I read that recently and thought it was good! Thanks for all your love and support! Make it a great week! 

Georgia peach,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

hey ya'll,

      So this week has been so fantastic! We were supper busy and worked really hard so we're able to reach a lot of the goals we set! Plus we've been trying all sorts of food! so Monday we ate the chocolate covered crickets, and boiled chicken feet. That was interesting not my favorite. I'd eat the chocolate covered crickets before the chicken. Sunday we tried pickled pigs feet, it was okay. With all of this I feel like I went to a different country, it's awesome! I also had sweet potatoe casserole for the first time... amazing! Georgia is the best!

      Wednesday we went to Edison one of the outer cities in our area. A member gave us a ride so that we wouldn't us all of our miles. Sister Sorensen is the best! We had a lot of fun! We were able to see the person wanted the bible. She had been out of town until that morning. She was surprized we came the day she got back. We were also able to visit a few others members in the area that we aren't able to normally. That night then Bro Cartmell gave us matching water bottles to stay hydrated when we're walking that was so nice of him! He also teaches the book of Mormon class on Wednesdays! We have some other members that are going to help us again this week. They are so helpful here. It definilty makes the work so much better when they get involved.

  Friday we were able to go up to girls camp for a few hours. I was able to see some girls from one of my last area's Valdosta, it was the best thing ever! I just love them so much! We had planed to go up didn't even know they're going talk about missionary work. So when we showed up they were super excited, it all worked out really well! It was a ton of fun getting to know the girls in the stake and talk about missionary work and experiences they've had. It helped me get excited about this great work. I just love being a missionary! Thanks for all your love and support! Make it a great week! 

Macon Miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll

         It's been a great week! it went by so fast! So my companion got a package from her uncle and it had sardines in it. So I tried them with crackers for the first time ever... not bad! They were interesting. Next week... chocolate covered crickets! We shall see how this goes! Normally I would say I can't wait but this time I think I can actually. 

       We've been going through some old referrals and we contacted one of them her name is Donna. Normally she works at that time but she decided to take the day off. Which just happened to be the same day we came, blessings! She had never met with missionaries before. So we started teaching her and she is so open to the message. We're going to meet with her again this next week! 

         We also have been able to meet a few less active members and get to know them more. There are some pretty great people here who have been through so much. One lives in our same apt complex so that makes visiting her easier. Especially when we're low on miles and have to walk. We wanted to walk to the church for book of Mormon class Wednesday, we felt like we should just drive and it's a good thing we did! After class we came out and it was poring rain! We ran to the car and got completely soaked! Can you imagine what would've happened if we walked there?! I'm so glad we didn't walk. 

       Sunday was just fantastic, I love Sundays! Yesterday we had 3 investigators at church! Our normal Sunday routine, we get up and ready call our investigators to make sure they're up and getting ready and they're ride is set still. We remind them to come to church with a question in mind. Sometimes we have meetings with ward council. We get to church early to meet and get to know the members better. Cedric came he's been telling us he would come since I've been here and he did! Alexandra came she's been pretty regularly for the past few weeks. She is on date for the 27th of June with her sister Susan. They want to make sure they're ready for baptism, which is such a great thing! After church we had a few great member present lessons. They make such a big difference in the way the lessons go. Before my mission I never realized how much a difference members can make in conversion. I know now that it makes all the difference in helping them understand and feel loved. I love being able to see people progress in the gospel. To see them make those changes in their lives to come closer to Christ and strengthen their faith. Missionary work is the best! Make it a great week! Thanks for all your love and support! 

Macon Miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll

        It's been a great week here in Georgia! It went by so fast! so last p day we went to chehaw and we had district come with us and a family the Goodmans! We were trying to figure out how we were all getting in and who was paying who was using the the free passes. The lady was so confused that she just let us in for free! It was the best! We got to feed some of the animals there, they were a wake and moving around. It was a lot of fun! 

       Tuesday we had Zone conference in Tifton, we had car inspections... we totally passed just sayin! It was a great meeting! I learned so much from all the different training's. One was sad though. Saturday some sister missionaries in the north Atlanta mission got in a car accident. So we went over vehicle safety. Sister Cottle gave a training on using the Book of Mormon, they gave everyone a copy of the Book of Mormon with our names on the inside. They challenged us to read it by next Zone conference and mark Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Holy ghost, & Endure to the end in a different color. I'm excited to read and look for the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ! 

   After Zone conference we did exchanges with the sister in Hazelhurst. Some of our appointments feel through but we we're able to see other people and it all worked out great! We were able to see some part member families that are usually are gone all the time. We stopped by a less active part member family and her husband was home. He's not a member and usually leaves when we come. He told us that she was a sleep and to call later. I decided to share a scripture with him real quick and asked his thoughts. He was real open to talking about it and shared some of his feeling about it. He said that he will share his testimony on some of his experiences he's had about it the next time we come. I know that the Lord has a plan for each of us and I love being able to see that in others life's as they come closer to Christ. They become happier and you can see the light of Christ come into their eyes.

     The next day she asked me to cut her hair before we exchanged back, so we took a some time during lunch. It was a great exchange I learned so much and we had a blast! We're been trying to save miles in our car so we've been walking more and we walked past this park and saw this huge baseball glove! it's pretty cool! My companion is so awesome we have a lot of fun together! make it a great week! 

Macon miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey Y'all,
It's been a fantastic week here in Georgia! We let the Elders borrow our car to get groceries so we walked their bikes to the apt. They felt bad and traded us back about half way though. We're running low on miles for our car this month so we've been walking a lot more. It's all good. It's easier to contact people on our way & take random pictures of cool things we see. The Elders made us cookies... They didn't turn out so well so we took pictures and one bite to be nice. We're going to the Chehaw Zoo today as a district! They have alligators there! We have Zone conference tomorrow. After we'll go on exchanges with the sisters in Hazelhurst. We have a lot of set appts this week so that should be good!
     We were able to see some of our investigators we haven't been able to get a hold of for a few weeks. Plus we got in contact with some former investigators too & we're going to start teaching them. I was reading one of Elder Perry's talks Saturday to use for my talk on Sunday. So I thought it was cool that I happened to be reading it and used his words the day after he passed away. Sunday we walked to see one of our investigators and we read 2 Nephi 31 with him. Right as we finished the last chapter it started to storm so we started to walk back to our car. We thought it was going to rain hard so we made a video on the way. It was okay until we got to our car and then it rained hard. It was such a blessing we made it there before it really started raining.
I just love my companion Sister Smith! She is a great missionary and a lot of fun to serve with! She works hard and wants to be obedient! I'm learning so much from her! I know this will be a great transfer! Thanks for all that your love and support!
Macon Miracles,
Sister Emily Wheelwright

 Hey y'all,
I have a new companion. I just love her so much, she is the coolest. She is super chill! We have good times. We're both a little crazy. Her name is Sister Smith, she's from Nampa Idaho! We get along really well already. It's going to be awesome!
My companion Sister Ward went home monday so I went to Valdosta for Sunday and Monday. It was a lot of fun! I was with Sister Muegge. Her companion went home this last transfer too! We had lots of fun together. She is a great missionary! I'm so excited for this transfer, I know great things will happen. I am so blessed to be a part of it! Make it a great week!
Macon Miracles,
Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It's been a great week! We went to Cheha Park/ Zoo last Monday with Sister Hampton. It was soo much fun! I was able to see Alligators for the first time! I had a fantastic day! So last week my ear hurt super bad. I found out that I have 2 ear infections in the same ear one on the outside and one on the inside. It got so bad my neck hurt and I couldn't open my mouth more then an inch, eating was painful. I got medicine and it's doing much better now.

So much is happening here in Albany! Someone we're teaching, Alexandra, is now on date for the 13 of June so that's exciting!  Transfers are a week from tomorrow so we'll see if I stay here or not. We have a good amount of people we're teaching. We focus a lot on the Book of Mormon and how it is the key stone of our religion. I love reading it! 

    Last summer the bugs weren't to bad, this summer they've decided to eat me alive! I have so many bug bites it's not even funny. I'm learning to ignore the strong desire to scratch them. It's been getting better. A mission definitely is life changing! I love it! Thanks for all your love and support! Make it a great week! 

Macon Miracles!

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

I hope ya'll had a blessed and fantastic Mother's Day! I know I did, it was great to see my family. Y'all are the best! It was a fantastic week! So we had exchanges with the sister's in Valdosta, one of my old area's. I was able to go and see so many fantastic people! They are just so wonderful, I had a great time! I also had to prep my training for Zone training, my first one as a sister training leader. I was so nervous! I trained on Learning by Faith. Which is such a fantastic topic, ya'll should read the talk by Elder Bednar! I had so many people help me prepare for it though so that made a big difference! Thanks ya'll! It was a great meeting. We learned about so many fantastic things. There were so many great comments added to make it even better. Plus we had interviews with our Mission President Cottle! Those were fantastic as ever! It's always good to see President and Sister Cottle! I just love them so much! Being a Missionary is the best choice I've ever made. I just love it! Thanks for all your love and support! Make it a great week!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Emily Wheelwright

Hey ya'll,

It's been a good week. It's been raining everyday this week. We still were able to work hard and teach people. Saturday night we had to cancel our appointments because of a bad storm. We were at a less active's house and we could see the storm clouds coming. We heard the sirens go off just as we got in. It was a severe Lightening/ thunder storm. So we played Uno and other games for fun! It was a crazy storm the lighting would light up the room and was super loud! It was awesome! Later that night we had a real pretty sunset! My Companion is Sister Megan Ward she is 28 and from Elba Idaho. She is a cosmetologist too! So we can do each others hair! I think I might have her cut my hair... we'll see. She is going home at the end of this transfer. This the 2nd time I have been with a sister who is going home. It's interesting, it's helps me want to work hard before I ever have to go home. So we're sister training leaders (STL) and that means we go to Mission leadership training (MLC) and then give trainings at zone training on the things we learn. This is my first time being an STL. This MLC will be special because it'll be with Elder Zwick of the Seventy. I'm way excited! He is also doing a mission tour/conference with half of the mission coming to it on Friday, the other half Thursday. Plus as SLT's we also go on exchanges with all the other sisters in our zone. So next week then we'll be doing exchanges and I'll being going to Valdosta! That should be lots of fun! It's going to be a great Transfer! We've been able to see a lot of progress from our investigators. Jane was able to come to church this week. That was a big step for her. Kawajaylne is fantastic. We visited her and her sister is now taking the lessons and wants to come to church with Kawajaylne. So many great things are happening here in Albany! I'm glad I have the chance to serve here with my great companion. She has been so fantastic! Thanks for all your love and support! 

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

 I was transferred to Albany! I'm back in the tifton zone plus I'm the sister training leader so I have the chance to go on exchanges back to Valdosta! That should be exciting! We also go to mission leadership training and Elder Zwick will be coming to visit so he'll be there. That should be a great learning experience. My companion is Sister Ward! She is from Idaho, this is her last transfer. Sunday during sacrament the speaker didn't show up so they asked/told us (new missionaries in the area) to share a little about themselves and their testimony. It was nerve wracking waiting but it went well. Make it a great week!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It's been a great week here in Columbus! I love it here. The people are so fantastic! This work here is really moving forward. We've been working with the members and they've been such a big help. The ward is so supportive and very missionary oriented. What we do is we go to a members home and pray with them, then go tracting around where they live. We've seen so many miracles come from it. We've found new investigators plus received more referrals that way. After we then tell them how it went. We've been able to get to know the ward better and they can get to know us too. We were able to have to of the people we're teaching come to church yesterday. They really enjoy it and the members were great at fellow-shipping them. 

   Saturday night then we had transfer calls and... I'm getting transferred! My companion and I were so shocked! I'm leaving the area and she is training. I know she will do a great job! So yesterday we went around and I said good bye to everyone and took pictures. It's hard leaving an area but I know that when one door closes another one opens. I know that I will love and miss the people here, I'm excited to see what is up next, to meet new people, a new area and my new companion. I know that I'm supposed to be in the area that I will be going to. Time is going by faster and faster! I just love being here and serving a mission! I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've been able to have. Missions are the best! Make it a great week!  

Macon miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,
        So Wednesday we went to the stake center to have our district meeting and the edlers said that someone broke into the church. we thought it was april fools joke... NOPE!! It was really broken into! SAD DAY! They broke all the locked doors and closest in the entire building including to the baptismal font! Ether they saw the handle off or they used a hammer or a crobar. Then they pulled stuff out of the places and trashed it all over the floor especially in the bishops and clerks offices and the family history center. They took the candy from all those places including they nursery treats! Nothing is sacred after that! They broke a window to get in, they stole toilet paper, soap and tried to take 2 big speakers a grill and water bottles. sad day! the seminary students found them, they came early in the morning and the stuff was on they side walk and the lights were on. So they went in and came face to face with one of them. So we spent the day cleaning the dust from finger printing and organizing the mess they made. For my year mark, it was an interesting day.
         Happy Easter! I hope ya'll had a great week end! I know I did. Wasn't general conference fantastic!? It is hard for me to pick a favorite talk because they all had something that really helped me. I really liked the one by Elder Brent H. Nielson Of the Seventy. He said
                   "When the lost one is your son or your daughter, your brother or your sister, and he or she has chosen to leave, we learned in our family that, after all we can do, we love that person with all of our hearts and we watch, we pray, and we wait for the Lord’s hand to be revealed. … May you and I receive the revelation to know how to best approach those in our lives who are lost and, when necessary, to have the patience and love of our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, as we love, watch, and wait for the prodigal."
        I like this one because I thought of one of our investigators Bro Nielsen is really progressing. He was able to watch the Sunday morning session of conference with us at a members home. He's the only one in his family that's learning. It's great that we can watch pray and wait for the blessings to come. I also like it because how he applied it to himself in the talk. How he is the same as his sister in coming back to Christ. I think that is so true and I never thought about that story in that way before. I now can apply it to myself in a different way.
       One of our investigators came to the Saturday morning session. He thought it was cool that we have apostles here on the earth today just like in the bible. It was interesting that people apposed. It reminds me of the scriptures in Jacob chapter 7 it starts in vs 8 Jacob asks Sherem about Christ and then if he reads the scriptures. Sherem says yes he reads them. Jacob tells him that he doesn't understand them. I'm not sure they understand ether. We can watch, pray, and wait!
         I'm so grateful for General Conference for the chance we have to listen to the Prophet and his apostles. For the chance I have to sustain them not just by raising my hand but by my actions as well. By doing my best to follow the savior and do what he would if he were here. I've been so blessed to serve a mission here in Georgia around so many wonderful people. I've learned so much, I strive to serve in a way that Heavenly Father would be pleased with what I've done to help hasten the work. Thanks for all your love and support.
Macon miracles
Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

       It's been a great week! We were able to meet sister Applewhite. Audrey came with us. It was a great visit. We were really able to get to know her. She is so sweet. We went to the lol(little old lady) luncheon. It was a lot of fun. The ladys are so sweet, we went to applebee's. We had dinner with the Slingers. They feed us every wednesday. It's now become one of my favorite days of the week because we also have book of mormon class later that night.

       This wednesday is my YEAR MARK! since I've been here in Georgia. That's going to be exciting!  

           We met with Elisha. We're going over the new member lessons. It's fun to teach him.

We meet with bro Moore to teach him his last few lessons before his baptism. He was baptized on Saturday! It was such an amazing experience to be part of their journey. That's one step closer to being able to be sealed in the temple.  While they changed I played the piano, my arrangment of "My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee", and "Come thou fount". It went really well. We indeed did sing Angels we have heard on high. I did my best to sight read it. The closing song was follow the prophet, Keegan's their son, it's his favorite primary song! 

            After the baptism my comp and I went to la national, a mexican resturant. A member in the ward owns it and so missionaries can eat for free we just need to leave a tip. It was so good! Later we were able to see sis Applewhite again. After then we went to the General womens broadcast. They had it over at the stake center with treats before it started.  I loved being able to watch it. The talks were so fantastic! I reallly liked President Eyering's talk. I learned so much, plus the srcipures he used were some of my favorites! It made me more excited for General Conference this weekend. This will be my last one in the mission. Which is so weird to think about! Also I'm excited about this easter season, to think about Jesus Crist and what he did for us. A year ago I was just a new missionary. They had come out with the video because of him. Which is one of my favorites! Now they have because he lives! It's got a website and everything just like he is the gift. I hope that you share it with all those around you. I know it will bless their life! 

   Sunday I straigthened my hair. I looked so different! Also Bro Moore was confrimed a member of the church and the spirit was so strong. As he was walking back you could tell by the look on his face that he was just in awe of it. It's something I'll never forget. How the gospel can really change peoples lives. We truly can become more like our savior. I'm so grateful for that knowledge and also for my savior and all that he did for us. And all we can now do because of him. I feel so blessed to be able to share that with others. I know that it is true, that it's because he lives.

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

 Hey y'all,

    This has been a great week! I loved zone conference and training. I learned so much and I'm excited to be able to apply it to missionary work. I know that great things will happen this transfer, and I'm excited to be a part of it.

        We had a few lessons with Brother Moore, he is on date to be baptized on the 28th of April. The more he learns he gets so excited for his baptism! I know that he will do great things in the gospel. Sometimes we'll be teaching him and he'll say, "That's hard! but it's worth it to be with my family". He was talking about baptism and how it is a step to being sealed to his family in the temple. He is so excited for it, that is his main goal!  I know that is so important, I'm so grateful to have that knowledge and to be able to share it with others. To help them know that death isn't the end. Families are forever as we live worthy of those covenants/promises we make.   

        We went to see a less active older lady Sister Hall. We've been trying to find out what her concerns are but nothing has been working. We know that she's been struggling with a few things but we weren't sure on what exactly. So we prayed to be able to know what her concerns are.  We decided to read a chapter out of the book of Mormon. Once we got in there though we read the introduction instead. We asked her one question and and at first she was hesitant and guarded. She had told us that once she get's her concerns resolved she'll come back to church. I felt impressed to express to her our purpose as missionary's and how we're here to help her come unto Christ. It was like a light switch came on and she was able to tell us her concerns. We were able to ask questions to find out her understanding and help her with scriptures to resolve the concerns she had. The spirit was there in the lesson, I felt the saviors love for her so strong. I know that the holy ghost was able to help us remember scriptures she needed. I found one that didn't apply to her at all and book marked it for some reason... not sure why. 

       She is such a fantastic lady. She makes dolls for people and she gave us each one of the dolls she made. 

         A few weeks ago it was getting closer to 9 pm and weren't sure which less active we were going to visit. We felt like we should visit the Edwards, Sis Edwards is a little older German lady, she is so sweet and loves to laugh. She was surprised by our visit. She kept asking who told us to come by? over and over... Nobody we just felt like we should. She said that the missionaries said the same thing the first time she met them. She asked a question and the scripture I book marked earlier was able to answer her question! Her home teachers visited her the next day, and told us that our visit really helped. She wants to start coming back to church. Also that her grandsons aren't members and would like to know more about the church.

         We received a referral to stop by a member's nephew's house. His name is Will, and at first we thought he was less active but he isn't a member. So we started teaching him.  He's been very open to and excepted the lessons and came to church. He really liked the fellowship and even participated in the lessons. He is also coming to the Book of Mormon class on Wednesday. It's been great to see his progress over such a short amount of time. We've been able to update her on his progress a long the way, I loved seeing how much of a difference it make to work with her. How important to keep people up to date with information. 

       We were knocking on doors last night. Our goal for that day was 3 and we only had 2 so far. There was a house we'd been to so many times and nobody answered we felt like we should save that for last, as we were knocking some of them were mean! We just kept pushing forward so as we were about to leave we went to knock the house. This guy answered and we just started teaching him and at the end we put him on date for baptism! We think that he'll be great friends with our other investigator Will. Plus there are a few people who just got home from there missions to be able to come to lessons and fellowship them.

I know that heavenly Father has a plan for everyone, and I love seeing how it all works together.  I'm so grateful to be here in this area, and to be a part of this great work! Thank you for all your love and support.

Make it a great week!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

This week has been so fantastic! I have a new Companion, Sister Emily Ann  Chidester! She is from Sacramento California. We were companions in the MTC. It's super exciting to be companions with her again.  I am learning so much from her. She is a great missionary. Plus we can now celebrate our year mark together. A year ago on the 19 of march we became companions at the mtc! It's great to see how much we've learned and have grown from our different areas, companions, and experiences. I know great things will happen this transfer and I'm way excited! We done some much already in just one week! Missionary work is the best!

            The members here are fantastic, they love missionary work, helping us out when we need it. So our car has been in the shop getting a new transmission. We got a ride from Sister shepherd to get it back on wed morning and that night we were driving home and got off the interstate and into the left turning lane and got something in our tire we thought we got a flat so we pulled into the Methodist church parking lot. we weren't sure what to do so we called the elders, and got voice mail so we called some members. Sister cottle called us and we told her and President Cottle the situation. We made it home, Sister Shepherd a member was able to have bro Shepherd come over and change our tire! it turns out we got a tire weight stuck in our tire, So we had to get a new tire!

 I really love this area and all the people here. We have someone on date for the 28 of march. His name is Bro James Moore, he works for the military. He is so excited to be baptized so that he can be sealed with his family. He has lots of great questions which makes lessons a lot of fun. I love being able to see that change that happens to people as they come closer to Jesus Christ. Thanks for all your love and support, ya'll fantastic!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

It's been a great week! My companion is getting transferred tomorrow. I am going to miss her. This means that I'll be taking over the area now... don don don! There is a little girl in the ward who was baptized a few weeks ago. She said she'd be my new companion! She told Sister Curtis that she was fired. That she would take over from here. Her dad said it was a little earlier then planned. We went to Sonic as a district to get shakes but then we realized how cold it was so we went to Burger King to eat them!
  I was able to attend the memorial for Brother Ware. It went really well, his family came. I remember the last time we were with him he said the closing prayer! I didn't know him very long. With the kind of person he was you didn't need to know him very long to know of his love of the gospel and those around him. It was easy to love him because like the Savior he first loved us. He was a great man and will be missed by all those who knew him. I was also able to see some of my ward family from Warner Robins. It was great to see them and talk about the area and see whats new. It's nice to be remembered for all the hard work you do and then be able to hear about all the good that's come because of it. One of my investigators was baptized on Saturday. She has been struggling to quit smoking for a over a year and was finally able to do it! A year ago she wanted to get baptized with her husband but couldn't quit. Now he was able to baptize her! It all worked out for the best! I love being able to look back and see the Lords hand in my life and those around me. It helps me remember that he has a plan for each of us to help us reach our full potential! I love being a missionary! Make it a great week!
Macon Miracles,
Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all

         It's been another great week! So much happened. So Thursday we went to go see one of our investigators to drop of a large print bible so we parked in the drive way. She wasn't home, so we went to leave and the car wouldn't shift into reverse. We tried a few things nothing happened. It just kept rolling closer the house. Then we called the elders they didn't answer... so we tried Elder Cole he is over vehicles in the mission no answer. So we called a member in the ward Sister Shepard her husband is a mechanic. She came and tried a few things then the car made a loud noise and went caput. So the elders came and we pushed the car to the side of the road. Elder Cole got a tow truck to meet us later. He was just surprised because it's a 2014 Chevy cruise!

        Sister Shepard took all the missionaries to lunch. That was so nice of her. We met the tow truck after then went to the dealer. They weren't the nicest people ever. We left to do something, came back, nothing new, so we left to do missionary work and realized my comp gave them our apt key so we went back a 3rd time and they were not happy. It's official I don't like chevy's very much. 

         So on the coldest day of winter so far we walked to the hospital to visit Bro Ware in the hospice. It was great because we had a potential investigator we've been trying to see stop and talk to us so we could get their number and set up a time to teach them. We found out that the transmission went out in our car and they won't be able to look at it until Tuesday. Saturday the zone leaders called and told us we're getting the phoenix city elders car until our's get's fixed. It's a 2015 Toyota Corolla! We went to see Bro Ware again on Saturday and he passed away 45 min before we got there.

               I'm so grateful for this gospel and for the plan of salvation. He is now at peace not struggling and tired anymore. He was a great man, who loved the gospel so much!  

     Sunday we were able to have a baptism for Elisha Mata, he is 9 years old and so excited to be baptized. I loved being able to teach and get to know him and his great family. He learns so fast and such a great testimony! I love seeing the gospel change peoples life's have the light of Christ come into their life! I love being a missionary! 

Thanks for all your love and support!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,
It's been a great week! We had ZTM (zone training meeting). I learned so much! One thing that I liked was first 5! Try and contact the first five people we see! My district did a skit and it was so funny! It was about how to spend your money wisely. We had a blast doing it!
My companion Sister Curtis and I had a crazy hair party one night after a long day! Our hair was... well, It was a hot mess! We had a lot of fun. I love having her as my companion. She is so patient, really wants to work hard and help all those around her. For our district photos we each got a stuffed dinosaur! We took pictures of them wearing our name tags, it was fantastic!

A member from Warner Robins, Bro Ware is in the ward now. It's great to see him again. He is such a great example to those around him. He loves missionary work and helping in any way that he can. When we first visited him he wanted us to teach all his neighbors. He's not doing well and is in the hospice. We went to go see him, he was stressed and wanted a blessing so while we waited for them to come we sang hymns to him and the spirit was so strong. That moment I knew that we're all children of our heavenly father who loves us so much! No matter who you are or what you look like, he loves us no matter what. I was able really to feel that love he has for Bro Ware. It was a great spiritual experience. I will never forget that! I'm so grateful for the chance to serve a mission. For all the experiences I've had and the amazing people I've been able to get to know. I know that I'm becoming more of what my savior wants me to be. Sometime it may not be easy but it's worth it. I'm grateful for all of my experiences to learn and grow. I feel an added strength to get over the hard times. I love when I'm able to better help others get through their trials because of those experiences. Also being able to look back and see Heavenly Fathers hand in my life, how he helped me through. I love being a missionary!

Thanks for all your love and support!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,

It's been a great week. So much has happened. I just love it here! Last P-day we went to Oxbow Meadows. We had a lot of fun! It was a little cold but it worked out! After we went to dunkin donuts, so that was yummy! 

Wednesday we had interviews with President Cottle. Those are always great. It was fun to see them! This weekend we had Stake conference. I learned so much. Plus President and Sister Cottle were there so that was fun. Some things I learned from it are:

Sometimes we have trials and we can't see the world around us so we need glasses/prescription=Holy Ghost to help us see the world around us in a new way. 

The people around you are a gift, they matter, take care of them. Focus more on the people not the calendar. 

The temple is such a special place we need to go often. We'll receive blessings.

Be patient with Heavenly Father and his timing. He wants us to succeed. Sometimes those trials we think take us away from him can actually, if we let them, be the very things that bring us closer to him. Like one of my favorite scriptures Ether 12:27 

  I'm so grateful for meetings like ward and stake conference. I can't wait for general conference! To be able to hear from prophets to help us come unto Christ. Thanks for all your love and support!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright 

Hey y'all,

          This week went well! First off Happy February! I hope everyone had a great Sunday yesterday.  Last p-day we had lunch at Zaxby's. It was so good!  We had exchanges with the sister training leaders Wednesday to Thursday. I stayed in Columbus this time and my comp left. Wednesday night a member gave us some Brazilian food, The Spanish Elders had some free frosty coupons. That was fantastic! That was great! Plus we were on campus Thursday and got a bunch of potential investigators. The work is going great, so much is happening. Sunday we had 4 investigators at church, that was awesome!  I love being a missionary! Thanks for all your love and support. Make it a great week!

Macon Miracles,

Hey ya'll,

        It's been an interesting week! So many miracles have happened. Recently we've received so many investigators all from members. This has really strengthened my testimony of member missionary work and how fantastic it is! So now our teaching pool is getting bigger and I know it's because we've been diligent in working hard even if sometimes we're cold, tired, or hungry! A few of them have been taking the lessons and coming to church already so they are ready for baptism! So much is happening in Columbus!

         We tried to see a referral from the church website and the gps wouldn't pull up the address so we went to what we thought would be close. and it was down by fort benning which is pretty ghetto! We got to these apt's and there was this weird guy standing there with his hands on his hips staring at us. That should have been the first warning. then we pulled in and while my comp was praying I had my sunglasses on and my eyes open and saw this creepy guy with no teeth and a hoodie on walked slowly past our car as he stared at us! Then he came back asking who we're looking for, so we told him. He asked for the street name? We said we don't have it, we need pine view apt. So he left to if see if he could find out where is was. We should have just left then....but nope my comp waited. Then he came back and he offered for us to come in to look it up on the computer. We said no that's okay, we'll look it up on the gps. So he started walking up the stairs and we got in the car to look it up and there were like 6 big black guys in front on our car!!! AHHHHH! So sis curtis put the car in reverse ready to go because one of them was talking with the guy on the stairs. He looked super mad and then he started pointing at our car!!!!! He had tattoo's on his neck and face and 4 tear drop tattoo's on his check which usually means how many people you've killed! We though he was going to add 3 more to it! Us and Destini the recent convert that came with us. I saw my life flash be fore my eyes my funeral was planed. I made a plan to jump over and drive if my comp got shot 1st. Then he came to the window and tapped on it. She rolled it down a little and he gave us directions ( he didn't kill us) to find the apt. Then we talked about the church he said he might come sunday. If he does we'll give him to the elders.
Then we found the right apt and the lady invited us in. She was really nice! We were surprised! The lady came out and asked us where we were from? We said utah. She had just got back from Utah. She lived there for a few years and was talking the missionary discussions about to get baptized. She wanted to know if we could help her? It was a miracle! Then as we were walking to the car I gave some kids pictures of Jesus Christ. They were so excited. They wanted some for they're parents too. So that was fun!

         Saturday we got to the place where we were going to tract and my comp prayed that we would be able to have one lesson with someone. We started and most of the people said no. It was the last house before we had to leave for an appointment. We were able to teach him the first lesson and set up a time to come back too! I know that heavenly father is aware of us and will answer our prayers! One of our investigators has been struggling with tithing and he prayed and was able to receive an answer to his prays to over come it. Prayer is such an amazing thing, I'm so grateful the knowledge the gospel brings into my life. I was studying D&C ch 6 which is amazing! Verses 22-24 and 34:

      Therefore, fear not, little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail.

       I know this is true with all my heart! I love being able to share it with others. I'm so grateful for the gospel, my family specifically my parents and all they taught me, and friends for all your love and support. Make it a great week!

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,It's been a great week!  It's getting warmer now so that's good! For P-day yesterday we went to the mall, walked around, had lunch. Then we went to the church to play chair soccer which is harder with 5 people! Then we went to the river walk and sat by the river. It is pretty cool! I'll take pictures next time!

          Friday was a little crazy. We had so many appointments. It was great! We had a great lesson with Shontarien, he had so many ?'s. We taught him the plan of salvation. It's so interesting to teach that lesson because so many people never really think about those ?'s why we're here where we came from and where we're going. We also taught Elisha. He is getting ready for baptism. He is so excited!   I feel so blessed to have the knowledge of the true gospel of Jesus christ. To see the light of Christ come into people's lives as they come to know the truths we share. A recent convert quit smoking and started coming to church. 

Transfer calls saturday were crazy. We thought that my companion was leaving but she's not! On sunday the power went out 20 min before church started so people had to talk loud. It came on half way through the meeting. We had 3 investigators come to church! I'm so blessed to be able to be serving a mission, and for all your love and support.

Macon Miracles,

Sister Wheelwright

Hey y'all,
        Another amazing week in Georgia! We had exchanges I went to Lanett, Alabama for a day. I learned a lot plus it was freezing there.
        This past weekend we were able to have a mission conference. The entire mission came to Macon. We took a picture with  Elder & Sister Anderson, Elder Soares, and Elder & Sister Giddens. We then were able to shake their hands too. We then listened to President and Sister Cottle share their testimony's, which is always great. Sister Giddens talked about her families conversion to the church. Elder Soares spoke about having a vision for your mission, and what you do here will affect you after you mission, be obedient. Elder and Sister Anderson talked about Honesty in all areas of our lives.
         Then next day Elder Soares came to a special stake conference in our stake. I was able to sing in the choir. He came and talked with us before the meeting and after as well complementing us on how well we did. It wasn't the best, biggest choir, so that was nice of him. The stake conference was about making goals to do family history work and take them to the temple, moving forward with excitement with whats to come, sharing the gospel when ever we can. After the meeting I was able to talk with him a little. One of his mission companions is from lindon! It was such an amazing experience to be able to meet them and hear their words for us. One of our investigators Elijah who is 9 yrs old came to church and was able to meet Elder Soares too! He was so excited, it was awesome. I thought it was cool to meet him because my farewell talk before I left on my mission was on a talk he gave in conference. I'm so grateful to be able to be serving a mission here in Georgia and for all your love and support.
Macon Miracles,
Sister Wheelwright

Hey Y'all!

It's been a great week! We were able to have some great lessons, and see so much progress from our investigators. One of them, Brother Lee, was able to come to church yesterday! He is such a great person. I've learned so much from him and his wife.  She has done so much for me and everyone around her. I know that they will do great things. I feel so blessed to be able to know and serve around them. 

I'm excited for the new year! I know that more great and wonderful things will happen! I feel so blessed to be a part of them in hastening the work. I hope that y'all are able to take part in it as well. I know that it will change your life and bring you so many blessing, if nothing else then closer to Christ. I've decided to be better at making goals... and reaching them! I know that as we set goals and pray for the lords help in reaching them, then do our best, he will help and bless us. One of them is: I'm going to strive to improve my personal studies and be better at writing down what I learn in my journal. 

Recently I've been studying about the Atonement and some scriptures that I've really come to love are: 2 nephi ch 2, Alma 7:11-13, and Alma 34: 8-10. Jesus Christ loves us so much, he died for each one of us. I'm so grateful to be able to partake of the sacrament each week to renew my covenants. Another goal of mine is to make the sacrament more personal. To really listen to those prayers and strive to be better each week. I'm so grateful to be here serving a mission and for all your love and support.

Sincerely,

Sister Emily Wheelwright