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,