the one where Sister Wankier celebrates HALLOWEEN !!!🫶🏻🫶🏻

 HEYYYYYYY 

NOVEMBER BABY !!! 

MY MONTH !!!! 

this week has been SO crazy !! it feels so real that it's the end and also like fake news haha i feel like sometimes it hits me thay I'm going home and then sometimes I just feel like I'm going to die here in Houston haha no end in sight.

this week we started off the week right with some AWESOME lessons with veronica and Jackson!!! we taught them about the plan of salvation and the love found in God's plan and the purpose it brings to life. we also took a while to jusy meet her more. and she has really been coming to open up to us and Jackson even told us he said she keeps commenting on inviting us to stuff stuff do or hanging out with us outside the lessons so that was so tender!! 

we also had dinner with the porters in Thursday and it was GAS pheobe the daughter is my fav!!! cutest red head I've ever seen !!! 

friday was a day of everything falling through so thay was lit lol but we had an awesome time at our service at HandMeUp!! 

Saturday we had to go and get our tires rotated and change our oil lol so we just walked around Walmart and talked to everyone haha it was awesome but LONG sister lester came by as we stopped to look at the books and cds and was like heyyy I know them and we busted out laughing it was so good to see them !! Sister lester is one GIRLBOSS QUEEN I love her !!! Saturday night we also had a ysa Halloween dance and some of our friends came so thay was AWESOME !!! we went as a trio with jordan our queen!!! it was so much fun !! so hard not to just break our dancing like usual haha but ya know you make it through!!!! 

Sunday was awesome !! we met some summer sales bros Kyla and Arden and Robert and Angel!!! one of their friends is super tall and looks exactly like Micheal Phelps we went and talked to him and he stood up and when he stood he just kept on going haha it was hilarious!! Kyla though is a cutie from Wyoming who knew the church from friends but never went so it was awesome to have her there !!! wa also got caught by Amy who was telling me about her life and her son !! we were holding our dinner the whole time it got cold hahahaha southern women can speak haha so we were just out with her for AWHILE but it was so good to see her !!! 

on Halloween we had a BLAST we had sooooo many lessons and stop bys and met gabby and her amazing family and then had the best TACO TUEADAY WITH TARA so thay was amazing !!!! and then we had to be home early so the hermanas came and we had a little ice cream and girls night together it was SO FUN it was a good Halloween haha Sister allred LOVES Halloween and it rubbed off on me this year it was a REALLY good day!!! we even had the miracle of a member buying us flowers which was SO NICE !!! such a tender experience!! 

MUCH LOVE 

xoxo 

Sister Wankier 

the one where Sister wankier hits the TRUNK OR TREAT🍬🎃

 (October 18-25)

HIIIIIIIIII 

ITS PDAYYYYYY 

LETS GOOOO

I am so hyped to get to tell you about our week !! 

this week we had a little exchange which was awesome !!! I got to meet some awesome members up in the stls area !! and sister allred led the area out LIKE A BOSS !! we met back up for some yummy lunch when we exchanged back and tried chicken salad chick !! it was GOOD !! 

friday we had a mess of a day lol we had a dinner in our family ward and the elders had us coming to their ysa dinner so we chowed down on 2 dinners lol and then ZOOMED to a lesson with our girl veronica and Jackson!! we taught them some powerful and simple principles of the restoration of jesus christ gospel !! it was a really good lesson !! having Jackson there was awesome !! we used his testimony more and that was super powerful. 

Saturday we hung out with Jordan our BESTIE !! and had the chance to meet our friend gabby !! she was looking for a church and here we were. Jordan is preparing for her mission and so it was so cool to get to share that experience with her!!! Jordan is going to be one amazing missionary !!! we also had dinner with mama garza and we ate some GOOD cheesecake !!! 

on sunday Tanika and her family came to church and the speaker had a REALLY amazing talk !!! it was so good !!! she loved it. and her son and daughter were getting hyped for our trunk or treat coming up!!! so that was just AWESOME and we had Jill our girl there and she brought us WATERBOTTLES LIKE HERS!!! It was so tender !!! then we did our usual LONG Sunday meetings and ended the night with ONE POWERFUL testimony meeting !! 

President Nelson had a world wide day of testimony !! and on sunday we got to be with our youth and participate in their testimony meeting. the sweet message from Presdient Nelson and the young woman& young men presidents were POWERFUL!! and then the youth EACH ONE who went shared such a powerful testimony of what they know to be true. I am in awe at the power or their words !! Sister allred and I were just CRYING through it !!! it was SO powerful !! and truly taught me the importance of remembering and holding onto our testimonies in our youth !! 

Monday I had my final interview with my mission presdient !!! FELT CRAZY sister allred and I just struggled through it LOTS OF TEARS !! me and my president talked about everything !! my mission, my wards, my friends, my companions it was awesome to reflect and ponder what has happened and the change I've gone through!! it was a tough day though haha having a kid who you love SO MUCH and want to see succeed in her mission and getting taken from her is a lot harder then we both thought it would be hahah don't worry though we got sonic drinks and PUSHED ON LOL Monday we got to serve Andrea a FAV from the ysa!! we painted a cutie little backdrop for her mom and family buisness!! we had a blast and got some DQ afterwards!! it was a blast !! 

OH WAIT I forgot to say before our interview we got caught up by someone outside a store and he was out here TRYING TO BASH US !!!! and I was like broooo we are gonna be late but I'm tryna be respectful ya know haha bless his heart and ours president got a kick out of our call to him letting him know we were bashed lol and were gonna be a little late haha 

Tuesday we had AREPAS with Karla and a lesson/ BASH with our girl savannah avery!!! it was a tender little time with everyone we got to see thay day. especially Jordan!! she came on the lesson with us and seriously KILLED IT !!! 

Wednesday was CRAZY lol we had one CRAZY day Andrea asked us to come and help in the trunk or treat for her work and then we also had our ward trunk or treat AND I GOT TO SEE MY GIRL ZOEY when she came back to visit the mission !! so we had a blast with everyone okayinf sand volleyball and then we went fishing and THEN we got lunch with Zoey AND THEN we ZOOMED to our apartment and got ready and then got our essentials for the car and then made it on time to everything by the grace of God!!! we had a HUGE turn out of our friends at the trunk or treat Tanika and Oni and Jamaya all came and so that was AMAZING!!! our sweet sweet sweet service sister missionary dresses up as me for halloween lol she got some eku merch and a stanley so basically the starter pack to awesomeness !! then we were SO hungry for dinner so with the hermanas and spanish elders and Jordan and Andrea went and got some in and out and then MIRACLE one of their members paid for all our food IT WAS SO KIND !!! we went home and were dead that night !!!

this email is so short lol it felt like THE LONGEST WEEK EVER but breaking it down there isn't much lol 

onto the next week !!! 

I LOVE Y'ALL 

GOD BLESS 

xoxo 

Sister wankier 

The once where Sister Wankier --

 (October 11-18th)

Week one of the transfer DOWN !!! on the grind haha 

Thursday this week institute went so hard!!!! we listened to "his grace is sufficient" by Brad Wilcox and our friend Brooklyn LOVED IT we were all just feeling the spirit !!! and on transfer day we said goodbye to hermana hugh at breakfast and cleaned up the apartment. we did some transfer planning and weekly planning as well so thay was awesome !!! 

Friday we served at handmeup and then met Kyler!! a missionary who served in my family ward. he went by our house and saw the texas flag and when my parents told him which mission I was serving in, which is his home mission he said she knows my mom for sure, and sure enough I met his mom a few days before that hahaha it was awesome !!! so he just got home with week and his mom took him around to meet all her girls (her fav missionaries lol) so we got to meet up with them and then we had dinner with MAMA GARZA !!! it was the first time I've had dinner with mama garza alone in so long so it was so good to talk and then no fear in came brother garza and the boys hahaha he said he couldn't miss seeing his daughter for the first dinner of the transfer hahahaha he's the GOAT 

Saturday was awesome !! Sister Morrell os serving in Tomball now and I'm serving in Tomball lol so we had a day down there trying to figure out some old Grey dots and then we accidently met up at fiiz !!! FR ACCIDENT and so thay was hilarious. we also had flag football today and that was SO FUN!! our new elders are really good haha do gotta up my game!! we didn't have dinner planned tonight but the sweetest member sarah took us in for dinner and fed us stuffed peppers and it was GAS we had some really good chats after dinner as well and shared our favorite message !!! 

Sunday came up quick on us and Sister Allred got to give a talk AND SHE KILLED IT!!!! HAD ME IN TEARS like seriously in awe at her !!! and her strength and her growth i love her SO MUCH !!! I am so proud of her !! seeing her growth from just a transfer us amazing!! Sunday was just PACKED though fr we had kylers homecoming talk and a meeting before our first sacrament meeting in Glen lock and then we stayed for second hour because a whole family of friends came out of no where IT WAS CRAZY we had an amazing Sunday in young women's with our friend jamaya and the got to sit in young men's with ori her brother !! then we rushed to the YSA and had a fire second hour and then a LONG huddle meeting with our ward mission leader and then finally made it out and to dinner with the Bamvakiades!!!! they are the coolest family!! they are from Brazil!! we had some Brazilian BBQ and they were bot going to let us leave without being STUFFED so we were so stuffed and then we had one more meeting with the stake relief society!! we had a sweet little devotional and then we FINALLY made it home !!! lol 

Monday was probably one of the most amazing days of my mission!!!! my aunt and uncle took me and Sister Allred to AN ASTROS GAME !!! and it was SO COOL !!!!!!! the game was sad because we lost but the environment and seats and people were the most AMAZING EVER !!!! I can't help but just say how tender today was. the relationship with my family and my cousin CHANGED. I changed I learned !!! I truly learned the power of a sealed family. God's power connects us DEEPER then we can even imagine. he heals wounds and heals relationships and builds bonds and I felt that today SO PERSONALLY it was suchba peaceful and eye opening experience!! I love God!!! I love my family!!! I love baseball games lol 

Tuesday we went to lone star which is our little community college campus and met some HOMIES we had a blast with the people we met and just walked around talked to everyone and really just had so much fun with it!!! and then crashed at the end of the night hahaha because of ALL the people we were talking to. 

AND THEN PDAY !!!! we went to the temple and our homie from in and out came over to us and said a prayer with us and then was arrested in the in and out KINDA CRAZY HAHAHAHA 

haha until next week y'all 

xoxo 

Sister wankier

the one where Sister Wankier chows down on some cow tongue 🐮

 MOOOO 

HAPPY PDAY!!! 

y'all first order of buisness !!!! yesturday I got my final transfer news :(( my last transfer actually is here now !!! LIKE WHAT THE !!! i got my final news and it's the best news yet !!!!! well besides when I got morrel lol BUT I AM FINISHING MY MISSION HERE IN THE BEST YSA with my kid!!!! ima get to finish her training !!!!! so we've been SO PUMPED but we did say goodbye to some of the best missionaries this transfer!!! it broke my heart !!! 

anyways!!!! this week we had a BLAST and a half !!! last week of the transfer is always so hard !!! but we were on the grind !!! calling and texting all the homies!! we did a massive end of transfer planning and so we were trying to get it all done!! the highlight of the calls and texts was when we called our friend Emily and our call goes alittle like this lol 

her- "hello" 

us- "hiii emily!!" 

her- "who is this?" 

us- " the sister missionaries" 

her- "Oh..." 

*hangs up* 

me and allred busted out laughing after we were like what just happened!!!! allred loves when people say no so she can say "God bless you" she said she never knew why people would say that tell now HAHAHA 

Thursday night we had dinner with our FAV people ever !! we had a blast with the ysasagas !! they are like our grandparents out here!!! they are the best!! we talked about how powerful the small and simple things are and we all had such a spiritual moment and revelation talking about conference and the power of thinking and becoming celestial here on earth!!! 

Friday we were suppose to have all 3 meals with different members haha but luckily our breakfast was like wait actually jk lol but lunch we had the chance to eat lunch with Sister Moore or sandy!! she is the biggest GIRLBOSS ever and is the queen of just living her retirement out to the fullest!! she and her little boyfriend are SO CUTE!!! we are going to start teaching him so that is the best thing ever!!!!!! we are so excited to talk to them about becoming an eternal family !!!! 

Friday night we had the opportunity to eat with brigham and his sweet family and the elders in his families ward and one of the elders were headed home this coming week and so he requested cow tongue LIKE WHAT THE !!! what a request !!! so we came in ready to eat a full tongue but don't worry it was shredded and it was SO GOOD cow tongue tacos were literally life changing !!!! 

after dinner we had the chance to meet veronica!! who is our ysa elders quorum presidents girlfriend lol and we chatted about some questions and concerns she has and how she just wants to love Jackson her boyfriend deeper and so she wants to learn what he loves about the religion he lives and loves!! and that was the most tender experience ever to hear from them!! we are so happy to also talk to her about eternal families !!! 

eternal families man it's been on the mind like CRAZY recently especially from general conference!!! 

Saturday was SO FUN because we had the chance to play flag football with our cutie little ysa and it was a blast !!!! having a rugby playing companion was absolutely terrifying lol she is one speed demon I cannot imagine her tackling anyone tell this chance to play with her and now I can see it haha !!! Saturday we became football players and I learned how to tackle in rugby and finally allred and i came out of retirement and started making cheers for my sweet cousin and so we were all over remembering our old cheers and talking about highschool cheer and college cheer and I can't help but just be reminded how much i LOVE cheerleading !!! it is seriously the best way to just support those around you ya know !!! it's a blessing!!! 

Sunday we got a new bishopric and our new bishop !!! Bishop mulliner is the GOAT sister allred and I guessed it so that was AWESOME!! and so exciting !! the stake president gave the chance to all of the old and new bishopric and their wives to share a testimony and it was seriously SO AMAZING!!!! we even had some of our friends there and they LOVED the testimonies and the lessons tanika is her name and her son Ori and daughter Jamaya all felt the spirit soooo strong and loved the people in the church!!! and the feelings there so YAY go GLEN LOCK!!!! 

Monday was our last district council of the transfer and we had the chance to enjoy some final random chats and reminiscing of the mission and this last transfer !!! it was so amazing!!! and so sad !!! then we went down to spring to visit Jordan our bestie &fav ysa member and enjoyed lunch at chilies and shopping at the DI and some yummy shakes and then went to FHE and carved pumpkins and volleyball the volleyball games went hard it was so amazing !!!! we then went home and CRASHED!!!! 

Tuesday we woke up and were on the GRIND !!! we went to an early morning ministering soda date with the stls and then zoomed to a birthday bash for hermana hugh at karlas house and then visited Alyssa our sweet youth and had such a sweet little lesson and then visited Marcus and then had dinner at the BEAN HOME!!!!! the goats we had the best soup ever and talked about this simple message for so long getting indepth and so spiritual!! the spirit was so strong I want to become them SO badly!!! we then had a lesson with sweet Jill!!! and chatted about the Astros and work and life and then we talked about prayer with her and Eli and while talking with them she was ALL over talking about prayer she has such a strong testimony of prayer and that is the foundation of my testimony and so we had such a tender experience to connect with her on such a spiritual level !!! she is the best we love her!!! 

to end Tuesday night we had the chance to do one final zoom call with our zone !! we discussed this past transfer christlike attributes and how we can adopt them into who we are and who we want to become and how we can see them in others and it was such a sweet experience to share with one another the growth from this transfer to become like christ!!! and while in the zoom we got transfer news so that was so awesome !!!!!! me and allred were freaking out on the couch lol 

pday today we had the chance to just hang out!! have lunch!! play some games!! and sign transfer journals!! we ended the night with elder Estes and elder overman my FAV people!!!! we got one last dinner and enjoyed celebrating their birthdays this coming weekend!!! 

I cannot wait for this coming transfer !!!! I KNOW God has a plan and is leading me to where I need to be and who I need to keep becoming!!!! I love y'all and again and so beyond thankful for all the emails and the support and the love!! you guys truly are the best!!!!!! I cannot wait to see y'all in 37 days :)!!! 

xoxo 

Sister Wankier 

(October 11 !!)