Hermana Regan Eagar - Houston Texas South Mission

  I hope y'all had a merry Christmas!!! Our Christmas could've been better... Hermana Terry had a sty in her left eye and I was dying from a sinus infection. It was a grand time. So we were bed ridden for like 3 days. But hey... LUPE GOT BAPTIZED ON SUNDAYYYYYYY! We were scared that we weren't going to be able to go because I was sick so we may or may have not had a few break downs. But thanks to the power of prayer and faith, God let us go. I woke up and I only had a cough. God is good. That's all I can say. Oh! And I finished the Book of Mormon!! I know with all my heart that it's true. I am so thankful for my loving Heavenly Father. He loves us so so much. And I'm so thankful for my Savior who was born and made everything possible. He did it all for me.

  We had a lot of good lessons last week with members in our ward! One of the families we visited with had three kids plus their cousins running around the yard and oh boy I wanted to join them haha. We talked a while with their parents and then shared a little message with them and they rounded up the kids so we were all sitting on their little front porch. We asked their girl Celene to say the opening prayer and it was the most sincere little prayer I've ever heard. She thanked our Heavenly Father that we could be alive, for the earth, and for a couple other things and I dont know why but it kinda made my eyes tear up. All of the kids answered our questions and I think they were teaching us more than them. Yesterday we had a ton of people come to church which was awesome. The mayor gave a talk and it was soooooo good. He shared his experience about the day before his baptism and how he felt like he was making the right choice. Lupe, who's getting baptized this Sunday :), text...

  We had Christmas conference this week and it was so amazing- especially since President Guthrie called on me to share my talk in front of everyone. We got to watch the Christ Child and look at nativities and artwork and it was just super good. Then we had exchanges so I was with sister Erickson and we had a great time. And yesterday we sang in the Christmas program and it wasn't too bad actually. Now for the funny story: we had a referral so we called him and while we were on the call, I was making cookies. So I had a thought come across my head that I should probably turn the timer off on my phone so it doesnt interrupt the call. So I walk over to my phone to turn it off.... yeah I hung up on that guy midsentence. Once I realized what I had done me and Hermana Terry lost it. So we called him back and he was like yeah I'm sorry I dont know what happened with the call! And we were like yeah I dont know 🤷🏼‍♀️ Love yalls!

  Well it's official- I have been a missionary for 6 months!! I'm 1/3 of the way done. Super weird. Hermana Terry and I came out at the same time so it was both of our 6 month mark. To celebrate we got some freaking amazing tacos. We also had exchanges so I went with Sister Nufer to Victoria which is 1.5 hrs away from Bay City. We went to a soup kitchen and it was amazing i loved it so so so much. There was a guy there who has Asperger's and he LOVED my blonde hair and "fair skin complexion that is like a match box" (meaning I get burnt easily). It was hilarious, every time he walked by he had to tell me and Sister Nufer that he loved our blonde hair.  Me and hna Terry also got roped into singing for the christmas program next Sunday... pray for me.  Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of ...

  Last week was awesome. We're still not allowed to eat in people's homes so we met as a district at the church and had Thanksgiving there. Members still made us food so we picked it up or they dropped it off. There was SO MUCH food it was amazing.  One of the families in our ward has some cows and the girls had been begging us to go see them so we did. They were so cute they were all like 4 or 5 months old and I wanted to smuggle them back to our apartment. They also had like 50 chickens and a stubborn little goat. It was a great time.  We met this lady named Stacy this week and oh my goodness I love her. She loves to talk and we gave her some movie suggestions and she watched all of them that night. Then yesterday we called her and shared the story about Peter walking on water and so we talked about faith and later she sent us a screenshot of a picture of Jesus walking on water that had popped up on her Facebook feed. She flipped out haha. She was like oh man this is a ...

  Oh. My. Goodness. Last week was AMAZING. I love my new companion, Hermana Terry, and Bay City. Everyone here has a southern accent and I'm picking it up a little to be honest haha. We had a ton of lessons and we got to visit with so many members it was amazing. Very different in all aspects from my last area. We got to go to a baptism of this little boy in our ward and we brought our friend Emilee! She is so awesome, she's reading the Book of Mormon like there's no tomorrow and ah I just love her.  We went to a youth fireside last night at the Ethington's house and had s'mores. It was so fun. One thing that stuck out to me was when we were talking about receiving answers to our prayers and bishop said that in order to hear an answer, our hearts have to be ready. I had never really thought of that. Everyone wants immediate results and we lose faith if we don't get an answer right away. But if we have our question in our hearts and continue to have faith that we...

  We had SO MUCH service last week it was crazy. We had the gardens per usual where we helped Jose clean the train that goes around the park. And then we also went to IMGH (Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston) twice and bagged dog food and helped pack up Thanksgiving meals. Then on Saturday we went to this cemetery and helped find gravestones. Hermana Crandall found a toilet and I found a broken flower pot so that was fun. Apparently the cemetery had been forgotten for a long time so now they're trying to get it to look nice and organize everything.  Now for the big news: I'm getting transferred!!! I found out yesterday that I'm going to Bay City which is an hour and a half away from where I am in Houston 2. My new comp is Hermana Terry and I'm so excited!! It was funny, the whole week Hermana Crandall kept saying that she was going to miss this person or that place (she thought she was leaving) and then I end up leaving haha. I'm gonna miss everyone but I...