Bella Tres Chic: What's On My Happy List?

Friday, February 26, 2016

What's On My Happy List?

Kyleigh In Korea

mission update week 41

A good 'ole scripture story!

So I went on exchanges this week with my beautiful Sister Training Leader.
Her name is Sister Kerr. She is a fellow Utahan :) We studied Mosiah Chapter 7 together and I would like to share what we learned with all of you.

King Mosiah wanted Ammon to take a group of men into the wilderness to find their lost brethren that they hadn't heard from in a long time. Something that really got our attention is that they wandered in the wilderness for forty days...when you sit and think about that.... It's kinda crazy, because they were on the Lord's errand!...yet they still struggled to find the way to go even though they were probably fasting and praying super hard. It's kinda like life for us...sometimes we might not know where we are going or we might have a trial and we can't see the end result or how it will help us, but eventually we will see that it was all for our benefit and that God has a plan for us. Eventually Ammon and 3 of the men that were with him found the people of Limhi. But they were immediately thrown into prison. Two days later the King wanted to speak with them and tells them that he would have killed them right then and there, but he was curious as to why they came to his land. The next part kinda relates to us as missionaries. It says that Ammon declared with boldness his purpose and because he did so he had the spirit and everything turned out okay. So my training leader and I talked about how when we talk to people on the streets or buses we shouldn't skirt around what our true purpose is. We should declare it boldly to people and not hide behind the fact that we teach free English. {Which is easy to do because that way we can meet with more people.} I'm not sure if this story makes sense, but it really helped me this past week! Read it if you have got a minute and try to tie it into your own lives or really think about how Ammon would have felt!

Love you all so much!!!!

xoxo

Sister Kyleigh Cooper

On exchanges with Sister Kerr

With the Elders and their investigator

The Beach

In other family news this week...

Oh Gosh!

We have some good news.

We have an official Cougar in the house!!!

Emma's BYU acceptance letter came.

We jumped up and down with joy.

Then mom cried. haha.

I am so happy for her!

That would be a "Y"!!!

The fam celebrated with Mexican...her fav!

Emmsie's good weekend continued....

She also received her patriarchal blessing.

For any LDS mother and father that has sat in the room while their child receives their patriarchal blessing...goodness me...they would agree that it's such a remarkable, unique, profound and sacred experience. You just leave knowing that Heavenly Father is real and he does not leave us here on earth directionless. He has a purpose and specific plan for all of us if we are obedient. I was blown away at Kyleigh's blessing when she was 14, and again with Emma's. She has a marvelous spirit about her. I look forward to all that Heavenly Father has in store for my ladies. I'm not quite sure what I did to be blessed with such noble daughters, but I have been, and I'm honored and grateful. A huge shout out for patriarchal blessings! I love mine and treasure it as one of my priceless possessions.

Hannah was trying her darndest with the sunlight to get a pic of the three of us together.

We couldn't get it to work no matter how hard we tried.

AND....If Emmsie's life hasn't been eventful enough as of late...she's dealing with MORE work drama.

As you may remember she was working on a Monday night about a month ago and the store was robbed HERE Frightening experience to say the least, as she was alone. She debated whether to quit, but decided to stay on for a time. {Brave.} It does help tremendously when she knows she has her very own security guards. haha On the nights she works, the hubs and I take turns being "on watch" in our cars in front of the store..from around the time it gets dark... until she gets off.

{Can we be on the payroll please?}

Unfortunately, more weird things keep happening.

Some lady came in about a week ago right before closing...permeating of something...smoke/pot?

Not that Emma really know what the later smells like...but...

She was trying to return a set of scriptures.. Kinda strange. The lady was acting weird, but Emma dealt with her and she went on her way. Apparently it was an unsettling enough encounter that Emmsie put a pocketknife and pepper spray in the pocket of her work apron the following evening when she had to cover a shift for a co worker. A few days later she gets to work and her boss and someone from corporate are there. They start questioning Emma about this lady whom she had helped. Come to find out she is a wanted woman! {mug shot included.}She's wanted for drug charges and retail theft. She and a friend have found a way to work around the system...somehow stealing things and using the same receipt to get cash back???... Not sure of all the details, but the police are trying to catch them. Heads up was given to Emma that she could try coming back into the store and if she did, Emma was supposed to get a description, license plate, call the police

etc etc etc. So Emma was freaked out last night wondering if this lady was going to show up again and how she was going to deal with the problem.. all by herself...

So ...the two of us hatched a plan... I was planted out in the car on high alert watching for someone fitting this crazy lady's profile to walk into the store. IF she did, and was trying to pull off anything... Emmsie would give me a signal to call the police. Can you even believe?

Lucky for us nothing out of the ordinary transpired..

I never dreamed this little quiet bookstore could cause the anxiety and paranoia that it has in my child. I find it very odd that we've got one child half way across the world in arms length of the crazy North Koreans and we are just as concerned, if not more so, about our daughter's safety who is just down the street working at an LDS bookstore. Bottom line is... when you feel you have to carry a pocket knife to feel safe working in a LDS bookstore...something is wrong. And that's when you turn in your two weeks notice.

Which she did.

And may I just add....Seagull Book should not have young girls working alone. ever.

The End.

Emma's page long document of her initial encounter with the criminal. Good Grief!

*****

Brie!

Some Star Wars fun at school...

A 5th grade field trip to the State Capitol and the Daughter's of Utah Pioneer Museum.

Brie just happens to have a legit phobia of old antique things. Which means she was close to hyperventilating in the museum filled with dead people's items...pioneer portraits, the dolls, the mannequins...

She says she is never going back there again. haha We laughed because Emma is the complete opposite and loves the old stuff...the Pioneer Museum is where she recently did her History internship and she would LOVE to work in a museum filled with old archives one day...

I think it's safe to say that Brie will never be visiting Emma at work. ;)