Sister Abby Gibbs Birmingham Alabama Mission: It's finna snow in Mississippi :)

Dear Fam,

Sophie's birthday looks like it was a blast. It's crazy that y'all don't have any snow. All of ours is melted now, but wow it was fun :)

Well it snowed this week here in Mississippi and gave everyone something to smile about. The native Mississippians were jumping up and down as if they had just been told that they could eat all the fried food in the world, and feel healthy afterwards. We were at a recent converts house when it started and the mom of 4 young girls jumped and screamed, "IT'S SNOWING" in mid sprint to the door. It was intense. All 4 girls followed while Sister Allred and I had the pleasure of watching the magical moment.

The snow was fun, but it also meant that we couldn't drive our car. We live in the middle of nowhere so we walked a good 6 miles into Tupelo from Belden, and then we were able to contact some people. President, we are so out of shape! We were extremely sore the next day. It felt nice to be outside and walking, I just wish were closer to people. Don't worry we didn't give up spreading the word! We spelled Mormons Love Jesus in the snow for all the cars to see as they walked past. It was pretty awesome.

Joshua was baptized this week!!!!!!!! It was a Miracle a great big MIRACLE! Joshua is working in Pocahontas, Arkansas and was planning on driving back to Tupelo the Saturday of his baptism. Well the snow storm that we had in Tupelo was in Arkansas and he doesn't drive in the snow. We were heart broken. We knew that Joshua needed to be baptized this Saturday and Sister Allred is fixin to get on a plane so this just wouldn't do!!!! We sent a text out to the whole mission praying for the snow to stop and for Joshua to feel confident driving. We prayed a lot! This mission prayed a lot. The New Albany Elders told us later that they stopped in the middle of a lesson and asked the investigator if they could all pray for Joshua. They prayed and acts of faith similar to this one were happening all over the place!!!!! It had to happen! He needed this baptism!!!!! Well after all of the prayers Joshua sends us a text that says I'm on my way. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I've never been more happy in my entire life! I just stood there in shock after reading the text and then thought of course it would happen. I expect miracles to happen every day and Heavenly Father was gracious enough to send us another one. God is so good.

I'm excited for next transfer. I'm sad to see Sister Allred leave. She is a stalwart and steadfast missionary. She's taught me so much. She knows her stuff! Give her a hug for me when you see her :)

Love y'all!

Sister Gibbs

Joshua's Baptism!!!