Firstly, I am so glad to hear about all the fun all y'all are having! It doesn't make me homesick, it's just happy happy happy:) I honestly don't want to be anywhere else! M is the promised land. It's an amazing place with amazing people -- and on top of being here and having SO MUCH FUN (!!!!) my family gets blessings for dis here missionary service. So I really am so happy to be here and I am not trunky or homesick at all. Keep me updated!
Fun southern thing: I inherited two Stetson cowboy hats (which are like, the REAL DEAL apparently) from the elders because their heads are just too big. They got them from a different guy whom they helped move.
So Monday was another pretty chill p-day. We just wrote and did our shopping and stuff. That night R cancelled on us (because Memorial Day) and so we had no idea what to do. We had some solid backups but we weren't sure we needed to be in those areas so we decided to just follow the Spirit. We started off with a prayer and felt pretty strongly that we needed to head down a certain street. We headed down that street and I heard a very clear voice tell me, "go see C." Which was totally in the direction we were headed, so I ran it by my companion and she was like, "heck yeah!" so we went. C is a less active recent convert with severe health challenges. When we showed up she said, "I was just about to call the ambulance to have them come get me." So we were able to say a special prayer with her. After that, we got back on the road and the Spirit went, "Turn RIGHT NOW" so we did. We tried a potential investigator on the road who wasn't home. And then we noticed these two kids in the street. So we went up and introduced ourselves and gave them a passalong card with our number. Because #fearless. Then we got back on the road and Sister Kniffen goes, "Do you want to go see V?" and I said, "Yes," so we went to V's and she was JUST BARELY GETTING HOME. We had a nice visit. Then we went to a Bible referral's house and she was home and we taught her the Restoration and set up a return time. So we got a new investigator! It was great. Miracles are great. Missionary work is great.
Tuesday. We had DDM. And I had to give a training. And the zone leaders came. BUT it was very fun because Elder O back from my B district is our new zone leader and he is so freakin funny. I trained on praying in faith. I didn't really say much so I think I probably did okay. Then Elder W taught us about the reason for adversity. It was very good. He is a great missionary. Also, I actually got to roleplay with Elder O. He just cracks me up. Now, after DDM things got exciting. We found out awhile ago that we needed a new Tiwi, which is the little box they attach to our cars that makes sure we don't speed and stuff, and our car also had too many miles on it, which is the perfect equation for a NEW CAR. So last week during weekly planning, we found out from our vehicle specialist Elder S that we could come up to Irmo (1 hour and 45 minutes away) to get our new car on Wednesday morning at 8:30, but that is too far to drive in the morning. So we were allowed to come up after proselyting on Tuesday night. So after DDM we went to the gas station and got gas and cleaned our car and then we went to P's house and taught him 2 lessons in 1 (!!!) and committed him to come to church and then went TO IRMO TO GET OUR NEW CAR. Our old car's name was Paul Revere so thus we have the title of today's email. There's also a video. I will send it later. And.....guess who we got to stay with? The one. The only. My very own corndog. Sister Cordon. She currently serves in Irmo so we got to have a sleepover with her and her 2 companions (lol--they were in a 3some in the MTC) which was such a freakin party. It was so. fun. I enjoyed it far too much. I have missed her dearly. We stayed up late talking (but we were in bed because obedience).
So Wednesday morning we got our new car, Abraham Lincoln, who we called Abe. He is a 2017 Chevy Malibu and I love him. He is easily the nicest car I have ever driven in my whole life. We got a picture. I will send it. We then drove back to C and went to lunch and then we went to Brother H's house with the elders (all 4) and helped him. It was good hard work. The elders are so dumb but so funny. It's almost exactly like being back at home when they're all around. Highlights include: making 2 beds, washing off LOTS of glassware, sweeping up dog poop, installing a smoke detector, watching Elder K slowly be absorbed by a couch, vacuuming too many spider webs, and generally laughing my head off because it was just funny. Then we went home, changed, ate dinner and taught the Ss with Brother F. The Ss are so special. I love them. Please pray for J to get baptized.
Thursday was Mepkin and U LOOOVES our new car. She took us out for ice cream and then we saw M before he left for a couple days. He should be back in town now so hopefully we can meet with him again soon. Then we did the family history booth again, which was a fun time. That night R brought a new friend to Book of Mormon class, whose name is N. She had sooo many good questions! We taught her the Restoration after class and all these converts were there to help her and answer her questions. She's hopefully going to start coming to Rosa's lessons. We'll see.
Friday we weekly planned, and then we went out and tried to find some people with no success. It was rather frustrating and boring.
Saturday we cleaned the church! It was hard work. We then had a very health-conscious lunch at Wendys and then went out finding with Sister R for literally so many hours. We did not find anyone but it was not for lack of trying. We also got Arby's so my intestines felt like cement basically all day. It was terrible. Don't eat out twice in one day.
Yesterday both P and R came to church! Please pray for our investigators! This week has been rough on the lot of them! They need your prayers. So do we! We can totally feel them and it's the coolest thing. I love being a missionary.
I love y'all! Don't let the muggles get you down!
-Sister Pew
 |
| Abe, the new car |
 |
| Silly first |
 |
| Old comps reunited |
No comments:
Post a Comment