Happy Birthday Harry!
And hello loved ones. This week's subject comes from Harry Potter because it's his birthday today. I may be a missionary, but I am also still a nerd.
Kay, folks, this week was literally nuts. There were so many weird things that went down.
Monday was cool! We had a lesson with P about the Word of Wisdom AND HE DOESN'T SMOKE!!! So if all goes well with his interview tomorrow, he is gettin' baptized this Saturday, wahoo. We had the lesson at the Es' house and I tried catfish for the first time. The Es' house is like something out of Gone with the Wind. Also, we have a conspiracy that P is in love with the Es' daughter T, and they're totally going to go to the temple after he gets baptized ;)
The next day we had DDM. The zone leaders were there. At the end, Sister Kniffen, Elder W and I were talking to each other and looked over to see the elders all crowded around Sister Haws and Sister Kenney, and I said something about how us ugly people were all congregating and letting the attractive people mingle among themselves (which was a joke, because neither of the 3 of us are actually ugly. All is well.) Elder W sternly remarked, "Sister Pew, missionaries don't have gender, remember that." To which I shot back, "That doesn't mean they can't be ugly." And Elder W almost died from laughter. Sister Pew strikes again. We taught P later that day and it was great, we talked about the Law of Chastity. I barely even get uncomfortable with that lesson anymore, because I have had to teach it literally so many times.
Wednesday we went over to our new investigator R's house and taught her the Restoration. She was pretty excited to find out where the Native Americans came from. Then we made vegetable soup and cornbread for F and C and brought it over to their house. We tried to teach them but it did not work very well. After that we visited the Fs and followed up with their missionary commitments and invited their son B to soccer night (which is this Friday, pray for my soul). That night we taught P and her family. Her son went to Palmyra with the youth over the weekend and he loved it. It kind of kicked him into gear. If he comes to church every Sunday for 6 months, he can get the priesthood and baptize J! 6 months is a long time, but hopefully it all works out. We also went over and read the Book of Mormon with S and talked to her about goals and plans.
Thursday we went to Mepkin, and then we went to Pruitt Health and sang for them. We had a good time. Elder W is very talented and also knows old country tunes that the people know, so he had them singing along. It was sweet. I just played hymns on Elder Gs' ukelele. Then we had the Family History booth, which was much more successful this time around thanks to my fabulous mom and all her ideas. We forgot to take pictures, but we will do it next week! Then we had Book of Mormon class. It was fun.
Friday we went to interviews with President Innes. I love that guy. He is my favorite guy. He is the most genuine, loving person and he BELIEVES THE HECK OUT OF US. It is amazing. Sister Haws and I were talking in the car and we just know that he is exactly what the mission needs. So I trust President Innes with my entire soul, basically; and if you're on a mission, or you're going on a mission, you should too, because I can testify that these men & their wives are called of God. So anyways, after interviews we went over to a potential investigator's house, S. She is a lady who asked us a few weeks ago to help her with the flowers for her sister in law's wedding. BUT, a few days ago, she called us and told us that her sister in law backed out of the wedding, and then said, "but my husband and I are going to renew our vows so you should still help us with the flowers." We had gone over before and told them what to get to make floral arrangements, but when we got there, they had 843577387263874563874629378465
Saturday we went to Mepkin for the volunteer banquet. We had to be there because we (meaning us missionaries) were receiving an award on behalf of all the elders and sisters that have served at Mepkin for 1000 hours of cumulative service. We were presented the award by Abbott Stan. The monks are all very sweet and they fed us so that was also cool. We enjoyed that very much. Then we weekly planned and went to the ward activity to set up a mini golf hole. It was not very fun. Then we went to R's and we actually set a goal (for him to feel happiness and peace) and made a plan (read his scriptures every day and say a prayer of just gratitude before bed). Hopefully that helps him make some actual progress instead of just thinking and talking about progress.
Yesterday we had church, and R actually showed up, which was great. We read the Book of Mormon with U afterwards. Then we planned because we had no time for the rest of the week.
Y'all, today I am making snitch cupcakes. I'm going to feed them to my district, but little do they know that it is purely because today is Harry Potter's birthday. But I just want y'all to know that this time of year at home was one of my favorite times. Nothin' like a little HP to bring the family together. You are my happy thoughts that I use to make my patronus :)
Deep thought from B: "We all have cracks in us, but that's how the light comes in."
And today, more than ever,
Don't let the muggles get you down!
All my love,
Sister Pew
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| 1,000 hours award the missionaries received from the Abbey in Mepkin (see video above of some of the grounds they help with) |
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| Sister Pew in her raincoat |
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