So last Monday, we went to Moncks Corner for P-day. We met U there and she took us to a Mexican restaurant, which was pretty fun because there was another whole district of missionaries that were there celebrating one of the elders' birthdays. AND THEN WE WENT TO MEPKIN. It was great to be there again. Sister Hamilton loved it! And so did I. And we went out for ice cream after. Just like old times. Afterwards, we went to Palmetto Moon which is a touristy shop and I got some souvenirs for mi familia! Which they should be excited about. After that we went and taught N, which was a little intense. We were talking about baptism and she was like, "wait. Do y'all want me to be baptized again?" and we were like..."well yeah." And she thought that was super lame and that we thought that her being baptized didn't mean anything. But we ended all on good terms and we're still friends and she wants to get baptized, so that's good.
Tuesday we had DDM which was productive. We also went on exchanges with the YSA sisters. I stayed in my area with Sister Rice and Sister Hamilton went to the YSA. Sister Rice is a convert from Idaho and she served in this mission for 5 months 3 years ago but had to go home because of a foot issue, but she's back now. It was pretty fun -- we just happened to stumble upon a YSA-aged friend of a less active member in our ward, so that was really cool to see how God puts us where we need to be. Also we went to ASL class.
Wednesday after Sister Hamilton and I got back together, we went and taught N again. She was happier this time around and she just talked and talked and talked to us. It was really good. Really not much happened on Wednesday except that I just was reminded how grateful I am for my cute companion. She is super wonderful and I always miss her when she leaves. It's going to be hard when she goes home. :(
Thursday was a fun day! We went to an old folks home and had lunch with a recent convert named C. She is hilarious. One memorable quote from this excursion: "Sometimes you just have to be reminded that you're a jerk." HAHAHAHAHA it was great. Also we went to Staples with her because she drove us, and she needed to buy a printer, and so we just kind of wandered around in the store, and all of a sudden we hear her yell, "MADI, EMILY" and we were like, "what the heck???" she literally yelled our first names in the store. What the heck. after that we did a lot of finding. It has been so nice here! Like 80 degrees or more! And so there were people outside and we just did our best to walk around and talk to them. That night we saw K. That lady. I love her. She had a bunch of hard questions about sealings and stuff, and we felt bad we didn't really have definitive answers to them. But she said, "You may not know every single answer, but you bring what I need." And that means a lot coming from an investigator, people. I felt warm and fuzzy the whole rest of the day.
Friday we had interviews with President. It was great! I love that man. He is just hilarious and also so full of the spirit. Also we shoveled lots of dirt for this lady and we found a little mole. He was pretty weird looking and kind of cute and the lady wanted us to kill it. Nobody would though. So she threw it over the fence. Into the neighbor's yard. Welcome to South Carolina. We also went to see N that night and that was fun. It always is. That was also the day we found out we were becoming ASL missionaries. The Spanish elders found a deaf lady and our ward is the only ward with ASL interpreters because of our deaf member, so we are her missionaries. It's been a great time practicing every day and texting R, our new deaf friend who is investigating the church. She doesn't text in English grammar, she texts in ASL grammar, which is NOT the same at all. So we get to decipher that :) It is such an adventure to be a missionary, y'all. It just really is.
Saturday was a day full of service. First we went to a baptismal service, at which I was the pianist. Why does that always happen to me? Anyways, afterward we went to the Ms and cleaned their house for them and they fed us again. After that we went to help the Bs with our district leader Elder W and his companion Elder B. Those two are hysterical. They are so, so funny. The issue is, we were hauling a bunch of bricks, and that job requires muscles. Which they both had, and also Sister Hamilton. So then there's me. I don't have muscles like that. So I felt super useless the whole time. Luckily they all kept me laughing through the whole thing. Then we cleaned up and went to stake conference with N, which was awesome, except two of the speakers didn't show up so the stake president called us up on the fly to have us bear our testimonies. Brother R in our ward was kind enough to point out that I can safely go home because I correctly used the phrase "all y'all" in my testimony. But aside from that fiasco (it actually went really well, the Spirit definitely controlled my mouth and that is what we are after here, ladies and gents) it was great. It was wonderful to see some of my favorite people from the Moncks Corner ward. And N got to meet President Innes. So that was great.
Yesterday we had R, our deaf investigator, come to church with us. Afterward we had lunch at a member's house and had a great time trying to figure out ASL with her. We sort of taught her a little bit about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon but that's about all we got.
Y'all, the church is true. I'm serious. I love it and I love the Lord.
Don't let the muggles get you down!
Love,
Sister Pew
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| Mexican food on P-day in Mepkin |
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| Trees in Mepkin |
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| In Mepkin, again |
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| Cool street sign |
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| Interesting yard art |
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