Hey everyone!
So this week has been pretty good. We have just been working with a lot of our investigators, which I guess is a good thing seeing as I'm a missionary.
We started off by going over to an old folks' home and singing hymns to them for an hour! It was so fun. They're all Baptists (or other Protestant religions), but it was really fun singing them songs from our hymn book. And we'd ask them if they wanted us to sing any of their songs, and luckily they only said one song that we didn't know, but it was just so fun! I love that music really does bring people together. Instead of people pushing us away because we're crazy Mormons, we were embraced in hugs by almost all of the old ladies there!
Later on we saw our investigator Jen who is the coolest lady ever! She's always so fun to teach. She really seems to want to come to church and learn more. This time that we came to see her we got to meet her husband! He's a really cool guy! We had a really entertaining conversation with him. He doesn't seem to like the church much, but hey, who out here does? So, it was fun getting to meet him. It's so funny, too! She's gotten a call from him a couple of times in the middle of our lessons with her, and she'll stop for a minute to take the call, and at some point in the call you'll hear her say, "I'm just here visiting with my Mormon girls...... My Mormon missionaries." Haha! It's great!
Later on we got to go see our new investigator, Harley! He is so cool! He got in a really bad car accident about a month ago, so he's just stuck in bed with pins in his leg. It's crazy, every time we go over to his house it's packed full of people, so we are always teaching with people moving things around and people constantly walking in and out of Harley's room. And then we'll have to pause for a few minutes while someone comes in to help him change his bandage, but even with all of the chaos, the spirit is still so strong. Harley is a spiritual giant, and he's not going to let anyone get in the way of his following God. We were even able to soft commit him to baptism! We can't get a solid date with him for a long time because he won't be able to be baptized with his leg so messed up, but he's willing, and the best part is that not only is he willing, but you can tell that he just gets it! He understands the priesthood and the great apostasy, which nobody in the south ever seems to get! But get this, at the end of the lesson, Harley's friend, Cameron, came in and told us that the next time we come over, he really wants to be there for the lesson! Oh yeah, and then we jammed out to their improv guitar music, but that's just life as a missionary. NBD....
I think the best part about teaching both Jen and Harley is that you can tell that they're interested, and they have sincere questions. That's the best thing! I challenge all of y'ns to do that in your own life, whether it's a spiritual question, or a calculus question. You're not going to learn and progress if you don't find those answers. Keep going strong and don't get discouraged!
Sincerely,
Sister Shelton
We made a quilt together.
These spoons are "cooler" than your spoons! They turn blue in the cold!
Our district! Minus Elder Hiener and Elder Michles because they were at a meeting, and were too cool for the rest of us...
The lighting in this picture is terrible, but I just had to send it anyway because this is the blanket blanket! It says blanket in binary!
Do you have the faith necessary for one of these bad boys?
Me and my mission buds! We also decided we'd get some sparkling cider since Sister Murri just turned 21.
Those times you realize you've always secretly been Madonna. Sister Murri may or may not be getting me into make-up.
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