Hey guys!
So, this week has been really great! We started it off by going out to dinner with the Elders and Senior couple from our ward (the Simes!). It was so fun! We don't usually get to go out as a big group of missionaries like that, but senior couples just get away with everything. ;)
The next day we went over to help Mary out with sanding the paint off of the framing around her window so she could repaint it. It was pretty intense. We got the power tools out and everything! That came to an abrupt end when we realized we were running late for out next appointment. So we drove over to see our new investigator, Derrick. He seems really interested, and the lesson went a lot better than we were thinking it would. We'll see how it goes from here!
On Wednesday, we went over to an area to find a less active member in the ward. He'd moved, but we knocked the doors that were on that street, and after knocking a few doors, we realized something pretty different about the people in these houses. Each house had a few mentally handicapped people in it and at least one person who was straight from Africa, accent and all, who was taking care of them. We didn't have time to knock on all of the doors, but from what happened that night, we had one girl who said we could come back to see her and two guys that said they'd try to come to church, and they all really seemed like they meant it! It was crazy awesome! We're going to go see one of them later today.
On Thursday we went over to see a less active member named Virginia. We went over to mow her lawn, #firsttimeinmylife and then we hung around and talked with her and played a board game with her because she was feeling kinda lonely. It was good to just clear someone up with service, and just by being there.
Then, in case you didn't know, we had conference, and it was awesome! We went over to the Bundy's house, and three of the four sessions, we had Virginia, and our two investigators, Emily and Brian, and Brian's wife, Mary, there. It was so cool that all these people were able to be there who are really making an effort to come closer to Christ! And it's even better because we have less than a week until Brian's baptism now!
I think my favorite talk from conference was by Elder Nelson. It was about always being joyful, no matter what your situation is. Remember guys, if a group of pioneers who have been kicked out of their house and persecuted can be smiling and laughing in the freezing cold, you can be happy, too! It's not worth it to be unhappy. When things get difficult, just laugh at the situation, because it's either laugh or cry!
Sincerely,
Sister Shelton
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