Hey yn's!
So this week has been awesome! We've recently decided to completely flip our area upside down and start over new, and this whole email has more or less been the result of that... Eh... Maybe not the whole email, but hey, it still feels really good to do that! ;D
So, on Tuesday we started our big switch of doing everything new by going out to an area we'd never been to, and we found a new investigator, Aida! Whoooo Elders had apparently taught not too long ago, so I guess we're not too original in our area pickin'.... But hey, that's okay! Because who really cares as long as we're bringing people to Christ? #nobody So yeah, Aida is really awesome. Her son is apparently a member, and we actually met him for the first time at church this Sunday, so we'll see how that goes!
Thursday was pretty good.... Jk! It was awesome, cause it was Sister Griffiths 21st birthday! :D We had some planning to get done, and then an appointment, and we were just about to knock doors when we realized we didn't have our phone. We searched everywhere and couldn't find it, then we went back to a less active member's house we tried and found it laying in the dirt. At that point we had such an awkward amount of time left before our dinner appointment with our awesome ward mission leader, Brother Price, and his family that we didn't even feel like knocking doors was a good option... Especially in the area we were in, so I turned to Sister Griffiths, and I was like, "Sista G, it's your birthday. Let's go to the Sun Sphere!" So, we did. And it was terrifying because we almost got stuck in an elevator, and we didn't even get to the top. BUT IT WAS AWESOME!!! And then we partied the night away with the Prices, after which we taped up their bathroom to get it ready for painting. #stillmissionaries
The next day we went out and did my favorite thing. Knocked doors! We went out in the boonies of our area, and quite a bit happened. We 1) got a new investigator and 2) got a gun pulled on us! But hey, he still wanted to watch our video! #coolestguyimetinawhile ;)
On Saturday we went over to the other coolest guy I met in a while, Brother Harris, and we helped him with his leaves. This man is so passionate about everything he does. I'll just be over there raking a pile of leaves so peacefully, and suddenly he's like, " Aw yeah, Shelty! Ya gotta walk as ya rake! It moves um faster!" And then I do what he told me to, and I'm just thinkin' to myself, "Wow, I was such a noob at raking. But not anymore because now I'm Brother Harris' raking apprentice." And then we'll sit down with him for a while after that, and he'll give us all the life knowledge we could ever need.
But on a more spiritual note... Sunday's here are really good, for one reason in particular. This ward, the Knoxville 1st Ward, is so good at taking the sacrament to all those who are homebound. So, most Sundays we'll go around with ward members and take it to everyone who can't come to church, and every time, it's such a special experience. We go to houses or nursing homes that most the time are worn down and might even smell a little weird, and then each time that we go, an amazing priesthood holder will kneel down and bless the bread and water, and as he does, the spirit fills the room, and it's warm, and it's peaceful, and it's wonderful. It's the way God wants us to feel. I'm so grateful for the sacrament. I'm grateful for a church that provides it for each of God's children and for that ability to come closer to Him. That's all I want in my life, and I say that in Jesus' name. Amen.
Sincerely,
Sister Shelton
Brian and Mary's daughter, Cailin, has a key blade!
That time we survived the elevator at the Sun Sphere.
Non-alcoholic Strawberry Daiquiri's, anyone?
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