March 3, 2010

Hi There,

This week has been really good. Nothing super exciting going on except missionary work! We knock on a lot of doors. The other day I was trying to remember what our front door looked like. I didn't knock on it a lot....Anyway....side note.

D. is doing ok. He is focusing too much on the details and not enough on the story and the scriptures. We try to tell him that it will make sense but will take time. We read some with him and he is coming to Sister M.'s house on Friday to watch a DVD with us and to feel the spirit! He has to come to church the next three weeks or he can't get baptized on March 27th....

S.C. also has to come the next three weeks to make it work. She is so amazing though! I loved when we asked her to get baptized. She shifted in her chair, threw up her hands in the air (pretty much saying, "finally they ask!") and told us, "Yes!" It was awesome. I am excited for her. The whole Fibromyalgia is definitely throwing a kink into things but I feel so bad for her! I hope I don't have a debilitating disease....I'd much rather go fast, ya know?

So we got told a few times how we were going to hell. I finally knocked into my first baptist preacher. That was fun. hmmm...It was really cool though! The sky was a little bleak. We were talking to him and he was trying to trap us in our words but not listening to the meaning or explanations and the rain started....It was just bad enough that he said, "it's raining, ya'll better go before you get wet." So I took the advantage of leaving....usually it is really hard to get away when people want to bash (and we just stand there and let them until we can find a good time to break away). About two houses down the rain stopped....Thank you! haha

Last Saturday we were also knocking doors (yes, daily occurance for a few hours....). There was a woman that was letting us talk. We didnt' think she was all there but she was telling us funny jokes. She said that she would be willing to be baptized. We would talk and she would shout out, "Thank you Lord Jesus" and such....It is always distracting as we are praying but I am getting used to it. Anyway, we called her niece like she asked so we could come back but the niece was really not very happy and said that her aunt was not all there and we couldn't come by and teach G. or her (the niece) so we left it at that. One of her jokes was: Who cuts the moon's hair? Answer: ECLIPSE! I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes...I loved it! She was a funny funny lady....

We are still eating a lot of lasagna and pasta. Monday night we had mexican casserole and yesterday we had pizza. That was good....mmmm

I already have such fun plans for the bday...well, We told the T.'s when my birthday was and they are going to cook us dinner that night and lunch the next day....They asked what I wanted....MASHED POTATOES of course. I haven't had that since I came to A....yeah....sad day, right? I'm going through potato withdrawals.... Well, not really, but soon I will be!

E., an investigator, also invited us to do gokarts that night, but that is a lot apostate and out of our area so we can't go. I think it would be so fun but I'm not here for that....I'm here for gospel fun!
Transfers are on March 15th. I don't think I will get transferred but you never know.... Plus, I don't really need anything for my bday except a fun card in the mail....I love checking the mailbox....I feel like Kelly....excited over the little things. ;) (It is a good thing!)

Hmm.....what else is going on in life? I can't think of anything. We are working hard each day and I'm learning oh so much about the Savior! I love i!

I loved the tape I got last week. It is so funny. I just laugh and laugh! I love my cutest family!

I don't have pictures because I left my camera at the apartment. I'm still just so used to not taking it anywhere because of P.A. I could get over that.

OH! I forgot to say that on Monday I am going to eat squirrel! YAY! So last week (I may have already said this) but we went out to H. and ate lasagna for dinner (no surprise) and when we were eating the 5 year old was talking about how he and his daddy went out and killed squirrels and barbecued them. Yes, barbecued them. They had some in the fridge but I was so full by the time I found this out that I didn't want it to mess up the taste in my mouth (brownie--can you blame me?). She said that we could come for dinner on Monday and they would have squirrel. SO EXCITED! S.W. is less than enthused but I couldn't be more excited.

You only live once so you may as well LIVE, right? (Said in good judgment and thought) I've already had alligator, catfish, cajun food, and soon squirrel! Oh, and soon cajun crawfish too. Hot dog!

As we are knocking and such I tell people that we did have to learn a foreign language....TEXAN! Preach My gospel says we should use our mission language as much as possible so I probably will have a good accent. The other day at the P. home I told them "I'm gonna buy me some..." I told them I didn't know if that was coming from Utah or Texas. They told me if it were from Texas I would've been fixing to buy me something so I'm still maintaining some sort of Utan....We'll see how that all works out.


President M. is so funny.... I am glad he is the President.

Well, again, I love ya'll! Have a good week, ya hear!?!?!??!

Hey, did E. and S. C. stop by yet?

Love,

Jack Attack!