Hello there,
Wow, can you believe that it
is already august 5th?! Crazy!! That means that my birthday is less
than a month away and then I will be 22!!! Holy Cow!! Weird! Mom- Um, I have no idea about birthday gifts at all. More
sleep? I will ponder that!
This will be a shorter email and I am trying to even remember what
all has happened this week. Rain, rain, and more rain. It is driving me
nuts! It is nice, then, humid, then rains a ton, stops for a bit, and
then rains some more. It makes it so much fun to go out tracting and
walking!! One awesome thing that I did today that made this email come
late is that I went turtle hunting today with the elders and a member!!!
It was so much fun!!! We didn't catch any turtles, although we kept
hooking them and then they got away. It was great to just get out there
though onto a farm and nature and to just take some time to enjoy what
God has created and to have fun with everyone. Our elders are crazy but
so much fun! We went hiking some too, but mostly I think the thorns just
found me, so now I am all scratched up but that's ok. It was a lot of
fun!
We ended up not having president interviews this past week because
we had an unplanned event happen. We got there and were just starting
our meeting and then president would come interview us after he had made
some phone calls. A few minutes in his wife (who was sitting next to
me) kind of made some noises. Then she got off her chair and turned
around so she was like kneeling with her head on the chair, I was
wondering if she had dropped something and was going to get it or
something like that. Then all of a sudden her body just locked up and
she like shot into the air and flew backward and landed on her head. It
was so loud! The elders were all kind of like, uh... the zone leaders
went to go get president and one kid then called 911, so I just got down
there and tried to help her, talk to her and 'assess the situation.' I
felt like an emt! haha President came in and I think the look that he
had on his face will forever be ingrained in my mind because it was just
so filled with emotion. She had gotten knocked out but finally came
to, and was so embarrassed. They spent some time together alone and we
all were waiting in the hallway and then finished our meeting in a
different room. So, we are supposed to have our interviews this week.
We found a family that is from Syria and speak Arabic and some
English, that are interested in learning more. We were able to get them
Arabic book of Mormons and they want to come to church with us this
week, so that's exciting. It should be interesting to teach them since
they don't know a ton of English, but if they are ready the spirit will
teach them more than we can and that's what matters most, because we
aren't the converter. The real converter is the holy ghost and we are
just instruments in the Lord's hands that try to just get the environment
right for them to feel the spirit.
It has been a long and exhausting week cause we are just trying to
find people, so we are tracting and 2x2ing and trying to find less
actives all the time. It is hard to stay all the way positive when you
have to do that all day long, but oh well. The Lord knows what I need to
learn right now, so I am trying my best. Look for the tender little
mercies everyday!!! I still feel like I am in a funk with a lot of
different things and Sister Jang and I have different ways of doing
things, but oh well. We are making it work. I love you all and hope that
you are doing well!!
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