The elders are Elder Welch (the short one)... I don't care for him much (i'll tell that story later) and the tall one is Elder Jensen- we went to high school and middle school together! so cool!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Pictures
The lady in the white skirt is Sister Cahan- the asian is Steve (their foreign exchange student) and the girl in the yellow shirt is Karey, Sister Cahans daughter.
The elders are Elder Welch (the short one)... I don't care for him much (i'll tell that story later) and the tall one is Elder Jensen- we went to high school and middle school together! so cool!
The lady with short hair that banks and i are holding baskets next to- is sister lopez!
The elders are Elder Welch (the short one)... I don't care for him much (i'll tell that story later) and the tall one is Elder Jensen- we went to high school and middle school together! so cool!
Kissin snails and watching Conference
Heyo!
Here is a summary of my week:
Monday- it was P-day (therfore awesomeness occured) like naps, food shopping (which sucks now cuz i have to be Gluten Free) and emailing (yahoo!)
Tuesday- I went to the doctor and found out my kidneys are still bleeding, just not as bad now (haha) the bacteria is starting to clear up. apparently whatever was in that mice poop was really strong because the hospitals strongest antibiotics are taking a long time to kill it! I was able to go to the hospital and get 2 IV's and have them try and kill it quicker. Then later that night we got a call from the spanish sisters saying that their car was towed and they needed a ride. Well we went to the tow place (in the ghetto) and the hermanas (spanish sisters) were too chicken to ask if they could not have to pay the fine- so I (using the gospel, of course) charmed my way out of the 300$ fine..... ok I may or may not have flirted a little with a 400lb bald man.
sometimes ya just have to, ok?
Wednesday- Sister Banks went to a training meeting, so I went on exchanges with a girl named Sister Morgan. she is really sweet, super quiet, but really sweet. She is from texas so she said "yall" like 2196851321 times.
Thursday- I woke up early in the morning and was COVERED in a cold sweat. it was gross, I had a temp of 103 and I started seeing spots... haha it was great. so we stayed in and watched church movies all day- then at about 6pm we decided to go downstairs to make juice- and we found a ton of MICE POOP in our cupboard! ahhhhh!!! so we then went looking around the house and found like 15 mouse traps. we decided to be big girls and set the traps ourselves and put peanut butter on them- HOLY SMOKES it is hard to set a mouse trap!!!!! my fingernails are blue because they got smashed so many times! Later that night (at like 1020) we heard a creepy noise, we went down and a mouse had been caught! I will send the video next week- it was so funny!
Firday- woke up to another dead mouse in the trap! success!!!! but SO gross. then banks had training again, so i went on exchanges up to the University of Washington (they call it Udub) it was AWESOME! it is known for "red square" which is like this red square.. obviously. but it's huge and it's where all the college kids walk on to get to their classes. so we tracted in there- it was crazy!!!!! I wasn't too useful cuz I blended in and I got asked out 5x haha The other sisters that are there are asian- and from china- so they don't blend in as well. Elder Keung (who is from New Zealand) took me under his wing and made me stay by him haha. Later, A tour group asked if they could take a picture with Elder Keung and I! it was SO funny!
Saturday- CONFERENCE!!!!!! wooohooooo!!!! It was awesome cuz we finally got to watch TV! granted it was at the stke center, in the chapel... but hey, it's still TV.
I totally left my notes at home- so I'll summarize all of conference together in this paragraph. I LOVED Uchtdorfs talk!! STOP IT!!! it was awesome! I also really enjoyed Eyrings talk (it reminded me of my friend Jenna, I bawled throughout it!) I loved the guy that talked about his grandson Paxton. I also loved Elder Hollands- ahhh ok I loved them all! I'll give more details when I have my notes on me next time!
Sunday- Conference again- I'll write notes on that next time. but after conference Banks and I decided to go see a few people, we were walking in an apartment complex- and I saw a snail! so naturally.. i picked it up- but then it was too slimey to hold, so i put it on a stick. well I was joking around with banks- and i stuck my tongue out as she was about to take a picture- well aparently my tongue is longer than i thought, cuz i LICKED it!!! ahhhhh so so so gross!
what is it with me and animals?!
anywho- as far as our investigators.... John, Lisa, Teta & D all dumped us! I was so sad. But I know that all in all, the seed was planted- and they will hopefully see the light soon!
Remember the Parrett family? the step dad (michael) isn't a member... well- we got him to go to the priesthood session- and he LOVED it!!! he is still skepticall of joining the church cuz he doesn't want to become inactive (like his wife and step kids have) so he wants to make sure he is fully committed. BUT he has to quit softball league first cuz they have games on sunday!
anywho- he is making wonderful progress, and their family still loves us.
I hope everyone else had a wonderful week!
love you all!!!
xoxoxo
-ames
Here is a summary of my week:
Monday- it was P-day (therfore awesomeness occured) like naps, food shopping (which sucks now cuz i have to be Gluten Free) and emailing (yahoo!)
Tuesday- I went to the doctor and found out my kidneys are still bleeding, just not as bad now (haha) the bacteria is starting to clear up. apparently whatever was in that mice poop was really strong because the hospitals strongest antibiotics are taking a long time to kill it! I was able to go to the hospital and get 2 IV's and have them try and kill it quicker. Then later that night we got a call from the spanish sisters saying that their car was towed and they needed a ride. Well we went to the tow place (in the ghetto) and the hermanas (spanish sisters) were too chicken to ask if they could not have to pay the fine- so I (using the gospel, of course) charmed my way out of the 300$ fine..... ok I may or may not have flirted a little with a 400lb bald man.
sometimes ya just have to, ok?
Wednesday- Sister Banks went to a training meeting, so I went on exchanges with a girl named Sister Morgan. she is really sweet, super quiet, but really sweet. She is from texas so she said "yall" like 2196851321 times.
Thursday- I woke up early in the morning and was COVERED in a cold sweat. it was gross, I had a temp of 103 and I started seeing spots... haha it was great. so we stayed in and watched church movies all day- then at about 6pm we decided to go downstairs to make juice- and we found a ton of MICE POOP in our cupboard! ahhhhh!!! so we then went looking around the house and found like 15 mouse traps. we decided to be big girls and set the traps ourselves and put peanut butter on them- HOLY SMOKES it is hard to set a mouse trap!!!!! my fingernails are blue because they got smashed so many times! Later that night (at like 1020) we heard a creepy noise, we went down and a mouse had been caught! I will send the video next week- it was so funny!
Firday- woke up to another dead mouse in the trap! success!!!! but SO gross. then banks had training again, so i went on exchanges up to the University of Washington (they call it Udub) it was AWESOME! it is known for "red square" which is like this red square.. obviously. but it's huge and it's where all the college kids walk on to get to their classes. so we tracted in there- it was crazy!!!!! I wasn't too useful cuz I blended in and I got asked out 5x haha The other sisters that are there are asian- and from china- so they don't blend in as well. Elder Keung (who is from New Zealand) took me under his wing and made me stay by him haha. Later, A tour group asked if they could take a picture with Elder Keung and I! it was SO funny!
Saturday- CONFERENCE!!!!!! wooohooooo!!!! It was awesome cuz we finally got to watch TV! granted it was at the stke center, in the chapel... but hey, it's still TV.
I totally left my notes at home- so I'll summarize all of conference together in this paragraph. I LOVED Uchtdorfs talk!! STOP IT!!! it was awesome! I also really enjoyed Eyrings talk (it reminded me of my friend Jenna, I bawled throughout it!) I loved the guy that talked about his grandson Paxton. I also loved Elder Hollands- ahhh ok I loved them all! I'll give more details when I have my notes on me next time!
Sunday- Conference again- I'll write notes on that next time. but after conference Banks and I decided to go see a few people, we were walking in an apartment complex- and I saw a snail! so naturally.. i picked it up- but then it was too slimey to hold, so i put it on a stick. well I was joking around with banks- and i stuck my tongue out as she was about to take a picture- well aparently my tongue is longer than i thought, cuz i LICKED it!!! ahhhhh so so so gross!
what is it with me and animals?!
anywho- as far as our investigators.... John, Lisa, Teta & D all dumped us! I was so sad. But I know that all in all, the seed was planted- and they will hopefully see the light soon!
Remember the Parrett family? the step dad (michael) isn't a member... well- we got him to go to the priesthood session- and he LOVED it!!! he is still skepticall of joining the church cuz he doesn't want to become inactive (like his wife and step kids have) so he wants to make sure he is fully committed. BUT he has to quit softball league first cuz they have games on sunday!
anywho- he is making wonderful progress, and their family still loves us.
I hope everyone else had a wonderful week!
love you all!!!
xoxoxo
-ames
Friday, April 6, 2012
Weekly!
Well hello!!!
This week has been just lovely, transfers were last week and luckily I nor my companion were moved! woot woot! So I am still in Federal Way- and I still live in a mansion- and my comp is still Banks, although she has promised to not feed me mice poop this transfer :)
Remember that lady we chased down the street? the one who had just lost her husband? well we met with her last week, and it was soooo sad! Her neighbor (who is an ex mormon) saw her talking to us and so he went and told her all this anti mormon stuff. so when she met with us, she had all this anti in her head and didn't want to even hear what we ahd to say! ahhh it was so frustrating. we hope that she will come around soon, we have been praying a lot for her, so we will see.
The Parrett family (the one i sent pics of, with the lady that makes her own cigs) they are doing great. since banks and I have been coming over they have started to clean their house, declutter, and paint, and make an effort in trying to have the spirit in their home! It's so neat! They have completely changed and grown since we started coming. They come to church and the girls go to the YW activities. We are still working on getting the dad baptized- he just doesn't want to give up his softball on sundays- haha. men.
we went tracting on friday and neither Banks nor I wanted to- we were both tired and starving, but we knew we had to. We said a prayer before we started and we prayed that we would find a miracle- on our 3rd door we did!!!! His name is AJ and he's 26- he had met with the missionaries a few years ago but said that he just was not ready to get baptized then. He told us though that he knew the book of mormon was true! so cool!! we then put him on date for baptism for april 21! so cool!!
then we knocked on his neighbors door and she started swearing and screaming at us... oh missionary work is great.
The weather was so amazing on saturday- it was super sunny and we even rolled the windows down. it was grand!
I got Megs package!!! Thanks SO much!!!! it was so awesome! and I screamed when I saw the pocky!!! haha that journal is so cute and the I love Jesus scrapbook thing is hilarious. my district is way jealous of it.
ps- if Sheridan, Cheyenne, Laurin, Kristin, Krista, Markell, Mckelle, Lachelle, or any other of my NY/CT peeps read this- WRITE ME!!! punks! you are all in major trouble when I get home!
hopefully I will get new scrips this week! all these doc appts are getting so annoying and so hopeully I will have time to get them from the store!
ps- can someone send me a pic of kade? I talk about him all the time, I would LOVE a pic!
anywho- I love you all!
until next week
xoxox-ames
This week has been just lovely, transfers were last week and luckily I nor my companion were moved! woot woot! So I am still in Federal Way- and I still live in a mansion- and my comp is still Banks, although she has promised to not feed me mice poop this transfer :)
Remember that lady we chased down the street? the one who had just lost her husband? well we met with her last week, and it was soooo sad! Her neighbor (who is an ex mormon) saw her talking to us and so he went and told her all this anti mormon stuff. so when she met with us, she had all this anti in her head and didn't want to even hear what we ahd to say! ahhh it was so frustrating. we hope that she will come around soon, we have been praying a lot for her, so we will see.
The Parrett family (the one i sent pics of, with the lady that makes her own cigs) they are doing great. since banks and I have been coming over they have started to clean their house, declutter, and paint, and make an effort in trying to have the spirit in their home! It's so neat! They have completely changed and grown since we started coming. They come to church and the girls go to the YW activities. We are still working on getting the dad baptized- he just doesn't want to give up his softball on sundays- haha. men.
we went tracting on friday and neither Banks nor I wanted to- we were both tired and starving, but we knew we had to. We said a prayer before we started and we prayed that we would find a miracle- on our 3rd door we did!!!! His name is AJ and he's 26- he had met with the missionaries a few years ago but said that he just was not ready to get baptized then. He told us though that he knew the book of mormon was true! so cool!! we then put him on date for baptism for april 21! so cool!!
then we knocked on his neighbors door and she started swearing and screaming at us... oh missionary work is great.
The weather was so amazing on saturday- it was super sunny and we even rolled the windows down. it was grand!
I got Megs package!!! Thanks SO much!!!! it was so awesome! and I screamed when I saw the pocky!!! haha that journal is so cute and the I love Jesus scrapbook thing is hilarious. my district is way jealous of it.
ps- if Sheridan, Cheyenne, Laurin, Kristin, Krista, Markell, Mckelle, Lachelle, or any other of my NY/CT peeps read this- WRITE ME!!! punks! you are all in major trouble when I get home!
hopefully I will get new scrips this week! all these doc appts are getting so annoying and so hopeully I will have time to get them from the store!
ps- can someone send me a pic of kade? I talk about him all the time, I would LOVE a pic!
anywho- I love you all!
until next week
xoxox-ames
St. Patty's Day!
ahhhhh!
I can't believe I have another nephew!!!!!! Kaden is a STUD!!!!!! i can't wait to meet him!
another week has come and gone- Things around here have slowed down quite a bit, but the work is still great!
There is this family that we met, oh goodness I love them so much, They live in a small little house with 4 dogs- 1 cat- 2 birds- 2 moms(rose and shannon)- 1 dad(michael)- 1 son(daniel)- 2 daughters(jenna and ashlee)- and 1 old man (tommy).
Their name is the Parret/green/ayho/tommy family.
The mum is Shannon
shannon has 2 daughters (ashlee and jenna) and she is married to Michael (the dad)
Rose is Michaels ex-wife.
Daniel is Roses son.
Tommy is Roses ex husbands (not michael) dad.
did ya catch that?
no worries- it took me a whole week to remember.
THey are so funny! Shannon, Jenna, and Ashlee are all members- but they have not gone to church in a long time.
we began going over there last week and they constantly want us to keep coming over, they feed us dessert or dinner every time we go over. They have such big hearts! They take in so many people-and animals (as you can tell)
anywho- we went over to their house on Saturday and Jenna (age 17) was all dressed up, we asked her why and she said "oh I'm going to a mormon dance!' we were shocked haha but she decided to go to a singles ward dance! this is a girl who hadn't wanted anything to do with the church, and here she was deciding to go to a church dance- it's amazing to see what difference sister banks and I have made, it's so worth it! Then we started talking to Mike and Shannon and we said "so you're coming to church tomorrow, right?" they laughed and said "ya ok" ... banks and I sat there and we were like "wait, what??! serious?!"
sure enough.. Shannon and michael came to church on Sunday- it was awesome! Shannon hadn't been to church in Years and michael had only been once or twice before that.
It was amazing to see them back at church!
Anywho- here are a lot of pics
Some are of when our car got broken into- the one with the lady and her cigarettes, that's shannon! she makes her own cigarettes cuz it's cheaper... hahahaha.
Then there are some of Banks and I tracting, at the temple
The group one of us at the temple (with elders) that is our district! We just had transfers today, and so I will get a new district tomorrow (same companion and area though, i didn't get transferred! yay!!!)
and the others... I kinda forgot.. but ya!
I love you all!!!
xoxoxo
ames
I can't believe I have another nephew!!!!!! Kaden is a STUD!!!!!! i can't wait to meet him!
another week has come and gone- Things around here have slowed down quite a bit, but the work is still great!
There is this family that we met, oh goodness I love them so much, They live in a small little house with 4 dogs- 1 cat- 2 birds- 2 moms(rose and shannon)- 1 dad(michael)- 1 son(daniel)- 2 daughters(jenna and ashlee)- and 1 old man (tommy).
Their name is the Parret/green/ayho/tommy family.
The mum is Shannon
shannon has 2 daughters (ashlee and jenna) and she is married to Michael (the dad)
Rose is Michaels ex-wife.
Daniel is Roses son.
Tommy is Roses ex husbands (not michael) dad.
did ya catch that?
no worries- it took me a whole week to remember.
THey are so funny! Shannon, Jenna, and Ashlee are all members- but they have not gone to church in a long time.
we began going over there last week and they constantly want us to keep coming over, they feed us dessert or dinner every time we go over. They have such big hearts! They take in so many people-and animals (as you can tell)
anywho- we went over to their house on Saturday and Jenna (age 17) was all dressed up, we asked her why and she said "oh I'm going to a mormon dance!' we were shocked haha but she decided to go to a singles ward dance! this is a girl who hadn't wanted anything to do with the church, and here she was deciding to go to a church dance- it's amazing to see what difference sister banks and I have made, it's so worth it! Then we started talking to Mike and Shannon and we said "so you're coming to church tomorrow, right?" they laughed and said "ya ok" ... banks and I sat there and we were like "wait, what??! serious?!"
sure enough.. Shannon and michael came to church on Sunday- it was awesome! Shannon hadn't been to church in Years and michael had only been once or twice before that.
It was amazing to see them back at church!
Anywho- here are a lot of pics
Some are of when our car got broken into- the one with the lady and her cigarettes, that's shannon! she makes her own cigarettes cuz it's cheaper... hahahaha.
Then there are some of Banks and I tracting, at the temple
The group one of us at the temple (with elders) that is our district! We just had transfers today, and so I will get a new district tomorrow (same companion and area though, i didn't get transferred! yay!!!)
and the others... I kinda forgot.. but ya!
I love you all!!!
xoxoxo
ames
Aftermath
Well hello!
So being a missionary without scriptures is kinda hard. haha
our zone leaders were supposed to get me a temporary triple (book of mormon, d&C and Pogp)
but no...
they didn't put the order in.
it's grrrrreat.
haha our windows did get fixed though- yay!
This week was slow, we had many investigators tell us that they are no longer interested. One lady keeps sending us anti-mormon texts.
We go tracting alot because we don't have many appointments (because no one let's us in haha) ...and we get many doors slammed in our faces.
The other night we were tracting for 4 hours straight, not one single home let us in- we were getting so tired and both felt sick cuz it had been raining/snowing all day. We were walking back to our car when we saw this lady walking her dog, banks and I looked at eachother- we kinda hesitated a little bit cuz we were both sooo tired and soo cold- but we decided to go over.
We walked over there, not knowing what we would say.. Banks turns to me and says "you talk, no battle"
...I sat there- we were like 10 feet away from her, she turned and started to cross to the other side of the street. I looked at Banks, grabbed her arm and we followed.
We were trying to keep up with this lady, but she started walking faster and faster!! finally, it was to the point where we were no longer speedwalking- we were jogging after this woman! I yelled "hey stop! we want to talk about God!!!" she turned around and said "what?" and we caught up to her, it was super awkward cuz here we are- we had just CHASED this woman down the street! she looked at me and said "well, you wanted to talk about God didn't you? what do you have to say?"
I then told her that God loves her and that the message that us as missionaries share could enrich her life- and that no matter what trials she may be going through, God is aware of them and he only wants her to be happy and to be comforted during her hard time.
She then started to cry, not just like a few tears.. she started bawling!
....it was so awkward.
but THEN- she explained that her husband had just passed away from a heart attack, and that she was feeling so alone and she felt like she needed guidance in her life.
booya!
We are meeting with her tomorrow, so I will let you know how it goes.
It's amazing- it's amazing how you can have such a hard long day and get sooo many doors slammed in your face, yet one person can make your day 100x better.
That lady made every single door slam worth it, every single horrible comment we had heard that day- none of that mattered anymore.
we knew without a doubt in our minds, that we needed to be there. We knew with assurance that we needed to meet that woman.
Just knowing that you made a difference to one single person- is all worth it.
Every hard day is worth one persons soul and smile. Every single day, a miracle happens. A miracle that makes the hard times worth it.
The gospel is true, I'll say it time and time again.
God is our Heavenly Father, and he loves us. Jesus Christ is our brother and our Savior. Joseph Smith was a prophet, he restored the keys back on the earth. Families can be together for eternity through the sealings of the temple. Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet here on the earth today.
The gospel is so simple- so simple. Yet so vital.
anywho!
Federal Way is lovely! I love you all
ps- SEND ME LETTERS! ya punks! (this goes out to all my NY friends, UT friends, KY friend, and any other people!)
pps- I love you all
ppps- Dear Rodgersons, it is so awesome that you know the Jarstads and the Cahans! They are incredible, I love them and they take VERY good care of me!
ppps- I'm done now.
pppps- I hope Kaden comes soon! please email asap and take lots of pics!
xoxoxoxo
-ames
So being a missionary without scriptures is kinda hard. haha
our zone leaders were supposed to get me a temporary triple (book of mormon, d&C and Pogp)
but no...
they didn't put the order in.
it's grrrrreat.
haha our windows did get fixed though- yay!
This week was slow, we had many investigators tell us that they are no longer interested. One lady keeps sending us anti-mormon texts.
We go tracting alot because we don't have many appointments (because no one let's us in haha) ...and we get many doors slammed in our faces.
The other night we were tracting for 4 hours straight, not one single home let us in- we were getting so tired and both felt sick cuz it had been raining/snowing all day. We were walking back to our car when we saw this lady walking her dog, banks and I looked at eachother- we kinda hesitated a little bit cuz we were both sooo tired and soo cold- but we decided to go over.
We walked over there, not knowing what we would say.. Banks turns to me and says "you talk, no battle"
...I sat there- we were like 10 feet away from her, she turned and started to cross to the other side of the street. I looked at Banks, grabbed her arm and we followed.
We were trying to keep up with this lady, but she started walking faster and faster!! finally, it was to the point where we were no longer speedwalking- we were jogging after this woman! I yelled "hey stop! we want to talk about God!!!" she turned around and said "what?" and we caught up to her, it was super awkward cuz here we are- we had just CHASED this woman down the street! she looked at me and said "well, you wanted to talk about God didn't you? what do you have to say?"
I then told her that God loves her and that the message that us as missionaries share could enrich her life- and that no matter what trials she may be going through, God is aware of them and he only wants her to be happy and to be comforted during her hard time.
She then started to cry, not just like a few tears.. she started bawling!
....it was so awkward.
but THEN- she explained that her husband had just passed away from a heart attack, and that she was feeling so alone and she felt like she needed guidance in her life.
booya!
We are meeting with her tomorrow, so I will let you know how it goes.
It's amazing- it's amazing how you can have such a hard long day and get sooo many doors slammed in your face, yet one person can make your day 100x better.
That lady made every single door slam worth it, every single horrible comment we had heard that day- none of that mattered anymore.
we knew without a doubt in our minds, that we needed to be there. We knew with assurance that we needed to meet that woman.
Just knowing that you made a difference to one single person- is all worth it.
Every hard day is worth one persons soul and smile. Every single day, a miracle happens. A miracle that makes the hard times worth it.
The gospel is true, I'll say it time and time again.
God is our Heavenly Father, and he loves us. Jesus Christ is our brother and our Savior. Joseph Smith was a prophet, he restored the keys back on the earth. Families can be together for eternity through the sealings of the temple. Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet here on the earth today.
The gospel is so simple- so simple. Yet so vital.
anywho!
Federal Way is lovely! I love you all
ps- SEND ME LETTERS! ya punks! (this goes out to all my NY friends, UT friends, KY friend, and any other people!)
pps- I love you all
ppps- Dear Rodgersons, it is so awesome that you know the Jarstads and the Cahans! They are incredible, I love them and they take VERY good care of me!
ppps- I'm done now.
pppps- I hope Kaden comes soon! please email asap and take lots of pics!
xoxoxoxo
-ames
Week!
Monday 2/27/2012
woke up- studied- went to library and wrote emails- went grocery shopping- went and ate dinner with the Grisham Family... on our way back from the Grishams, we decided to stop at Cold Stone and get Ice Cream..
BIG mistake
6:30pm - we skip into cold stone with a huge smile on our face and SO excited to get ice cream.
6.33pm- I debated on whether or not to get sprinkles.
6.33.58 pm- I decided yes on the sprinkles
6.37pm we skipped out of cold stone over to our car..
6.38pm- banks saw that TWO of our windows had been smashed- BOTH of our bags were stolen!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
They stole my pretty leather bag- my BRAND NEW scriptures- all my lipgloss- all my cash- my ministering certificate- and basically my life hahahaha
banks and i were DEVESTATED!
banks had her camera in her bag and it was sad.
so here we are...
scriptureless..
bagless..
ministering certificateless...
and hopeless..
and so we called our district leader...
who laughed at us.
then we called our vehicle coordinator who is in charge of all the cars in the mission (he is a senior missionary)
...and he got mad at us.
then we called the cops
..who actually helped us
then we called our Ward Mission Leader
...who saved us!
Our ward mission leader took us back to his house and helped us suck up all the glass, and put plastic on both the windows (the front passenger window, and back drivers side window were both shattered)
Banks and I got back in the car only to find that my seatbelt wouldn't work cuz it had glass stuck in it..
so I had to sit in the back seat.
we looked pathetic. hahaha we both started crying cuz we missed our scriptures, and then we were just sad.
We pulled up into our house and both (by habit) went to grab our bags.. only to be disappointed to remember that we no longer had them. hahahha we sat on the driveway and cried.
So far, in the first month of my mission, I have...
-Gotten sick every week.
-Drank Mouse poop
-Had my scriptures and bag stolen
I'm off to such a great start!
haha in good news-
we found 4 new investigators~
John, Lisa, Teta, D.
John is a former drug addict, and is so so so happy to have found the gospel. We are putting him on date for baptism tonight! yay!!!
Lisa has 3 kids, divorced, and is having a hard time paying bills- but she LOVES coming to church and loves how she feels at church.
Teta &D are married and have 4 kids- they are from Africa and are SO knoweledgable in the bible, it's great!
I'll go into more detail next week, I love you all!
xoxoxox
ames
woke up- studied- went to library and wrote emails- went grocery shopping- went and ate dinner with the Grisham Family... on our way back from the Grishams, we decided to stop at Cold Stone and get Ice Cream..
BIG mistake
6:30pm - we skip into cold stone with a huge smile on our face and SO excited to get ice cream.
6.33pm- I debated on whether or not to get sprinkles.
6.33.58 pm- I decided yes on the sprinkles
6.37pm we skipped out of cold stone over to our car..
6.38pm- banks saw that TWO of our windows had been smashed- BOTH of our bags were stolen!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
They stole my pretty leather bag- my BRAND NEW scriptures- all my lipgloss- all my cash- my ministering certificate- and basically my life hahahaha
banks and i were DEVESTATED!
banks had her camera in her bag and it was sad.
so here we are...
scriptureless..
bagless..
ministering certificateless...
and hopeless..
and so we called our district leader...
who laughed at us.
then we called our vehicle coordinator who is in charge of all the cars in the mission (he is a senior missionary)
...and he got mad at us.
then we called the cops
..who actually helped us
then we called our Ward Mission Leader
...who saved us!
Our ward mission leader took us back to his house and helped us suck up all the glass, and put plastic on both the windows (the front passenger window, and back drivers side window were both shattered)
Banks and I got back in the car only to find that my seatbelt wouldn't work cuz it had glass stuck in it..
so I had to sit in the back seat.
we looked pathetic. hahaha we both started crying cuz we missed our scriptures, and then we were just sad.
We pulled up into our house and both (by habit) went to grab our bags.. only to be disappointed to remember that we no longer had them. hahahha we sat on the driveway and cried.
So far, in the first month of my mission, I have...
-Gotten sick every week.
-Drank Mouse poop
-Had my scriptures and bag stolen
I'm off to such a great start!
haha in good news-
we found 4 new investigators~
John, Lisa, Teta, D.
John is a former drug addict, and is so so so happy to have found the gospel. We are putting him on date for baptism tonight! yay!!!
Lisa has 3 kids, divorced, and is having a hard time paying bills- but she LOVES coming to church and loves how she feels at church.
Teta &D are married and have 4 kids- they are from Africa and are SO knoweledgable in the bible, it's great!
I'll go into more detail next week, I love you all!
xoxoxox
ames
Monday, March 12, 2012
Mice!
Warning- if you have a weak stomach, don't read this.
I'm serious.
Ok so on Friday morning, I had the flu so I was laying in bed. at about 9.00 am my companion brought me apple juice in a thermos. It was such a nice gesture!
Well I was drinking this juice and it tasted SO funny- but I didn't want to say anything because she had just been so nice and made it for me- I felt a few chunks go down but I just assumed that she hadn't mixed the juice all the way..
Finally, at like 10.00 am I couldn't take it anymore- The juice tasted SO weird and these chunks tasted weird too! I opened up the thermos lid....
there were a bunch of little black pellets.
yep.
yep.
yep, your daughter ate/drank mouse poop.
My companion and I were DYING of laughter- it was so gross but so funny! (I will send the video soon) We called our Zone Leaders because we didn't know what we were supposed to do!
who the freak eats mouse poop?!
They laughed......and laughed....
they had no clue what to do either so they just told us to call our Mission Presidents wife- we did and she laughed... and laughed.... and then told us she would Google it to see what we needed to do.
She called us back and listed off all these diseases I may contract.. awesome. She also told us about how she contacted poison control and they said that I may just get food poisoning within the next few hours.
sure enough- about 4 hours later, I was reunited with last nights dinner.
I haven't gone to a doctor yet, I feel fine- but if I start to feel gross again then I'll have to go get tested. oh man it will be so awkward if I have to tell a doctor that I ate mouse poop.
Anywho- that's exciting.
But more importantly- we had tiffany's baptism on Thursday!
(oh and I forgot to tell you last week, that last saturday was Tabby's baptism!!!!)
Bam I have only been out for 3 weeks and already the Lord has prepared 2 people for my comp and I to baptize!
Both Baptisms were AMAZING!!!! I will send pics on a cd later.
I swear I never have time for anything! even on our P-days, we are running around like chickens trying to get everything done! but holy smokes i LOVE getting letters and emails from everyone telling me about how THEY are doing! It's so awesome to hear! cute Tina wrote a letter and had her kids draw pictures on it! it was the cutest thing ever to get in the mail! I have received loads of letters and I really am so grateful for each and every one! I apologize if I haven't written back yet, the Lord has blessed us with so many investigators that I never have time too!
So two weeks ago, we tracted into a guy named Dwayne. Dwayne is a math & science genius. He has some very interesting views on God and Jesus, and even more interesting views on the Holy Ghost. He believes in Galactic Forces and Cosmic Forces.... aka he makes my brain hurt.
We started teaching him and even committed him to read the book of Mormon. It's so funny cuz I honestly don't even know what he is talking about 1/2 the time, but the spirit always whispers things I need to say or it reminds me of something I learned in science back in high school- oh man, that Holy Ghost is one awesome man.
Anywho- on our 2nd visit with Dwayne, I committed him to baptism. He said yes and we planned it all out.
on our 3rd visit with Dwayne, he asked "so how many times can I be baptized in the mormon church?"
Me- ..."dwayne? why do you ask this?"
Dwayne- "well I've been baptized 3 times now..."
Me- "in our church?"
Dwayne- "yeah, but by two men, not women"
What the heck right?! turns out (after TONS of research) Dwayne has changed his name multiple times- it just so also happens to turn out that Dwayne is Schizophrenic (I have no clue how to spell that).
So "Dwayne" is also "michael" "benjamin" and "Derek"
oh yes... this is real.
He came to church with us yesterday and had a freak out in the middle of sunday school- we tried to calm him down but he ended up leaving church and just walking home.
oh man- missionary life is crazy.
Oh by the way- I spoke in Sacrament yesterday! My topic was "how the gospel changes people" I shared in Mosiah 27 about Alma the Younger and about how he was evil and after much prayer from his father, he was then visited by an angel and told to knock it off- he was then struck dumb. (I would finish the story, but it would be way cooler if you did)
so everyone should ready Mosiah 27 on their own! then go read Alma 36 (it's Alma the younger telling his experience to his sons later on in life)
I then went on to talk about how the gospel changes people- it was cool cuz I was able to use friends/family experiences that I have seen in my life. I then bore testimony. man I do not like speaking in sacrament, however- it is so rewarding to be able to get up and share what you have learned as well as to publicly give thanks and bear testimony to everyone.
In case you don't know it, in case you are questioning it... The church is true.
It is truly reconfirmed to me every day! Just give up fighting it, give up sinning! haha the church is true! just face it!
I hope you all have a lovely week and I will email soon!
Sister Clement
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