This week has been so good! I just loved it. Monday we were really
busy trying to get everyone in so that sister goodman was able to say
bye to eveyone. Tuesday was a day. We got up at 5:00 in the morning so
that we could leave by 6:20 to go to Louisville to do the transfers.
WE got there safely after I for some reason got a little car sick. I
didn't 'ralph' though so that was good. :) Transfers went well. i
played the piano, which I miss terribly. I also said one last goodbye
to Sister Moyes. Right now, she is in Utah enjoying the real world. :)
I got to meet my new companion. And i got to see the Footes again and
I got to say goodbye to Sister Goodman. I was not too happy about that
but it had to happen. Right now sister goodman is in Charlestown
Indiana. I believe she is enjoying it. :) I was not happy to see her
go but I am glad to have a little more quiet time now. :) My new
companion is Sister Makami. It is sounded out like ME-CAW-ME. For some
strange reason, I cannot say her name. I always mess it up if I am not
paying attention. Sometimes I can't even think of it. I put a sign on
my bullitin board that says ME-CAW-Me so that maybe I will be able to
remember it. I am sensing a pattern in my companions names. Graham,
Moyes, Goodman, Mikami. GMGM. haha. :) Sister Mikami is just a great
missionary. She came out so prepared. I love her so much. She seems
like she has been out for a year and a half she is so good. Our
lessons that we teach are equal now. I am no longer the only one
teaching the doctrine. I didn't mind to but it is great to have
someone teach it with me. :) She is half Japanese which I thought was
cool. About two weeks ago I thought it would be cool to have a person
from a different orient and I got half a one. :) She is from Ogden
Utah and she has two sisters and one brother. Just like me. She is in
jadens position though. We get along really well and this week was
just the bomb.
I don't know what happened to Beattyville, but we got to teach 38
lessons this week. Most of them were short 3 min lessons while we were
tracting. And guess how many new investigators we got? 11 new ones.
That is so surprising. That is more than I got in the last two
transfers. Crazy! THe lord is blessing us though. Most of the
investigators that we just got are not too promising but they are
worth it. We taught the Perry family and that was another awkward
lesson. We asked them to turn the Tv off so that the spirit could be
there and they looked at us like we were taking away their life. THey
did turn it down...some. :)
one of the investigators I really liked. His name is Allen Hogan.
We were at first scard to talk to him because his back was toward us.
But he talked to him and we shared about the BOM and then I bore my
testimony. He said that would be great if we taught him but his family
was busy because his dad is going to pass away soon. He set up his own
appointment date though later one for Saturday. I am very excited to
meet with him. He seems promising and he has a family which is great.
We had an interesting conversation with Lola Mayabb another
investigator. We talked about the restoration a bit and then she got
to talking and was talking about adam and eve. She got into some
pretty blasphemous stuff about the Tree of knowlege of good and evil
being Satan. and how cain and abel were twins but cain's father was
satan and abels father was Adam. It was pretty crazy stuff and I
didn't really know how to respond with that. We just ended up bearing
our testimony of how it was really like. It was crazy.
I know I should not tell mom this. :) Sorry but I am okay. I just
think this experience is cool. The Lord Protected us yet again. I have
two stories about that. One happened on wednesday late afternoon. We
were walking back to the car which was about 1 1/2 miles away. We
tracted for quite a while on this street. While walking back we say
Polar (our white dog we named) and petted him for a bit. Then we saw
Pipsqueek (a small dog that was annoying we named) and then we say a
Rot Whiler on top of this hill. And then...we say that this pit bull
dog came and was down at the bottom of the driveway of this car. It
was so close to us. I would say about 16 feet away. That was pretty
close. The started barking at us and I was cautiously getting alittle
closer to him so that we could pass. All of a sudden Polar left us and
I thought he was going to attack the pitbull but no. Polar just left
and so we were just with the pit bull and rot whiler above us. I took
another step forward and I had my pepper spray with me and all of a
sudden the pit bull started to run toward us. I was getting so scared.
I started to back up ready to aim the pepper spray at the dog. The dog
stopped though. I was standing there praying that we would be able to
be free from this dog. All of a sudden, we hear this random whistle
out of nowhere. The pitbull runs up the hill and leaves us alone. We
then hurry along and we beg the dogs to stay up on the hill because
they could have easily came down that hill. That was pretty scary
stuff right there. :) I survived!
Then yesterday, on the way to Campton, this lady was turning a
corner and she starts coming into my lane. I slow down a bit and go
off to the side as much as I could and she is still halfway into my
lane. it came to about 10 feet before she hit us and she swerved over.
I was scared about my life at that time. I survived!
We had a cool experience with Vikki. We were still on our way to
the car after the scary dogs and she comes out of her sons house. We
debate if we talk to them or not because we already did that house.
She ended up talking to us first. I guess we should not have been
scared. But she ended up giving us a ride to our car and that was a
mile out of her way. She was so sweet. We did a short lesson with her
and then gave her our number. I hope she calls. I really liked her
alot.
I have to get going now. This week has just been nothing but
tender mercies from the Lord. I love doing his work and I love having
a very hardworking companion. I love reading from the scriptures each
day and I love learing about the gospel. It is just the best thing
ever. I love it. :) I hope you all are doing just grand. :) I love
you. Amanda
p.s. mom, you are not that old. Just so you know. :) I love you. :)
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