March 7, 2011

holy cow. lots to say. here we go.

So, we start the week off by being bashed. We went to St. Helens and we were told that satan lives there. But we went to see and i believe he does live there. We went to a house and it looked like a really nice house. The guy lets us in and we sit down. When we sit down, the
wife goes away and we are left with Roy Lee. He immidiately got his bible. Oh boy, i thought, here we go. So, we are testifying why we are there and he is ignoring us basically and he gives us a scripture to read. He has me read it because I was closest to him. And do you know
what scripture it was? 1 Corinthians 14:34. "let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak..." oh man, I was laughing inside. I didn't want to finish this convesrsation. But it went on. He basically told us that we were wrong
and that we should not even be out preaching and that we needed to repent. Yeah. It was great. My spirit was a little bit hurt after that. I didn't show him that I was hurt. I ended the conversation by standing up and saying, "well, sir. it has been a pleasure to meet
you. We have to go now." then we left. I was not well pleased with him. What a lost soul. but now I am good. :)
Gladys told us that she only had one more cup of coffee to get rid of. She went from 6 cups a day to one cup a day. She is great.
We had a funny nursing home experience. There was a lady, who is getting cared for, in the lunch room and she was so so so funny. She was a true southern woman. When she looked at us she said, "my, you girls are so beautiful!" Then she goes off about us and then another
lady says, "well, what about me?" Then she says, "well, you are just the most beautifullest person ever! Come over and give me some loves" so they meet each other and hug each other and give each other a kiss on the cheeks. haha. Then she looks over to us and tells us, "you are
just beautiful. And don't you ever let anyone tell you different." if you want to feel good about yourself, all you have to do is go to her. :)
Yes mom, I did know that I was halfway through my mission. :) Time is just a flyin'. I done got 9 months and have 9 months to go. Where is time going?
We met a guy named Samuel Rogers. He was so cool. He is about 20 years old. We gave him a book of mormon and he looks over at his cousin and says, "I actually might read this." I have high hopes for him.
We continued to go down the road after samuel and this totally cool thing happened! A lady came out of her house and then a HUGE DOG came out of her house. She pointed at us and the dog started barking at us and was going to attack if we went any furthur. It was great.
The lady went back in. All she had to do was tell us she was not interested. haha.
We visited with Wanda Prescott and surprise! she does not want to get baptized. So, she will not be baptized...yet. she said she did not want to disappoint her daughter and she chose to join the baptists. Which we are supportive of her choice. She has her agency. We had a
really good lesson with her a couple days after she told us that. I still have hope for her that she will make the right choice.
After wanda told us she didn't want to get baptized, we called Gladys to see how she was doing. She tells us right away, that she does not want to get baptized either. Doth my ears decieve me? She said she just couldn't see anthing wrong with coffee. So, we hung up
with her and met with her the next day. We went over and man, she is close to the spirit thankfully. We went over the word of wisdom and told her that the reason coffee was wrong is that it is addictive and if she could not get rid of it, she is addicted to it. She then
realated it to alcohol. She gave up alcohol many years ago and she remembered how she was addicted to it and that is how she felt with coffee. She said she would 'try' again. later on in the lesson, after we made up a plan of how she could quit without going cold turkey, the
spirit spoke to her. This is what she said, "Coffee is what is making my eyes so bad. If I quit coffee my eyes will be better." She told us that ever since she drank the coffee again, her eyes have been the worst they have ever been. Gladys is going blind and she is scared of
that but she says if she can prolong it as much as possilbe, she would. So she committed to not drink coffee anymore. She thought it would be "plum stupid" if she kept drinking coffee. As of today she has been 4 days without coffee. She came to church yesterday so now
she will be able to get baptized next weekend. She is so cool. I love her and how she is so close to the spirit. Later this week we watch a movie. The Joseph Smith: prophet of the restoration movie. She absoultely loved it and she could not believe that the early saints
went through what they did. She understood what we wanted her to understand. She said, "some people now complain about circumstances that are not even that hard and they can improve your life. Like me and coffee. I complain that coffee is hard to quit and it is not
compared to some other things in life. It is just plum stupid to do not endure with faith and to fight through those tough times." :) I love her. She is almost done with the book of mormon already. She just reads and reads and reads into the night. She says, "I can hardly put
it down." :)
So, one night we were driving home and steve was on the phone. I was driving and sis mikami was talking. Well, wouldn't you know, two bunnies were trying to play the daring game of getting across the road before the car hits us. and guess what? I hit them. both of them. I
tried to get out of their way. Sister Mikami started to panick for a second and then explained to steve what had happened. While she was talking, I was struggling. I felt so bad and I wanted to cry. I was crying. I had tears galore in my eyes and one spilled out of my eye. I
could not handle that one. so, last week it was a squirell and this week it was two bunnies. What it going to be this next week? maybe a possum. There are lots of those. :)
SO yeah. I hope you are not getting bored with missionary stories. To me, they are not boring. I believe I keep you all on your toes. What is going to ahppen this week? I don't know. Only God knows. :)
I love you all very very much. I hope you have a great week. Pray for me that I will feel better. :) I feel very achy and that is not a good thing. I love you. I pray for each and everyone of you...because you are all the best! Talk to you next week.

AManda