January 16, 2017

well howdy howdy howdy!

it has rained it has poured and now the sun is shining... will i go on Mitchell yet HECK NO!

you crazy? Arizona has no clue what to do with water, the ground will not absorb water'... so you drive down the road AND NEXT TO YOU WHERE THERE USED TO BE DESERT IS A HUGE POND!

Arizona? what is up?

nah but its fun! 

hmmm i am trying to think of some stories (really i need suggestions here)

so i think for today, i will tell you the story of how i died!

nah i didn't die, i just thought that would be entertaining!

AH so we have this potential investigator who is going to basic training and we were talking to him, and he said some thing that stuck out to me. he said even though he is going to see some pretty bad stuff, knowing that there are people out there, (im making it general but he meant missionaries) trying to make the world better peaceably, that it would make things bit better over seas. and i was like hey! although the people in the 55 and older community do not like us, they may say hateful words and slam their doors as we offer service. but there are people who do appreciate us!

also can i just say how much i love people, like really people are amazing!

sister sperry is awesome! really she is only 3 weeks out  and she already is a better missionary than i am!

i love being a missionary, people see us and they see the savior! a less active woman who is returning to church said we glow with a light, and many times by people not in the church we have been called angels. and its for a reason!

when i look at people i see what Christ sees in them, which is crazy because this lady can be telling us how we are going to the bad place and i am just like, this is sad, she is really angry, man this is really sad, have a good day! 

heavenly father loves all of his children, and its crazy! some of these people are so unlovable, yet he loves them! then i see these people, these unlovable people have a desire to change, to grow closer to him, and then they find peace and healing through christ! because they felt that love!

okay so i do have a funny story my companion just reminded me of, so there is this elder in my zone who is very grumpy all the time, he is the grumpy cat. (he does it so people do not think he likes them so he doesnt have to have too many fake friends in his own words) but we were talking and it came up that my companion crochets so, this elder got really excited and was like CAN YOU MAKE ME A STUFFED BULBASAUR? and then he went off on a twenty minute tangent about pokemon, as his companion was complaining that Princess cadence from My little pony is a boy name that starts with a K and should not be a princess. THEN the next day the pokemon elder texts us and says "hey so instead of a bulbasaur can i get a squirtle instead?" obviously he had been thinking about which pokemon he wanted for over 24 hours.

so yeah basically my zone is cray cray!

then we were trying to talk to this former investigator, and sister condie said sisters look! there is nothing in this house! so dear dear sister sperry goes REALLY? and starts to look through the widow like a total creeper! RIGHT WHEN THE GUY OPENS HIS DOOR! so she goes off into a panic "hi we arent creepy well i m not creepy we are the mormons and yeah i wasnt trying to be creepy but we thought we knew a guy who lives here are you sam?" tangent as i bust up next to her, the guy just smiles and said, i am just fixing the place up because its a forclosure

so yeah we are dorks! but thats okay because it makes things fun!!

i love you all so very much!

Sister,sestra, Hermana,(what ever you choose to call it) cordon