This week has been all over the place! I don't even know what to write. It's been crazy.
First
of all it's been a great week despite everything. I feel so positive
about everything in general. Tired beyond all belief but definitely
positive!
Here are the things that happened:The Sister
Training Leaders came for exchanges. I thought it was okay, but as we
revisited everyone we talked to, they were extremely offended by how the
STLs acted. We managed to sooth things over with some effort and
promising not to bring them back.
One convo with the STLs and one of our people:
Less Active who is a cop: Sorry if I smell like dead body. I had to clean up a dead guy today.
Stl: Did you teach 'em?
LA: ..............................
STL: Did you teach 'em the gospel?
LA: ..................THE DEAD BODY!
STL: No, the family?
La: There was no one there! He was dead!
We
had two amazing lessons with relatively new investigators during the
only day we were in our area with just Sister Wood and I to make up for
everything. Then Sister wood left for a training in Reno and I was with a
Sister who has been out two weeks in her area, which was an experience
of being lost and doing the best that we could. It was like reliving my
first few weeks of the mission on the other side. Then we met up with
the cars coming back from Reno at the church. After the elders who took
our car made it smell like boy and locked their bikes to our car and
couldn't get them off for 2 hours (they finally broke our bike rack lock
thingy and took them off. President wrote a mass letter to the mission
because of it) and and we spent a good 45 minutes tracking our
missionary supplies down (because a different Elder took that out of our
car for some reason), we finally made it back home to Wells. Then we
had an awesome Easter with some members in the ward that we feel like
are family! We probably could have eaten with 10 different families, but
we only ended up seeing 4.
Which brings me to the most important thing I've
been feeling this week: I feel at home in Wells with Sister Wood. I just
feel so comfortable here. I'm doing the work and working hard, but I
feel like I belong here. We just mesh with this community and together.
Everything feels so natural and Home-y. It was fun being in Spring Creek
and all, but when I got back it was like when I went to sleep overs as a
kid and finally got back to my home where I felt like I could just
relax and be myself and tired from the adventure. It was a good
adventure being in Spring Creek and I had a wonderful time with Sister
Grandy, but Wells is Home. Sister Wood is home. It's so nice to just
have us back here again! I'm loving it.
Other thing: I was absolutely shocked how many
people did not know why we celebrate Easter! Even a few members were
like "I get it confused. Are we celebrating his birth?" I guess some
people don't even get Christmas! Regardless, watch this video because it
sums up everything I would ever want to say in about 2 awesome minutes.
Because of Him or go to the site that has the video on it http://easter.mormon.org/
It's epic.
So speaking of teaching dead bodies.... This week after
the STLs left and we went out to dinner in Deeth, we drove by this
house. Then Sister wood and I look at each other in disgust and she says
"Was that.......?" I nod my head and say "That's demented!"
So we turn around and do the only logical thing. We teach the hung stuffed animal bunny about the gospel of Jesus Christ
Have a great week!
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