Um, if today's weather
isn't a hurricane, I definitely don't want to experience one! HELLO
RAIN! Luckily, it's been warmish rain... but anyway..
This
week is a BLUR! I'm pretty sure that the world decided to skip
Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday because this week FLEW by. Both my companion
and I were sick... AGAIN. haha what the heck. But that hasn't kept us
down! The work must go on! We have taken it easy though, she was much
much worse than I was. So we've been getting back on our feet. It's been
going around here though. Our whole ward has it I swear!
Speaking
of our ward... We have dinner appointments EVERY NIGHT this week, and
some lunch appointments! They llloovvee to feed us! So it's been
awesome! We had chicken and dumplings the other night at a members
house, and some delicious steak and potatoes another night. Also white
chili? Thumbs down. But I was a big girl and ate it all... go me.
Our
friend Ben brought us over two big bottles of Cranberry Sprite which is
basically Christmas in your mouth. So that was heavenly. And we also
got cupcakes from Sweet Grandma Nash :)
We got TWO NEW
INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK! Daphne and John! John is 82 and rides a Harley
around, and he's from New York. So his accent is hilarious. Southern and
Eastern? So funny. But he is a stubborn old man. I guess he was raised
by nuns and they beat him all the time? So he doesn't have a good view on
religion. We're going to change that though. He is a sweetheart. So
pray for him that his heart will be softened a little bit!
Daphne
is our next door neighbor. She is so sweet, and a little crazy. But the
other night I felt like we should go see how she was doing, and we
ended up sharing a scripture with her and she was so overwhelmed by the
power and "feeling" she got from just reading a couple verses. It was
about the Atonement... so we gave her a Book of Mormon and told her to
read Alma 32. Well, the next day she stopped us in the parking lot and
told us that she LOVED the chapter! We were so excited! We are going
back tomorrow to teach her some more.
Her grandpa has dimentia
and was visiting her with her mom and son and her grandpa ended up
running away (to the highway behind our apartment building) pushing his
daughter into the road and to the ground, tried to get away, fell in the
middle of the road, and caused a big big scene. So when we got home we
pulled in to find a ton of police cars in front of our building. Daphne
summoned us over to talk to the grandpa because he likes us (he thinks
we are nuns...) so we talked to him, calmed him down, and then talked to
the police a little bit. We were mostly there for Daphne, she has a lot
going on right now. But we ended up meeting her son and he asked us for
a Book of Mormon and a Bible! So we were super excited about that. She
starts Chemo here (she's not very old) shortly, so pray for her too!
We
went to go visit a family that we've been working with, but they
weren't home, so instead we started talking to a group of 10ish kids...
and I FELL IN LOVE. The s w e e t e s t little girl came over to me, so I
knelt down to talk to her on her level, and she had the biggest,
softest eyes, and told me her name was Bella. She spelled it for me and
everything! She is probably 4? So cute. She followed me around
everywhere and wouldn't leave my side. The older kids were riding our
bikes around and thought my bike was the coolest thing they had ever
seen. haha Right then the Elders showed up on their bikes, so we had a
fun little time with the kids. Just then, a one armed man came up,
showed us his nub (at the shoulder), showed us how he could dance with
it and that that was why people called him "Lean wit it, Rock wit it."
He grabbed change out of his pocket, put it in his cup, laughed at
himself, and walked away. hahaha I about died. Then we raced the little
kids on their bikes.
Speaking of bikes... Oh my gosh. haha biking
in a skirt? Not my cup of tea. Heck. I don't even drink tea! ;) It's
been interesting that's for sure! But, it gets us where we are supposed
to be, and saves us miles on our car. It was freezing the other day
though and I'm pretty sure my fingers were formed to the shape of my
handle bars. haha
It has been a good week though. I will
admit... you were right. I MISS THE SNOW! (what?!) it just doesn't feel
like winter without it!
The scripture that I will share
with you is D&C 8:8-12. It has been my favorite this week.
Without
faith, you can do nothing. Pray, act, and nurture your faith, and your
testimony will grow ten fold. Be obedient and strive to do your best.
The Lord will bless you!
I love you all!
Love from Callaway :)
Sister Holmes
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