Old Ladies for Dayssssssssssssss

Wow I can NOT believe that the transfer is already over. Sister W and I have been crying for the past week. Not really, but we sure do not want to leave each other. But the verdict is in and I am not getting transferred. However, I am training and I will also be the oldest missionary in the apartment which is a tad nerve wracking for me. Sooo, whoa! Sister W is also training and so it Sister A (she will be living in the apartment with me still). So Sister W is most likely going to whitewash (meaning neither of them have been in the area and are going in blind, which is obvious since she is getting a fresh greenie), Although they could split our area. Then they might give each of us a ward. That would be interesting, but I hope they don't do that because we haven't had much work lately. Then there would REALLY be very little work. Anyway it was a good week.

On Monday we visited a ton of less actives. As we were leaving one house, we came across a VERY drunk lady. She is gorgeous and in her late 20’s probably. She was all over the place and eventually we found out that she is a member of the church. She has had missionaries over before but had to tell them to stop coming because they were being too "pushy". So she talked and talked and talked to us for a long time. She seemed to like us and told us she would love to come to church again sometime and that the teachings were still in her heart...yet she was wasted. So she was an interesting lady! She said to come by another time when she can think more clearly. But then she decided that her husband needs the gospel (non member) so she hid on the side of the house and told us to knock on the door and talk to her husband. He came outside looking for his wife when we knocked and she comes around from the side of the house and acts like she has never seen us before and we reintroduce ourselves and such. Quite hilarious!

This week we have been able to teach our member referrals! We have had 3 which is AMAZING. They seem pretty solid. We taught a young woman again and she cried again and was feeling really touched again she said so that was awesome! She works on Sunday though so she couldn't come to church. Then we taught a 9 year old, She really wants to be baptized so that is awesome too! It's kind of hard to teach little kids that have never heard of these concepts before though. So we are trying new things! Then we also taught a young man. He seems so chill and happy and he says he likes it, but he is also dating a girl in the church which is why he is investigating so we will see how that goes and how dedicated to the church he is! However, she said if he wanted to date her that he couldn't drink or smoke anymore, so he stopped on that day. How awesome! So we are proud of him for sure.

We teach 3 old ladies and they were HEART BROKEN when we told them that one of us would most likely be leaving the area. One of the ladies took us to lunch and she is taking us to dinner again tonight and she is so sad. But we got pictures and that was great. .But geez, all of them always had to put their lipstick on before they took a picture! We have been trying to get pictures with them for a while but they always say they look bad. I think they only said yes just because one of us would be leaving. Man, I swear the only people we have really affected have been the old women just because they are so lonely!

We had the opportunity of being a part of an engagement this week.

The girl is one of our Bishop’s daughters. Her now fiance had some little kids she babysits wear t-shirts. They said: 1. "marry" 2. "Me." 3"?" and then he wore a shirt that said 4. "please". So this girl came with the kids to the park because the dad called and said that one of the kids had broken her arm. So they were rushing over and we "nonchalantly" drive down the path and slow them down and see what’s up and stuff. They are rushing and we say we will come help.

As they walk down the path the kids pop out of the bushes and swarm her.

She just covers her eyes and turns around just standing there laughing and probably crying a little. The poor girl didn't have all her makeup on yet either because she thought she was just going to be babysitting that night! Haha. So then Jake comes out of the bushes and is standing behind her when she finally turns around and he proceeds to ask her and all that jazz. So cute. She was ecstatic. Every time we see her she always is angry because she hadn't been proposed to yet and she told him it had to happen before our transfer was over. Haha so voila!

The members are just so nice to us. We had a member stop us on the street and ask us to visit her less active daughter in a few weeks and we said of course. Then she gave us four boxes of Girl Scout cookies! Turns out it was a blessing from the heavens because we were famished. We both seem to have the flu and a cold so we are just plain exhausted and weak. So we took a cookie break. It was great!

So we seriously have just been involved in so many things for weddings.

Witnessed one wedding, played the brides march for the other wedding, helped a proposal take place, and then we also helped a guy plan his honeymoon. Fun fact the relief society president has a son that is getting married (the one we helped plan the honeymoon) and I went to EFY with his fiance. Crazy! That was kinda cool.

Lastly, we substituted the 6 year class in primary yesterday! The primary president is pretty tight with us and asked us to fill in. So we had ten minutes to prepare and then just went for it. It turned out to be pretty fun and the kids just loved it. It was awesome. Then last night we had transfer calls so today is going to be filled with a lot of packing and cleaning and such. We have to get   ready for our little newbies! (I still feel like a new missionary so this is weird). Anyway, pray for me. I definitely need all the help I can get. Love you all! Have a good week!

COOKIE BREAK!

Flowers.....