I learned a new fact about Sister Smith this week:
"[She's] not SUPERstitious, but [she is] a little stitious."
(For real, she is REALLY superstitious.)
(First person to name where that quote comes from wins a date with me).
THERE IS SO MUCH to type and talk about. I'm sorry if I forget important things. Also
ask me if I'm really stressed right now because I am. We have 2
baptisms to plan for because we couldn't get them to work out at the
same time. So please send mucho prayers our way because it's gonna be
rough haha. EXCITING THOUGH BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS
WEEKEND!!!! :) Brenda, Jasen, Angel, Bryonna and Brandon all passed
their baptismal interview yesterday with flying colors. woo!
I might have to just do the cliche "Day by Day" thing to keep my thoughts straight because there was so much that happened.
Monday:
Actually nothing exciting happened this day.
Tuesday:
(It's
weird that this happened this week, it feels like eternity ago.) TEMPLE
TRIP! While I was in the temple this time around, I had this major
realization that I hate waiting. That's all I will say about that
haha. There are just so many good things I'm looking forward to that it
can be hard to stay focused which is something I've been working really
hard at for the last few weeks. The Lord revealed to me some things I
can do to have better focus so we'll try it out. It'll be a battle, but I
think I can do it.
I also got to see Brother and Sister
Shaffer (aka basically my grandparents) from Snellville and it was so
happy! They are now Elder and Sister Shaffer because they are doing a
service mission here in the GAM so I'll get to see them all the time!
LIFE IS SO GOOD. After our meeting, I saw them across the room for the
first time in 7 months and started bawling my eyes out haha. Embarrassing. This same day, we had dinner at a member's house and this is a literal quote the husband said at the dinner table: "Breast feeding is fine, just harden up your nipples!".............k. Good thing he redeemed himself afterwards though because he gave us some actually good, real marriage advice haha.
Wednesday:
We
went and taught Brenda and the kids about temples and it was the
loudest, most unconventional temples lesson I've ever had haha. Brenda
was really frustrated with the kids because they wouldn't stop talking
and she couldn't ask us her questions so she yelled over them and at
them the entire lesson. Kind of scary. But! She LOVES temples. She was really touched when we told her she could be sealed to "Paw-Paw" (her deceased husband) and it was CUTE.
Due
to the recent election, we got quite the array of responses while we
were out tracting. (For future reference, the day after elections is a
terrible day to do missionary work because people are in bad moods.)
Multiple people told us they were too busy crying and couldn't talk
about Jesus right then hahaha. LAME
Thursday:
For
whatever reason, the Lord has blessed me to have really nice cars on my
mission (**Shoutout to our blue friend, Daeqkwon in Snellville! Good
times.**) On Thursday we drove to PTC to get a brand new car! IT'S SO NICE. And it starts automatically from our apartment hahaha. #blessed.
Friday:
I spent the day in Douglasville with the Spanish sisters on exchanges! Here is a message I learned:
"hola!
Estoy en intercambios con las hermanas de Espanol. ella me ha ensenado
un poquito de Espanol. No se rie a mi acento malo. Tenga un buen dia!"
*imagine me talking with a really bad accent.* But anyway,
yes it was a good time but I had no clue what was happening WHATSOEVER. I
literally felt like a greenie all over again. Then
James and his mom had me over for a birthday party and it was HILARIOUS.
They are seriously my favorite family ever. He also offered me alcohol
which was slightly awkward but that's okay.
Saturday:
My
cute Southern friends, the Huckebas had us over for dinner and invited
us to their Thanksgiving service at their church the next day!
Sunday:
BEST
BIRTHDAY EVER! We had Brenda, Jasen, Angel, James & his friend
Sally, Alison, Bryonna and Brandon all at church! IT WAS AMAZING! Person
after person just texted us that morning to confirm they were coming to
church and it was the best to have all my good friends there with us.
:) A recent convert guy made me a sword for a gift, and then we went to
my first ever Baptist church service with the Huckebas. That was quite
the experience but I won't go into details right now haha. I will just
say that I KNOW this is Jesus Christ's church after going there!
Hopefully I didn't miss anything important but as you can tell it was a busy week
haha. Probably the best week of my mission so far. :) LIFE IS SO GOOD,
Y'ALL.
If you made it to the end of this email without dying, I applaud you.
HAVE A GOOD ONE,
I'M OUT.
Sister Lawson.
1. ELDER AND SISTER SHAFFER!!!! (From Snellville). BFFS
2. The new whip! 2017
3. Temple trip with Bae
4. Birthday cake from James and Mom..."Sister Lawson" wouldn't fit on the cake so they settled with "Brenna". haha...
5. Making dream catchers with Dixie.
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