Decent Week of Work. . .

Okay y'all, it was a pretty decent week.

First of all--I need to apologize because in my last email, I didn't finish the story about Molly! After being semi-bold with her, Molly still was hesitant and said she wasn't ready yet. So that's frustrating. We don't really know where to go with her...she's one tough nut to crack.

Our investigator Paulina (16) is GETTING BAPTIZED ON JUNE 25TH!!!!!! We had an awesome church tour where SHE told US that she was ready and everything just lined up so perfectly! Seriously, she is so solid. She's been going to early-morning seminary and stuff for the last week and came to church yesterday, and just everything is awesome. Awesome.

We also were able to go to the temple this week and I think I almost cried. Actually I did cry when I saw my pal Sister Fuller from Snellville working there--what a happy reunion. :) Anyway...I started taking this tiny journal into the temple with me to write my thoughts in while I'm in the celestial room and it has been amazing. The thing that stood out to me the most this time around was just how much God's plan allows us to have JOY and fulfill the measure of our creation. Man, the word JOY just popped out so much, it was nuts. :) Next time you go, count how many times you hear the word "joy" in the session, and pay particular attention to the context! You'll leave feeling THAT much better. I could go a lot deeper into what i actually learned, but I'm sure that would just bore you and I don't really have the time for it haha. 

Faith did not get baptized this past weekend. I'm still not even sure what happened. The morning of the baptism, I got a call from the AP's saying that it had been cancelled and that was the end of it. Man, that was a really long day. However, I was blessed with a really special experience following the phone call. Faith is something else--to quote Sister Howell, "she really lives up to her name". She is one of those who has truly, truly been prepared by the Lord for the gospel, and for me to find out she wasn't going to be baptized was pretty darn hard because i know how ready she is. After the call, the tears started to flow and as I sat there feeling sorry for myself, the Spirit whispered to me that I needed to just get down on my knees and pray. But I didn't really know what I needed to say. As i knelt down, I started to pray for Heavenly Father to help Faith feel peace, and for the Snellville Sisters to be alright because I was sure Sister Howell was feeling pretty lousy as well. It was a really simple prayer, but immediately afterward, I felt this overwhelming sense of peace and humility wash over me and I knew that it was all going to work out and that God had a bigger plan for her. The enabling power of the Atonement is a beautiful thing. :)

That morning, i had a super awesome personal study about this that continued to bring me peace. Here's the sweetened-condensed version:

Last Monday, my dear friend Brother Davis from home sent me an email that prepared me for what was coming-- "Whenever you're about to do something amazing in life, especially regarding your relationship with Heavenly Father, Satan will try to stick his grubby little hands in your business and mess things up.

"HOW TRUE THIS IS. I've seen it way too much in just these 8 months!

Some examples:
-Joseph Smith in the sacred grove: JSH 1:15

-Moses  after he spoke with the Savior: Moses 1:12

-Jesus Christ himself after his 40 day fast: Matthew 4:1-10

No matter what though, in each of these cases, Satan's antics were defeated by relying on the Savior and His Atonement. 

Some of my favorite scriptures were brought to memory as i read this--

D&C 123:17 "...Let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power, and then may we stand still with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God and for his arm to be revealed. "

and 

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer-i have overcome the world."

When we live the Gospel of Jesus Christ JOYFULLY, and do all things in our power, we are able to see how His hand was in our lives during those difficult times when Satan was trying to win, and understand that it is only through the Savior that we have already WON and have peace! Satan is doing all that he can to keep this work from progressing. Much like Joseph Smith, "the adversary is aware that we are destined to prove disturbers and annoyers of his kingdom. Else, why would the powers of darkness combine against us?" (JSH 1:20). Satan has already lost the war--so why should we be sad when one thing doesn't go right?

I promise you that as you rely on the enabling power of the Atonement, and "do all things that lie in your power" when trials come, you will find that our Heavenly Father wants nothing more for you than to succeed--all you need to do is accept the Atonement by living the gospel (having faith, repenting, keeping your covenants and JOYFULLY enduring to the end through your obedience to the commandments). Turn your life over to God and "have JOY therein!"

"Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that he can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, life their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends and pour out peace." 

-Pres. Ezra Taft Benson

I think that's enough for today. :)

remember that God loves ya lots.

LOVE YOU BYE

Sister Lawson

PTC Week 2 (Peachtree City)

Gaaahhhhhh Mother's Day was the bomb. I missed y'all as soon as I hit that "end" button. But it's fine! Because only 10 more months til we can hang out again non-virtually. :)

First off, AWESOME NEWS: Remember Faith from Snellville? She's 15, had been taught in Illinois for 2 years, basically already a member...yep, her. I just received word that she's getting BAPTIZED THIS WEEKEND! How awesome is that?!?! The answer is: REALLY AWESOME. We're in the process of finding me a ride so I can head up there to Snellville (which I'm crying about because #excitement) for the baptism, but yeah. I'm pumped. Faith is really something special--me, her and Sister Howell just really connected I feel like so I'm excited for her!

Week 2 in Peachtree City was pretty decent. The transition has been so much easier than I thought it would be, surprisingly. After spending 7 months in the last place, I was really worried that I'd majorly struggle. So far, I am doing really well with directions and can already get myself to church without a GPS so that's a major improvement! (Dad, you won't believe it--I'm GOOD at directions now!). The ward is cool, the culture is cool-ish, the area itself is cool...the only thing that's been a struggle for me has been just feeling at home and feeling a real love for the people in the area. I love most things about this place, it's just that I can't quite get settled in. I feel like I'm still on an exchange or something and will only be here for a few days haha. it's weird, I don't really know how to describe it. I guess I just feel disconnected from everyone and everything... But I keep forgetting that I haven't been here that long so I need to not be so hard on myself for being distant. It's just so different and I don't really know how I fit in yet. I'LL GET OVER IT THOUGH. I can see myself gelling in the future, it just hasn't happened yet.

Earlier this week, we had a really powerful lesson with our 16-year-old investigator Molly and her dad who is a member. (**sidenote: Gahhh she reminds me of my friend Grant from USU so much and it really freaks me out sometimes..they have the exact same personality!).
Here is the background info on Molly: She's the only non-member in her blended family besides her Mom and Grandma who are both Catholics by tradition, and don't live the religion whatsoever. She is deciding between Mormonism and Catholicism, and is leaning more towards Catholicism for whatever reason. We still are not even sure why.
Anyway...we had this lesson with her at the church that ended at the baptismal font and at the end, we talked about baptism. Now, throughout the whole lesson, Molly would say things like "I believe the Book of Mormon is true" or "I did the reading assignment" or would answer the questions we asked her with the "perfect" answers. You'd think she really had a testimony! But when we talked about baptism at the font, she was really hesitant and kept saying "I'm not sure if that's the right path for me, but i don't really know what i want right now" and completely avoided giving us a straight answer.
[Being a missionary has really made me hate passive-aggressive people, and I could tell she was holding something back.]
Finally I was just like "Molly, right now i'm going to be Brenna, not a missionary. *takes off nametag*. I'm tired of hearing you beat around the bush and not tell us what your real concern is. Right now, I want you to tell Brenna what is truly on your mind, and not tell us what you think we want to hear. You are holding yourself back from the blessings of being a member of the Church because you won't let us help you and you are denying the spirit that I know you are feeling right now. Why won't you be baptized?"
Haha I didn't even know i had it in me! At that moment, I was able to see just how far I've come as a missionary. 8 months ago, I would have never been able to talk to someone like that with the boldness or love i had in that moment for God's precious daughter Molly. The mission truly does change us! And I'm not even half-way done changing! :)

I'm really just so thankful and blessed.
And out of time. :)

LOVE YOU ALL. BE GOOD OKAY?????

Peachtree City: "The Bubble"

Sooooo this last week has been one of the longest of my life, but also not that bad.
As you all know, I left my home in Snellville this week (which was a lot harder than I thought it would be) and have moved to a lovely place called Peachtree City!

Here are a few random facts about the Peachtree City area:
1. About 50% of the ward is made up of one super connected family. They are all named Clarke, or have been a Clarke at some point in their life, until they got married and took a new name. I think there are at least 7 Clarke families on the ward roster haha.
2. The area is about 3 square miles big (small). This means the ward is basically a Utah ward because it's so compacted, and probably 80-90% of the ward is totally active. As a missionary, this is slightly difficult but that's alright.
3. This is one of the richest areas in the mission. Also slightly difficult as a missionary, but that's alright.
4. EVERYONE RIDES AROUND IN GOLFCARTS. Everyone owns a golf cart too. You think I'm joking but I'm not. The whole town is laced with trails all over for golf carts, not for bikes. There are even golf cart signs instead of pedestrian signs. Crazy. It's kind of cute but really weird at the same time haha. I've been on at least 3 golf cart rides already this week and IT'S AWESOME.
5. I am one of only 2 sister companionship's in the whole mission that rides around on bikes. So therefore, I am going to be much o buff and in shape this transfer which is exciting. However, I have been sick with something weird this week so the bikes have been a bit of a problem.
6. Everyone in Peachtree City literally refers to the town as "The Bubble".
7. I have talked to one black person the whole week. This is also weird.
8. We are currently teaching 2 fifteen year old girls (Molly and Paulina....I've only met Molly so far and she's so cool!) and yet again, it's so weird to me because no matter where I go, I can't escape the youth-aged girls hahaha.
9. THEY HAVE A YANKEE CANDLE.
10. We are staying in a 4-man apartment and it's SUCH A PARTY.

Fun facts about my companion, Sister Leyba (lay-buh):
1. She's from Lehi, UT
2. She was a SELF-DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR!
3. Her personality is kind of a mix between my cousin Hilary, my roomie Brenna From Kansas, and a Disney Princess.
4. Overall she's just way awesome and hardcore and sweet and kicks my butt on the bikes, and makes me breakfast and cute notes and is overall a more Christlike person than me in every single way possible. YES I LOVE HER!

I'm sorry y'all, i don't really have much else to say or much more time!
BUT LIFE IS GOOOOOOOD

Shout out to Snellville for being cute and stuff...love ya and miss ya!

Love,
Sister Lawson

1. Selfie with the Cahills on the last night in Snellville :(

2. Me and compy on a golf cart ride. :)

3. The golf cart signs

4. Bike fun

5. Post-rainstorm riding

6. Our friends saw us out riding bikes on the streets!

7. Our cute investigator's daughter and her LEOPARD GECKO

 

 

 

"Thus ended the 7th month of the reign of Sister Lawson over the people of Snellville..."

My Snellville days are over, y'all :(
It's going to be weird and sucky, I'll be honest. Snellville has become my home away from home! Ah! Shockingly I've only cried twice since finding out so that's good news i guess. The only hints I've gotten about where I'll be going is that I'm going to be in a "foursome"...we are still trying to decide what that means. 4 man apartment? 4-person companionship rotating around a sick missionary? I guess the world will never know until Wednesday.
But yes, the next few days of goodbyes will be rough. Snellville has seen me through it all, and I'm definitely going to miss all my new grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads, and siblings.

LIFE GOES ON.
So remember last week when we talked about all the new investigators we have? yep, that slimmed down really quickly back to 0, all in a matter of 4 days. WOO. Have fun Sister Howell. :)

-Nina: her husband apparently is super controlling and we haven't heard back from her in a week...????
-Evelyn: literally texted us 10 min before church "yeah I've decided that now isn't a good time for me to be baptized, I'm too busy." (sweetened-condensed version of her text) k.
-Faith: Possibly moving in the near future due to family issues. :(
-Khadisha: STILL haven't heard back from her. GAHHHHH

LIFE GOES ON.
Another fun story: This week we received a referral from someone who wanted a Bible. We delivered said-Bible and met probably one of the strangest 7th-Day Adventists I've met so far. She had 3 folding chairs and one table as the ONLY furniture in her entire house. Her claim was that Jesus told her to live "conservatively". That was extreme. The woman told us she wanted to come to church with us on Sunday, but Saturday when we texted her to remind her, she sent us a bizarre text. (pictures attached). I don't know why someone would text that if it's true. We didn't know how to respond hahaha.

LIFE GOES ON.
On Friday we went down to Covington and built a bridge with the Zone for a service project at one of the Boy Scout Camps. That was crazy, I really wish I had taken pictures haha. The elders were going wild!

We also went out to lunch at Chipotle with Franklin and Sister C. Hahahaha man, I'm probably going to miss them the most.
Some favorite quotes from our lunch-conversations:
-Franklin: I'm deathly afraid of Chipotle.
-Franklin: *feels Sister C's pulse*
-Franklin: "I used to steal the straps off of Ross shopping carts with a razor blade, melt them together with a cigarette lighter and make them into choker necklaces during my goth-punk phase. It looked super cool when I'd poke nails through it for some added punk-effect."
-Franklin: "I was a Halloweenist. Instead of a Gothic who wore all black, i would wear colors mixed with Gothic fashion."
Franklin: "I am a STAUNCH .... cat loyalist."
(I thought I had some Sister C quotes, but I guess not)
Yep, i am really going to miss Franklin hahaha.

LIFE GOES ON.
Sorry this email lacked anything spiritual. I promise the next ones will be full of things I've been learning!

Hope you all have an awesome week. pray for me haha

Love,
Sister Lawson

The work basically exploded this week . . .

The work basically exploded this week--seriously awesome stuff happened... and then it crashed down as quickly as it started. But that's missionary work for ya. 

UPDATES:

1. John: still being difficult. I don't wanna talk about it. We told him he needs to be obedient and try harder. I'm tired of passive-aggressive people, i'll be honest hahaha.

2. We were not able to see Khadisha this week :( and she never responds to phone calls or texts or answers the door or anything so we're kind of at a loss about what to do there. SHE'S SO READY DANG IT

3. Nina: WE HAD AN AWESOME LESSON WITH HER. For whatever reason, we felt really strongly that we needed to show her the 20min restoration video about Joseph Smith (which we never do) so we did. The beginning of the lesson was rocky though...we brought this member with us who kept throwing it off and taking us down weird tangents and man...it was skressful. (Southern speak for "stressful"). But it was saved when Sister Howell basically forced her to watch the video hahaha. Afterward, she said in her cute broken English "Ya, that's my story! i am like joseph smith! I want to know which church is right!" So that was SUPER COOL. It's hard to describe how strongly the spirit was there through words, but it was thick enough that you could cut it like a knife. i'll put it that way. She committed to come to church and promised us so many times that she was going to be there!....til an hour before she says "my husband is taking me to his church. I'll be there next week!"...........k.

 

4. Faith: AWESOME. I can't remember if i've talked about her before. The elders gave us to her because she's a 15 year old girl and it's awkward for them haha... But yeah, basically she studied the church for 2 years back in Illinois, was about to be baptized, and then moved here right before her baptism. She got offended at one of the youth activities here in Snellville and hasn't wanted to come back since. She asked us to come over the other night and we had a good little chat about what her REAL issues were...she's worried that she's not going to join for the right reasons and be a "robot" in the church. Sad! we got to talk a lot about what true conversion is and how to gain that conversion for herself. Sister Howell and I both got to share our conversion stories (because everyone has one :)) and she was like "okay, i'm going to do this right this time. I am going to come to church with you this sunday and do everything you ask me to because I want to know for myself that this is true. Would you like me to say the closing prayer?"...haha she knows the drill. I LOVE FAITH. She came to church this Sunday with us and it was SO HAPPY! So yes, she's on the right track and we are excited about her. :)

 

5. EVELYN: I am most excited about her! The other day we were visiting cute Sister Coble (crossing guard lady) and we said "Hey, we were reading through some old records the other day and found this girl named Evelyn. It says you gave her a Book of Mormon...do you know anything about that?" her: "Ah shoot, i'm 75. I dont remember nothin' no more. But it could be this one lady...come with me!" *Gets in truck*...*meets Evelyn who is literally the biggest Drop of Awesome of all time*. Here is the story of Evelyn (i'm trying to sweeten-condense this, but it's really hard and i'm sorry):

-Sister Coble gave her a Book of Mormon in high school (she's 22 now), and she's been reading it ever since. She likes that it has "birthdays"..still dont know what that means.

-She's in the army. Her boyfriend is also in the army and coming home next week. He's been studying the church over in Afghanistan and has come to the conclusion that he needs to be baptized. Evelyn has been meeting with us simultaneously and has also come to the conclusion that she needs to be baptized. Neither of them knew this until the day before our lesson this week.

-a trillion other things about her life have completely aligned with her learning about the church and she is so ready and so excited to learn as much as she can because her prayers were answered with us!

-We had this really powerful lesson with her. The thing about Evelyn to remember is that she's really really LOUD. Like really loud. There is no such thing as having a quiet lesson with quietly feeling the spirit, because it's literally impossible. She feels the spirit by being loud and excited and having a feeling of understanding wash over her. Needless to say, it was the loudest, most exciting, most energetic lesson i've ever had. We were all jumping around and standing on our chairs and yelling because we were all so pumped. (i promise you, this is okay). Everything about the gospel just made so much sense to her! In all the excitement, we put her on date for baptism the 30th. 4-30...*sidenote: Prior to this lesson, she had been seeing the number 430 EVERYWHERE. She took that as a sign when we invited her to that date. SO COOL. But seeing as she was getting baptized the 30th, it was absolutely essential that she came to church with us yesterday, otherwise she wouldnt be ready.

-You guessed it: She didn't come to church, wouldnt answer the phone, and is no longer getting baptized the 30th. And we have not been able to reach her since Friday. SATAN IS SO COOL AND NICE ;)

I'm just drained. yet again. EMOTIONS ARE HARD. 

other fun stuff this week:

1. Sister Howell and i have been growing a plant and IT SPROUTED YESTERDAY. I screamed for a good long time bc excitement.

2. There's some huge thing on the news here in Gwinnett County about a CNA who was beating up all her old patients and abusing them super badly who just got arrested (it may have made national news by now...). I briefly looked at the TV in someone's home in the exact same moment that this lady's face came on the TV. IT WAS SOMEONE I HAD TALKED TO HERE IN SNELLVILLE AND TAUGHT ONE TIME. Hahahahaha it was really shocking, but now i know someone infamous and its funny. :)

I think that's all I've got for the week. 

Stay happy, yall! Love ya!

Sister Lawson

 

Find Joy in the Squirrels

Ayye, Snellville is a good place.

Updates on current gators:
1. John--kind of being a pile, I'll be honest. Somehow he's roped Sister Howell and I into his marital problems and calls us for advice everyday (which we don't give him) and then blames everything on that. it's incredibly awkward. We tried to set up at least 4 different appointments, invited him VERY FIRMLY to church this week because we knew he'd be able to receive answers, and he's never been any other time we've invited him. Every single one of those things, he found an excuse not to come, or had to reschedule the morning of so that was incredibly frustrating. he says he's still been reading the Book of Mormon so I guess that's a plus, but for the most part I'm about done. He just thinks all the blessings are going to come to him if all he does is read the Book of Mormon, even though we've told him tons of times that he has to DO more if he WANTS more from God. GAH WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE THEIR AGENCY????? If he's not willing to do more, then there's not much more we can do for him.
2. We are meeting with "My Soul Feels At Home" Khadisha this week which I'm STOKED ABOUT. They are finally home from vacation!

OKAY I have the most amazing drop of awesome of all time. and her name is NINA.  She's from Indonesia! Basically the story goes like this:
We had this former investigator named Linda who has literally been taught for like 3 straight years and thinks it's hilarious how many missionary sets she's gone through. She's basically already a member because she knows so much and has done so much research on her own about the church. Well, one day we went over to introduce ourselves and she had invited over her neighbor Nina. Nina was really super impressed with us and was like "you are not like other teenagers! you are polite and respectful and dignified and disciplined. Tell me more about your church." So we just did like this question and answer thing for her, mostly talking about marriage and our beliefs on same-sex attraction (don't ask me how it got to that point, I don't even know...Linda kept bringing up all this random stuff that could have ended really badly). But yeah she was really interested in the family aspect of our religion and was like "yeah i want you to come back over and tell me more."
SO WE DID.
The visit with her was INCREDIBLE. She just laid it all down: "I've been praying for God to send me someone like you to tell me which church I need for my family. I want my girls to grow up like you and I want my family to be happy like yours. I get really lonely around here because my husband is always working (Side note: her husband makes freaking expensive furniture for politicians like Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan....basically he's loaded and always busy), and the people at my church never reach out to me. I just want to go somewhere where i feel loved and cared about. *Starts sobbing* I know you were sent to me for a reason!"
GAH ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? I have never met anyone more prepared or with more real intent in my life. I LOVE NINA SO MUCH. We've only met her two times and I can't even begin to explain to you the love i have for her! Me telling this story really doesn't do it justice either because it was probably the most powerful lesson either of us had ever had before. SHE HAS SO MUCH LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND JUST WANTS TO BE HAPPY, DANG IT.
Another cool thing about this: her husband has a daughter from his first marriage that just converted a few months ago!!!!!!!!! Connections, man.
For the last 3 days, all we've been able to think about has been Nina. I'm so excited for her, you have no idea.
So yeah, that's Nina and that's the reason why I'm on a mission. AWESOME.

Other fun stuff:
This week we were called upon to use our STL (Sister Training Leader) powers for a legitimate reason called "Go save the sisters in Stockbridge who both have decided they want to go home." You got it. We had an emergency exchange and I spent the day with a sister who is...interesting. But also I love her a lot. We spent all day thinking of ways to help her have a more positive attitude so that she and her companion could get along and this is what we decided on: Every time we see a squirrel, we have to say one happy thing about the day. (This is brilliant because this is Georgia and there are more squirrels than people). The quote of the day was "Find Joy in the Squirrels" (hence the title of this email). It sounds super dumb, I know. But also it completely changed her whole attitude and they are doing great now, so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Sister Howell and I have continued the tradition so now every time we see said-squirrel, we yell out the best thing that's happened that day (which for the last few days has been "NINA!").
So yeah, that's been fun.

This morning, I had an awesome personal study! I just reached Alma 36 in the Book of Mormon and Acts 9 in the Bible, and read them both one after another this morning.
For those who know, Alma 36 is about Alma's conversion, and Acts 9 is about Saul's conversion. IT IS NO CHANCE THAT I REACHED BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME DAY. As I was reading, I noticed SO many similarities between the two stories. One thing stood out to me so much as I studied these: Both stories showed how living the gospel can change a person around completely and make them incredibly HAPPY. That's all the Bible is! It's full of stories about people who followed the Savior's teachings, repented and became "new creatures" or "born again" through Jesus Christ. But guess what...so is the Book of Mormon! It's completely loaded with stories about how people can change through the Savior as well. When I read these two stories together today, the Spirit testified to me so strongly that we can't have one without the other--We can't have the Bible without the Book of Mormon and vice versa. The Bible is the "what" of the gospel/Jesus's life, and the Book of Mormon is the "how and why" we live it. GAH I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES SO MUCH. Sorry if that didn't make much sense, but sometimes it's really hard to put revelation into words haha.

I think that's all the really important stuff from this week.

A funny moment from the week:
*Visiting Greta Coble (see previous email)* *eats dandelions* us: wut

LOVE YOU ALL, BYE!
Sister Lawson

1. Conyers Zone HOLLAAAA
2. Exchange with Sister Archer from Stockbridge!
3. Just a friendly reminder :)


 
 

In case you didn't already know...

Snellville is a neat place. Learning new things about it every week!

1. The town motto is "Where everybody's a somebody"

2. Home of 2nd runner-up on the first season of American Idol, Diana DiGarmo!

3. Home of the Flesh-eating bacteria girl (pls google this)

4. Home of Greta Coble, Crossing Guard of 45 YEARS at South Gwinnett High School (also pls google her...she's in our ward.)

In case you didn't already read from all the other missionaries' weekly emails, GENERAL CONFERENCE HAPPENED AND IT WAS BOMB. 

There's just something really special about being a missionary and listening to the prophet... But man, "Chinese Cat"?? Did anyone else catch that?!?? He spoke for like a whole 3 minutes...i'm getting a tad worried about Pres. Monson haha. 

Anyway...

Shout out to Leslie/momma for turning a year older...(Everyone thinks you're like 30 when I show them a picture of you so feel good about that)

Shout out to Brother O'Very for stepping up to the 3rd row in MoTab! 

Shout out to me for falling down the stairs and getting a large bruise on my ____

Shout out to my pal Kyler for pulling off the baptism of 500 lb Albert in good ole' Ohio!

Shout out to Jeni going to serve the Lord in INDIANA!!!!!!!!!! :)

Also shout out to Sister Oscarson for throwing it DOWN on the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ found ONLY in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. #KillinIt

We had a cool lady named Khadisha request a visit from the missionaries and she's SOLID. Her literal words as soon as we walked through the door: 

K-So where's the ward at? 

us-uhhhhh WHAT?? 

K-I've been to the ward in Sandy Springs several times and my soul feels at home in your church. I'd like to be baptized with my husband and 8 children.

UMMM KKKKKKKK WHAT???? It was nutz. She and her family are out of town for Spring Break til next week so i'll be updating you later.

I'm sorry, i'm out of time! 

Okay, stay sassy. BYE

Sister Lawson