1- Sister Roberts and I found a free store and got new outfits!! They were so awesome! I actually really liked mine! haha Yes they were a little out of date some may think but it is definitely something I will wear fairly often because my blue dress is so COMFY!!!
2-I FED A SQUIRREL!! How many people can say they fed a squirrel by hand?? I can!! After one of our lessons our investigator gave me a cracker with peanut butter on it and was like here feed it to the squirrel and it just came up and took it! It was so cool! The Lamanite squirrels aren't as friendly! They have little black Squirrels around here and we call them Lamanite squirrels! Haha yup! They are cool looking! I haven't seen a squirrel like that anywhere else!
3- I saw a dancing box! You find weird things down town! There was this kid in a box (Kiera and Keldon you could probably relate...but I did not have this kid race anyone) and he was dancing around! I asked him if I could take a picture of him and he was like "yeah" then he posed for me. It made me laugh. It was perfect for the end of a long day!
Although all of these things were awesome they definitely were not the highlight of my week! I will tell you what was though because I know you are all dying to know.
Sister Roberts and I were walking to one of our investigators houses and on the way we see a member driving and he pulls over and was like "Girls I am so glad I see you." Haha this guy is a convert to the church. He is an older guy and used to be Amish and he talks like he is just learning English and he has the coolest accent. He is white and has only ever spoke English! Man he is so great. So he pulls open his van door and starts giving us all these little muffin cakes his wife makes then he grabs some apples. After that he looks at us really seriously and says "If I give you tomato will you throw it at people?" Haha we assured him we wouldn't so he adds 4 tomatoes to the bag. then he gets in his van and drives away. We then walked to our lesson looking like we had just been grocery shopping.
After our lesson he were heading home and a Less Active calls us and asked if we could come over. We agreed and started heading to their house. We kept hoping we would have time to drop the food off at our apartment before we had to go to our next lesson. When we got to their house they expressed some trials they had encountered part of it being financial. We talked and tried to uplift them. I love seeing them! They are fantastic! The time soon came where we needed to head to our next appointment and it was clear as day who that food was meant for. It was not meant for Sister Roberts and I! they needed it far more than we did and we were meant to deliver it to them! That was the coolest feeling ever! I was so excited that I was able to be that instrument in God's hand! The Lord works in mysterious ways!
Next, we got in contact with a potential investigator! his name is Keith and he has been investigating the church for a very long time and has recently moved to Centreville! He has a really cool story! So he was living in Iowa I think and he has just gotten out of jail and was working for a calling center place and he called a church in Chicago! He didn't realize that he had until they answered and they politely said that they were not interested in buying what he was selling. He said he was in a very low point in his life and needed help so he asked this guy if he would pray with him. So he did and then gave him the address to the church by him. That is how Keith got into the church. Cool right??? So he moved to Michigan with his Girlfriend and the relationship went sour in his words so he is currently staying at the Keystone. The Keystone is a homeless shelter. Keith is one of the most humble people I have ever met and he is so positive! I was uplifted by being around him! He is sharing the gospel at the Keystone and said we should try to meet with people there! HE IS SHARING THE GOSPEL!! It is so cool! He wants to get baptized and I think he will decided he want to do it sooner than later!
Something I have discovered on my mission is that the people are uplifting me and helping me grow far more than I could ever help them!! It is the coolest thing ever!! I am so grateful for these experiences!! I look at people way different than I ever used to! I LOVE MY MISSION!! I just can't say that enough! I also have realized how blessed I am! When we went to the Keystone there were little kids running around and they were wearing really dirty clothes and they looked as if they haven't had baths in a long time! It was so sad! I then looked at my own life and I began to count my blessings and I came to the conclusion that I am so spoiled and I need to be more grateful for what I have! my mission has been an incredibly humbling experience!!
I hope you all have had a fabulous week! I challenge you to look at your life and count your blessings! I promise you the Lord has blessed you in so many ways! Even in ways you may never be able to see!!
I love you all!!
Last though. Mosiah 2:41
There are no happy-endings because true happiness never ends!!
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