DROPPED

 

Hey, Fam. Remember the good ole days when you wouldn't tell me anything about your week because you were scared that I would feel sad or homesick? Man, whatta a life that was. ;)  I loved hearing about your week and seeing the fun pictures. I'm excited to hang out with all of you again.  

Quotes of the week: 

1.) "I don't want to do this talking thing anymore..." -Lola This week we were tracting a neighborhood and this lady was sitting on her front porch (those are the best because they can't pretend that they're not home). Anyways, it was this cute older lady named Lola. We taught her the whole Restoration and tried to commit her to begin reading the Book of Mormon. Well, Lola is basically all the way blind, so that was sort of awkward. Could we give her a pamphlet? No. Could she see the large print Book of Mormon? No. Could she listen to it on the internet? No, she doesn't have internet. I think we just committed her to pray about what we taught her or somethin' of the sort. THEN we made a return appointment for the next day. When we got to her house, she opened the door with a pass-a-long card we gave her with the Salt Lake Temple on it. She was like "Here take this. I can't see it." That's when I was like "Oh, do you want a bigger picture?" NOT realizing that she hated us because she got anti-ed super hard core. That's when she said this quote. I wanted to be like "Hey, buddy, I don't like doing this talking thing either, but I got to and so do you. It's how we communicate." BUT she was obviously not in the mood for some sass, so we left. Dropped. 

2.) "These flies are really concerning me." -Mary Scott About three weeks ago we found Mary Scott tracting. She's an old, black woman. Well, this week when we went to go visit good ole Mary, there were flies all over her house. ALSO, Mary was going to drop us this lesson (you could feel it in the air), and so she was acting really awkward. After she said this quote, she smacked her arm with her other arm... I'm pretty sure she was "smacking" a "fly", but that "fly" didn't exist so she was just smacking herself. I wanted to laugh, but I just sucked my lips into my mouth so she wouldn't know I was laughing at her. THEN the quote from Elf came into my head "Why don't you wipe that stupid smile off your face before I come over and smack it off." and that made my face look even more stupid. What if Mary said that to me? Oh man, that woulda been funny.  Anywaysss, I guess long story short: she likes her Bible and that's all she needs and she didn't want us back over.  Dropped. Again. 

3.) "We're missionaries for the....are you picking up trash?" -Me Here's a story that won't end with "Dropped." We were walking down a street trying to find a potential investigator, and this black man was walking towards us in the distance (the race of this man isn't important for the story, I just really love black people). When we finally got to where he was at, I began talking and then I realized that his arms were FULL of trash. Guys, this man was just picking up trash because he thought the street looked "filthy". Isn't that the cutest?! Who does that? Shanon does. Whatta a cutie. Also, Shanon is totally taking the lessons now so that's a really good thing. YIPPEE. NOT dropped. Ha, take that Satan. 

4.) “What shall we give in return for so much?”-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf This week was kind of hard. Ha, ya win some and ya lose some, I suppose. You know how people say "there's always something to be thankful for". Well, there is. Sometimes when I feel like my life is hard and sucky, I begin to think of the Savior. His life was far more hard and far more sucky. SO, for now, I'm going to be thankful for my life and enjoy serving Him, because it's the least I can do for someone who made it possible for me to experience ultimate happiness. My life is so good. 

Have a good week. I love all of you. 

Love, 

Sister Reddish