8.22.2016

Bugs and Rain

This past week has been hard for me, and it's never fun to feel like

the minutes drag on like years, but thankfully there were still a

bunch of good things that happened! As much as no one likes to have

bad times, in a way they are a blessing because when the good times

come rolling in they are even better!

For about three weeks straight it felt like the sky was trying to

personally stretch itself to see how humid and disgustingly hot he

could make it before it would start to rain. Those weeks were a bit

brutal, and I felt like sweat was constantly dripping down my face,

back, and stomach. Gross, I know, but that's what happens when most

people you meet do not have air conditioning. At the beginning of the

week it finally decided to rain, and I don't think it stopped for a

good part of the week. I honestly didn't know it was possible to rain

that much, but thankfully it made the weather cool down a bit. I'm

glad the super humid phase is gone. Hopefully.

Sister Maya got a little car sick on the way to Punxsutawney, and it

was probably the greatest blessing ever. We stopped by to see an

investigator who is been a little MIA. We were in her house for less

than two minutes when I leaned back on the couch and saw two bugs

crawling on the back where Sister Maya was sitting. I had never seen

that kind in person before, but from pictures I knew they were

bedbugs. In a panic, I wrote Sister Maya a note saying we needed to

leave because she had bugs, and since she was feeling sick it gave us

the perfect get away. Now the only problem is that we have to go back,

and there is no way to tell her we know she has bugs without it being

awkward. Maybe we just won't tell her...

We taught a lesson to Brother G about temples this past week and

explained to him that our goal is for him to return to the temple.

Well, it turns out that he never went, except for baptisms. We knew

that he was in the District presidency (districts are smaller than

branches) back in the day, so we naturally assumed he has been through

the temple. Well, I guess the were so short staffed that they called

him and got special permission to do so when he only had the Aaronic

priesthood and was not endowed. Crazy! But he did say that he is ready

and wants to get back on track. He was thinking how he had lost a lot

of time not being active, but is ready to make up for it. It's cool to

see how dedicated he is and how much he wants to change.

Thursday we had a day full of finding, but thankfully it was

successful! We saw a less active family, and the daughter asked us if

we could co e back and help her. That was cool because sometimes we

see less actives and they don't want to talk to us and that's how it

goes, but this time we saw some success! I am excited to help Becky

come back to church, and hopefully she will bring the whole family

along with her.

D is excited to be baptized, and really liked the temple when we

talked to him about it! He lives in a group home and somehow our age

got brought up. Right after Sister Maya said she was 23, P, a lady

who sometimes sits in on our lessons asked how old I was. I was

assuming she was going to say 15 or something because I get that a

lot, but she took a good look at me then said 40. We died laughing

because there is no way I look 40! She didn't really know why we were

laughing which just made it funnier.

Sister Morrison

PS sorry, no pictures this week. We were lame