Holla Familia!
This week has been Full of Service! We
went to a new investigators house and helped her weed her yard and put
mulch down, then she fed us lunch! It was good. She made a strawberry,
Rhubarb pie. It was pretty good, super sweet... a little too sweet for
me, but it was still good. Gretchen and her husband are an interesting
couple. Unfortunately they don't have any kids, they don't really have
any siblings. They pretty much are on their own. Which is super sad, but
they don't seem to mind chilling by themselves.
We also Gardened at the Beardsley's. It was pretty interesting, the
hill on the side of their house was covered in wild strawberries, and
weeds. I have never seen wild strawberries before! they were just tiny..
and they didn't taste very good, but they were still pretty cool! So we
helped them plant some Juniper ground cover bushes/things. Hoping that
it would kill all of the weeds and just make the hill easy to work with
and not have to worry about it. We also went to their house later in the
week for a family cookout they had. They rubbed or soaked their meat in
Papaya! It made the meat super tender and just would tear apart so
easily! it was pretty cool and super good! Really good Mexican cooking.
We also helped a lady in the ward move houses. She lived in the
attic of her Sisters... barn? anywho it was a one room house and it was
super crammed. She moved into this really nice big house! A lot of her
stuff was in storage containers next to the barn. She had a lot of
antique furniture! We were all worried about breaking it, and she was
like just push it down the stairs it's sturdy wood! haha! It was fun
helping her out. Her hope is that someday the Sister Missionaries will
move into her house so she isn't alone.
We also helped an Elderly couple named the Avery's put cages around
their peach trees because the deer were eating them. It was pretty
funny. We packed up all of the cages on the trailer and then we pulled
out and went up the hill, stopped and unloaded them. It was super funny.
We also helped him cut wood for his Son to make a grape vine holder, He
used a chainsaw and we picked up and moved the logs. After helping them
out with everything they made fresh lemonade - squeezed lemons in water
with no sugar. mmmm... while we were drinking our lemonade I noticed a
bow on the wall. I was like "oh! Who goes Bow hunting!" and the Brother
Avery said he did! So he went and got his arrows and we went and shot it
into the hill on the side of the house! SO COOL! haha
We had a dinner appointment with an investigator at a members house
this week! I have never done it before, but it was super great! We had
dinner with the Olsen's (He is the Chiropractor) and our investigator
was Randall. It was pretty funny. When we first got there Brother and
Sister Olsen were both wearing a shirt that said "iCrack" (because he is
a chiropractor), but if you didn't know that.... It's a really strange
shirt to be wearing haha! Randall was super confused and asked pretty
hesitantly what it meant. He was still confused even after they told him
that they were Chiropractors. It was pretty funny. Brother and Sister
are so funny. Their kids are pretty funny too. They were super awesome
at helping us teach Randall and being an example of how the Gospel
brings happiness to a family. They are such a cute family.
We also had a pretty awesome dinner with the Jones family. Brother
Jones is a Doctor and so we pretty much talked about how Sister Isobe
and I were dying. Sister Isobe got like 30 mosquito bites in a few days!
and I was super congested and runny nose and I just looked miserable.
So he started telling us what we should be doing. They went all out for
us. Making sure we were staying alive, and not dying. Sister Jones'
Brother is an Allergist and he had us come in to check us out. His name
is Brother McBride. He served a mission with Mitt Romney and helped him
on his Presidential campaign too! He talked about all of the awesome
things that Mitt Romney did/does. and talked about a few other things.
But now I can say I know someone who is friends with Mitt Romney! yeah!
Then he talked about Allergy stuff, and yeah... we will see what
happens.
Oh and a cute less active family that we saw this week was Jimmy
and Rose Neighbors. They are so funny. Well Jimmy is, Rose didn't talk
very much. She was super tired from working all day. Jimmy is so funny.
He kept saying he was going to try and find something to tease me about,
but the only thing he could come up with while we were there was how my
foot kept twitching. He was a super cute old guy. When we went to go
leave it was about 9:00 and he was like you both get in the car and I'll
back you out. How nice :)
And lastly District Meeting. Very first one we have had. It was
strange. The way things are split up in this zone is super confusing.
Our District Leader is the YSA missionaries, then we have the Vinton
Sisters, and the Elders in Botetourt, and the Sisters from Cave Spring.
It's so Random! We learned about having Unity in our teaching. Us alone,
we will never be able to help an investigator get to where they need to
go. We need to have our companions help and also the companionship of
the Holy Ghost. They used as an example a piece of string representing
us as individuals, and as we pulled on the string trying to get our
"investigator" to move. The string broke. But when we braided together
those three strings it made a decently strong rope. (the Elders who were
doing the example still broke theirs, we took it as representing Really
stubborn investigators haha). The part that was a little strange was
the role play. It wasn't bad, but it gave a good example about trying to
force the spirit or teaching. It just doesn't work. When you are forced
to say or do something it makes it rather hard to do it. There is no
spirit when you try and force inspiration or the spirit into things. It
was interesting and that is pretty much all I can say about it.
You can't force someone to have a testimony. You can't force
someone to become converted to the Gospel. It just doesn't work that
way. If it did then where would our agency be? Also when you squeeze
people they resist. At least I know I would Resist. It makes you push
back. There has to be a desire to learn. A desire to change. A desire to
let things go. Of course that is easier said than done. But what can
you do about it.
Well my brain is fried, my lungs are raw, I am tired. But I love it
here! YEAH BUDDY! If it doesn't kill me it will only make me stronger!!
right? right? haha Well I love you all. Keep up the awesomeness.
Congrats this weekend Timmy and Chelsie I hope the Wedding goes awesome!
Loves,
Sister Karen Call
—Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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