Week 55

Dear Family,

This week was great. We had a lot of fun.

Monday the Relief Society president took us out to visit people and we went out to a small town that we cover that is about 20 minutes away. The people we saw were hilarious. One of them was not a member and she had this 3 year old little girl that LOVED us. Like she knew the RS president and gave her a hug but she saw us and just ran to the couch we were sitting on (she had never even seen misisonaries before). She wanted to play and just hang around us all night and the rs president kept trying to get her away but she couldn't. It was hilarious.

Tuesday we did service for one of the members. I have become quite the painter since being on my mission. It is kind of funny too. One of the ward members took us to get "southern" food tuesday also. We were thinking we were going to some sort of restaurant and they take us to a gas station and tell us to order haha. we were so confused. It was not too bad but they did not have alligator. so we fed our left overs to our cat waldo. Waldo eats anything. He also ate a lemon bar and chicken strips. Oh and Sister Richards b-day cake.

Wednesday we saw a few people and that night a ward member threw a mini b-day party for sis richards. It was alot of fun. It was hilarious because we were walking up to their house and this random lady was like are you going to my brothers house and we were like yeah hoping she was talking about the right person and then she all of a sudden starts telling us that she cant find a wedding dress and her wedding is in three weeks and she is so stressed because none of them are modest and we almost could not control our laughter. Like who walks up to random people and starts talking about their wedding dresses?

Friday was Sister Richards b-day! We had a lot of fun and I made her some random stuff and one of the members took us out to a mexican restaurant and they sang and it was hilarious. Then we went back to their house and played the card game golf. It is fun. the elders came too.

Saturday we tried to find people to teach and it was rainy and hot and gross all day. Nothing super exciting happened except we did go with the elders to one of the LA members that we visit. She lives in a trailer and is a hoarder and we usually sit in the back yard in some sort of tent contraption she made. The elders came so they could give her a blessing becuase she hurt her foot. We were talking with her and she said she wasnt going to be able to come to church because her foot (she has not been to church in 25 years). She proceeds to talk to us for 45 minutes and then they give her the blessing and during the blessing the spirit was so strong. it was incredible. Right after the blessing she said she was coming to church even if she had to hitch hike. So we got her a ride and worried a little that she would cancel because she has done that multiple times before. BUT sunday she showed up and was so excited. It was amazing. Our sunday was good. We did not have a dinner appointment but by the end of church we had two. It is quite funny the way that works.

This week will be busy. We have to go to Hattiesburg yet again to go to a leadership training and right after we are going on exchanges. I will be staying in Meridian. Sister Richards gets to go to clinton and meet the scotts:( Did I tell you guys also that my cat rafiki whom I have had since my first day in the mission at the scotts died? Sister scott called me a few weeks ago crying to tell me that rafiki died but i did not believe her because she has done it a few times before but i knew she was really crying and really worried and so i knew he really was dead. I did not cry but i did mourn a little bit for him. I dont know why but i always find a cat to love in each area. Except in this area waldo is kind of gross so the most loving he gets is all our leftovers.

That is my week. I hope ya'll have a great week. Please please write.