Hello!!!
So... Week one in Arkansas.... Pretty uneventful... Tracting is a gong show... haha... We mostly run into Baptists who commend us for doing what we do, then tell us to move on to the next house, or we run into priests who flat out tell us we're wrong, or we run into the occational person who actually lets us in and thats quite exciting.
On friday we were tracting and we came to this woman's house and she totally invited us right in and it was the first time anyone had ever let us in since i've been here. so we start talking and we teach her the first lesson about Joseph Smith, and it was awesome!! We set up another appointment, came back and taught her the plan of salvation on Monday, and now we're going to set up another appointment with her, and that's where we get all... "once you pray to find out if these things are true, will you be baptized?"... i'm excited... I dont really know how well that'll work... but we're supposed to "soft commit" people really early on.. basically ask them if they'll get baptized if they receive an answer that the church is true. its intense. and i love it.
we have a few other investigators, but i didn't find them... i'm kinda just picking up where the last sister left... so when sis blake and i go to teach, they talk about sis blake's last companion alot... and i feel left out... but whatever. I still teach them.
Also.... The members feed us every night. EVERY NIGHT we have a dinner appointment!! Its pretty awesome. haha.. however... they dont really feed us the most healthy things... so i've gotta be careful...
Okay... and Cabot... its really REALLY different from home. Its weird. So first off... All of the mailboxes are on the side of the road, because the mailmen here dont walk their routes. They drive them... So they have all the mail in their car, pull up to the mailbox and put the mail in it, and drive off. They never have to get out of their car. Its weird!!! Also... you know how at the lake, there's no sidewalks and there's the ditch at the front of the lawn with the sewer type thing that collects all the water?? Thats what its like here. Every lawn has those ditches. They dont have a covered sewer for rain water.. its exactly like how it is at the lake. So the whole no sidewalks thing makes tracting on busier roads interesting...
Its actually pretty cool here too.. Our car tells us the temperature, and so far it hasn't made it over 40 degrees. its chilly!!! but... i have come up with a solution... prepare for this... its freaking hilarious. but effective.
So. My legs get cold walking around in a skirt... Solution... wear either pajamas, or sweats underneath my dress, and roll them up to my knees. So i'm wearing pants... you just cant tell. and it keeps me warm.. My feet also get cold too... so i put on socks... then my knee highs... it looks absolutely rediculous... but its effective! haha... My coat is plenty warm so all i have to worry about is my lower half... haha... i know i look rediculous with my socks and ugly shoes and whatnot while i'm out, but the fact is that i'm warm!!!
Also... Dad.... those donuts you sent me in the MTC were nothing like krispy kreme.... i'm all about donuts.. but those ones were the gross, chewy, dry, not fresh donuts... ick... but still... its the thought that counts and i appreciate it.
And thank you for the blanket!!! I will eagerly await its arrival. I sleep with a hoodie, socks and flannel pjs, and still manage to keep semi warm at night, but i'm excited to stay ALL warm at night. haha..
So yes... my first real p-day. We're going shopping. haha. Apparently k-mart has skirts and blouses that are 2 bucks each. So I'm there!! that's pretty much what we've got planned... then dinner tonight with a family from church..
I've also aquired the nickname "little bear"... apparently i talk and laugh like little bear from a movie called "country bear"... haha.... so yeah...
basically thats it for now... I'm doing great with the going to bed at 10:30 now. by the end of the day i'm beat, so i fall asleep right away. haha...
Love you all very much!!! Keep the letters coming!!!! Miss you!!!
and also.... the church is true. :)
- Sister Dyer
