Hello Everyone.
I love that the internet works. It brings me joy.
Okay... Week recap...
We went tracting on Thursday night. We went up to this guy who was
smoking in a driveway and told him who we were. He had this really thick
Greek accent. He told us that we didn't want to talk to him, and that he
was only a guest at this house. He went inside and got the guy who lives
at that house and it turns out he had a few people over because they
were gonna do a Bible Study... haha... It was scary.. He talked to us
for a couple minutes, then told us that he was having a Bible Study and
invited us in.. So we went in.. haha.. GONG SHOW!!!!! Not that I was
expecting anything different, but it totally turned into an attack the
Mormon's-fest. haha. It wasn't that frustrating though. They just kept
on asking us questions about anti stuff they've heard, but even though
we were telling them what we ACTUALLY believe and bearing our
testimonies with every breath, they still weren't hearing us. That's the
thing with most people here. They want to attack us and prove us wrong.
So we just smile, bear our testimonies and leave it at that, but they
keep on going and we say the same thing over and over. At one point at
this guys house, this older man looked me square in the eye and told me
i was wrong... ouch... but whatever. I know i came out the bigger person
because i just looked him right back in the eye and told him i knew what
i was telling him it was true. haha. So nothing really came out of it.
Except for this Greek guy. He was hilarious. I dont think he's actually
a part of the church that group was from... Pretty sure it was Baptist.
But there were things that we were saying that he actually said outloud
he agreed with, and everyone else gave him this evil glare because
they're trying to convert him to their religion. haha. At one point this
Greek guy told everyone... "Okay... You're in Jacksonville going to
Little Rock. Whether by bus or by car. Toyota or Honda. You all get
there. These girls (meaning us) are Christians. You (meaning the Bible
Study people) are Christians. You are all heading to Little Rock
(meaning Heaven) and will all get there. Just by different ways."
hahaha.... In a way he's kinda right... but all the other people were
like NO!!! And reminding him of the "awful things the Mormon's believe
in." haha.... So yeah.. That was my random highlight of the week.
hahaha...
Yesterday we visited one of the Zone Leaders investigators. Us and the
Zone leaders both serve in Cabot. They have the north side, we have the
south. So yeah. This lady, Sandra, is getting baptized on Sunday.
Yeah... They do baptisms on Sunday's after church here... weird... but
they do it that way so that more people will come. I think that's kinda
lame though. They have to wait another full week to be confirmed in
Sacrament meeting after being baptized. But since the next week after
this is gonna be Conference.. I dunno how Sandra's baptism and
confirmation is going to work out. Anyways... Basically Sandra is
crazy... haha... And sometimes i wish people didn't trust us as much as
they do. We were teaching her the Plan of Salvation yesterday, just Sis
Blake and I. The ZL's were on exchanges in another town so it was just
us. Anyways.. We asked her if the Elders had left her with any reading
assignments, and they did. So she told us that they gave her a pamphlet
on Chastity and started asking us all these really unnecessarily
detailed questions... yeah... awkward... Now i guess it wouldn't be that
bad if she wasn't a 61 year old asking us things that a 20 year old
party girl would ask us!!! UGH!!!!! I love Sandra and all... She's just
really crazy... haha... In fact.. The Elders were teaching her son who
lives with her first and they wouldn't talk to her because she scared
them! Then one day she asked to come to church and she did...So now
she's the one getting baptized and her son is trying to figure out why
the Elders wont let him be a part of our church and the Methodist
church.. haha... oh man... Sandra... Now i know why the Lord helps
Bishops forget the things people told them... hahaha.....
So yeah... Many eventful experiences have happened... But the work
remains slow... We went over to visit Rose and she hadn't gone to work
that day. She said she'd had a really really rough week and broke down
crying, so we asked her if she'd want a priesthood blessing, and she
said yes. So later that day we went over, and the Elders gave her a
blessing, and we committed her to come to Church on Sunday, but she
never showed up... She told us she's at a point where she knows God
wants her to change, but she's fighting it hardcore. She likes her life
and doesn't wanna give up the things she enjoys right now... sigh...
Everything will come together eventually for her though. The Bishop of
the ward is a firm believer that someone has to have 7 contacts with the
Church before they'll join. So when we update him about Rose, he tells
us that we're most likely the 5th or 6th contact she's had and soon
enough she'll meet someone in the church and she'll gain that desire to
change. Yeah... I've never heard that before, but it makes sense i
guess... If it took less than 7 contacts, it's prolly because they were
more prepared than others.
I also wrote a letter home, family. I didn't have very many pictures,
but i had a couple i thought you'd enjoy so look for those coming soon.
oh and hey!!! i forgot to mention this last week... YOU RENTED OUT MY
ROOM?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!! THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
ONLY HAPPEN IN MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU'D
ACTUALLY DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEESH!!!!!! SO
AWKWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some random guy in sleeping in my room for the
next 5 months... i'm not sure how i feel about this........... but it's
not like i had any say in the matter to start with.....
Anyways... On a different note... Tomorrow is day 100 of my mission...
haha.. Crazy eh?? That means i'm almost 20% done my mission!!
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But i'd like to mention
that i'll also be finished my very first journal tomorrow too. My first
mission journal is of my first 100 days. I think that's cool, and i
never intended on making it work out that way, but i did, and I'm very
happy with it. haha.
Also... This next transfer, 3 sisters are going home, and we're only
getting one. That means that this whole mission is going to have a grand
total of 8 sister missionaries. They're going to have to close a Sisters
area, and Sis Blake and I are thinking that it's probably going to be
Cabot... Out of all 5 Sister areas, ours has the least going on... So
yeah... We'll see how that works out. I'm kinda scared for how that's
gonna affect mail.. haha.. i love how that's my number one concern..
Well... it isn't, but i dont wanna get moved to another area and have to
wait for a month before all the letters are sent from the old area to
the new area.. Concidering i got a letter from Mom that she sent to the
MTC and i just got it two weeks ago... Mail isn't exactly speedy on the
forwarding. haha.. Whatev's.... it'll all work out in the end... I guess
if people started sending letters to the 905 Kierre Dr address until i
find out what happens, the letters would get forwarded to the new area
faster than they would from the apartment.. I dunno... I'll let you know
what happens this upcoming transfer..
Yeah... So basically that's been my life this week. Oh and we also took
Jo tracting with us a couple days ago. haha. Jo as in the one Ian talks
to on Facebook. haha... She's awesome. I think it's fun taking youth out
tracting. Its good experience for them, and it's entertaining for me to
see them get all scared... haha... It took me a month before i started
being comfortable with tracting, so i guess its a good idea for kids to
get started early!! *cough*IAN*cough*... haha...
Hey this is a long email... go me! Our district is all going to the
church to play basketball, volleyball and dodgeball now. woot!!! Mostly
i'm excited because i get to wear pants. I LOVE PANTS!!!!! haha!!
Love you all VERY VERY much!!!! The Church is true!!!!
-Sister Dyer
