Hello
everyone! :)
I
have like no time to email so this sucks. I will hurry so please ignore typos
ha! And tell people to write letters rather than email becuase everyone is
emailing but I'm getting no letters so the time just isn't balanced between the
two ha. I have an hour for each! Anyways!
It
is amazing here. I am in a trio. My trainer is awesome. We actaully opened up a
new area. Yeah. Two hard things. Ask me. But my companions are amazing and the
ward I'm in is amazing as well. It is in Cocoa. Which is right by the coast.
No, I haven't seen the ocean yet. This week was mainly just getting to know the
area. And one of my companions has been sick/homesick so we have had to take
some time for her to get better. I have this goal to "talk to
everyone," and I don't think they are feeling it as much. So hopefully it
can rub off on them. I am like not homesick at all. It was nice talking to the
family yesterday and seeing their beautiful faces, but I love it here too much
to think about it really. It has been in the high 80's with about 80% humidity.
The worst is when we are biking and we get to a house and take our helmets off
and my hais is all wet and my face is dripping and my back is wet cause my
backpack. Then my butt hurts so bad from my bike seat and my legs are burning.
And no one is home when we get lost and take so much time trying to find their
house. But it's just so great because I STILL LOVE IT!!! I am seriously so
blessed. There is so much I want to write about but I just don't even know
where to start!
The
first couple days were rough. All I've wanted to do is get out and work and
teach, but there was so much logistical stuff to figure out. We had to move out
of our apartment the second day because Fair Housing laws don't allow three
people to live in a one bedroom apartment. So the Elders came over and helped
us move. Thank goodness. But our apartment is way nicer now. Two bathrooms! :)
But it's upstairs. So I should get some good arm muscles carrying my bike up
and down! We do have a car but we mostly bike unless it's like way far or night
time! But our apartment is way nice, and the ward members totally decked it out
for us. They also had a welcome dinner for us when we got here! They are
awesome! We are hoping to really work with them to get referrals and stuff
because our area is so huge that we can't really just tract around and find
people very easily! The ward had like 400 people in it i guess but only about
half are active! So we will be working on less actives a lot!
The
next day was also very rough! We set out biking to visit some invesigators from
the area/map book that we got late! But we are very thankful to have it now! We
aren't completely starting from scratch! But we went down the wrong road about
a mile so we turned around and met a homeless guy and his dog. We told him that
God loves him and is there for him and we had a prayer. He started crying
(hopefully from the Spirit) and snot was running all down in his beard. The
whole time I'm just thinking in my head "see him how God sees him"
which is something I have to tell myself a lot lately! But when we were leaving
he shook our hands and planted nice snotty kisses on the back of them! Yum!
Thank goodness for hand sanitizer! Then we kept going to get to Florence's
house! We were super excited becuase we have just had a really good feeling
about her! Then Sis. Halliday, my trainer, crashed on her bike. She was
bleeding everywehre so we went this little ice cream place to get her cleaned
up. Of course I bought a shake while Sis. Salvesen was cleaning up the bloody
knee. Well then Sis. Salvesen bought a water for Sis. Halliday and threw it to
me to give to her. Don't even ask me why I thought I could catch a water
bottle with a shake in my hand. It went all over the front of me down my
outfit, on and in my backpack that was sitting in front of me, and all over the
ground and my arms and legs. And it was gone. Yeah. I was pissed. So anyway we
decided that we were not going to let satan stop us from getting to
Florence, so we kept going! But, Sis. Halliday's bike was broken from the crash.
Yeah. So we walked our bikes because we were almost there. Florence wasn't home.
Welcome to the mission! So we saw some other people and started talking to
them. Not interested in religion. Welcome to the mission! So the Sherwood's,
the amazing senior couple in the area, came and got us and we were smashed in
the back of a van with our three bikes. Yeah that was a rough day.
It
has just been a rough week with trying to get to know the area and find new
investigators and stuff. One of my goals is just to not get discouraged and I
have actually been doing pretty good. My companions say they wish they could
always be positive like me, so that made me feel good! I just really want to
keep this enthusiam for my whole mission. I think since I have been waiting my
whole life for this, it is just kind of easier for me! I mean of course it's
hard, but I just don't think of myself! I'm not here for myself. It's awesome.
I love the feeling. I love this. I love everything about it! Even spilling ice
cream. It's just a really great experience. I love this gospel so much that I
just am so glad I can serve the Lord by sharing it with his children! I hope we
get to teach more this week though rather than just find! Mother's Day was
great! Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers! You are amazing! :)
Love,
Sister Lowry :)
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