Hiiiiiiii :) Hello. Thank you for joining me today :)
So I have to start out with a funny story of course. We send in Miracles to the zone to keep everyone pumped for missionary work. We also send in bloopers so we can laugh at each other. Well this one we call a Mooper because it's a Miraculous blooper. MOOPER: So we're on our bikes waiting to cross a busy road. Walking man says it's ok to cross so Sister Gunderson takes off and Sister Herrin tries to follow but her bike chain fell off and she doesn't make the cross. Sister Gundy doesn't notice and makes it all the way to the next busy street before she sees that her companion is not behind her. Oops. Meanwhile STL's Murry and Ruina drive by and see cute little Gundy on her bike. They wave. But she's by herself. They double take. Sister Gundy shrugs and takes off to retrace her steps. In the meantime Sister Herrin finally fixed her bike chain and is frantically biking towards her compy. They meet up. The STL's were there too. There was much rejoicing. #CompUnity? #InspiredLeaders
So there you have it. Mooper.
So this week was pretty great! Went on exchanges. That was great. Had a zone conference. We did this activity where 4 passionate people from the zone were chosen and we each had to stand in a corner with a restoration pamphlet and tried to convince the rest of the missionaries to come to our corner. I sang Joseph Smith's First Prayer. I won. :) haha! Using your talents always is the best idea.
Saturday was probably our busiest day. We biked out to an appointment in the ghetto and stayed there all day until about8pm. It was SO hot! I got sunburned. oops. And it was super windy so Sister Gunderson and I were exhausted!!! We went and saw a lady named Amber who lives in the sketchiest apartment complex ever! It's behind the dollar store and 1/2 of it's burned down. The pool is rotting and everyone there seems to have some kind of disease. Bless their hearts. Amber is this frail skinny young mother with rotting teeth and a very sad past. She has a 18 month son and it looked like she wanted to throw him in the pool. We talked about how there's hope and light and good things in the world even though bad things happen. She didn't seem moved by much but said we could come back so there you have it. By the end of the day we needed dinner and tried to find the closest place so we didn't have to bike much. We found ourselves at the sadiest little outlet mall with a pizza hut. Outside of pizza hut there was a dump of human feces. I've changed enough adult diapers to know it wasn't dog poop. So we skipped out and put in the "extra mile" to go somewhere else. I love da hood! haha! :) We met some really cool people though and will be back in no time.
We spent a good part of the week getting Hannah ready for Baptism. We came across a problem of we have to get both parents permission for baptism. Mom's on board but Dad is less than excited for her. We've gone over a few times to talk to him but he always runs away and is avoiding us like the plague! Steffanie's really worried that he'll say no just to ruin the whole thing. So please pray for us. Hannah really really wants to be baptized. She LOVED church yesterday and is so happy to know that God knows her and loves her. She's so sweet! And SO ready.
Well bad news, I've been getting sick :( lame! I think I have allergies. I've just been sniffling and coughing and sneezing and the whole works! Yesterday in church I was reading a quote and was focusing so hard on the words that my eyes started to water. I wasn't even emotionally moved! It's pretty embarrassing. But Luckily I'll get to rest today so hopefully it'll be gone soon enough :)
But that's mostly it for me :) The carter kids came to church yesterday and sat with some members that they're best friends with. This time they brought along 3 year old sister Brianna and neighbor friend TeeAngello. Super awesome. These kids just need love and lots of it :)
Remember to love all those around you! duh. I know. But really. Do it :) God Bless
Love,
Sister Herrin
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