I'm going to be honest. This week was a bit of a bummer. But, that's okay! Not every week can be sunshine, daisies, peaches and cream.
At the start of the week we helped a member with an Avon Convention event she was putting together. We spent two days setting this thing up and helping out at the event. We served food and drinks, gathered plates, and gave out awards. I was put in charge of giving drinks to people: water, coffee, or sweet tea. I felt like such a hypocrite. Here I am a representative of Christ, going out everyday teaching people the Word of Wisdom, and giving out coffee and tea. It was a learning experience. But! In the same building they had this Avon event in, Jason Aldean was going to perform that night in the auditorium next door. We got to see them setting up the stage, all the seats and Sister Robison was jumping up and down for joy. She's a big time Aldean fan :)
For the rest of the week we did our best to work and teach as many people as we could. It rained a lot, but we decided to go out tracting anyways! A lot of people weren't home or they weren't interested, but like Henry B. Eyring once said "It's always going to be the door after the door that you decide to give up." The very last door we knocked on a man named Jimmy answered. He was so sweet and interested in hearing a message, but told us his wife wasn't feeling well and to come back another time. He told us before we left that he'd gone to Taiwan a few years ago and had seen Elders there and wondered who they were and what they were doing! The Lord works in mysterious ways. We also were able to teach a man named Jackie. Several weeks ago we'd gone tracting before we needed to call it quits that night and knocked on his door. He told us he was a Christian and not interested. A week later we're tracting in another neighborhood, knock on one door, and a truck starts to pull out of the driveway. It was Jackie! He told us that no one was home and then said "Wait! Aren't ya'll Later day Saints?" We told him yes and he said "Ya'll come back over to my house, I'm interested in what ya'll have to say." We weren't sure what made him change his mind, we were actually thinking he wanted to bash with us. We stop over and meet his sweet wife and we teach them the Restoration! He said the first time we met him he thought we were Jehovah's witnesses, but then he remembered we'd said "Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". It was a really neat experience.
Well, this is the last week of the transfer. This Saturday we find out if Sister Robison is staying or leaving. I am not excited for her to go, if she does, but I trust the Lord and know He will send us where we need to be.
I hope ya'll have a fabulous week and know that I love you
Love, Sister Mason
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