Decatur Days

August 10, 2015

Hello Family!!

This is the last week of the transfer! Another 6 weeks come and gone. I think Sister Rodriguez and I both are going to stay in Decatur. We just got here! Lots of work to do.
This week, sadly, was a bit tough because I wasn't feeling very good. We went over to an investigators apartment and offered to mop her kitchen floor, and the chemicals we used to clean were really strong and hit me pretty hard. We tried to go out and work, but I was really out of it. So, important lesson kids: don't inhale a lot of floor cleaner. It isnit good for ya (scottish accent in email form).
Monday we had dinner with, one of the many, Browns in our ward. They made us a New Orleans style dinner of Gumbo and beignets and it was SO good!
This week, one of our investigators, Kenneth, dropped us. He was having some issues with the word of wisdom and didn't want to give it up. That was a bummer, but hey! We planted a seed. Maybe someday he'll change his mind.
While visiting a less active this week we met a guy named Coy who asked us if we could visit his daughter, Cinnamon. She's my age and has had a pretty rough past. Her family situation is pretty sad, and she's hard to get to talk, but I know that the Lord gave her to us to love, bless and comfort, so that we'll do!
We got to meet a lot of other wonderful people, and the work is going very well. I don't have much time but I would like to bare my testimony that the power of the Atonement is real and it can be applied for multiple different things. I know that as we do our best to share the Gospel with others and love like the Savior loves we will feel that healing power and our understanding of God and Christ will grow more. I know that the revelation of the Word of Wisdom to Joseph Smith is of God. It blesses lives individually and as a family. It saddens me to see the influences of drugs and alcohol tear families apart. I love my family for being strong and steadfast in their faith. I love the innocence of my siblings, but the understanding they have to do what's right and stand up for what they believe in. They are all marvelous examples to me, and wonderful missionaries to those around them. I love the peace this Gospel brings, and I'm grateful we have the Priesthood. I'm grateful my parents were married and sealed in the temple and that they are willing to sacrifice everything to the Lord, and their family. I love you all, every single one of you. I pray for you individually. Please know that I am doing well. Have a blast this week!
Love, Sister Mason