I hope you all had a great Independence Day on Saturday. You would think mine would be exciting, because of where I am, but....you all probably did more exciting things than I did. We saw some really cool fireworks from a distance, but that was about it as far as regular 4th of July festivities go. It was still a great night, though. We didn't do any proselyting, because most people were celebrating, but instead we spent some time with a few people in the ward. One was a woman I may have already mentioned before named Sister Norris. She has MS and is confined to either her bed or a wheelchair if someone lifts her into it. We spent a few hours with her, including dinner. We taught a short lesson and talked about her Book of Mormon reading, but mostly we were just company. She doesn't have too many people who come to visit her, so she loves having us there. After that, we went to the home of a less active member named Shana. She has two sons, one who is an adult and has moved out, and another who just graduated from high school and was out with his friends. She loves to have us over to chat and keep her company, since she is all alone when her sons are gone. We spent the remainder of the evening with Brother and Sister Price. They are still a tad eccentric, but they are so good to us. They feed us while we are there and give us food to take home and just make us feel at home overall. If only Brother Price would come to church!
This week on Thursday we met the new mission president and his family. Its going to be an interesting transition going from President Riggs to him. President Riggs was so great and we all grew to love him and his wife and family so much. He taught me a ton. However, I am excited to get to know President Huntsman and to see what kinds of things he will do differently. I'm looking forward to all the things I will learn under his direction. His wife, Sister Huntsman, is absolutely adorable. She is obviously thrilled to be here, and gave me a huge hug when I walked up to her to say hello.
We had a rather funny experience last night. We came up to two people on the street and said hi, but before we could say anything else, one of them said, "I already love Jesus!" So we gave her a Because He Lives card and said, "Great! Then you'll love this! There's a link on the back for a video about Him!" She thanked us and ran inside her building. The other person stayed outside for a few minutes and talked to us (and finished his cigarette). He said something about Mormons and "those potatoes I've heard so much about." We were so confused. I've heard some weird things about what people think about Mormons out here, like that we have super powers and worship our ancestors, but I've never heard anything about potatoes, so we asked him what in the world he was talking about.
"You know, those cheesy potato things?"
It turns out he was talking about funeral potatoes. Apparently, that's a Mormon thing. I'm pretty sure casseroles in general are a Mormon thing, or at least a Utah thing. People in the South have their fried chicken and Kool-aide, and we have our casseroles.
Anyway, I hope you are all having a great week! The Church is true!!!
Pictures:
1-4 Warrenton is so pretty!
5- Sister Wright
6- Happy 4th of July!
7- ....the licence plate...
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