Hey!
So I think I'm gonna try and make up cool subject lines for my emails every
week. The subject line "hey" or "heyyyyy" or "heya!" is getting kinda old. You
can only say hey in so many ways before it gets obnoxious....hahaha.
Quick story behind the subject line. Sister Peterson and I were having one
of our ridiculous conversations that we have where it's not real life and we're
just kinda making fun of a situation that either happened or something that we
made up. So we were talking about knocking on doors and tracking down less
active/inactive people on the ward rosters and after a bit Sister Peterson was
like yeah it'll be all like "ready or not! Here we come! And then we'll just
walk into their house." bahahah. It was pretty funny. As ridiculous as the
conversation was, it's true! That's like the missionary motto! "Ready or not!
Here we come!" Hahaha. It's always nice when they are ready....but you
know...we'll work with what we get ;) Okayyy enough sillyness. (Is that even a
word? Ah who knows.)
This week was great! Alright. So I'm not really sure where it went or what
specifically happened because it like flew by. Seriously. I literally just
emailed y'all yesterday. Am I wrong? Okay so it has been a week. I'm gonna try
and rack my brain and pull out some memories of what happened.
What comes to mind almost immediately is we went tracting!!!! It was mine
AND Sister Peterson's first time knocking doors! It was SO MUCH FUN! AHH. Okay
so we didn't have anything planned on Saturday except for like some stop bys.
And so we were like hey, if she isn't home, we should totally tract the area. SO
WE DID! Haha. So this lady was having a nap. Her daughter (who is not a member)
was outside and we talked to her briefly and shared a message out of the Book of
Mormon with her and then we left her with a prayer and dropped some stuff off in
the car and started on our door-to-door adventure! The first like 7 houses
nobody answered the door. Out of like the 15 houses that we knocked (which
doesn't seem like a lot....but it felt like a ton....and it was super hot and
humid and we were super sweaty and gross haha) only 2 people answered their
door. The first one who answered the door was this black man who looked like he
was around 50 years old. We told him who we are and what we do and he was
starting to shut the door and we were like no. He is not slamming the door in
our faces. This is our first door contact! haha so we just continued talking to
him so he felt like he had to keep the door open. We asked if he believed in
Jesus and he said yes. We asked if he read the bible and he said no. We asked if
he believed the bible to be the word of God and he said yes. And then he went on
to say that he stopped reading it when he was a teenager. We then asked if he
would like a copy of the Book of Mormon (after explaining what it was) and he
said it would be a waste if we gave it to him because it would just collect dust
cause he would never read it. We told him that would be okay and he's totally
welcome to take it. We also mentioned that it's free. He wasn't taking it. So we
tried the whole, you can give it to someone else approach and we asked about his
family. And he wasn't biting that one either. And then we simply asked if he
would like a picture of Jesus Christ and he said no. And then he was like, I
don't want to shut the door in your face, but I'm going to go back to sleep.
(mind you it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday) And so we're like, oh
alright! have a great day sir! And then he shut the door before we could say
anything else....hahhah. We were so confused after this one because he was like
yes I believe in Jesus Christ but I don't want to talk about him and I don't
want to read his words or his teachings....or even look at his picture. Some
people! Haha it's okay! Maybe he's just not ready yet. Another time :)
And then! The second and last one to answer the door was this lady named
Virginia Green. She was also black and also older and she scared the bajeebies
out of me haha. I knocked on the door and there wasn't an answer for a little
bit so I go to knock again and all I get in was 1 knock and then all of a sudden
the door swings open and this face just appears. Hahaha. So I'm like ooh! Hi!
And then Sister Peterson does her thing (I let her take the lead on this one
haha) and she did wonderful!! This lady, Virginia, is a strong baptist lady. She
was like now before y'all get ahead of yourselves, just remember this - we
believe in the same God and we believe in the same things as you all do. And we
were like yes! You're right! We just want to add upon the knowledge that you
already have! And then we talked about the Book of Mormon. First she didn't want
anything to do with it. She was like, I already have too much Bible! And it all
says the same things anyway! But after we explained it more and talked about it
a little more she was like oh alright, I'll take it. And we had a picture of the
Savior in it (the classic one where he's in the red robe) and she was like, Oh!
That's the same picture I have! I just love Christ. And we were like yes! We do
too! And then she was like, well I have to be somewhere in like 5 minutes. So we
were like, thanks for talking with us! And if you have any questions, our number
is in there (pointing to the Book of Mormon) and she's like alright. We tell
her to have a good day as well and she shuts her door. AND THEN! We hear the
door fly open again and she's bolts out of her house and she's like, YOU LADIES
BETTER COME BACK! I want to see y'all again! And then she was telling us how
she's leaving for vacation in June and we have to come back before then. And she
was telling us about her friend who lives a couple doors down and she was like,
she's my best friend! I'll have her over when you come back as well! And we're
like yes! That sounds perfect! We'll definitely be back!!! :D It was awesome.
She's a sweetheart. Oh yeah. Fun facts - she wasn't wearing a shirt. She had a
like a towel that was only staying on because she had her arm across her chest.
Hahaha sooo her back and everything were completely exposed hahah it was
interesting....haha. BUT anywho. She was a very sweet lady and I can't wait to
go back and talk to her some more.
Oh! She was also saying how we have a very important job because we work
under the power of a very important man - and that's God. And how we have to
live up to that standard because of how important it is to be doing HIS work. It
was a good reminder. It made my heart happy to hear that :)
Let's see. We also had stake conference this weekend. And during the
Saturday evening session for the adults, Ft. Bragg had to do a 15 minute
demonstration of a ward council. It was interesting! Haha and the Ft. Bragg
bishopric and the entire ward council wanted the full-time missionaries to be
apart of it as well. So we had to participate! Which was totally fun. Anywho, we
had to sit up in the stands the entire stake conference haha. It was good
though. Everyone commented on how great that demonstration was. So that's a
good sign. Ft. Bragg is just amazing. That ward is super strong and such an
inspiration. I love serving here.
Stake conference was super uplifting and great and inspired! You know, as
per usual!
Other than that, our week was good! We taught lots of lessons and felt the
spirit and life is good! I honestly can't complain!! Everything is great
:)
I hope you all had a great week too!! I love you and miss you! Take
care!!
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo
PS - Update on the squirrel prank. Okay. So the elders got us back. They
stepped up their game and crossed the line.....Dad you totally saw it
coming...haha. Anywho. So on Wednesdays we have District Meeting. And so on
Wednesday we were getting ready to leave and I open the door and I look down and
I don't know how to react. I feel like every emotion at once and then I just
white girled it and was like "Sister Peterson, I can't even right now." And shut
the door. And she's all confused and I'm like nope. I can't. And so she opens
the door and she's like oh man. The elders put a dead kitten on our doorstep
ALONG with the package we sent them with a note over it saying "return to
sender". It was heartbreaking. GAHH. Seriously. I was like emotionally
disturbed...I figured that was the best way to put that. But Sister Peterson
being the great companion that she is, just kinda put the cat aside and we went
on our way.
So we get to district meeting and the elders see us and they have that look
on their faces....(they aren't good at hiding anything)....and we decided we
wouldn't give them that satisfaction. So we just walked right past them and
we're like good morning! And looked at them weird for giving us weird looks.
Haha. And long story short, they kept asking if there was anything on our
doorstep and we were like what are you talking about? haha andddd we lasted all
of district meeting and finally when we were outside getting in our vehicles we
fessed up and I was like yes, we saw the dead cat. Thanks for that. Haha and
they looked all smug. But then they told us that the landlord saw them do it and
they called Sister Scott, who's in charge of mission housing and she got all mad
at the elders and told them that they had to clean it up. So bam. Their prank
didn't go as smoothly as ours did ;) so we still win ;) haahaha. but still. A
kitten?! Really?! And they know I love cats....that's why they said they did it.
Bah. They're dumb heads. Hahah. Jks. They're fun. It's all for fun. :) But yeah!
Gotta love it.
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| So sorry....but I saw it and had to take a picture because not gonna lie...they got us back pretty good. Andd I saw it, so y'all get to see it too. Ha. But yeah....poor thing. |
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| Me and Sister Arave! She's going home this week....but she was in my district for the past couple months :) |
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| And me and Sister Skokos! Hahah I just love her. |
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| I saw Sister Ibarra this week at stake conference!!!! :D (She's getting transferred though...so we won't be in the same zone anymore...sad face.) |
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And we found a cat this morning...so obviously I had to take cat
selfies..... duh.
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| I also preached to gospel to this cat...you know just fulfilling my missionary duties of preaching the gospel to every creature ;) |
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