God Listens to Prayers--Not Advice

Hey Y'all!

We have had QUITE the week. 

As Bishop Morris said countless times in PEC meeting,
"I don't care what it takes, we're going to cook a
whole hog!" It takes SO much time and effort to
actually cook one of these beasts.

Visiting Teaching Workshop: Tuesday evening our ward had a visiting Teaching Workshop. We taught Larissa and the Davis boys about Priesthood and Auxiliaries last week, so this was the perfect opportunity for her to experience for herself what some of the responsibilities of the women in the church are. First off, it is amazing to see the family going to these types of activities additional to church. She did such an amazing job staying caught up with everything even if the idea of visiting teaching was a little intimidating at first. 

The Hills! These are pretty much our parents
away from home :)

Exchanges: Wednesday morning we drove to Hazlehurst to exchange with the sisters there. Sister Tollestrup came back to Douglas with me while sister Anderson stayed in Hazlehurst with sister Hale. We saw so many wonderful miracles while we were together, and I learned a great deal from sister Tollestrup. While walking to an appointment, we saw a lady spray painting a desk outside of her apartment. We walked over to her and started up a conversation. Within just a few minutes, she posed the question, "Y'all read the Book of Mormon, don't you?" Wow, that seemed a bit of a surprise that she already knew of the Book of Mormon. We then had a short lesson on what the Book of Mormon was. We invited her to read it for herself, and she replied, "I definitely will." She seems so genuine. I'm so excited for her to continue learning! 

We (sister Anderson) caught a turtle! Ack

That evening, we went to an appointment we had set with a lady we had met the week before while we were tracting. We had a really great initial contact with her. When we got there to actually teach the lesson, she opened the door and said, "I probably should have told you this the first time we met..I'm actually very baptist. I'll still talk to you if you want, but after we're finished speaking, I will still be baptist and will always be baptist." She was pretty defensive and that made us a little discouraged at first. As we stated our purpose (that we were there to add to the light and knowledge she already had..not to take away anything) on her doorstep, the spirit softened her heart. She let us in and we had a wonderful lesson in which she opened up to us a lot. 

Ward Luau: The Luau was a HUGE success. We had about 10 or so 'not-yet-members' (non-members) :) One of the families we worked with in the past but then fell off due to some pretty heavy trials actually came! It was a miracle! I don't think those children have ever been in the church building until that night. Ward activities are such a great opportunity for us to fellowship and reach out to those around us. 

Picking Peanuts!

The Davis family won't be baptized this weekend but will be next weekend due to some scheduling complications. We are so excited for them! Pictures to come soon :) 

Sunday Sister Anderson was really sick (she's been sick all week..these darn summer colds), but she was a trooper and still made it out to work. Because of her diligence, we saw an amazing miracle where the grandaughter of one of the less active ladies we have been visiting asked lots of questions about the restoration. Wonderful! 

Love Y'all! Have a blessed week!

-Sister Brown