This was quite the week! We had a surprise service project pop up...we went to Macon Saturday to work with the red cross and installed smoke alarms in people's houses in the highest risk neighborhoods. I realized we should do this in every city because holy cow...what an amazing finding opportunity this was! And some great service as well. There were so many grateful families. We not only installed new smoke alarms, but we also educated them on how to reduce fire risk and how to create I proper fire escape plan. It is so good to always be prepared so when the time of need comes, you know exactly what to do! We have a few pictures up on the Georgia Macon Mission facebook page already....but I didn't have any personally. One of the sister's got one of our group with the firetruck so hopefully I can get that soon. It was such a fun day, and I absolutely love the city Macon. Sure it has a higher crime rate and some scarier areas....but there is a special charm about the place. I wish sisters were serving there. The buildings are wonderful! So many older, unique structures. And the houses, oh the houses! I'll try to get pictures one day when I'm not the one driving...or we'll pull over and snap a few. Actually, we are going up there this week because we have the "Greenie" meeting! It'll be quite a week!
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Acrobatics!
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I apologize for the random structure of this letter. It seems that's how my brain is managing today. Jumping back to Monday, We spent a little time at the Perry Fair! This was actually the Georgia National fair. It was huge! We didn't get to see lots of it simply because of lack of time and because we had no idea what we were doing. :D We did get to see a fun Acrobatics show (one picture attached). That brought back so many memories of working in the gym and trying new vaulting tricks/drills. :) We also tried some fair food! For how many fairs I have performed at in the past you would think I would have tried the food. Nope. This was a first! I tried funnel cake for the first time...honestly I wasn't super impressed, but it was fun! :)
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| Loved the Gyro in New York...so I just had to buy one at the fair :) They had done a surprisingly good job :) |
Now, a highlight of the work :D For the past few weeks we drove past this house while on our way to other appointments, and the thought of "oh, we should stop there sometime" kept popping in my head. Well, this Friday we planned in a time where it could be a back up plan to visit the house. When we did, this sweet older gentleman came to the door. He was a military Chaplin of 11 years. He was so sweet and welcoming. It was wonderful to talk to him. The neat thing though was that he had 12 Lds young men who served near him in the past. He got to watch them and how they acted. He told us that we should be proud. Never in all his 11 years did he have such hard working, respectful, honest, and enthusiastic soldiers. He spoke VERY highly of them. I'm not sure how interested he is in the gospel at this point, but regardless...what an incredible experience to hear how our example truly does speak volumes. Everything we do shouts as a testimony of what we believe. People should understand what our religion is all about just by knowing the type of person we are. There's a thought to think on this week :)
Love you all :) Let the Lord lead your life.
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