Sister Sadie goes to Louisiana!: I'm 5 :)‏

Okay yall.

This week was really rad.

We planned really well and we got down to business. Like harder than Mulan business.

Wednesday was my favorite day.

We received a referral from HQ on Tuesday and we are supposed to ALWAYS contact them within 24 hours of receiving them because that gives us the best chance of getting them in the best mood and willing to accept more than what they initially asked for. (because about 90% of the time they request a free bible to be delivered to their home so that means we can explain about the Book of Mormon!)

So we got the referral on Tuesday so we had to go contact her on Wednesday!

We start heading out there and its quite a ways away but the referral lives in a place in Covington I have never been before! So that was cool because that doesn't come up too often.

BUT this was even more cool because when we were driving out there.. WE DROVE ON A HILL. A BIG ONE.

Okay it actually wasn't that big but it felt really really big because I haven't seen a hill in like... 5 months.

Oh yea.

ps. Happy 5 months to me todayy! woohoo! I still feel like a baby but thats okay. :)

anyways.

We go out to the country and find this referral. Her name is Miss Jeannette.

We are following our gps and we go from the big fast road and turn onto a medium country road. Then on to her skinnier road then we try to find house. We found the mailbox but it was confusing to find who's house the mailbox belonged to. So of course we pick the wrong house. #whoops.

So we go back and turn onto the very skinny dirt lane that leads to the house and all the dogs (4-7 dogs) come running and sprinting and barking out to meet us. We go very slow to not kill them. #smh

Finally we make it up to the house and everyone (3-6 people) is sitting on the porch.

Most of them get up and disappear in the house.

Now what this just described is an average meeting in Louisiana.

Skinny roads.

A billion dogs. #missionariesworstnightmare

Everyone disappears.

But what happens next is definitely not average.

We get out of the car and yell out "Heelllooooo!! We are looking for Miss Jeannette!"

And luckily the only person who did not disappear in the house was Miss Jeannette! Woohoo!

So we introduce ourselves and she invites us to come sit on the porch and if we want something to drink, etc.

Then we start talking.

She has a cousin who came by and visited her who is Mormon. Miss Jeannette has had alot of changes in her life recently, deaths and an upcoming heart surgery, so she is definitely in the mood for some enlightenment. The cousin called our mission and sent us over there!

We asked her if she had any questions and her very first question was about prophets and Jesus Christ. It was crazy. Because our first lesson is on prophets and Jesus Christ.

This doesn't seem like a huge deal but its a very big deal that someone brings up our first lesson all by themselves!

So that was an easy transition for us! We start right into our lesson and teach her about our Heavenly Father, prophets, Jesus Christ, apostasy, and Joseph Smith. It was an amazing very spiritual lesson and she is so prepared to talk to us.

Jeannette is such a tender mercy and so is my awesome companion!

That lesson was great because of Jeannette being prepared and so kind and sweet to us but also because of the progress in Sister Steve and my companionship!