T R A N S F E R N E W S
Nothing!! we are defying all odds and STAYING TOGETHER WOOOHOOOOOO!! WE ARE SO PUMPED AND HAVE THE BEST TRANSFER PLANNED EVER!
so yay :) and we have a bomb district coming in so i am the happiest camper over here
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| so beyond grateful for this girl and that we are staying together!! #letthepartycommence |
Sweet sweet louisiana.
so this week has been eventful but not so eventful.. sometimes a typical work week here on the mission. but lots of Louisiana specific things happened this week
come to find out we have mold investing our shower its totally casual. its regular here in the dampness of louisiana town. how do we fix it down here?
we paint it apparently. lol what. #thxmanagement
But esta bien we have been working with our housing missionary couple about it and all so we got to benefit from a visit from my friends, the senior couple over housing, the Jones's!! they are great. they are assigned to slaughter branch aka my last area so it was fun to be with them for a lil bit. they came, talked to our manager and took us to lunch!
they have only been in louisiana for about.. 2 months so they haven't had any louisiana specific foods yet! of course yall know we broke them it. and we did it nicely with hipster po boys!
took them to Pop's Po Boys which was a hipster downtown lafayette cafe by the university here UL. it was so fun and they loved it <3
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| found a friend <3 |
next was a louisiana tender mercy..
one day was a long missionary day.. it was only maybe 6 or 6:30pm and we didn't have anything to do... we really really didn't want to do anything. but my insides really knew that we needed to go out, specifically we needed to go out and tract. my outsides were fighting it really hard, I really didn't want to. but I have been studying alot about diligence and obedience and doing things that we dont want to and motivation and specifically about the Savior. how He lived, died, and lived again and everything in between all for me and how hard that was... and I'm going to say that getting my lil missionary bum out the door is hard??? nonononono thats not hard. I can do that for Him. I will do that for Him. and I will continue to do all things for Him.
so we went tracting yall. we walked behind our apartment complex and started knocking on doors. and no lie.. 3 houses later we were #blessed beyond all belief.
we are going around sharing the easter initiative #princeofpeace, we are actually in an extremely nice area surprisingly.. real nice houses. so we knock and talk to this man and he lets us in to share the easter video!! like into his house! like inside. not outside on the porch on his phone. inside. his. mansion. and dang it was beautiful.
so we share it with him and his son who was in an accident before and now has some physical and mental disabilities but its not bad! he still walks and talks just has physical deficiencies and forgets things (probably more those were just the visible ones)
things kept going, they are catholic but appreciate the message, we leave and go to the neighbors.
this handicapped son comes and walks quite a ways away to the neighbors to invite us over for dinner.
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so we ended up having a really really great meal with this new family that we had literally met maybe 15 minutes earlier.
when we thanked them profusely when we were leaving, mr. danny's answer was simple, "its a louisiana thing"
no mr. danny. its also christlike thing <3
a lil louisiana funny.
we have some interesting chiren of God down here in my lil place of louisiana. i love them so much <3
fast and testimony meeting is always a trip because you never know whats going to happen. we had a particularly great encounter this last fast and testimony meeting.
we have this member here in laffy taffy town and his name is Kenny Breaux (pronounced bro) and he is a gem, one of a kind. he calls and texts all the missionaries in almost 2 zones everyday to tell them what the weather is going to be that day, sometimes more in bad weather! but the thing is.. he has some brain damage from an accident and he is incomprehensible. (woo-oo probe word)
but he is stellar. we appreciate his effort even when we can decipher his texts and cant make out his voicemails most of the time. Much respect for this guy.
But it was just a lil amusing when he got up to bear his testimony which was really good! about the priesthood, and then he starts busting out and serenading our bishop with a rap that he wrote for him. I don't remember all the words because sister ferre and I had to smother our faces to keep from getting the serious case of non stop giggles and from laughing out loud but it was something to the extent of..
"rock on sweet bishop, rock on.. some poetry... rock on sweet bishop, rock on" all while staring into bishops eyes literally serenading him from the pulpit.
i <3 louisiana so much
but in all reality kenny is a seriously special individual. he can feeeel the spirit. he comes faithfully every single week, and not only comes but comes prepared. he has all the study materials and participates and is ready to learn.
it was a small testimony to me that God loves all His children and He has truly place choice spirits on this earth for them to learn but also for us to learn.
this was for me to learn to become more humble and more child like in my life. more diligence in my actions, more passionate about the gospel and more compassion in my relationships, more savior focused and less self focused.
yet another southern sized slice of humble pie. (don't forget to take the seconds for later)
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| um so yea. some filipinos made us a Filipino dish and crab. it was an interesting combo. |
I sure do love love love this louisiana place of mine and am so grateful for the past 12 transfers that i have had to learn from these incredible people here.
this very day April 11th 2017 marks 17 months that I left for that dear ole mtc and wowie wow wow what i have learned and how i have changed in the past 17 months.
and this very day marks the start of my 13th and final transfer as a missionary in the lbrm and wowie wow wow how much i have cared, felt and loved here in this state, mission, and life.
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| welcome to rayne LA the adventures |
and a huge shout out to every. single. one. of yall for being the true rockstars in my life. for supporting and changing me and being apart of my mission history and life history.
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| the boo <3 |
ready to start this forever journey
stay tuned for the greatest transfer the world has seen
lets geaux
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
sister sades
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