Another week gone by, and it has been great! Monday started off as a pretty normal P-Day, nothing too exciting. On Tuesday we had a normal day, knocking doors (we made sure to do that earlier in the day so we weren't confused with trick or treaters), and visiting people. We got pizza for dinner, then came home around 7 to watch Meet the Mormons and carve pumpkins. We had fun with the other sisters, but they are all artistic geniuses so they were a little out of my league in the pumpkin carving. It was a great time.
On Wednesday we had a lot of things fall through, but we still had a great day. We were in a part of our area called Loxahatchee. Loxahatchee consists of dirt roads, farms, mud, and lots of trees. My GPS was trying to take us some back way and we ended up on this road called "little gator lane" which was next to a large canal. Right before we had turned on to this road we had called a former on the phone, and he was speaking to us on bluetooth. He had been visited by missionaries a few years back, but had stopped taking lessons with them because a lady in church commented on the Jews being the "chosen people." He had decided to go to a Jewish synagogue instead, and apparently he was disgusted with what he found. He ranted to us on bluetooth for about 20 minutes about the Jews, meanwhile we are driving on little gator lane. Little gator lane consisted of hill, dip, hill, dip, hill, dip. The hills were ridiculously rocky, and our car was almost too short to handle them, clearly it was a road meant for large trucks. The whole car would vibrate every time we went over one. The dips were filled with muddy water, and we had no way of knowing how deep they were beforehand. We did our best to stick to the edges of the puddles, but our car got soaked in muddy water. Eventually we were too far in to this road to turn around, so we were trying hard to keep from laughing as we listened to a rant about the jews and did our best to maneuver this ridiculous road. Finally the conversation ended, and we hung up at the same time we finally turned off the road. We just stopped, looked back, and started laughing. It was absolutely ridiculous!
On Thursday we had dinner with a sweet couple named the Aloisios. They always take such good care of us, and they had fun showing us their Disney pin collection. That night we had a chapel tour with the Henry family, the family we have been teaching for about two weeks. They had not been making time for us, and we were trying to figure out the best way to help them understand how important these things are. We decided to set up a tour of the chapel, and start by watching the short video The Restoration. It went so well! They felt the spirit so strongly, and they were all excited to come to church. Unfortunately only the mom and the 15 year old daughter were able to make it, but they enjoyed it. Hopefully we will be able to keep teaching them this week.
Friday we did a full day exchange, and Sister Callister joined me in Royal Palm Beach. We spent most of the day visiting former investigators, talking to people in the park, knocking doors, and visiting some less-actives. We did not see much success, but it was a fun day. Sister Callister is really sweet, she has been on her mission for about one year now. I felt bad though because we met a lady that was so rude to us, that we couldn't even say goodbye. Eventually we had to walk away while she was still screaming. I felt bad for her, because you just can't be happy when you treat people like that. We were a little shaken up after that, but I was impressed with how quickly Sister Callister bounced back, and we still ended up having a great day.
On Saturday we had a lesson with Freddy and Darlyne, and we talked about the Brother of Jared. We spent a lot of time preparing the lesson, and felt that it did not go quite the way we had wanted. However, we were grateful we had prepared it because on Sunday the Gospel Principles teacher texted us 5 minutes before class started to let us know he wasn't going to be there, and asked if we could teach. We already had a lesson prepared on the Brother of Jared, so it worked out well. Freddy and Darlyne were not able to make it because their ride (Freddy's brother) bailed on them. They are really struggling right now, and any prayers in their direction would be appreciated. They are getting discouraged, so we are doing our best to help them keep the faith.
On Sunday a recent convert from our ward, Eric, had us over for dinner with another couple from the ward. He is single, around 50 years old, and the most amazing convert! He was baptized in April, and has already read all of the standard works. He is so awesome, and just loves the gospel, so that was a lot of fun.
Last night I found out that I will be staying in Royal Palm Beach this next transfer! I am excited to stay, although I will miss Sister Peterson who will be headed to Fort Lauderdale. However, I will be companions with Sister Carling again!! That will be great.
Until next week! Love you all!
Sister Monson
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