Sparta
Tennessee is the most country ghetto town I have ever seen! Okay not
really. Actually really. But there are probably worse towns. There's a
Walmart here so it must not be THAT small. There are a lot of people
with no front teeth and the accents are way more prevalant here. Haha
it's great. I've been working on my southern.
No
more full time car! We have a part time car - so every other day. We
share with the other sisters that are in Sparta (well the Sparta
area...we cover more than just Sparta, hence more than 1 set of
missionaries) and it's actually quite fun to walk around and stuff. And
we actually don't do that much walking because members come out with us a
lot. Also the car we have is BRAND NEW!!! We drove it home from
transfer meeting and it literally only had 30 miles on it! I don't think
I've ever been in a car that's so new! It's a 2015 Toyota Corolla and
it's so nice! It even has a little back-up camera which is so nice! One
of us still has to get out and back the car but it makes it a lot easier
for the person backing! Also we can hook up our phone, well connect it
so that we can feel all cool and make calls in the car. Haha I was
surprised that our phone connected because it is so up to date on
technology that we thought it would be too good for the car.
#wehaveaflipphone #soghetto #
This
is random and will probably only make sense for my family or members of
my ward back home but there is this member that comes out with us a bit
that reminds me so much of Lori Newbold! Ah it's crazy! She just has a
similar voice (with the exception of having a southern accent) she
plays/coaches basketball..or something like that..something to do with
basketball and she's just so awesome - she could pretty much be a
seminary teacher! Yeah anyway that was random but when I met her I was
like, "Wow! It's Lori Newbold!" Anyway....
Ha! I
lost my voice this week! That was an adventure! Okay it wasn't totally
lost but I definitely couldn't talk much! Haha and it was on Wednesday
and so like, I was meeting so many people and I couldn't talk! Then we
had a relief society activity on Wednesday night and we were supposed to
sing. Yeah I didn't sing. But all the missionaries did sing on Sunday!
There are 6 of us. It's us, the other sisters, and then a set of Elders.
Oh yeah, in a branch! But it's a huge branch! It needs to be a ward now
because it's too big! We meet in a strip mall. But they have done a lot
and so when you get inside it still just seems like a normal church
building. But it's going to become a ward soon. They just signed a
contract and are fixin to build a church. I think they are starting it
soon...March is the latest they will start it. So we won't get to see it
but that's still cool!
Also in this branch there
is this one family that is huge. Pretty much the whole family goes to
this branch because they all live so close. Haha it reminds me of how
like half the ward back home is related! :) Yeha if you look in my LDS
tools you just see like 12 families all under the same name. It's so
funny. Also don't worry I know what you're probably thinking - and no,
there are no interfamily relationships! They are normal people. They
just have a big family and they are mostly boys and so the kept the
family name.
Okay here is a pretty funny story.
So we are teaching this family - well this couple really - Charles and
Dewanna and they are just so great. Charles is like super protective of
us and he's always telling us to be safe. Then he gave Sister Sumbot
some pepper spray...well a mix of pepper spray and mace that's supposed
to be more powerful. So then the other night we were walking down this
one road and all of the sudden this dog comes out of nowhere and comes
running and barking at us. I was so scared. I really thought it was
going to bite us. Anyway, Sister Sumbot is like deathly afraid of dogs. I
guess she tried to slightly spray the dog with the new spray stuff
Charles gave us - but she didn't really hit it or anything. Then it
walked away. Then later, we were actually at Charles and Dewanna's and
we were sitting there and all of the sudden Sister Sumbot gasps and
starts sort of freaking out and she's like, "Ah! I just rubbed my eye
and I think my finger had the spray on it!" So I'm like, "Uh...don't
just sit there! Go wash it out or something!" So she goes over to the
sink and they give her a washcloth and she starts splashing water on her
eye and then Charles gets out milk and dumps it on her washcloth and
she uses that (I guess it neutralizes it) and then she was okay. She
said it just stung. And it wasn't bad since there was just a tiny bit on
her finger. It was just a really funny situation. People really should
keep their dogs tied up or fenced or something. Around here they just
hang around and aren't even tied up or anything! It's crazy!!!
We are teaching this girl that like never talks!
She's like Jay! Except she's actually interested. And her dad is the
best! He just got baptized and he comes out with us a lot and he's just
on fire! Like one of the best recent converts I've ever seen! His name
is Clem. They are a great family.
Oh yeah
funny story. This less active had this cat outside her house that was
being attacked. She asked us to take it over to this member's house that
lived nearby so it wouldn't keep getting attacked and ask them if they
could hold onto it or if they knew who's it was. So I picked up and we
took it over to their house, but they said it belonged to this other
place. It turns out it didn't, so we went back to that members house and
she held the cat for a minute and then just let it go.....so we told
the less active who was so worried about the cat that we had given it to
the member...we just didn't say that she let it go. Haha it was just a
really funny situation and I am going to attach a picture from that
night. Haha we just keep laughing about it.
Here's
an awko taco moment for you: We knocked on this one door yesterday and
the lady was like "Oh come in!" and so we did and then she went and got
her daughter. Her daughter came out and was like "Hold on just a sec"
and then she left. Then the mom came back out and was like, "oh I'm
sorry I thought you were some of my daughters friends." And then she
pretty much just pushed us out the door. We didn't even get a chance to
say like a thing except "Have a good night!" Oh man that was so awkward.
We have many awkward moments as missionaries....haha :)
Okay
sorry I have like nothing else to say for this week. It's been really
warm. It's weird. It's been like in the 50's. I'm not complaining
though! Sorry this is so short! I just don't have that much to say! Oh
yeah! I forgot to tell about my new comp! Her name is Sister Sumbot and
she's from Bountiful Utah and she's been out about 9 months and been in
Sparta for about 3! We are so much alike! Just in lots of little things
though - ike food, and we are both left handed...and stuff like that -
so that's cool! :)
Well, hope y'all have a great week!
Love y'all!
Love,
Sister Myers
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