That awkward moment when.....

.....when I can't think of a good title for this email.....
Man this week has been super weird. So many crazy weird experienced
and just a lot was happening!

Bennie in my last area went to the temple this week!!! Oh my gosh I am
so excited for him!!
Okay so we went on exchanges with STL's Monday to Tuesday and we had
an appointment with this less active family that I had never met. So
that was interesting to go there....and know basically nothing except
what sister Phillips told me. It turned out super well though. Oh yeah
and craziest thing...so we walk in there and Sister Dollman was like,
"You look so familiar."
And I was like, "hm...I don't know why..." And she was like, "Were you ever in Nashville or Murfreesboro?"
"Yes actually!"
"When were you there?"
"July to November"
"I think I saw you there! My sister Katrina got baptized in the
Blackman ward (Blackman elders were in our district) but she got
baptized in the Murfreesboro building." So my brain starts reeling and
the I remember the Elders talking about Katrina in district meeting
and how they could help her progress towards baptism! And then I remembered that she got baptized but I didn't actually go. She must
have seen my picture up in the building! How crazy is that! So I like
followed her to Mayfield haha. Oh and the Blackman elders did too!
They were the ZL's last transfer...so they were like, right here!
Crazy!

Here's another crazy moment that happened. So we were going to do some
service at this food line place but they had a ton of volunteers so we decided to just go tracting because...well mornings are hard to fill.
So we go to this one place and we see this lady standing outside her
house so we go talk to her. Not interested. But as we had walked to her house we saw another door that was open, with the screen door
shut. So we went there and they let us in. So this lady is talking
about how her mom just moved in with her. She had been previously
staying with a girl named Anna. Back story: we have an investigator
named Anna and we had tried her but her neighbor said the person she lived with was moving so she was too. So anyway we ask her last name and
it's the same person! This lady's mom was the lady Anna had lived
with! So I asked where Anna went (yep we missionaries are stalkers) and she told me where she was so we're going to knock that
place and find her! Or find her at the grocery store she now works at!
Man it was just the craziest thing! Oh and the nurse that was there
taking care of the mom had met Sister Phillips and her previous comp!

Man we went LA finding this week and we found this lady and she showed
like zero recognition to us and so we were asking her about her
membership and stuff and she said something like: "I go to (so and so
church) now and we are happy. I just sent a letter recently to take my
name off your church." And so we were asking her about if she was a convert and stuff and she was saying how she converted in the 90s and
she was like, "I was just confused at the time." How sad is that?! Oh
man when we were driving away we were just like, "Man! That is so
depressing!"

Frank.....we had a long conversation with him this week and he was super honest with us. He told us he doesn't believe in Jesus Christ and
doesn't believe that Jesus Christ loves him. We bore our testimonies

of how much Christ loves him and what he went through for him
and he didn't believe us. We asked him if he wanted to know that and
he said no. Based off our talk with him he just has no desire to know
that because he feels he has been let down so many times in his life
that Jesus Christ doesn't care and if he did he would have rescued him
by now. We talked all about how to help him and we just want to help
him feel the spirit so he'll have that desire to know. God can only
help us if we desire. We only gain faith through desire. He loves
music and so we were going to sing to him. Unfortunately, Frank is
missing. Like not the dropped off the face of the earth, doesn't want
to talk to us type of missing. Like no one has seen him for 3 days and
he left his dog, meds and clothes with the people he's staying with.
Pray for him. He's very lost and has a lot of emotional problems.

On the bright side we had a great lesson with Jade! Well, we showed
her the Will of God and she loved it and we talked a lot about how we
just have to trust in the things that God sends our way because he's
making us into the people he wants us to be. And God is perfect so he
has the perfect vision for us. We also decided that we needed to show
her that the Book of Mormon truly applies to her. So we had her open
up to a random page and see what God wanted her to know right then. Oh
man she opened up to 3 Nephi 3/4. Oh my gosh....of all the places she
had to open up to, it had to be there! Man. Thank heavens for the
spirit because we were able to relate it to her...I don't even
remember how and she was blown away. She is just a sponge. It's so
cool. It's just so hard to teach her because her life situation is
insane. I don't know how she survives....

Oh my goodness so yesterday we were out really far in the country to
contact a referral and we were sitting there waiting for some elders
to call us back with some information about another referral and I was
like, "well, should we just knock some doors while we wait?" And
sister Phillips was like, "well we could just drive back into town
because we know the general area where the referral is and we'd have
to drive through town anyway. So I was like, "okay that's fine." So we
start going and sister Phillips was like, "Oh man maybe we need to
tract some of these. We can't come out here for nothing." And I'm
like, "Well you're super good at following the spirit so when a house
sticks out to you lets knock it!" So we are driving for a bit then she
suddenly stops at this house. So we get out and knock it and there's
no answer. So then as we are leaving the Elders call. So I answer and
then all of the sudden a lady comes out of the house! So I like...hung
up on them basically and we talked to this lady and oh man she is
soooo awesome! She totally loved the idea of finding Jesus Christ's
original church on the earth and she was happy for us to come back and
she seemed interested in coming to church! But man we just connected
with her super well it was insane! Then after we left Sister Phillips
was like, "the Spirit just told me that she is one of the people that
you and me were supposed to find." Sister Phillips had gotten a
blessing at the beginning of the transfer that said there were people
prepared specifically for us and we have been wondering who that was.
We found her! It was a super cool experience!

I don't think I've ever talked about Bruce, but he's a recent convert
as of last year and we've been working with him a lot! He struggles
with the word of wisdom and we've been trying to help him come to
church! The elders came and gave him a blessing to help him with the
word of wisdom and he said that afterwards he "felt the temptation and
desire to do that leave me completely" man it was so cool! And he came
to church! Wahoo! But he like disappeared and went home during Sunday
school or priesthood. Not sure why but we are just so happy he came!

Here's some random things:
1. I got offered a cigarette by a 6 year old this week....what is this
world coming to?
2. Corn on the cob with sour cream and Parmesan cheese on it is oddly
super delicious....
3. Fried stuffed Jalapeños in an eggy tomato soup is super delicious.
4. Taught primary yesterday. They have literally 3 leaders in
primary...the branch president to usually has to teach the kids. But
yesterday was Branch conference and so the stake leaders wanted to
meet with the branch leaders and wow it was just the craziest day of
my entire existence...not really...but really
5. We practically had a flash flood. It was crazy...well it wasn't
that bad but the road we were by was definitely flooded....I'll send a
screenshot of the video I took.
6. I'm so sad Elder Perry passed away. That is so sad. He set apart
President Andersen....man I want to know who the new apostle is! :)
the elders are hoping it's someone Spanish like Elder Pino....haha

Well that's it for today! Sister Phillips told me a quote yesterday
"Feet are made moving forward, not backward." Sometimes we just have
to realize that we just have to go forward! Lot
went forward, Lots wife looked back and she turned into a pillar of
salt. God does not want us to look back. Despite how imperfect we may
be we just have to repent, look to Christ and move forward!

I love y'all lots!
Love,
Sister Myers

Pictures!!
1. Plan of salvation key chain...that is like the greatest thing I've
ever heard
2. A dog followed the Elders to district meeting. This picture kills me
3. Sweet pics at the Ohio river! I took one of sister Phillips and
showed her how to do one for me!
4. A white person, half black person and 2 Spanish people....all the
same color...what?
5. Flooded road...hard to see in this screenshot though....

(Kaylee's mom here. Some of the pics didn't come through. I only got 2, 4, and 5. )