happened!! So on Monday we drove to Paducah because we did exchanges
with the STL's and I got to be with Sister Sumbot!!!!! Best day
ever!!!! But anyway before we met up with them we actually drove to
Illinois!!! Haha it's part of their area and so it's still in the
mission so we drove over the dirge of the Ohio river and took a
picture with the sign! Woot!!
It was so weird being on an exchange with sister Sumbot because we
were in a different area and I was driving and it was just weird but
also felt like we hadn't been apart! Crazy! It was so fun though. On
Tuesday we had like 200 miles we needed to use because our car was in
the shop and the miles don't carry over....so we had this referral
that was in TIMBUKTU! Like seriously....bottom of our area...actually
right on the border of Tennessee....and funny enough we had to go into
Tennessee because the road that they live on curves into Tennessee and
then back into Kentucky so we got to go to Tennessee....twice! Haha
anyway so this referral was from the Calvert City Elders. They had met
this couple at a fair and they were talking about how they were really
interested in family history...like the wife, LaDonna has been working
on family history and has had trouble finding some ancestors. So
anyway they gave them over to US. And we finally went and contacted
them. Haha but it was such an adventure getting out there.
First, we don't have a GPS so we looked up how to get there on Google
maps...so Sister Sumbot was directing me and she totally read a direction wrong...she told me to turn left and I was supposed to go
right. So then we finally figure out after like 5-6 miles we are going
the wrong way...so then we get turned around and somehow we got lost
again and ended up totally off the path. I still have no idea how that happened...well actually I kind of do but I will get to that in a second.
So we look more at the map and realize that somehow we had missed an
entire direction...like skipped a step. So we get back on the path and
finally get there. Well, we drive up this tiny road with like 2 houses down their long driveway and Kenneth, the husband, comes out and he
invited us right in...oh my goodness the sweetest people ever! So we
taught them the Restoration and it went so well! They were practically begging us to give them a pamphlet and a Book of Mormon! It was so cool.
Then they just kept saying thank you for coming and they were like,
"You know, even if this doesn't pan out and we don't join your church
we are sooo glad to have met you!!!" Oh man they were adorable. Also
they know the Millers (Brother Miller is the branch mission leader and
he like, knows everyone...haha) so that was cool. Unfortunately they
couldn't come to church this past Sunday but we hope to see them again
soon! Oh also GET THIS: so they were telling us how they had been
working out in their field that day and they had actually just come in
like 30 minutes before....if we had not gotten lost we would have been
about 30 minutes earlier....how crazy is that?! 2 Nephi 2:24 - I'm
telling you!!
Speaking of that scripture, on Wednesday evening we tried to see this
part member family and a couple of investigators and none of them were
home or not busy. So we were standing there trying to figure out where
we should go next and sister orchard was like, "should we knock this
house right here?" And I'm like, "do you feel like we should?" And she
said yes so I'm like, "Alright let's go!" So we go and we knock but
then we saw that the windows were covered and there was tons of mail
stuffed in the mailbox and we realized it was empty. So Sister Orchard
was like, "Why would I get the feeling to knock this door if no one
even lived there?" Well, probably like right then the Elders drove by
and stopped to talk to us. And I asked if they had seen this guy named
Josh (an English guy they met that they were going to hand over to us)
and they were like, "oh man we forgot! We will go right now...we will
set up an appointment with him for y'all...when should we set it up?"
And so I was thinking about the days and somehow in the process of
thinking about the days I remembered that we promised this lady that
we would bring her a Book of Mormon that night but we had forgotten!
So the. They left and I was like, "2 Nephi 2:24 Sister orchard! If we
had not knocked that door then we would have been gone when the Elders
drove by and we wouldn't have reminded them and in the process
reminded us about appointments! God is good. Also don't think that we
are terrible because we forgot. It was a crazy day.
Speaking of the lady we have the big Book of Mormon to...her name is
Beth! We met her last week and we saw her this week and taught her the
restoration and she totally loved it! She was excited to read the Book
of Mormon. And she was like, "I've been thinking about starting a
meditation time where I will read the bible, and now also the Book of
Mormon and just think about it." Um...heck yes! It was awesome! We
invited her to be baptized when she knew it was true and she said yes!
Also we invited her to the baptism and 4th of July cookout that was
happening in the branch on Saturday and she was like, "I'll come! And
I'll invite my neighbor Karen to come." Oh man she's awesome!
Saturday was...weird! Basically no one was home or wanted to talk to
us, which makes sense. So it was a pretty terrible day but then we
went to the baptism for 2 more of the Vaca kids! (That huge family the
elders taught) Nano, the 13 year old got baptized and so did Veronica
- she had just turned 8 though so she's not a convert baptism
technically. But Juan was able to baptize them and when he baptized
Nano he couldn't even speak because he was crying and I was crying
because it was the cutest thing in the world. Oh man it was a
beautiful baptism. Also our investigators, well eternigators named the
Wallers came! But here's a crazy story about that: so we called them
on Friday morning to invite them but our service was bad so they said
to just call them back later. So we told them we would. Well as we
were praying that night, Sister Orchard remembered that we didn't call
them! (I wasn't the one on the phone so I didn't know) well after the
prayer she was telling me this and all of the sudden they start
calling!!! And on the phone they were like asking if there was a
baptism because their friend Beth told them about it." Beth!!! She
knows the Wallers! Haha it was crazy! And they came to the baptism but
didn't stay the whole time.
After the baptism we had a branch cookout and it was super good. Then
they had a couple of big water balloon fights and that was fun. I love
the branch sooo much. So many great people! Then afterwards we had to
go in at 8 for our safety. At the high school, which is close to us,
they were doing fireworks but unfortunately we are kind of on this
hill slash there are huge trees around us so we didn't see any
fireworks. None. It was terrible. But the elders were super nice and
they took like 25 minute video of the fireworks for us haha. I haven't
watched it yet though.
Oh here's something that is SUPER ironic. So me and sister Orchard
found the John Tanner movie on the gospel library and we watched it
and I told her it was my 5th great grandfather and she thought that
was so cool and so she told the Elders and Elder Westberg was like,
"Wait. He's my 5th great grandfather too!" So we looked at our family
trees and yep...it's the same one! Except he's from a different wife
of John Tanner...haha so we're like 5th cousins or something...I'm not
really sure but we are more closely related than me and Elder Myers so
I thought that was super ironic/funny.
So George moved to Murray, KY. Sad day. But the elders there are
taking good care of him as far as I know...but he might be moving
again...to Illinois so that's crazy.
Random shtuff:
1. The food bank thing that we volunteer at gave us a bunch of fresh
zucchini and cucumbers and corn on the cob....YUM. BEST DAY EVER!
2. We contacted this guy yesterday and he said he was busy but then he
came running out after us and said his son wanted to talk to us so we
taught him the restoration...that was pretty cool.
3. Interviews are this week and I'm stoked!!! Woooooot!
believe that it was a year ago that I went to the MTC. Oh man I
listened to my setting apart recording on the night I got set apart a
year before. TERRIBLE IDEA! Then I had this idea that I would record
my testimony....oh man that was also a terrible idea. It just made me
realize that this has gone by way too fast and I just don't want to
stop! It needs to slow down...pronto! Oh man. I just love my mission.
I love the people. I love the gospel. I love teaching people. I love
seeing people come closer to Jesus Christ. I love seeing people
change. I love seeing the gospel bless families. I love read the Book
of Mormon every single day (not that I can't do that after my
mission). I love helping others grow in the gospel. I love my Savior
and I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!
Love you so much! Hope y'all have a great week!!!
Love,
Sister Myers
1. Lost while finding a referral
2. The Elders got sweet sunglasses that they let us borrow...so
naturally we had to take a selfie
3. Cheesy one year photo...which actually was taken the day after hahah
4. Me and Veronica at the baptism. Oh I just love her. We've been
teaching her in primary so we've gotten to be buds!
5. Us and George when we said bye!
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