In addition to talking to Loradona via Skyp yesterday we got this letter today.
This
week I went on two exchanges, which was weird. The first one was kind
of an emergency one--a sister was sick, so we shuffled some things
around and I went out with Sister Bates. She has little knowledge of
Plattsmouth--even less than I do!--which made that exchange a little
interesting. We did just fine, though; it was just crazy trying remember
where things were, and neither of us knew!
The next exchange was with one of the Sister Training
Leaders--she was great. And since she gets unlimited miles in her car,
we were able to go to one of the farther towns in our area and meet some
members and less actives. Sadly, it's also a private community, so you
can't knock on doors out there. You can only go to members' homes and
you can contact people who are outside. It was an interesting time.
I am learning all of the time that everyone has a different
story and a different way of coming to know who they are and what they
should be doing. It's a good thing to realize.
Did I
mention to you that we had a day full of Encounters of the Animal Kind?
Yeah, it was pretty much awesome. First, we met a tea cup pig (I feel
like I wrote about this already, but TOO BAD!). He was eating grass
growing in the cracks of the sidewalk and Sister Harris pulled over the
car and said, "I have to pet the pig!" So we did! I was a little
concerned for the pig's welfare at first, because in the backyard, the
husband of the pig's owner was busy working the smoker, but it turns out
the pig is a pet, not food. Phew! Then, we randomly saw two deer just
run through the middle of town, in the middle of the day. What the what?
Then, at an investigator's house, we met her new bulldog/pitbull mix
puppy. He looks EXACTLY like the Poky Little Puppy, Mom. And you know
how I feel about that story, so you know I was
in love. Finally,
we had dinner at a member's home, and they had the softest rabbit I have
ever touched. (The rabbit, like the pig, was a pet, not dinner.) So
many critters!
Okay, one thing I have to get off my chest: All of you people
who told me Nebraska was flat are LIARS! True, there are no mountains,
but there are hills galore. And now that our miles for our car have been
cut (yeah....) we are walking. A lot. A lot a lot. The hills are good,
and I am
definitely getting my exercise in. Especially since we
still don't always know the area perfectly, and we are still searching
for people to teach. We have a handful of people who have agreed to let
us come back, but they still have to move forward, you know? Finding
folks never ends. I hope they choose to continue and make progress, but
it has to be up to them, and I just have to be willing to teach when
they want to learn.
I wish things were more exciting, but right now it's just me
and Sister Harris walking around like hobos and meeting people (and
pigs!). There are some really cool houses and buildings in Plattsmouth.
And yesterday in our walking around we cam across a tiny burial plot in
the middle of a neighborhood! It's from 1891ish, and there were just a
few small gravestones, all fenced off, between a couple of homes. It was
cool yet creepy. Yet cool.
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