The Swamp 5.26.14

This week. What a week. I feel like I start every email out like that,
but really. They're all their own sort of crazy.
We knocked on like 4 trillion doors and got dropped by every
investigator that we have ever had. It was great. Wheat and tares!
Wheat and tares! We got a drop text message from an investigator that
was 10 pages long. But it was the nicest drop I've ever experienced,
so that was a plus!
We are teaching this girl named Theresa though. She is a ballerina and
just so fantastic. The spirit is so strong when we teach her. She's
all we have at the moment.
We also went tracting on Saturday in 102 DEGREE WEATHER. It was so hot
I thought I was going to melt. I don't know how we made it all day.
Since we have no one to teach all we basically do is knock, knock,
knock and bike, bike, bike. Heavenly Father really does watch out for
us. Grace is real.
That's one thing I've really been studying recently, grace. It's the
power that comes through the atonement, not only to save us, but to
sustain us. We know that after ALL WE CAN DO we are saved by grace.
Even though we know that none of our works can ever amount to anything
close to being soul saving, we still have to do our best. Doing out
best requires a lot of effort, so how do we do that? Grace! Grace is
the daily divine help that we need to make it through. Grace makes it
possible for us to maintain those good works that we don't think we
can keep up on our own. Grace will never run out and grace will never
go away! It's always ready to help. It's just another thing where we
have to humble ourselves and ask.

This week we had zone conference and it was beautiful. We talked about
being a consecrated missionary and family history. Two things I love!
The Craig's are such angels. So fantastic.

Yesterday I made sister bowers make me a pie. 'Twas an apple pie. Our
neighbor also gave us barbecue chicken to make. So sister bowers made
it and then made some of it into a pot pie. It was beautiful and so
yummy. She is so talented. I will starve when she leaves.

Yesterday we had the most miracle of miracles! It was raining so badly
that we couldn't go out on our pedal-paddles/bikes. So we stayed home
and called every less active soul in our ward roster. We got some new
addresses, wrong numbers, and some quick hang ups. But the very first
number was AMAZING. So sister bowers Facebook stalked (we are such
good stalkers. I wonder if other people in the library know we are
this crazy. Really we should get an award) this less active. He had a
different number on Facebook than on the roster, so we called it. He
answered and we talked to him for a little bit and then he told us
that he lives in another part of Florida that's out of our mission. We
asked him if we could move his records. Turns out that he ISNT a
member of the church, but he want missionaries to come to his house.
So he gave us his address and we thoroughly enjoyed our little
miracle. It was amazing.

This week we also taught this man named Leonard, who has a family so
our teachings are now over. He apparently knows Tim tebow and is going
to set up a way for us to meet him. They played high school football
together! We will see what happens!

Well I hope you have a good week! We are trying to stay hydrated down
here in the swamp.... Literally.

Love,

Sister Perkes