A Week of Laughs 6.2.14

This week was full of laughs. Sister Bowers and I laugh a lot, but more so this week. Some were out of fear, some were out of happiness, and some were hysterical laughs. It was quite the toss up. Don't worry. I will get to them all.

 

                                                     street we saw at zone conference.

Hysterical Laughs:

This week we yet again were dropped by every soul that we have ever taught. We knocked and knocked, but no one wants to listen. This was difficult, but I know it's not the end of the world. People will want to listen eventually. We just have to keep working.

 

Fearful Laughs:

This week we met a very interesting person. He thinks he is a prophet and is quite... interesting.. Then he really put the cherry on top when he told me that he was, "very attracted to my soul." Then he told Sister Bowers that she had really intense eyes and that some people may even think she's crazy. It was really scary. We were very afraid. Needless to say we will never go back to that McDonalds.

 

Happy Laughs:

OH BOY. All of these funny stories occured around the same area.

On Tuesday we were knocking down by the University and we had just come out of this very nice complex when what to my wander eye did appear, but a really nice printer just sitting on this pile of junk waiting to get thrown out with the trash. Now I COULD NOT let that happen. This was a mighty fine, beautiful printer. So I carried it back to the institute with me, which was roughly 6 blocks down a very busy road. I only got a few weird looks, but judgers gonna judge. I got myself a nice printer. Then I realized that I had no use for this printer so I gave it to someone in the branch.

A few days later down the same street Sister Bowers pulled into this parallel parking spot and I swore up and down that she had enough room to just pull out, but she made me get out and back her up. For everyone that doesn't know, missionaries must be behind the car to help their companion back out. If it's in reverse there better be a companion standing outside of the car making sure that you don't hit nothin. It's a weird rule, but we also don't really have insurance so missionaries got to do what we got to do. So I was backing Sister Bowers out and not really paying attention to the task at hand. 1)Sister Bowers is a big girl and can back herself out 2)there were cars to be waved at. So I turned around to wave at this car that was turning at the corner. Said car starting freaking out, slammed on it's brakes, and rolled down the window shouting, "AHHHHHHHHHHWATCHOUTTTTTT!!!!!! AWWWW ****!!" Then I realized that he thought Sister Bowers was going to hit me and I had no clue that she was backing up and was warning me. I told him that I was supposed to be out here and then was like, "OH. YOU OKAY." and sped off. It was the darn tootin funniest thing I've ever seen. I thought we were going to die laughing.

 

We had a fantastic miracle baptism this week! This girl that the Elders have been teaching for a while decided to get baptized on yesterday. She decided this on Friday. It was a beautiful baptism and I heard the sweetest talk on baptism I have ever heard in my whole entire life. Us Sister Missionaries sang Come Thou Fount. It went pretty well.

 

This week we also did a TON of service. We did some more gardening at Wilmont Gardens on campus and then we helped paint a building at grace marketplace. It was so wonderful and I'm glad that it's getting up and running. Then we helped this older lady move and that was quite the adventure. She had these puzzle that if you touched it was the end of the world. If you want to live you best not touch her puzzles. But we DID get it all moved.

 

That's all folks! Hope you have a good week!

 

love,

 

Sister Perkes

                                                   Sister Bowers when she lost her shoe

Sister Bowers when she gets home

the apple pie I made Sister Bowers make me

                               Alison's baptism. Our little Asians. They are the best. Pan, Alison, and Sigrid

Sister Bowers

                                                                       Sister Perkes 

I finally got to use my rain bonnet

me and my printer

I made sister Bowers tater dogs.

This weird doggytreat-mobile we saw. It was weird and played strange
animal music. None of it involved a pan flute though, and that's all
that matters.