Howdy from Woodville where I'm ridiculously exhausted and even more ridiculously happy!
Last Monday was a typical preparation day w/ the addition of a major "de-junk" of the apt.! That felt really good- many sets of elders have lived here... it needed it! That night we had dinner w/ the A* family (part-member couple w/ grown children- Sis. A* is a member. Bro. A* is not, but he comes to church almost every Sunday) which was completely delicious meatloaf w/ lots of yummy sides. My daddy would be so proud of the helping of collard greens I dished up and ate all by myself. I still don't enjoy them, but there was no gagging involved. She made some amazing blueberry-white chocolate cheesecake for dessert.
Tuesday we did our weekly service volunteering at the Heritage Village museum. We helped w/ inventory of the giftshop this week. We did some quality door-knocking as well as following up w/ some investigators we haven't seen for awhile. The L*'s had us over for dinner which was yummy chicken fettucine alfredo.
Wednesday included our regular uplifting visits at the nursing home. We did some tracting and taught some lessons to people who are not yet prepared to recieve the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We learned a lot! We visited a less-active member and had dinner w/ the M* family who fed us gumbo and sweet potatoes.
Thursday we had a long weekly planning session and also spent some time at the church practicing a musical number. We had lots of plans fall through, and also spent a good chunk of time tracting and spreading the good news... mostly w/ those who are not yet prepared. We got to spend an hour surfing the new and improved Mormon.org website and we love it! If you're reading this and are a member- go create a profile asap and let me know when you have. There's a great article about in the January edition of the Ensign. If you're reading this and you're not a member- it really is a pretty cool website that is worth checking out so please do so!! The G* family fed us Taco Soup for dinner which was perfect after a cold day of tracting :)
Friday we had District Meeting up in Jasper followed by lunch at a place in Jasper called Burger Depot. It's delicious and definitely where anyone trying to gain weight should go eat. We did some tracting way out in the country, where were followed by cute dogs, and hardly got to talk to anybody... we did terrify a lady though- as soon as we got to her gate she started yelling for us to go away as though we were hardened criminals. It was a seriously fun day. The M* fed us some yummy fish for dinner (fish is still not my favorite, but I enjoy it from time to time... and this had cheese and spinach added, so it was much more tolerable) and the best purple cake I've ever had. We had an amazing lesson w/ C* H* that night. He's still absolutely incredible, and still has a LONG way to go.
Saturday we taught D* S* in the morning. He's going through so much right now it breaks my heart. We had a productive hour or so of tracting after lunch and then met up w/ some YSA girls from the Beaumont Singles Branch. S* and M* came to do exchanges w/ us because they were jealous of the boys in their branch getting to go out w/ the Beaumont elders all the time. They're both preparing to serve missions and want to make it a monthly thing. We LOVE them and are all for it. The exchanges were very productive. I got to work w/ S* and we did some tracting, following up w/ potential investigators, and visiting some less-actives. We also made dinner for them at the D*'s home. I made beef stroganoff and M* and S* helped w/ cleaning Sis. D*'s kitchen. We all had a great, uplifting time.
Sunday our church meetings were particularly edifying... funny because none of our investigators made it. We did some tracting in the rain which is always fun. The K*'s fed us pulled pork sandwiches for dinner. We visited some potential investigators and less-active members, and finished off the evening by playing and awesome Elder Holland talk (an address he gave to MTC missionaries) for C* M* and B* S* who are both preparing to leave on missions. We got a copy of the talk on Friday and fell in love w/ it. They really enjoyed it too.
It's been a long week- lots of hard work, not so much seeing fruits of our labors. Ironically though, we feel SOOOO good about it! We've given our all to do the Lord's will. We feel good about our efforts and peace knowing the Lord is please w/ them. I wouldn't trade that for anything!!!! I love being a missionary!!! I love ALL of you SO much!!!!
*~Sister Pilmer~*
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