Taking the Shots: "CHASING CARS... NO DOGS" (Week 35: 5/2-5/8)

Well we continued to be chased by dogs this past week. Why? We aren't
quite sure. So if any body knows, please let my companion and I know.

Monday: well we of course had p-day! Always a fab time. We got to take
a nap and breathe for a little while. After p day was over, we went
over to a members house for dinner. The family's name is the Brewer's
and it's just the mom and three kids. And they are probably one of the
most well behaved kids in this ward. And they are sooo cute! Later
that evening we had set up an appointment to visit with these two
teenage college students with a member but they decided to not show
up, so we taught the member a lesson. He's a recent convert!

Tuesday: we continued to go tracting. All day. We also had went to try
and visit a less active recent convert, but she said to come back on
Wednesday. So we headed to the church and waited till dinner and then
went and ate at the bishops home. We had chicken and salad. Well while
we were there we had a big rain storm and he got news that there was a
tornado warning so we were kind of there for a little while. That was
our fun Tuesday! We also went and visited with a lady named Cindy and
she has been on our investigators list for quite some time. We don't
really thing she is that interested anymore. We also visited with
Tonya, who is a less active. She is soo fun to visit. And we just love
that family!

Wednesday: we went and did some service at The Haven. And then we went
tracting some more. We also went and tried to visit with Lauren and
new investigator and while we were knocking on her door she had just
pulled up and she let us help her take in her groceries. And the. We
shared a lesson and she started to cry. It was such a good lesson. We
then tried to visit Victoria Cobb but she wasn't home. Sometimes it's
so frustrating when people sign up to have us come back and they just
don't answer. 🙄😐 later that night we had an awesome lesson with our
investigator named Amanda. She is so sweet and she has such an awesome
desire to be baptized. She wants to be baptized on June 11th!
Hopefully we can help her finish to that point. She is sooo sweet!

Thursday:we had weekly planning and then we went over to the haven to
help out over there. We then went tracting some more on another
street. And while we were knocking we come across this dog. The dog
literally was biting at Sister Halls skirt as well as mine. I
seriously have know idea what is wrong with dogs and them following
us. And well we went to the next house and it was still following us.
Too funny!

Friday: we had Zone Meeting which was in Mechanicsville. It was such a
great meeting. We got to hear from our zone leaders and sister
training leaders. Some of it was centered just around me and it was
just sooo good! One of the trainings was on patience. I know right now
Heavenly Father is testing me with patience. And it's definitely hard,
but I know good things are to come! After coming back from
Mechanicsville weren't and did more service at the Haven. It's always
a fun time. Especially when we work with some funny ladies! (In the
picture is Denise and Chauntel.) later that night we went tracting and
found some new people that we have lessons scheduled this week with.
So that will be fun! I know Heavenly Father truly puts us in people
paths!

Saturday: we went through the area book, which hold all of the
missionary information for investigators, etc. then we went over and
talked to Brother Lewis. He's going through a rough time so it's
really good that we just go and talk to him. We then headed out
towards Montross. We had a lesson at 4 with the Pierce family. It was
soo good. On our way out we had tracted/knocked and tried visiting
with potentials. Later that night we had met with one of our
referrals. It took us a while to get there but it was good.

Sunday: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! We went to church and the primary children
sang. It was so good. We then came home and we had studies and then we
went over to the members house who was making us dinner to help her
cook. We then got to talk to family! It was a nice time seeing
wonderful smiles and just hearing their voices. I'm so grateful for
families and the knowledge of the Plan of Salvation.

Thank you for all that each and everyone of you do to help me in this
great work. Whether it's an email or a letter, they don't got
unnoticed. I love you all! Stay strong and know that Heavenly Father
is with you in everything you go through!

HAPPY 8 MONTH MARK TO ME! Sometimes I can't believe I have been out
for 8 months. It truly blows my mind. Time flys when your having fun!
But I know how important this work is.

I love you all! And I hope you all have a wonderful week! 😘😘💕💕

Love,
Sister Pewtress