Hi mom!:D
I got your package and loved it! Thanks for the hymn book and the pictures:) This week was a fun and awesome week!
Quick story about how a member tricked us
Last week we went to see a less active but were't sure which house was he's so we kinda just guessed (People in the South don't believe in house numbers lol) and knocked on a lot of the houses. No one answered so we went to the next house and knocked on the door. After we knocked on the front door and a minute or so had passed we assumed that no one was home. While we were standing there someone came from the back door and said hi to us. We told him that we had tried to see his neighbor because she was a member of our church and we wanted to come see her. He said she wasn't home and he asked what church we belonged to. We said that we were members of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, and that me and Sister Elms are missionaries for our church. We asked him if he's heard of our church and he said he had and that he knew a bit about it. He than asked us if we had something we wanted to teach him and his wife and invited us inside. At this point me and Sister Elms were getting excited, and had no idea we're talking to a member lol He let us in and went to get his wife. Right away me and Sister Elms noticed the Jesus statue and a picture of President Thomas S. Monson. We looked at each other and Sister Elms said "wait a minute" We were both just like, this has to be a memb'ers house. After a minute or two the guy and his wife come out and instantly Sister Elms reorganizes Sister Spears and she realized later that Brother Spears looked a little familiar. We all laughed about it, and we did end up teaching them a lesson. The Spears also asked us about our food and it we were getting fed. And up till a little more than a week ago we didn't have any food and no money left on our mission cards. When we told her that, she gave us piece of paper and told us to write down everything we needed and then the desires of our hearts. Then Sister Spears insisted on taking us grocery shopping and totally spoiled us. They were so generous willing to help and we told them how much we appreciated it and how much we loved them. They even gave me a bike, which I really, really needed because the next day we were going to be on bikes for a week and I didn't have one yet. In Picayune the Elders have the car for a week then they sisters get the car. I like riding bikes but I'm excited to get the car back on Wednesday lol Getting a bike that I didn't even have to pay for was a huge blessing and I'm so grateful to the Spears and Heavenly Father.
One more tracting story then I have to go lol
Yesterday while we were knocking doors we met this guy and his wife and they were really nice people. Their names are George and Barbara. George was funny and there were some things he said that made me want to laugh. One of the things he talked about was the word (Gospel, scriptures) He was comparing it to weed and alcohol and how if your going to give someone something then you have to give them all of it or the real thing. "it aint pure! day be puttin suger in it! day cheatin the user! if the guy wants weed give em the good stuff wid out all dat crap. itz like da isralelits, dey wants to word but dey aint gittin it like dey should"
Got to go!:D Love ya'll
Love Sister Keables
