Nothin' Could Be Finer : I Think the Car is Fancier Than I Am

Good morning y'all!

This week a lot of appointments fell through, which meant we had a lot of time to do service and find new investigators. We were able to see some success in getting a few new and potential investigators who invited us back! One nice thing about being in the "Bible Belt" is that even if folk don't agree with us or want to hear more, they are usually really nice because if we love Jesus Christ, we are all right in their book.

On Wednesday we had interviews with President and Sister Alexander up in Gastonia. Those are always great. Afterwards we had district meeting, and I gave a training on how to Teach People, Not Lessons. It went really well. That ate up our morning and some of our afternoon as well, but we had time to get a little snack, do companionship study in the car, and get to the B family for dinner. The weather was a little crazy that evening and there were even tornadoes in some parts of the mission, but not too close to us. Whew.

On Thursday we spent the morning driving aaaallll the way up to the misson office in Charlotte to turn in Gimpy (our car) and pick up a new one, since it was about Gimpy's turn to retire. We ended up getting a brand-new car, which is amazing. We are so thankful for it! It's nice to drive without being afaid the bumper will fall off and with two perfectly functioning headlights. Sister Christiansen also got to go to Fatz for the first time with the L family. We had a super fun lesson with them and their kids about prayer using a shoelace. Its hard to explain, but it's a fun lesson to teach!

One thing I learned this week is to look for opportunities to teach all the time. When we were searching for former investigators, we hardly ever got in contact with the person we were actually looking for, but we found others in the area that were willing to talk!

We are so blessed. Thank you for your prayers!

Love,

Sister Reay