10th Email: 10 Week in Salem

This week was pretty good! Not as much success as we were hoping for, but we had some good things happen! We started the week off with a great game of soccer with the Salem Elders, which was great. My legs have been itching to play the beautiful game since I got here! So that was wonderful. Oh, and we got to split wood again! Super fun. We split wood for our ward mission leader's mother, who is 84 and lives alone on a farm. And she was out hauling wood with us and telling us how to do everything. What a trooper! Not to mention the fact that one of her "four legged children" stepped on her foot that day, so she was in a lot of pain.

 

We taught one of our new investigators, C--, this week, and it was great! He investigated the church a long time ago and was actually going to be baptized, but he got turned away by some anti information about Joseph Smith. But now he's super open and wants to learn everything he can about our church. And there's some icing on the cake! He's got a 20-year-old son who sat in on the lesson, and he is super elect. He's a really good guy and just wants to do what's right. He just needs a good group of friends. He seemed pretty excited when we talked about the singles' ward! Anyways, good stuff.

 

V-- is doing great. She came to church yesterday (2 weeks in a row!!). Oh, and F-- came to church too! Which was so awesome. It's been so hard for him to come because he had a stroke, so he's bound to a wheelchair and transportation is super hard. Plus, he lives 40 minutes away from the church, which doesn't make the situation any easier. But he made it! Anyways, we taught V-- this week and she just takes in everything we teach.

 

So Sister Tuckett goes home in a couple weeks, which is crazy! It's going to be hard without her here. But I know Sister Habibpour and I will be fine. The other day Sister Tuckett went to Botetourt to work with Sister Stone and Sister Stringham, so it was just me and Sister Habibpour in Salem. It was nice to get a little taste of what the next transfer will be like. Of course, who knows when Sister Habibpour will get her visa, so things will be changing again soon! Bah! Anyways, Sister Tuckett has been an awesome trainer, and I'll miss having her around. But alas, everyone must eventually go the way of all the earth.

 

Love you all! Have a great week!

Love, Sister Myers