Querida Familia y Amigos,
This week was terribly normal. We tracted a lot. Dropped some people. No one came to church. It's a little discouraging, to be honest.So, to make it not so bad, we decided to do some secret service. We went over to Paola's house. I don't know if you guys remember her, she's a former from Peru. Loooove her. Well, their yard esta bien feo. So many weeds and dead grass. They want to fix it, but Michael works all the time and Paola and Yudi are taking care of Micah and working in the house all day long, so they don't have time, either. So Hermana Webb and I went over and spent an hour picking weeds. (: There's still a lot to go, we didn't even make a dent. But we will return and work some more next week. The neighbors all came up and talked to us. It was crazy, who knew people actually communicated with their neighbors anymore? Usually, we're like, "Do you know anyone around here that speaks Spanish?" and they're like, "Honestly, I've been living here for x years, and I don't know anyone." But these neighbors were super nice. (: One of them, wow. When he returned to his car to bring in the groceries his wife had just bought, his neighbor pulled in and saw the carpet truck out front and all the carpet things in the driveway (it wasn't raining this day, surprise, I know), was like, "Hey (neighbor's name)! How are you? What's going on? Are you remodeling? Do you need any help?" Hermana Webb and I just turned to each other in shock. What? What is this? We decided the neighbor that just arrived was a member.
Another man greeted us as he walked past to take his dog on a walk. When he was returning, he saw us still working in the yard, and he called out to us, "Are you the servants?" It was so funny. But it was also a really good opportunity to introduce ourselves ("Yes, we are. Haha, no. (: We're actually the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ on Latter-day Saints, and when we're not sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, we love to do service, so we just wanted to come and do yard work for some of our friends. Do you need any service?"). That was fun. (:
One of our STL's is sick. ): Like, super sick. They're not quite sure what it is, but she just got over pneumonia last transfer, so that might have something to do with it. So we've been on a lot of exchanges this week, as her companion still needs to work in their area. They're English, so their area is within our area, so it's actually been slightly beneficial for us. Their area is the part of our area that we haven't worked in a lot because it seems super white. So as we've visited with their members and investigators, we've been able to ask if they know anyone Spanish around there. The answer, after much thought, is usually no, an that's really helpful, because now we know that we don't have to tract those specific neighborhoods and waste our time. (:
I think that's about it...
I love you guys! Have a great week!
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Miller
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