Guess what! This week we tried something new! It was so much fun! We went a a quick blitz (with permission from the president of course) so Sister Wilson and I went to the busiest street we could find (State street in Downtown Santa Barbs) and held up a sign that said "Ask a mormon!" It worked surpisingly well! Now before you start to think this is a good idea I have to tell you that it was not my own. One of the elders in the mission started doing it. I didn't know if I would be brae enough to do it but I did. At first it was super awkward because of course people are going to be looking at you and reading what you have written on the sign. So you automatically become the center of attention. I was super nervous for the comments that we would get and I was hoping that we wouldn't get too many angry people who have been pumped full of anti material. This wasn't the case at all though! We got out there and we got to talk to a good amount of people! The most common question we got was "are you christian?" Of course we told them that we are and pointed out the name of the church on our name tags. "The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints" I don't know why that confuses some people. Oh well! We were able to set some misconceptions straight which was nice. The people loved it too. We had so many people laugh as they walked by. I asked one of the people why they were laughing and they told us that it is because they had just never seen anyone do that and it was different that what they were used it. A lot of people came up and simply gave us kudos for being different. So we had a good time with that. I think we are going to make a few different signs and use them at random. We are thinking about putting up thought provoking questions. Any good ones you can think of? They need to be kind of short so people can read them at a glance. That is the hard part. Making it a thinker but keeping it short. So there was our adventure for the week.
Thanksgiving was fun! We went to a member's home and had some really yummy food! My favorite was the mashed potatoes and the green beans! Her green beans were so flavorful and yummy! Anyway the members that we were with had their parents there and one of them is an older guy who isn't quite all there. He was SO funny! We were having a conversation with the members and out of nowhere this old guy looks at sister Barnes and says "You have the most beautiful smile!"then he looks at me and says "Yours is ok too, but yours! (turning to sister Barnes again) It makes me happy just looking at you." hahaha Brother Dunn (this guys son) started cracking up. He and I had a good laugh about how nonchalant this guy had been when he said mine was "ok". I wish you could have seen this man.Just looking at his face can tell you how devious and funny he is.
As far as other things go that is about as eventful the holiday was. We only had the one dinner which was kind of odd. Normally missionaries have a few to go to. Oh well. We are finding that this ward has no idea who Sister Barnes and I are. They know the other two sisters really well and they love them but they forget and don't even know what we have four of us. Which is really sad because they say our names all of the time in sacrament meeting. We are all working on changing that. Kahuna has done a decent job at helping with that.
As far as my message goes...I haven't been able to study the past two days (don't ask why) so I haven't been able to put one together. But I will say this. The day before Thanksgiving I wrote down something I was grateful for for each week of my mission. There was 59. First I can't believe it has been that long but second the cool part for me was being able to see that I couldn't have gone a lot further. I have so many things to be grateful for including family, friends, and a place to go home to, but I think the thing that I am most grateful for is the fact that Heavenly Father has trusted me to take care of His children out here and to help them return to Him. That is a huge responsibility and He has given that to me. How great is it that He wants me to feel the joy that He was when He sees His children turning to Him and gaining a relationship with Him. That is the best gift anyone could give.Anyway, I don't know if that even makes sense. I hope all of you gets to realize how blessed you are and how much our Heavenly Father Loves you.
Anyway, I love you all! Have a great week!
Sister Skeeter
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