Sometimes I can't believe how much happens in a week. I
don't really remember what happened on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, but
Friday and Saturday were wild.
On Friday we drove up to Lead Hill. It's a small town about
20 miles North of Harrison. We had 3 lessons that day which is pretty exciting
in itself. At one of them I was able to play and sing Peace in Christ for them.
I could feel the Spirit so strongly as I bore my testimony to them through
music. Then we drove out to Yellville from there which is about 25 miles East
of Harrison. Some members who live there were feeding us, but they live in the
middle of nowhere. The dirt road they live on could barely pass as a road. (We
actually got a flat tire driving up their drive way).This family has very
little electricity, no running water, and they use a bucket for their bathroom.
But the crazy part is that they choose to live like that! They love being out
in nature on their farm without the distractions of the world. They were some
of the most humble and faithful people I've ever met. On the fun side of
things, we got to hold some of their piglets and milk their goat. It was really
fun.
On Saturday we did a ton of service. At a thrift store we
volunteer at one of the other volunteers said that he had been curious about us
for a long time. He said that there was a light around us that he's never seen
in anyone else and he's wanted to ask about it for a couple of weeks. It was so
cool! He asked us a ton of questions and he wants to know more! Then that
evening we had another service opportunity at the House of Hope fundraiser. We
talked to 20+ people there and probably half of them asked about our name tags
and what we do. We had 2 really good conversations where they walked away
saying that they had changed their mind about the "mormons" because
of our good examples. Service works!!!!
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes!
God is Good!
Sister Slade
Pictures (we have a lot this week!)
1. I got to see Sister Allison (my MTC companion) for the first time in 9 months last week at zone conference
2. A fun mural
3. Me holding a piglet
4. Me milking a goat
5. Sister Brown milking a goat
6. Pretty picture7. We got stuck behind a tractor going home on Friday night
8. This note was on our door when we got home Friday night
9. A nasty looking spider outside our door
10. The nail that the tire shop pulled out of our tire when
they fixed it on Saturday
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