Tarred and Feathered

 (Sister Putnam)

Hey, Everyone!!

Well last week for preparation day we went to peace arch.

The title for this email comes from Wednesday. We and the everson elders went and did yard work for a lady in Everson, and afterwards the neighbor across the street who had been watching us was like "wait, yall are leaving already? That ain't the Mormon way! I thought you guys was supposed to get tarred and feathered!" Turns out he's an Ex-member, but he said if we ever feel unsafe in this area that he won't turn us away "cause that's not the brotherly thing to do." So that's awesome of him, though we hope he decides to come back to church one day.

This Thursday we did service at Salvation Army and we were bringing donation boxes of food out to people who needed them. One lady from Ukraine stopped me while I was putting her box in the car and told me how she loved my hair, and we got to talking and she told me she could see Jesus' light in my eyes, and she was just a sweet lady.

On Thursday we and the elders went and helped Joel with his garden, and we made cookies to bring to Rafael's family to hopefully help them see that we are good people who just want to bring hope in their lives. Also, the elders brought us a pie and then while they were there I made the mistake of giving them silly string and they just went and silly stringed what they could of our apartment from just the front entry of the apartment lol.

On Saturday we helped a lady clear out her blackberry bushes and we'll be back to finish that job.

Okay love you all!

Sister Alyssa Putnam