White Feather. (March 24)

Helloooooooo everyone! Hope your Spring has been good this far. :)

The Elders in our District brought some poncakaes to District Meeting. (Don't know how to spell it... I think it's Samoan... not sure.) We were surprised to find out that they actually made them... and on top of that... they actually tasted good. Haha!

We got some more miles back for our car, so we don't have to ride our bikes in the pouring rain if we don't want to. That's a plus. But the weather has been a lot nicer, so we will probably just ride them anyways. :)

We went on exchanges this week. I went to Sister Heihl's area. It was interesting. It made me miss having apartments in my area. My first six weeks I was in an area with apartments, but ever since I've been in good old Lake Sawyer where there are NONE. We were knocking on a door in the second floor and heard this like Karate kick grunt thing and look back to see a man on the second floor of the apartments parallel to the one we were at. He was forcefully spitting over two sets of stairs. He was getting so into it; we were cracking up. Then we went to a member's house and I was holding their little Yorkie dog. And looked down at my scripture case and it was literally dripping dog slobber. I thought it was licking it or something so I moved it. Then I looked down and the dog was literally letting drool just pour out of it's mouth and was spitting all over my hand. It was the weirdest thing. My hand was soaked and I had to go wash it. The family said she had never done that before. I guess I'm special.

Someone so generously showed us a tattoo on their bum. She was telling us of her long name and mentioned that her middle name (or one of them at least) was White Feather. Her nephew then repeated her name forgetting to include White Feather. She said, "Well if you ever forget it..." *SLAPPED HER BUM* Then she just pulled half her pants down on the side and let us see the feather tattoo. An exquisite experience.

Sister Goble was delirious on Thursday morning and in her prayer she proceeded to give thanks that it was Sunday and we got to go to church.She was so genuine about it. It was hard to hold back the laughter. Ah, the exhausting life of a missionary. Ha! :)

Dave, the one who surprised his mom at church last week, surprised her again this week! :) He is awesome. He also got answers to his prayers and knows that the Book of Mormon is true (as well as the Bible)! It is so incredible to hear these people relate back their experiences. Dave even had an incredible dream about it. It was awesome. We are so happy for him. He wants a new life and he's getting it. He has come soooo far and it's such a privilege I have as a missionary to watch and help him change. These are the things we live for as missionaries. Christ's Gospel is one of change!

http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=911104782001

Recently, we've had some people learning about the gospel that have addictions. I can't imagine how it might feel having to live with one, but I know that with God's help we all can be freed from them. If you are addicted to ANYTHING check out the Church's Addiction Recover Program and find a time to meet with them. They also have classes for the addicts spouse to attend.

Check out addictionrecovery.lds.org for help, meeting times, and success stories.

Whether it's alcohol, smoking, pornography, or over eating these meetings can help! Remember you are a child of God with an incredible value! You can overcome your addiction. The time to control your own life is now. :) 

Well.... I can't think of anything else to say. So I'll talk to you next Tuesday. Transfers are next week. We'll see what's in store. I really have no idea. Freaky. But exciting.

Until next time,
I'll be doing it the Federal Way!

Love you all,
Sister Pearson :)