Lovely.

Hey Everyone! :)

So Sister Webb got a different bike because her legs are too long. Now she has a giant bike. We went on exchanges the day after and our Sister Training Leader rode it and totally biffed it. I turn around and she's on the floor. Luckily, the headlight was the only thing that broke off. Although, later I found out something happened to her ankle, but she never told me. It was majorly swollen.

We got to teach this amazing couple last week. They are awesome and we hope to be able to continue to teach them. They are looking forward to learning more about The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. :)

We are striking up a friendship with the family that manages our Subway. They are from India. We were able to get some pamphlets in Hindi. :) They always ask us to pray for their business, so you better believe Subway is in our prayers.

You know you've been in the area a long time when.... you are riding your bike and see two teenagers holding hands. Then you find out that both of them were people you've taught. Small world.

We've run into some intense people this past week.

First, we went up to this group of probably 4 or 5 teenagers/young adults. We were having a decent conversation when the girl came in and said "Yeah, I go to the church of Satan." I misheard her and asked,"You hate Satan?" "NO, I WORSHIP HIM! I don't believe in God. He ain't there. When we die,we go into the ground." she exclaimed...along with some more stuff. Then she went off talking about rapists and whatnot and I just tried, as courteously as I could, to help her understand a little bit more. But it was funny because I guess I surprisingly had pretty good responses to what she said because the gangster guy behind her kept saying "Ooooo! She tol' you! Oooo!" So we left feeling like we just got out of a yo' mama battle. Life is funny on the mission.

Second, we walked up to an old man who hesitantly kept the conversation going until he saw the nametags. "You are religious. I am sacrilegious! Get away! Go see my neighbors!" he said with fury. We replied,"Oh well that's okay we do service as..." "GO TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS!" he shouted with his pointer finger shaking furiously at us. Man. Feelin' the love.

Lastly, we met a guy yesterday who just got super defensive out of nowhere and let us know that "I'm an Athiest. I'm not ignorant enough to believe in God. I got this house and 6 cars and rims all on my own without Him. Get away I don't want to hear what you got to say. Get away, go on, get away." And then he and his brother (they were like 40 years old) just laughed at us. The cost of discipleship. SO worth it.:)

(By the way I'm not dissing on Atheist people... we've met just as mean Christians, Agnostics,etc.) I love 'em all. 

This week we really felt like representative of Jesus Christ when we taught one of our investigators outside while we say on giant boulders. Talk about the Sermon on the Mount. It was great. :) The weather has been wonderful!

So I'm pretty sure these are my last three weeks in Lake Sawyer. The Relief Society President (the head of the women's organization in the Church), told us she had a dream that I got transferred and Sister Webb stayed in Lake Sawyer. Later we saw President Eaton and he said it would take some HUGE inspiration to keep me here... so I'm most likely going.-_- Sad day that will be.

BUT. Cool thing. We got permission from Church Headquarters to have that newspaper reporter follow us around for a day. I think I mentioned about how we met him on the street.Well, yeah he wants to write an article. We'll be doing it on Wednesday. Pretty exciting.

 "O how great the holiness of our God! For he knoweth all things, and there is not anything save he knows it. And he cometh into the world that he may save all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of Adam." (2 Nephi 9:20-21) Christ suffered for ALL of us. He knows everything. It's up to us if we accept that gift that He has given us. He can't make us clean or happy against our will... we have to "hearken unto his voice" and change. The best part is, it's never to late and it's available to all! :) Life is good. 
PLEASE WATCH THIS LITTLE MUSIC VIDEO. It may be a tiny cheesy, but it's my jam lately. There is hope because of Christ! It's beautiful really.
http://www.mormonchannel.org/youth-theme-2013?v=3358025312001

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

Love you,
Sister Pearson :)