Hugs from Strangers (August 18)

Hello! :)

Here are the next two articles from the News Paper:

No one is past saving:

http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/news/269423011.html

Missionaries go beyond the bike:

http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/news/270369411.html

We have had some really great experiences this past week contacting people on the streets in neighborhoods and such. It is pretty incredible that when you really pray in faith miracles can happen. 

It rained this week. And it felt good.

We helped someone wash his van and Sister Sonasi and I ended up getting into a small water fight...

We had exchanges with our Sister Training Leaders. I got to go to Sumner for a day. It's a cute town with little shops and stuff.

At a member's home for dinner the most awkward comment ever was made. 

Win for the most uncomfortable moment ever:

We were walking past a group of pre-teen/teen girls who S. Sonasi and S. Muir talked to the day before. And one of them runs over and gives me a hug... and NEVER LETS GO. They were trying to be goofy or funny or something. But all I could think about was the smell of this girl and her sticky arms wrapped around me... and how they got there. I looked over and low and behold the other people were recording it on an iPhone and an iPad. The girl then ran over to S. Sonasi, but S. Sonasi literally ran away. The girl came back to me, but I told her to stop. We started walking down the street and were like 100 yards away when the girl comes back and starts walking with us. I asked her what her name was and she replied "John" and when I asked her how old she was she said "35." Getting a little annoyed. I walked over and asked some older teen if she knew the girl. The girl got embarrassed and left. So don't be surprised if you see us on YouTube. 

We had a missionary devotional last night and man was it great. Brother Brandenburg spoke and bore his testimony about how he's a Southern Baptist gone Mormon. I always feel the Spirit so strong at those meetings... especially when I'm part of the choir because I get to look down at the audience and literally SEE the results of this great work that I get to be a part of. Our Heavenly Father loves ALL of us. And to see hundreds of people who have come to know and feel of that love and the truth of His Restored Gospel. AH! You can't even put into words how amazing it is.

This week I have been really trying hard on strengthening my faith in the Savior. As I've prayed more earnestly and studied the scriptures and gone about my day I have been able to feel the strength that comes from our faith in Christ. It helps us to be more like him and follow His example. This is a powerful video that shows clips from Christ's life that show some of the different attributes that he has:

http://www.mormonchannel.org/youth-theme-2013?v=2816242068001

I know that as we try to emulate the attributes of Christ we are blessed with peace and happiness.

Let me know what's going on in your life! :)

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

Love,

Sister Pearson

13 Months and Counting (August 11)

None of the funny things that happened last week seem like they'll be that good typed out so I don't know what to write today...

I guess I'll just write some random stuff...

Sister Sonasi asked a guy if she could touch his hair... awkward. Haha.

Someone who's door we've only knocked on twice in the past 7 weeks left us a HUGE sign half as big as their door saying "I WORK NIGHTS AND SLEEP IN THE DAY. STOP KNOCKING ON MY DOOR!" Hahaha! We felt so special.

I used a super nice porta potty next to some model homes.

We asked some guy what his dream job would be and he replied, "I would make knives and axes out in the woods."

We were saying a prayer in our car before we got out. We finished and I simultaneously opened my eyes and started opening the car door only to look up and find the lady and her son staring at us. I don't know how long they had been there, but it was creepy. It didn't take long for us to find out that they were not interested.

I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting on service. Luckily I had two days warning instead of 30 minutes... although, the audience was kind of brutal. Haha.

As of yesterday I've been out 13 months! CRAZYYYY!

One of the ladies we meet with totally made a dark joke on Sister Sonasi. It was priceless.

Met two creepers this week. On the scale of 1-10 the first one was definitely a 10. I won't repeat some of the stuff he was saying to us because I don't want to relive that moment, but let's just say this is how it ended:

Him: *with eyes opened super huge and pointing his finger at me* "I am going to find you! I'm going to remember your license plate number and I'm going to find you!"

Us: Uh... okay, bye!

The other guy wasn't too bad, but I was taken a little off guard when he asked me out for coffee. I just looked at Sister Sonasi and she said, "Oh. We don't drink coffee." "Well, what about juice?" the guy responded. "Welll.... we have to stay in this little area, so we won't be able to do that. Sorry!" we replied.

People are funny.

It's going to be SUPER hot this week. Not cool. We happen to get the bike/walk days on the hottest days of the week. But I still pray in gratitude that I didn't get called to Florida or Texas or Arizona or Ecuador or anywhere hot and humid....

OH! I got to do a little bit of my Familly History and it was way sweet! I found a line on my dad's dad's side that goes clear back to 1560 in Germany! If you haven't made a FamilySearch.org account, go do it! You can discovery so many great things! And if you don't know what you're doing there is probably a family history center at a church near you that you can get help at! :) It seriously was so amazing discovering my family! :)

Probably already sent this one, but I finished the Book of Mormon for the second time since I've started my mission and I just LOVE it. I know anyone who asks in faith can receive an answer. Listen to this man and how he gained a testimony of it's truth:

http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages/topics/book-of-mormon?v=1256696369001

Okay. LOVE YOU ALL!

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

Love,

Sister Pearson :)