Put some South in your mouth!!

Hello everyone!! It's been a week. Yeet. Some days missionary work just gets ya, ya know? Sometimes I forget that we came to earth to experience hard things. But it's a sign of growth, and I probably needed it because Heavenly Father had been spoiling us lately..

Before anyone freaks out and wonders what on earth happened... it wasn't even that bad we just had multiple days in a row where literally EVERYONE and their dog cancelled on us. And we weren't super sure where we were supposed to go and we had some SUPER awkward contacts and no one wanted the gospel... ahh... such is missionary life though. I know poor me. Naw I'm good it was just a little hiccup.

Highlights though!! 

~We did not get yelled at by anyone.. mostly.. this one lady was kinda salty but for a good reason.

~We had some bomb FHE's with members that didn't cancel so that was fun. We're slowly building a children army of cute Primary kids that love us.

~We did the activity for Young Women's. We did "missionary minute-to-win-it" It was a blast and the girls had a good time!

~ We had a good district meeting with a pizza lunch. Props to Elder Bowden for saving the Dominoes his mom sent him.

~ We got J- and L- on date for January 19th!!! That was definitely the biggest highlight!!! they are so cute and funny! L- talks like a smoker and Jan has a New Yorker accent but they're homies and they just love us. I think we've been adopted as their granddaughters. And their friend Fred who introduced us might baptize them if we can help him work up the confidence!

~ We taught M- twice this week and she's coming a long!!! We had some super cool youth come with us to teach and they're getting pumped about missionary work.

~ We went down to the quirkiest restaurant owned by a member in this little town at the very bottom of our area that we never get to called Kenansville. It's only got like one restaurant and maybe 2 gas stations. And a hotel that apparently Elvis stayed at. Go figure. Anyways we ate at the one restaurant owned by the members and she asked if she could "fix us up a plate" And I had the most Southern meal of my life. For appetizers, Fried green tomatoes, swamp cabbage, coleslaw, cheese grits and hush puppies and for the main course: catfish, shrimp, turtle, gator and frog legs!!! I have never eaten a frog before!!! It still looks like a frog. It was insane. It was super tasty though and it was quite the experience.

~We helped out in primary yesterday and I have never seen anyone be so excited to see us! It was the most adorable thing ever. Ugh I love kids. We felt like celebrities. It's just a nametag, people haha.