It's Bike week in Daytona...it's bike week in Tuscawilla

That's right I got transferred out right in time for Bike Week in Daytona Beach but good thing our car got put in car share so I don't get to miss out on biking.... wooooo..... It's ok... God's just wanting me to get in shape so I'm a babe when I go home... I'm going to have thighs of steel. Plus my bike is broken so it feels like I'm biking up hill ALL the time. yay.

This week had a lot of ups and downs for sure but nothing I can't handle. Just some fun growth for me. I'll cover the good stuff.

~ We met up with N- M- again, who I taught in college park, her and her mom live in our area so we decided to stop by. We knock on the door and Natalie comes out and gives me a huge hug. She's so amazing. She told us about her life and all the stresses of it and she wants to be taught again!! So we're going to meet up with her and her mom. I'm so excited.

~We got to go to both ZTM's which was awesome! I always feel so uplifted by the spirit and we got a double dose!! I love all the missionaries. It was so interesting to see the differences between the trainings and thoughts. Everyone did so amazing. In the O-zone meeting we did a training on setting missionary goals with members at dinner and in the Lake Mary ZTM we did a training on patriarchal blessings and divine potential. So it went great. I also accompanied both of the musical numbers because no one can play the piano!!! but I enjoy playing.

~We got to do a ton of service for old ladies on Saturday. in the morning we went over to Louise's who we picked up earlier that week. We helped her clean her porch and we told her about the temple and proxy baptisms. She wants to do a temple tour. We also got to teach her a bit about the restoration and clear up some misconceptions about Joseph Smith. We also showed her the first vision video and she liked it. She bought us lunch which was super sweet. Then we went to clean for our next door neighbor "grandma." She's a less active member who loves and spoils the missionaries. She's super sweet. She's always there when we need her.

~We taught Gammy about repentance and read the Bible and the Book of Mormon with him which seems to be a good tactic. The Littles challenged him to come to church and he was super set on coming. He called his workers and said he wasn't coming to work on Sunday. The Littles offered to give him a ride. Then the next day one of his workers got injured and he couldn't come...... ugh... satan....

~Ok less of a highlight but still quite amusing. We had a Bible request and decided to stop by and the guy just happens to be sitting out on the lawn. He was super confused because he didn't request a Bible but thought maybe his girlfriend might've. He identified as agnostic but said that just means "someone who doesn't know yet." So we sat down and just started teaching him the Plan of Salvation. I know God wanted us to contact him. But then his girlfriend comes out and starts yelling at us.  Like I've never been yelled at so much... Like she said some really nasty things about how we weren't Christian and didn't believe in God and she was going to call the cops on us.. .and how I should be a prostitute... ahhhhh.... yeah some pretty nasty stuff. But hey it just reminded me that God really wanted us to talk to that guy and how satan really didn't want me to. So I know there's something really special about that guy. He was really shocked she was acting that way and told her to calm down. But I felt shoulder to shoulder with the Savior and knew that I was doing exactly what he wanted me to do at that time. 

~We got to have a Stake missionary meeting with the stake president and his counselors. It was super cool to be on the inside of the stake missionary stuff. And I felt like I actually got to participate and give ideas. It was awesome. 

~Again we got like 0 time to do missionary work... so I'm still adjusting to that hahaha but it will be good. It's a good life! I'm figuring it out!!