Out neighbor got BAKER...ACTED

So once upon a time we have this crazy neighbor who lives across the street with his sister named Steve. He sits outside a lot.. Sometimes on his porch.. Sometimes he sits in front of our driveway. Sometimes in the middle of the road. He's a little crazy. He tells us weird things about Joseph Smith.. asked for $5 once.. some Vick's vapor rub. Interesting guy. But harmless. Anyways he got picked up the other day... that's a story for another time LOL.

This week just flew by super fast haha. I can't believe it's already the last week of the transfer. We had some cool things happen this week!

~I went on exchanges with Sister Heywood. My 2nd exchange with a previous companion and it was a blast! We felt super led by the spirit and it was awesome. We had a cool member dinner where they invited a non-member and we talked to her about temples and the Plan of Salvation and she really liked it. She wanted to learn more. Then we found 2 other cool people the next day. We also taught some really good lessons and Sister Heywood and I felt super in unity!! It made the days at the MTC worth it. hahaha. it was really cool to see how much we grew and how much fun we had together. 

~ Less of a highlight but I just had an amusing member dinner... this lady took us to Taco Bell?.... and then she ordered for us?... I've never had that happen before Lol it was really interesting... I didn't mind but It was just weird.

~I've actually enjoyed biking lately because our area is super beautiful and the weather has been surprisingly nice haha. I feel like Heavenly Father is like don't worry about missionary work, just enjoy this really nice biking tour throughout Florida. We've seen some beautiful sunsets and clouds. Everyone we talk to while we're on bikes isn't super interested... but hey.. the view is beautiful.

~We got to go to the temple with Amanda!!! It was so amazing! She brought her Dad's name to get baptized and it was so special. There was a little bit of insanity though because for a second we couldn't find her dad's name in the pile. We watched her hand it to the recorder and then we couldn't find it. They checked the Boy piles they checked the Girl piles and nothing. So Amanda leaned over and was like "Oh this is definitely my dad... he's such a prankster" So her theory is that his spirit was defiinitely there pulling a fast one on all of us so she would know that he was there with us. Then Sister Richards accidentally got baptized for boy names... it was a mess haha but it was quite entertaining. Amanda had an amazing time. 

~Friday we actually had the most full weekly planning session of my mission since probably training lol. It was very satisfying. I needed that.

~We had a really cool lesson with this guy named Paul. He is from Arizona and he is searching for God in his life. He's always been skeptical but he really wants to turn his life around. He really connected to Joseph Smith and seemed really interested in the Book of Mormon so that was exciting. And he came to church!!! He really liked it! He's super solid and we're way excited to teach him.

~Saturday we did a blitz in Lake Mary's area. That's when you have multiple companionships go and try to find people to teach for that set of missionaries. It was really cool! All together we found them like 4 new people to teach so that was awesome. Then we all got dinner together and that was a lot of fun too. 

Again this week was full of learning. I think the Lord is just trying to beat out the last of the pride in me before I go home. I won't lie, I'm used to having busy areas with lots of people to teach and tons of cool miracles and it seems like no matter what I try... it's not possible here. I'm not giving up hope that it could be amazing but I think the Lord's trying to teach me something. My mom shared a scripture with me from Alma 29. I really relate to that whole chapter. It talks about how Alma just really wants everyone in the world to accept the gospel. And I feel that I wish I could talk to literally EVERYONE. And that's not a bad desire to have but it's not what the Lord wants me to do right now. He wants me to have joy in other's successes. That's something that's always been hard for me because I compare a lot.. but I know that there is joy in others successes and when I find the key to that it will be a breeze. So if anyone has any suggestions for that I'd greatly appreciate it.