Hello and Happy Monday
Friends and Family! Sister Ritchie just gave me a hug from her family because
they think we are doing a great work here. I like to think we are too. Being in
Saco is going pretty great. In honesty, last week was kinda a blur. We had
district P-Day, Zone Interviews, and exchanges. So we were pretty scattered
around southern Maine this week. But it was all good. And like the title
indicates, we ended up with two Little Caesars pizzas by the end of the week so
that's a win for any college age person.
Like I said, Monday was District P-Day in
Windham. Well, mostly. Sister Ritchie and I originally weren't planning on
going but we made time to go last minute, unannounced to us that it was cancelled.
Luckily the Cornish elders were with the Windham elders so when we called at
the Windham chapel they left Wal-Mart and met us at the chapel with a Little
Caesars pizza for lunch (which we paid them back for) and the coolest Nerf war
ever. It's always fun to pelt your mission leaders with Nerf bullets. Sister
Ritchie and I held our own pretty well, I mean, I hit a lot of elders in the
head. So good times.
Tuesday and Wednesday were normal missionary
days. One cool highlight was we were out Tuesday morning and we talked to guy
sitting outside and we asked if he believed in Christ and he said yes. We told
him how the Book of Mormon is another Testament of Christ and we gave him a copy
and before we said anything else he said he would read it. Missionary win! But
that night the members that were signed up to feed us forgot! So they went out
and got us, you guessed it, a Little Caesar's pizza. And crazy bread. Can't
complain much.
Wednesday we caught a former investigator we
hadn't been able to catch my entire time here so little blessings.
Thursday was zone interviews in Portland. As
always they went long so my interview went a little into lunch hour. And
President and Sister Blair have had a lot on their plates with sick
missionaries going home and other general mission crises so interviews were
really kinda hectic. But we had an awesome training from the zone leaders about
being yourself but a missionary and why we need to get along as companions. And
that evening we had exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders where I received
Sister Rogerson to be in Saco. So Sister Rogerson came out with me and we were
even in the same MTC room so we had a lot of fun catching up and talking about
our missions so far.
Friday Sister Rogerson and I hit Saco hard with
the gospel. Everyone we saw we talked to. What was funny was the first guy we
saw (who we could tell was joking around) ran away once he saw Sister Rogerson trying
to hand him a Book of Mormon. Like, literally ran. It was hilarious. But
everyone else we talked to, whether they were interested or not, was pretty
sweet and we were able to leave them with something to learn from. I even gave
a Book of Mormon and testified to someone who said they were atheist. It was a
great time.
We had our usual Friday lunch with the Walkes but
this time we had it at their old beach cottage where Buffles (remember, she is 107)
would spend her summers growing up. We had lobster rolls, ice cream, and just
too much fun on the beach. Did I mention I serve near a beach? Yeah, Saco is
pretty cool.
Compared to that, the rest of our weekend was
pretty boring. We did a lot of weekly planning, helped at the food pantry in
Arundel, and avoided a storm that apparently was having quarter size hail
hitting a lot of southern Maine. But not Saco! We just got scattered showers. And
yesterday I totally forgot was Pioneer Day. No one did anything related to it
at church so sorry if you're expecting a cool story for that...
So that was the week of the Saco 2 area. I hope
your week was pretty great and are enjoying the summer. I love and miss you all
and pray you have a good upcoming week!
Love,
Sister Wright
On the beach with sister Rogerson
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