Priscilla didn't send any pictures this week, only this video. Mom grabbed a screen shot at least. She said, "This is all I got this week. In my defense, it was a short week."
Hello
and Happy Monday again Friends and Family. Our mass email title this week comes
from what I daydream someone sometime within the next four weeks will say to
Sister Mann and me. Because our lives have been founded on the puns born from
our last names. But we continue to missionary here in Saco. And quite honestly
since I wrote just last Tuesday I do not really feel like much has happened
these last six days. We taught as often as we could, Fall/Autumn has begun (and
won't let us forget it. Seriously, it's set to be in the 60s all week and Sister
Mann is already cold. We are doomed), and had the General Women's Session of
General Conference which was really great! Seriously, so much revelation from
that meeting. As always, President Uchtdorf's address was stellar and has made
my life. Now who doesn't want to go to the fourth floor, last door? But that
was Saturday, I'll try to share some experiences we have had since then.
Because of the training Elder
Bennett gave last week at mission conference we are working hard on helping our
investigators through daily contact. So Sister Mann and I (after hearing one of
our members stopped by this investigator because we accidentally forgot to tell
them the appointment had canceled.... Whoops... But apparently had a great time
just socializing on the investigator's porch so fellowshipping points to them)
stopped by Mark's (our investigator with a baptismal date and still wanting to
have his family learn with him) and we use followed up on the commitments we
extended to him and one of his daughters ended up offering some corn chowder
she had made because it was supper time. I said sure and Sister Mann said she
had never had chowder before so the experience seemed that much more exciting....
Until we realized chowder was made with cream.... And
Sister
Mann is dairy intolerant... Needless to say I felt like a horrible senior
companion after the fifth bite and we realized this. She powered through it
though because she's a super hero. Mann, the things we do for investigators.
As for an update on Dave we
saw/taught him Saturday. He's still not dropped because he still wants to learn
but he doesn't want to feel rushed. He also said baptism is a goal of his, he
just doesn't feel ready for it now. Oh well. We are giving him another weeks
break which hopefully will help him.
The coolest things this week
really mostly happened with less active sisters. Two of them came Saturday night
to the dinner and broadcast put on the Relief Society and the sisters did a
great job including them. Sister Mann and I ended up helping the primary
president put together general conference packets to give the kids the next
day. It was a mess because we were running out of papers for copies and we realized
the packet was made for April 2014 conference... So there were Easter eggs and
three different apostles then there are now... The Easter eggs became pumpkins
and the apostles magically turned into the new ones so it all worked out. It
was just probably the most hilarious packet producing part ever.
AND AND AND another less
active sister who is now actively attending her church meetings and preparing
to do baptisms for her family members meetings not only has found housing
within the ward boundaries but just received a calling!!! We are all so excited
so good things are really happening out here.
Well I hope you all are as
excited for general conference as we are! I can't believe this is my last one
on the mission. I've been studying the talks given this April and even reviewed
the questions I brought to conference a year ago and I'm truly in awe of the
things I have learned over the past year. I am so excited for autumn (even
though the colors won't be the same as they were last year because of the drought),
the next 15 weeks, and just being in Maine. As of next week I will have been in
Vacationland for a year and I really wouldn't want to be anywhere else. The
gospel is great, am I Wright?
Love
and miss you all and enjoy conference!
Sister
Wright
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