Story Time!

Howdy y'all!

(They actually say that here. I still can't get over it.)

I think most of this update will be stories.

#1 We knocked on a door and a woman answered. 

"Hi ma'am!"

"..."

"How are you?"

"..." (looking terrified)

"Is everything okay?"

"..." (slowly shutting the door)

"Well here's a card... go on mormon.org..."

"..."

"Have a good day..."

"..."

"Bye."

and she shuts the door and I walked away from officially the most awkward door approach ever. hahahaha. 

#2 On the same street, we knocked on a door and it took a little while, but we heard someone fumbling with the lock. I think it took a full 45 seconds for the person to open the door. It was a little old (she'll be 90 in December) black woman who immediately said "come on in, ladies, I'm just working on a project". Okay! hahaha it's not very often that we get invited in immediately. We helped her put together a desk drawer that had broken. The desk belonged to her father (so probably a 150 year old desk!). She was the funniest 90 year old I've ever met and she loves us! After talking for a little while she goes "I wanna go to y'alls church! After I get my new teeth of course." She's getting dentures soon and wants to look good for church. :) So she'll probably come to church with us later in November or December. We taught her the first lesson (the restoration- aka the losing of the priesthood, Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon) and because she's a bit hard of hearing, I had to yell the First Vision for her. That was interesting :)

#3 We're teaching an 8 year old (her parents are not members, but her step dad is) the fourth lesson (commandments) and we get to the last commandment, which is obeying the law of the land. We ask, "Khloe, what country do we live in?" She goes, "Texas." hahahahaha. Texas pride.

#4 I got TWO packages for Halloween. TWO! One was from my mom and one from my aunt Cheryl (thank you!!). The only problem was, my companion and I had resolved to eat healthy just a few days before. Guess what was in the packages? A stash of my favorite candies like you would not believe. So our diet will start later. :)

More stories next time! I always run out of computer time. :)

But one more thing. I'm starting a project where I take pictures with any animal that lets me catch it, which usually is cats. I have a total of 11 pictures now! 9 of them are cats, two are dogs. It's a lot of fun. :)