Alright, so the sticky note idea? That didn't happen. I'm telling you, every day is like five minutes and I don't know where the time goes. Well here's a couple highlights.

Monday night, we were out on an exchange with a guy named Ryan who is leaving on his mission in March. We took him to a potential's house but they didn't answer. These peoples' porch is not up to code (well, let's be real, whose IS up to code in Venus? People do what they want) meaning no railings and stuff. Which, before, has never been a challenge for me except that one night. So Ryan walks down the steps, then Sister Gentry, then I come tumbling down. Apparently it looked like a ninja roll stopped halfway. My left shin is pretty well banged up but it was an adventure, aka worth it. 

That same night, we went to visit a less-active who has like 5 chihuahuas. We were talking to her in her living room when two of the dogs started mildly fighting on the couch. She stops what she was saying and goes "Hey, stop that! Jesus doesn't like that!" Oh. my. goodness. It took all the self-control in the WORLD for Sister Gentry, Ryan, and I to not laugh. She turns back to us and says "I say that when they fight because they understand. I'm serious." hahahahahahaha.

Three really cool experiences this week:

1- One of our best investigators, Chris- we finally got to meet with him again. I don't know if I mentioned this before but he owns a tiny (I mean tiny) little shack/booth convenience store. You don't go in because it only has room for one person- the cashier- so there's a drive-through-type window that you walk up to. So we were talking to him and asked if he prayed about the Book of Mormon. He said yes and that he had a warm, positive feeling and also a feeling that he should continue listening to what we had to say. He also said he had a feeling of comfort and peace when talking to us. That's the spirit, Chris! The SPIRIT!

2- Another investigator, Cheryl. We were talking with her about the Plan of Salvation and she goes, "I feel like I've 'heard' this before. Like it's already familiar to me." I was floored. You hear about investigators saying that but I had never had someone say it to me. Evidence of the pre-mortal existance- bam. Then she was flipping through the Book of Mormon while we were talking and she interrupts and says, "I'm sorry, I just keep opening to this page, can we read it?" Yes of COURSE we will read the Book of Mormon with you! hahaha. We did, and it was exactly what she needed to hear. She cried. And then at the end of the lesson, she says "I feel like there are a lot of answers for me in this book." Yes, Cheryl! There are!! 

3- Oh man I'm outta time. Experience Number Three will be for next week! 

~ Ashley

Dusty with Sister Gentry and myself. It was also his 62nd birthday so a few people brought presents for him. :)

So I haven't even written in my journal since February 1st- and that was even the day we had a baptism! Life is hectic. I've probably said this before but literally every minute of the day is scheduled out and any free time we have between the end of planning at night and bed at 10:30 is spent coordinating with other missionaries or getting ready for bed or talking about feelings with Sister Gentry. hahaha just kidding. Well, sometimes. 

Dusty's baptism! I posted a picture of us and him a while ago. He was so excited to be baptized. They had a hard time finding a suit his size and finally about 15 minutes after the service was supposed to begin, they found one. A lot of people showed up for it. So a little background on Dusty- he is 62 (baptized on his birthday), a little mentally challenged but very highly functional. He's hilarious. He thinks out loud, too, so as someone is speaking, he'll go "mhmm, yep, oh yeah, mm, okay, good, yeah, mhmm". One of the speakers at the baptism was a member of the bishopric and he goes, "Dusty, look at all the people who are here for you today." And he turns around and says "Oh wow! Look at all these beautiful people. Just beautiful. Oh my gosh. Yep, wow." hahahaha Maybe you have to know him for this to be funny. We met with him a couple days after his baptism and he was explaining to us how the Holy Ghost felt to him (he says everything is just brighter now and he has this glow in his heart. he is so precious.) and I asked "Is that what happened the other day?" meaning is that how he also felt at his baptism, and he looks at me and goes, "What do you mean what happened the other day? I was BAPTIZED! Duh!" hahahahaha. He comes to church every single Sunday and participates in the ward choir. 

So I'm looking in my planner to see what else there is even to talk about. I swear I do things. And things happen. I just don't even know what they are. Okay you know what? I'm gonna put a sticky note in my planner and throughout the week, I'll write things I want to put on my blog. Yes, that's how I'll do it. Bam. 

We had zone conference last tuesday! Zone conference with with two zones of missionaries (so about 50 of us) and our mission president for six hours. It's phenomenal. The next day we had zone training (which is just our zone, so about 25 missionaries) and tomorrow we have district meeting which I'm giving a training at. Have I also mentioned that we're at church from 7:30am to 5:00pm every sunday then we have a phone conference that night at 8:30? 

Sometimes we walk in a store  where the radio is playing or a car passes with really loud music and I am just so disappointed. Why? Because they are playing the same exact music that they played from BEFORE I left on my mission 7 months ago. So yeah about a year they have been playing these same 10 songs. I don't understand. I've also heard that Texas may be a little behind on the times. I hope that's the case. 

Well, folk, Sister Munro out. Til next week! (when I'll have a whole sticky note of things to talk about!)