Friday, May 16, 2014

Let the miracles pour down. - May 4

So this last Tuesday Gladys Knight and her SUV choir came to Baton Rouge for two performances. Sis Baird and I were able to go to both. It was awesome. They were bold in talking to the African American people there in away that us little white missionaries would never be able to...no matter how black we feel/act. Well as part of the program they had referral cards for a package that had a copy of the Book of Mormon, a Restoration DVD, and a sampler CD. In the ward I am in we received 9 referrals and Sis Baird and I contacted every single one of them. It was awesome! We had one that isn't in our area but because she put her P.O. Box the office elders thought she was in our area. Nope, but we contacted her and she seemed super interested. Another lady told us that after seeing that performance she decided that she wanted to join the question. She knows that in order to do that she needs to join the church and it gets even better, she is willing to relocate if she finds that the church is where God wants her to be! There are so many miracles pouring down from heaven because of that performance.
 
Also Sis Baird is learning just how graceful I am...hurt my ankle twice in two days. Stupid uneven Louisiana ground.  But I am fine, I can walk and nothing is broken.
 
Oh we fed the elders yesterday....that was an adventure. We made spaghetti and come to find out one of them doesn't like spaghetti. The prime is what one of the elders said when he first got it:
"Sis Brady what is in my spaghetti?"
"Meat."
"Ya, but what kind?"
"Ground pork." (I couldn't find any Italian sausage so I used ground pork and Italian seasoning.)
"Hmm never heard of that before"
Well come to find out the elder that doesn't like spaghetti is alright with mine because I don't use hamburger, eggs, pork chops, and ribs. ( He served in Covington once upon a time, and there is a less active family that uses those things in their spaghetti.) I also made applesauce chocolate chip cookies, and just did the easy way with the spice cake mix. The elders liked it, which was a huge relief to me because I was stressing that they wouldn't. It was fun though eating on our front porch.The elders that I serve around are awesome, and I am super grateful that I am able to serve around them...and I also get to serve in the same ward that President and Sister Wall are assigned. It is a lot of fun, and really nice when you have an investigator at church and the mission president's wife is there to help them feel welcomed. (Because Sis Wall is one of the most welcoming people that I know.)
 
But anyways I am loving it here a bit more each week.
 
Love y'all and hope you have an awesome week!
Sister Brady
 
Sister Baird, Sister Hill, Sister Garfield and I after service! We had mighty dirty hands!
 
We had to move a couch from one house down the street to another so while Sister Brady sat on the couch Elder Mapa and I sat on the back holding it in!! (Elder Adkins was the one taking the pictures)
 
 



 

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