Sister Malena McKee : I Bro Hugged an Old Man!

Hello everybody!

It's Monday again!! I hope everyone else's p-day is good too! Wait… y'all can go shopping whenever you want? What a life!

Anyways... this week has been an adventure!! What a great week, let me tell you,

Katherine decided not to be baptized. She was scared what her family would say so she decided not to disappoint them. She really wants to read the Book of Mormon though so we got the audio for her and she sat and listened to it yesterday with us!! She's so awesome, and we love her so much.

We had another lesson with Jennifer who really opened up and talked to us for 1.5 hours. Texas talkers, they have a gift. I love her so much. She always cooks us food when we come over and is the sweetest person ever. I just love people.

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We also started teaching a woman named Ceiara and she was a Book of Mormon request. It was amazing. She wants to learn so badly! We asked her what she wants to learn and she said "everything" She calls us to set up appointments and we fasted with her and she told us all about how she learned so much about Jesus Christ and loves him and she set a date to be baptized!! All 3 of us prayed about it and she is set to be baptized on Nov. 16th!

One night we came for a lesson with Ceiara at 6:30 and she wasn't there. So we decided to knock some doors and then around 15 minutes later we went back and she was home! We had a lesson with her and it went really good. Not the point though.

As we left Ceiara's we walked past a woman and waved and she yelled to us "are yall church people!?" And we went back and she said her name is Tabitha and she has a lot of tough stuff going on and needs someone to pray with. She said "when you walked passed i could just tell y'all were church people. You can tell them by their fruits and I could feel it!" so we prayed with her and it was so awesome! It was such a miracle that Ceiara was late so we could meet Tabitha.

We had a Relief Society luncheon and the 2 women who planned it got in a little argument over who was gonna pay for us and 1 almost started crying so when the other sat down she ran to the register and paid for everyone. These southern ladies are so cute.

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Friday was a Crazy day!!

1. We had lessons all morning

2. Couldn't eat lunch til 3 so we got Chick Fil A. I like Chick Fil A now, btw.

3. Got rear ended. I was driving (OK, THIS ONE WASN'T MY FAULT, I know what y'all are thinking) and we were stopped and I watched in the review (*rearview* if your Jocelyn) mirror as a woman ran into the car behind us and he ran into us. So we stopped, jumped out. And I started calling our auto advisor and the cops and Sister Wind was handing out forms and taking pictures. Nothing happened to any cars but we had to have a police report. So the cops came and turns out, the woman In the back didn't have a license or insurance so they took her car. Which was heartbreaking. ,

4. Because we got rear ended we were an hour late to dinner and went and knocked and knocked and no one answered, turns out dinner appointment forgot and wasn't home so we went to Chick Fil A again!

5. We had a lesson so we went and she said she was almost home and we ended up waiting for 30 minutes on her porch and she never came so we had to leave.

I mean, what a day!

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Awkward Malena Moments.

1. So to this Thursday at Musical Memory Singers, we were talking to this guy and he was shaking all the missionaries hands. It was me, Sister Wind, Elder Paulson, Wilkey and Thueson. So Merlin is like 85 years old and was talking and shaking and when he got to me, he kinda pulled a little, and pulled me into a hug, and so I accidentally bro hugged him, with one hand still shaking his hand, and the other patting his back. I wish you could've seen the eyes of these elders, and how awkward I felt.

2. At church yesterday there was this brother in the ward who while walking in was talking to us and he held out his arm for a hug, and I didn't want to, so I lifted my arm and shook his hand.and then turned and walked straight into the open door. Then, while trying to casually laugh it off, I ran into the door again.

3. Locked the keys in the church again. Nbd. We only had to walk 1.5 miles this time.

4. We were singing "I Stand All Amazed" in a sacrament and it was really slow so in an attempt to speed it up, Sister Wind belted it at full speed and no one followed suit and I cried from laughter.

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A few weeks ago we visited a woman and she told us she has been trying so long to focus on what is important. She said that sometimes she is trying to do something important but instead does something that seems "urgent". As soon as we try to slow down and do something important, a million other things could rush into our heads that seems "urgent and necessary" and we get distracted doing those things rather than what will help us! Then in conference, Elder Stephen w. Owen said:

"He will bring things to your attention that seem urgent but in reality aren’t that important. He would have you become so “troubled about many things” that you neglect the “one thing [that] is needful.”

Isn't that so cool!

Sometimes it's hard for me to focus on the most important thing. Because I'm impatient and like to multitask and feel I can get these small things out of the way and then do the big thing. So, I have been trying to focus on the most important rather than the most urgent. I invite all y'all this week to set aside time to focus on what is most important to you, and don't let other things distract you from that.

I love y'all!! Stay fresh

Sister McKee

A screenshot of me showing off my parkor skills for our zone talent show. Email me for this very talented video. malena.mckee@missionary.org