Hello everyone! It has been quite a week. So fun
So, on Monday after P-day, we were trying to figure out a picture to send in for our milage reports (no details on what that is needed), and we were trying to make it funny. We tried climbing onto the shelves of our closet, but Sis. Menlove was too scared, and stalled, and broke the shelf she was standing on, so we had to try something new. We had the idea to get in the dumpster like we had thrown it away. So, for the 2nd time on my mission, and probably the last, I got on my rain boots and jumped in the dumpster. Well, we took the picture and as I was jumping out a man was walking towards us!
He wanted to make sure we were okay, and even though I was wearing sweats and rainboots and had jumped out of the dumpster, he recognized us as missionaries. I apologized for my appearance, but he didn't care! We ended up talking to him for around 30 minutes about faith and the Book of Mormon! He kept trying to guess our Bible knowledge and then told us he wants a Book of Mormon! His name is Lonnie! He is going to get back to us this week on how his reading is going! But it was such a miracle!
Then, our maintenance guy saw us in the parking lot talking to Lonnie and told us that our neighbors below us are flooding. Turns out our A/C was flooding her, but he was chill about it, and she was fine after they fixed it! He told us he's seen the missionaries around in the past and I said “Oh, are you a member?" and he said no, And I said "Do you want to be? We can help you!" and he said no again! We mentioned him to another sister and she said "Talk to him! His name is legit Joseph Smith!” So, the next time we saw him I yelled "Hey Joseph Smith!" and it was great.
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This week the APs also messaged us all and said "We are having ZLC on Saturday at 3!" and all 4 of our APS and our two Sister APs and both sets of Zone leaders from both zones and us were attending. And, all 6 of us Zone leaders had never done a Zone Leader Conference before. But Tuesday night, they text us and say "Surprise! We are actually coming tomorrow at 3! Have an agenda planned! We are just going to support."
This was probably the most stressful time of my whole week.
Working with 4 elders, from 2 zones is totally crazy. Fun Fact: Our president met his wife on their missions, but if he wants me to, he needs to stop making us work with them.
Jk, it wasn't that bad, we made an agenda and it was decent for 6 whitewashing missionary leaders. The ZLC was so awkward and funny, but it went pretty well! We set some good goals for our zones, and then had walk exchanges and got totally lost!
We also knew it would possibly be a wreck, so we made no-bake cookies to soften the blow. Well, the sun softened the cookies so the elders took the no-bake cookie soup home to eat with a spoon. haha.
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So, I've heard some stuff about all the rioting, but haven't witnessed any in person. Some elders saw rioting from their apartment, and just when we were starting to have lightened rules for self isolation, we got a new curfew of 7:15 because of the rioting. But that was only for this week, so it's ok.
We've had a lot of zoom meetings this week with members and also for pathway gatherings now, which I am the lead teacher on, for who knows why. haha. 3 other missionaries are participating in the class and taking the classes, but I am now teaching or "facilitating" the class.
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But we have learned the importance of the Mute button on zoom. This week a woman on the pathway gathering was talking about her baby, and how the baby has gone from 3-6 month clothing to 9-12 month clothing. Sister Menlove, barely listening mutters "thats a BIG baby!" and we both started laughing because we werent muted. I cried from laughing and my mascara was all over my face and all the pathway people were so confused.
During the pathway meeting a woman started going off on a tangent about temple covenants and receiving revelation, and she seemed slightly crazy, and I was trying to decide if I should stop her, because the lesson was on the birth of Jesus Christ, and when I finally unmuted, she stopped talking right at the same time and the whole group heard me going "uhhh uhhhhh" trying to interject, so that was so awkward too.
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We are trying to hype up the zone, so we tried to have everyone set a daily finding goal, because everyone's stamina and joy for living has been significantly falling. So, we set a goal to find 1 person on Thursday, and no one else stated their goal, but that night the elders had found 3 people! Which was great! But, we needed to find someone
So, on Friday we had something we call "dedicated, really good, Spirit led finding" and we must've called 50 people, and texted members and no one answered. But, then a woman said she'd like to do a Bible study!!!! Her name is Kesha and we had an amazing lesson with her! We found our person!
I hit my one year mark this week! It's so crazy! I still feel so new to all this! I can't believe how much the world has changed, and how much I have grown in the past year! I don't even know what I believed a year ago, but I have learned so much that I can't imagine who I'd be without my mission! I think everyone should go on a mission, even if they don't stay out the whole time, they will learn so much!
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Also, Awkward Malena Moment: an Elder messaged me to tell me he couldn't come to service, and instead of sending a frowny face I sent a kissy face. My companion could not stop laughing at me and I felt so awkward. He never got back to me.
We also had a mlc this week via zoom and we were put in little groups and it was 4 companionships of sisters and the APs. We were all sharing our ideas and afterwards an AP says “Wow. Such great ideas! You all are such beautiful daughters of God!" And one by one we all just said "hey thanks....you too?"
I love you all!
Sister Mckee
one year old
We put a sign up in our window, and our neighbors came to tell us we got the G backwards.
We fixed it.
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