Ok way inappropriate subject BUT we are at the library and apparently I missed the memo of Hoodrat Convention 2013 BECAUSE I am surrounded by straight thugs from tha hood and one of them is BLARING MacDre music on his headphones and I just feel like I'm in a music video because here me and Sis Hawkins are way on self-authorized splits because the computers are packed so we are on the other side of the libe; 2 little white girls stuck in the middle of a PDiddy convention.
BUT they all come to Salvation so we tight cause you KNOW they love singing the Sun'll Come Out.
Anysways
JOURNAL CHECK UP! Are you doing it?? GO FIND YOURS. and read it.
Dad- PFAT = Pray for a Tornado. DUH!
AAAND ITS THE FIRST OF THE MONTH! You know what that means! TORNADO SIREN DRILL!! yes. this is REAL life THEY ACTUALLY DO THIS EVERY MONTH AND WE WERE WALKING IN TO WALMART TODAY AND I LITERALLY ALMOST HAD TEARS OF JOY BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS REAL BUT IT WAS JUST BLUE SKIES ALL AROUND SO I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED AND THOUGHT WOW TORNADOS REALLY DO COME OUT OF NOWHERE! drill. dang it.
Kansas weather is literally insane. Remember how we had so much snow we got SNOWED in merely 7 days ago!?!? Ask me if it was 85 degrees yesterday....and now its 45 today but sun shining like its the middle of the summer. So yeah wardrobe choices have been LESS than ideal the past week, I'm either in a sauna or a meat freezer. No middle ground here.
OK - Church had this event called Walk With Christ. AMAZING. They totally transform the Church into Jerusalem and you "walk" through the last week of Christs life--and by THEY I mean WE. So.much.work.
Paint a mental image:
-at one point me and Sister Hawkins were carrying a giant cross which would have been funny if it wasn't sacrelig.
-BABY LAMBS AND GOATS. and pee. everywhere.
-"Here's a simple job: staple this butcher paper to the ceiling and all over the walls and we'll give you comically huge pieces where you just engrossed in this sea monster sized job and the staples will just go right through the paper because we'll give you an electric staple gun that is so powerful it could kill a small bird and then once you've sweated your brains out and finished we'll turn the vents on which you covered and it will blow all the pieces down."
Amaze.
THEN our bestie from Salvation who volunteers with us is an 80 year old man from Iran named Manush. SHOWS up to the Walk With Christ (which we invited people to but thought 0% chance anyone would come) and he was all dressed up FEDORA and all. BUT snag-doesn't speak English super well....and here I am trying to explain this crazy thing to him when he thought he was showing up for Church yet we are caught inside a paper-mache town of Bethlehem with some really bad asian music on loop someone thought sounded aarabic and I just find myself trying to make awkward conversation, "so- is it takin' you back Manush??" (cause he's from Iran.......which didn't go over so smooth becaus he's from IRAN..not Israel.) YET somehow I find myself saying that at lesat 3 more times throughout the tour. O.M.G. and he's old so I even pulled "so...this how you got your water Manush?" (woman at the well. NOT ok. not.o.k.)
ANYWAY he came, and hopefully felt some sort of Spirit.
At every meeting we stand to say our purpose and I always want to say "We are daughters of our Heavanly Father who loves us...." so at Distrcit Meeting this last week I said it. NOT funny. Repeat: Elders take this very seriously. Any snide resemblances to Young Women Theme NOT appreciated.
Sis Christenot just barely got her license before she came on the mish. And I'm not allowed to drive yet. So theres just a whole lot of hugging the right shoulder and lane since she isn't quite comfortable with her "bubble" and we are so close I could literally E.T. finger touch the drivers face right next to us.
MIRACLES:
Troy. Investigator. Met with him, Spirit kicked in and all of a sudden I am saying "Troy- do you want to get baptized? Awesome, how does April 20th sound?" AND HE SAID YES AND BOMBS WERE BURSTING IN AIR...and then you know you are SUCH a missionary because only lines from HYMNS come to your mind when amazing things happen. (or American things). anyway 4-20....whole new reason to celebrate!! (thus B's being BAPTISM^^^)
SPEAKING of people who hate America = the Ward. I gave my first talk yesterday as a missionary SO SAD I WAS SO MISSIONARY AND EVEN HAD THE SOFT VOICE and weird intonation at the end that rises as if you are posing a question but you're not and AHH! I couldn't stop, it's like when you realize you are making racist comments to an old Iranian man but can't find the power to stop it! I hated it, but was so nervous because I felt like there was all this pressure to prove to the Ward that we actually are good missionaries and that they should trust us and I just had about 0% personality thrown in and HELP. Disaster. But Easters was amazing.
NEXT miracle. Clare. She is like 60 years old.....a little bit slow we are not sure what is wrong with her but she loves having us over. (Remember I wrote her the note the first time we met with her and she threw it to the side and I so got my feelings hurt?) YEAH we are besties now. And she CAME to the Walk! Seriously, so many small miracles leading up to this which were testimonies to me that I need to be here and there are people here that I needed to teach-anyway she COMES. And the last room is the Tomb and there is this amazing actress girl in the Ward who plays Mary and tells the story of not finding Jesus and seeing Him and WOW I cried the first time I went through...and pretty much every time after and Clare said she felt the 'goosebumps" right then - told her it was the Spirit, so many more miracles followed. Next day we go over there, somehow I find myself on my knees in front of her teaching her how to pray in one of the most intense appointments of my life and they have been working with her for 2 months and she PRAYED! Out loud, right there!!! SERIOUSLY AHH AMAZING! She has a "favorite sin" she is not willing to give up, she knows its wrong but its hard to let it go, we all have that one thing but I know the Lord will soften her heart and she will come around!!
We have 3 investigators right now Clare, Troy, Randy so pray for CTR!! (I KNOOOOOOOOW. freaking out when I put that together. BLESSINGS)
Started riding the bus purely to invite people to the Walk because they can't escape you it's awesome. the bus driver just laughs at us and even gave us a thumbs up and said "go get em girls!" but we met a lady named Deborah who goes by deBOR. YES BEST NICK NAME EVER. Oh and big black guy named Michael Eugene who works at Taco Bell who is my new favorite because he is a real life 300 pound version of Steve Urkle (urkel?)
Also a little German exchanged student named Flo who is in high school SWEETEST kid ever, told us what he heard about the Mormons and that we have 3 Moms and I was like "Wait, I have 3 moms...." NOT FUNNY.
but ok a little bit funny. his face. so priceless. (but also technically i DO have 3 moms, jen, di, mare..!!)
But I told him to look up Pres Uchtdorf cause he's from the same town!
CONFERENCE HOLLA!
This week was amazing but now that the Walk is over HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO GO TRACTING. Like you just knock on someones door with nothing to invite them to and just talk about how they need Jesus!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!a sdotgkih qworh . Terrifying. Pray for me.
Love you ALLL!!!!!!! Conference is going to be amazing, Prepare with questions written down before hand sekeing inspiration and it will be the best session ever.
PICS:
1) me and the Donkey named BADONKADONK i know GENIUS. He loves peppermints.
2) My favorite thing. Cleaning up the Walk=not my favorite.
3,4) Judgement room - my FAVE. Our room - turned out pretty good!
Love Sister Murray
SHOUTOUTS:
wowowowowowowowowo
Shayla- you will be really confused, I got your letter the day after I sent you mine- so you answered most of the questions I asked with your telepathic mind so i will write you back again today!
AMY AND BRYAN BROWN FAM: um your package made my DAY!!!! Especially the cow that poos jelly beans!?!?!?!?1 um yeah, THATS a smash hit. Writing you back LOVE YOU!
SMASHLEY! literally you are a gift from heaven. Everything you sent - inspired. writing you back.
KYLEY HUBER ARE YOU OUT THERE!?!? Or any Wardrops for that matter!?!? SOMEONE tell her her baby is the CUTEST ever.
JEN STRING- Your Easter Package was the CUTEST!!!!! LOVED LOVED LOVED
AUNT TRISH! Your card = so funny! Writing you back love you!!
GRANDMA BROWN- I loved all of your cards AND the random letters of Christopher Nash's you threw in there. What a treat that was to read what he had to say on the January 28 and 21st of 2010. I love you!! Writing you back today!!!
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