So on Monday, we were dead out of miles! So, we were unable to go hang with the other missionaries in Peoria... :/ instead, we slept! Basically all day. It was awesome!
On Tuesday, we spent most of our day in Washington, Illinois, visiting members and trying to find people. We met Nani, the granddaughter of a member! She was so cute! It's times like those that I am really bitter that we cannot hold children!
On Wednesday, we went to Morton! Also did some finding there! And we had a lesson with Paul! Paul is awesome! We arranged to meet at the church, and then had a couple of youth come. We were visiting with someone, when we realized that we were late! So, we rushed to the church, and found that our trusty youth were already talking to Paul, and they are now best buds! Then, we taught a lesson that totally and completely had the Spirit in it! He is still trying to convince his parents to let him be baptized, but he accepted the date of October 20th to work towards! He is just the most solid person on the planet!
On Thursday, we had the most looked forward to day of the transfer... INTERVIEWS! And the Peoria zone is so big, that we started at 8 in the morning, and we didn't get home till about 7 that night! It was a long day, but it was fun! Afterwards, our District went out to lunch, so that was a blast!
Starting from the left, Elders Butler, Blau, Rivera, Hermana Davis, me, and Elder Meador. Other side, Elders Keller and Lamborn, Sister Harmon, Sister Blake, and Elders Barney and Shields.
On Friday, we filled the day with weekly planning! And we had to go to Peoria for something, so that was fun! After we got home, we decided that we are going to go a different direction from most missionaries in our mission... We have something called the 'Iowa 40'. Basically, it is our mission's average weight gain. So, we decided to LOSE weight this transfer! Starting yesterday! So, we had to get rid of all the junk food in our house! And we also wanted 'before and after' pictures like they do on TV and social media.
On Saturday, we went and saw Ricky! We talked about trusting God, and we felt like we needed to just be super blunt with him. So, we told him that he needed to stop smoking. He was kind of on the fence at first, and we were like 'it ruins your lungs! Why are you doing this to yourself! And it makes you apartment smell!' He was like, really? And then he was like, oh yeah, I need to quit! So that's awesome! Then we went to Meagan and Rusty's! They are other people we are teaching. We helped Meagan clean out her closet! We got pictures with their giant dog! He is bigger than us LOL!
On Sunday, we went and visited people. Nothing all too exciting LOL! We got a couple potentials who we are excited about tho!
And yesterday was a party! So, Kewanee, IL is the hog capital of the nation! So they have a carnival called Hog Days! So, our zone drove there yesterday and had a party! I went with a couple other missionaries to play games while everyone else went to go get food. And I am now the proud owner of a stuffed giraffe and a purple ninja! And we got some pictures!
me and Sister Butcher! Got some pics by this handsome guy with my giraffe and her unicorn!
Our little piggy zone!!
