This has been an exciting week!
It
started on P-Day and we went to downtown New Orleans and went to the
Pepper Palace, which is literally a store dedicated to hot sauce. Every
missionary in the New Orleans zone has to take try the hottest of all
sauces. I tried the smallest amount possible on a tortilla chip and my
mouth only burned for 1-2 minutes thank you to the chip that absorbed
the heat. Then we went to the French Market across the street and had
fun.
The STL's (Sister Training Leaders) were
sick, so I was an STL for a day and got to go to MLC (Missionary
Leadership Conference) which is only for leaders in the mission so that
we can spread the council from the Mission President (who got some from a
Seventy) to the rest of the missionaries in the Zone. It was really
exciting. I've been working on my "Celestial timing" by waking up a
little earlier than 6:30am
(FYI, this is only necessary for young missionaries, and is NOT a
requirement for baptism). It's a work in progress, but it is so worth
it!
We have been working on getting more
Member-present lessons. and it is fun, and it makes the lesson even
better every time because we will only be there for so long, before it
is just them and the members.
We had 13
COCKROACHES magically appear in our apartment. My companion joking tells
everyone that I am the "Cockroach Wrangler" because I would rather
catch them than let crawl under my bed. The first one we caught was
about 3 inches long and looked more like a small mouse that wouldn't
die. We spent the next 2 hours catching the other 12 cockroaches. We
were later told that whenever it rains (this was after the
near-flooding) that the sewers get high and the cockroaches crawl up the
pipes, and then through our bathtub drain. So we started to cover our
drains and I have only seen 2 roaches since and Sister Crane kills
them.
We went to a Baptist "Bible Study" this week with an
investigator. It was very interesting, but I learned that other
missionaries from other faith are 'spreading the word' like us. Even
though they do not have the full gospel, they are still acting on the
truth that they do know and sometimes they don't learn the full gospel
because they are happy where they are and do not know of the happiness
that they could have if they could have if they pondered and prayed with
a sincere heart and really wanted to know the truth.
I
got to Skype my Mommy on Mommy's Day! It was exciting to see her and
Hannah! It made me want to work even harder so that families can be
together FOREVER! and I want everyone to have that same opportunity that
I have been given to be with my family forever :) to find out more,
please go to https://www.mormon.org/values/family or email me :)
Love Y'all!
Sister Toomey