HEY Y'ALL!
Another
week has gone by in the lovely valley of the Rednecks. Thank you so much for your emails this week. They always give me a
boost of confidence and help confirm that I am where I'm supposed to be!
This week
was amazing, as always! Ha Ha. Our week
started last Monday when we had dinner with the Dustins. They feed us every Monday
night. Brother Dustin was driving us to his house when all of the sudden he
slammed on the car breaks and reversed because there was a snake in the road
(they're everywhere here)! We got out of the car and found out it was a
Copperhead, which are really poisonous. So, Brother Dustin caught it and killed
it and then, guess what we did? We took it back to their house and ate it. Ha
Ha! It was so awesome! We soaked it in BBQ sauce so it didn't taste too bad.
On Tuesday
morning I woke up sick (probably from the snake) so that was no fun. I was okay
on Tuesday but was feeling pretty crappy on Wednesday. I told myself I wasn't
going to stop working though. So I
just prayed for a little help from God Almighty and sure enough I was able
to keep going! It's amazing sometimes how my body just keeps going on very
little energy. On Wednesday we actually had to bike from Clarkesville, which is
about 13 miles away, all the way home at 8:30 at night. I literally have no
idea how I was able to do that while I was sick but I just kept telling myself
we would be blessed for doing it! On the way home, we were biking by the
freeway and out of nowhere this HUGE Rottweiler came running out of the bushes
barking SO loud. It was honestly one of the scariest moments of my
life! Ha Ha! I started biking so fast and all I heard was
Elder Larsen behind me yelling, "WAITTTTT FOR MEEEE!!!!"
Oh, man! I can only imagine what that scene looked like! The best part
though was that when we got home, not even before we sat down to plan for
the next day, we got a text from one of our new investigators, Alex,
asking US if we could meet with him at the church on Friday. We were
thinking, “Uhhh YA! OF COURSE!” So we
met with him and had a great lesson! It was so cool to see how we actually
were blessed for biking all that way home that night!
Elder
Larsen is doing great. It has been so cool to watch him make progress
and become an effective teacher. He is really learning a ton and so am I!
Currently, we are teaching a lot of members and some less-active members too
so, we're staying busy. I'm loving it!
To cap off
the week, the other Elders got locked out of their apartment last night so they
had to sleep over at our place. Oh, man! It was a party. So, this
morning we had to ask a kid from our ward to get out of seminary
early and come pick the lock for us because he's this little ninja dude and
knows how to do that kind of stuff. I'm not sure if we'll be cursed or not for
making him leave seminary early but, I guess we'll find out!
I love
y'all so much and I'm grateful for everything you do for me. I couldn't
ask for a better support system! Let me know if there is anything I can do for
you.
Elder Roddy
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