Spiritual Mamas

เฮลโล Hello!

I'll be real, I'm having a hard time remembering all that happened this last week. It was a ton! This week we were focusing on being out and teaching/finding as much as possible, so we were so busy. It was awesome.

WEST SIDE

We had to drop off the West Seattle Elders for interviews with President on Wednesday. So, while we were up there, we did a few things. First thing, we actually went to Alki Beach to get an amazing view of the Seattle skyline. I'll attach some awesome pictures. And then we tried to find some members in the area! There was one in our area book whose name was "F from Tialand." I figured we needed to give that a look, maybe Thailand and Tialand are similar, right? She wasn't there, but I actually had a few chances to speak Thai this week! We got a referral for a Thai lady and she is adorable. We also ran into a Lao man. The only downside? He doesn't speak Lao!!! He was stumbling through english with us, so when he said he was from Laos, I spoke all the Lao that I know and then he was even more confused!!! What even??? He wasnt interested anyways, so I guess it doesn't matter.

SAAAAAHMOA

Talo fa! I got to go on an exchange with the Samoan Elders. I picked up a few cool words, and we went from Renton to Federal Way just trying to find Samoan people. So that was awesome! Did we find a ton of people? No. Did I eat Johnny Rockets for the first time? Yes. I see that as an absolute win. Fa se fua!

LESSONS???

We are finally getting to teach some of the people we've been finding! We had almost nothing to go off of in our area book at the beginning of the transfer, so we were forced to do a TON of finding in the last few weeks. But this week? We actually spent about half of our time on return appointments! We went to places with creepy clowns, bullet holes in the windows, and even a dead body... So yeah, we've been putting all that we've got out there. We have a few people who are really really solid and we had awesome lessons with them. A few of them even lasting like 2 hours. Most of that time filled with them just rambling, but I'm working on patience anyways. We had one cool experience where we were talking to this muslim guy who really likes to talk. He was talking about how we shouldn't be celebrating Jesus's birthday or even our own birthdays. And how Jesus wasn't God's son and this and that. Basic nonsense. We were standing at his doorstep for about 30 minutes when eventually I felt prompted to just bear my testimony and get out of there. That's exactly what I did. He was honestly speechless. After we left, Elder Knapp said that he didn't feel the spirit at all while that guy (who we call bicycle because we cant remember his actual name) was babbling. But he did when I bore my testimony. I'll tell you what, there's nothing like the spiritual confirmation that comes after your boldly testify of the restored gospel, Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon. It's honestly such a testimony building experience to just share your testimony. So go out and share your testimony! Find opportunities to go out and do it! You won't regret it.

LAST THINGS LAST

- Happy New Year, everyone! Congrats on making it to 2021!

- On Saturday, our fridge stopped working, fire doors closed and emergency lights on in the hallways, and an alarm sounding outside. Literally thought it was the apocalypse.

- Wait a minute... I LOVE you!

เอ็ลเดอร์ ບໍ່ເວົ້າພາສາລາວ (Elder does not speak Lao)

Elder Barrett