Hurray for Dan and Michelle! Way to reach your goal. (Dan & Michelle are Kelli's aunt and uncle who ran in the St. George Marathon just under 4 hours - in the rain). You all look very cold in the pictures. I'll try not to gloat as I tell you of the nice 80 degree weather I've been enjoying. I'm glad y'all enjoyed conference. I loved it as well. We went to watch it at the Branch House but there were only a few members there, most of them watch it online. Sherrie came by the church Sunday - we were so excited that she came but she only came to tell us she couldn't come. She works 60 hour weeks and is getting her MBA so I guess I'll give her a break. Honestly I'd rather she read the Book of Mormon than go to conference. Sigh. It will happen. And when it does it will be great.
This week we had many teaching appointments and they all ditched us. The worst ones are when you can hear them talking inside and they won't come to the door. Couldn't they tell us they really don't want us back? It would save us time and miles. Thursday we met a woman who insisted that we worshiped a man, we had blinders on, and we were in a cult. We shook her hand, thanked her for her time and walked away. It was easy to walk away but it was difficult to not think of arguments in my head and run them over and over again as I imagined reasoning with her.
Friday the only big thing that stuck out was that I got to pet a wolf! This guy had a she wolf on a leash and was taking her for a walk. We stopped and played with the wolf. It was so cool. Unfortunately I didn't remember my camera till they were around the corner. I PLAYED WITH A WOLF! I think I win the coolest person ever award. We also got to go on the Navy base - one of the members lives there and they were feeding us.
Saturday after conference we went around doing less active work and I got super sick. We came home about 8 - I spent a good 1/2 hour worshiping the porcelain toilet before going to bed. Sunday I was fine. I have no idea what happened, but I'm all kinds of good now so who knows.
I think my favorite conference talk was Pres Packer. You really had to find the hidden meaning to it. I liked the message, admittedly it took me awhile to get it but all's well that ends well. The prayer talk that you mentioned mom was by Bednar. He's pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread. I wish I remembered who did the faith talk but he also talked about faith being an action.
Today we got two Baptisms and Confirmation Dates (BCDs) a married couple, Jermaine and Senika, they live way the heck out there, it is a good 45 min drive to get to their place very "over the river, and through the woods". Senika is pregnant, about 9 weeks along, they had met with the Elders before but then they moved so now we get em'. I'm excited for them. It will be good. They are preparing to get baptized the second weekend of November.
After we left their house we went to Sea Side which is where they filmed the Truman Show. It was cool, but way too pricey for poor kids like me.
I get to see Amanda this weekend. One of the members in Talley has a band and is coming to PCB and Amanda is coming to support him - so I get to see her!
I think the computer will co-operate this time so I'm sending baptism pictures from last week. Love ya, Kelli
