Wednesday, June 28, 2017

I just love ol' Arkansas...

Where I'm at: Arkansas is so crazy cool. The weather has been pretty kind and the food is all delicious. I'm not sure I knew this before, but you can grow fruit just in a whim during the summer. It's so lovely. One interesting thing is that because it is so humid and hot outside, all air conditioning is super high. So you go into a place and it feels great for the first 5 minutes, but then it gets so cold that you need to put on your cardigan. That was certainty unexpected. 

Funny: We went to an investigators house and tried to see if he was home. After a few minutes we moved on, but i couldn't help noticing that he had a generic store-bought DVD with the label "Divergent" written on in black sharpie. So, apparently, Arkadelphia has a big DVD section in the Black Market. We probably should teach him to live the law of the land. 

Spiritual: The day after i arrived in Arkansas, i got to meet for an interview with President Wakolo and it was really encouraging. I got to tell him about my goal to acquire some specific traits that i really admired in my return missionary friends and he told me that my goal is actually really on track with what the mission focus is and that i have come to the right mission. It seems awesome. We focus on becoming more Christlike through obedience, attitude, gospel knowledge, and work ethics. I believe in the power of all of those things and i love that i get to learn to balance all four of those pillars in my studies. 

 These good things are just getting started :)

CTR and RTC, 
Sister Emma Black

P.S. We ended up getting the car from the elders and they used up all the miles. Very nice of them. So, we have been having a bike week. I ended up catching a bug in my eye at one point and I told my companion. She was genuinely concerned for me so she told me "Don't swallow the fireflies!" as we biked home in the dark that night. If you were wondering, I did not swallow any fireflies. I would consider that a complete success. 


The drawl here is so awesome. I really really want to pick it up. I will go and i will do 😉 there are also so many black people. It's crazy. Most people already believe in Jesus Christ so we always carry a copy of the Book of Mormon and a copy of the Bible. Also everyone has pets. Cats are great as long as they don't touch me. 

I have totally missed you. But not really, I mostly have been having a really good time. I mean, that came out wrong. I'm really happy.




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