Sometimes when you are a missionary on the quest to find
people to teach, funny things happen. A couple of funny things that
happened this week starts with knocking some doors in Pawley's Island.
We went up to this one door and they had a screen door and you could see
into their house. We knock on the door and this little old lady stands
up to come to the door. It looked like it hurt her so bad and she was
having a hard time balancing. So, I opened the door to tell her she
could sit back down, and that we didn't want her to get hurt. When I
opened the door a big, fluffy cat ran in the house. The old lady
screamed, "Don't let that cat inside!!" Sister Roundy and I apologized,
and the next thing I know I'm walking in this lady's house looking for
the cat. I was walking throughout the house saying, "Here kitty
kitty..." yep. Sister Roundy asked the lady what the cat's name was. The
lady just stared at Sister Roundy. I finally found the cat and picked
it up, holding it as far away from me as possible. I took it outside and
then the lady told us to get out... yep. It was super
awkward/embarrassing. We laughed really hard once we left and realized
what had happened...
Another funny story- We were checking up on a lead
we found one day and something made my eye get all red and itchy and
swollen and watery. We had to make an emergency trip to the walgreens to
get some allergy eye drops and tissues. Good thing Sister Roundy was a
nurse in her past life because I could not put those eye drops in to
save myself life. But they worked! And now we know I'm allergic to the
air here and big, fluffy cats.
A couple really neat experiences- This week we went
on exchanges. I went to Summerville with Sister Glauser. We taught an
active member family the restoration. It was so great. The spirit was so
strong. It was just what I needed. It feels so great to have that
peaceful, calm, loving feeling just wash over you. I relearned the
truthfulness of the restored gospel that night.
Another night we felt like we should go visit the
Bucci family. We shared with them a message on hope. We discovered
together that hope is the abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill his
promises to you. We shared Ether 12:4 and testified of the power of hope
and how hope can be our driving force in life. Then Sister Bucci just
burst into tears. Come to find out their daughter died in a car accident
on march 23 six years ago. We went over there on the 21. She said that
the hope she has to see her daughter again is her driving force. We left
after a little bit and felt kinda bad. But on Sunday they came to
church and she gave us the biggest hug and just said, "Thank you." Then
she said we were "stalkers for Jesus." Haha! It's so true. From what
everybody in the branch says this was an unusual year for them around
this time. Everybody said they usually draw away. So, maybe we helped
them a little. Hopefully.
I just love being a missionary. I wouldn't trade the
experiences I am having for anything in the world. Have a great week,
y'all!
Love, Sister Broadbent :D
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