Laurel's Missionary Journey

Hello All! My second week in Alabama has been spent mostly not in Alabama! We were still doing a lot of service with the Helping Hands, so I was in Florida for two days this week, and Georgia for one. We aren't going to be doing any more service work with Helping Hands, though, so next week's email should have a lot more stories from the state I am currently called to serve in, lol! So! Information on the Daleville area! Almost every single person in our ward flies Helicopters for the Army. We live right next to Fort Rucker, an Army Base that we go on all the time. We do service there at a thrift store, and a lot of the members that we know live there. It used to be a part of the Daleville Ward, but it recently became a part of the Enterprise Ward (the ward next to us). So, in order to go on this base, I had to get a Military Base Pass. It's cool, though I am more sure now than ever before that I do not have, nor will I ever have, what it takes to be in the military! Most ...

Whoa. Adventure is out there ladies and gentleman! My current adventure in Alabama started out a little differently than I expected, though I will get to that. I'll start with saying goodbye to the Tallahassee 5th Ward and Sister Hamblin. Monday and Tuesday went by way too fast. From packing to one last FHE and Institute, I felt like time was rushing me to say goodbye as quickly as possible. Monday night was probably the hardest part, besides the actual goodbyes on Tuesday night. FHE was out by the firepit. Being there, out by the fire, talking and laughing with everyone made me realize how much I was really going to miss everything about campus work, especially the people. Sister Hamblin also accidently stabbed me with Erik's sword. (I had to put that in Sister Hamblin! It was hilarious!) I didn't get hurt, just startled. I also had a pretty good bruise for a couple days. Good times. On Tuesday we had District Council and then Brittany, Will, Sister Hamblin and I all went...

HOWDY Y'ALL! WELCOME TO THE LONGEST EMAIL OF YOUR LIFE. So, I'm going to take this by days. Because this week has been absolutely insane and I have no idea how to structure it all. Monday we recieved word that there was a Hurricane headed our way. By the end of the day, all of the campuses thay we work on were closed down for the week. We were all mostly worried about what work we were going to do, because we didn't think that the Hurricane would be that big of a deal. Michael sure surprised us! Tuesday morning we woke up to a text from our Mission President with evacuation plans. We had to drop everything, pack a bag, take one last shower, and hop in the car. All the Sisters in Tallahassee got evacuated to Pensacola! The Milton church building to be exact. So I went back to Pace! I got to see so many people that I love and miss. Not just members either! There were 27 Sister Missionaries camped out, and it was amazing to see so many people that I love so much. I could sit a...