October 29, 2018 -- Military? Service? Military Service?
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 of the cool things to do for Pday are on Post, like a museum that we are planning on going to sometime soon and the bowling alley that we all hang out at. (Spoiler Alert: I am not very good at bowling.) Working with military families is unlike any experience I have had so far on my mission. Everyone here is very used to moving around, and they have a lot of stories to tell from living all over the globe. It is harder to work with members here because people are less established, and so when we ask them who they know that might be interested in the Gospel, a lot of them really don't know anyone besides their church friends. They move around too much for that. One of the perks of being back in a family ward, though, is that I get to be around kids again, and I really miss kids. The kids in this ward love missionaries, so it has been fun to have many little conversations with cute kids about how much they want to be missionaries one day. It makes my soul happy.
Honestly, it has been a pretty boring week. We don't have anyone to teach right now, which has been a bit of a struggle. So we are either always serving or finding. It has been hard to connect to members here because most people have been out of town for service work. I have hope that things will get better, though! They always do. Though I may not know the reasons why, God always knows what He is doing. There is a purpose for everything; and if that is true, then there is a reason that I was called to Daleville. Stay tuned to find out what it is! It's like I am in the middle of a book that is still being written. I can't wait to find out the ending!
Miss y'all! I hope you have a great week and know how much I love you! Talk to you again next week- and hey! Don't forget to read the Book of Mormon!
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 of the cool things to do for Pday are on Post, like a museum that we are planning on going to sometime soon and the bowling alley that we all hang out at. (Spoiler Alert: I am not very good at bowling.) Working with military families is unlike any experience I have had so far on my mission. Everyone here is very used to moving around, and they have a lot of stories to tell from living all over the globe. It is harder to work with members here because people are less established, and so when we ask them who they know that might be interested in the Gospel, a lot of them really don't know anyone besides their church friends. They move around too much for that. One of the perks of being back in a family ward, though, is that I get to be around kids again, and I really miss kids. The kids in this ward love missionaries, so it has been fun to have many little conversations with cute kids about how much they want to be missionaries one day. It makes my soul happy.
Honestly, it has been a pretty boring week. We don't have anyone to teach right now, which has been a bit of a struggle. So we are either always serving or finding. It has been hard to connect to members here because most people have been out of town for service work. I have hope that things will get better, though! They always do. Though I may not know the reasons why, God always knows what He is doing. There is a purpose for everything; and if that is true, then there is a reason that I was called to Daleville. Stay tuned to find out what it is! It's like I am in the middle of a book that is still being written. I can't wait to find out the ending!
Miss y'all! I hope you have a great week and know how much I love you! Talk to you again next week- and hey! Don't forget to read the Book of Mormon!
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