Sept 25, 2013
Well, hello again everybody! It’s been another week out here in
our nations beautiful capitol! I sure do love it our here! Sadly, I forgot to
bring my planner to email… Therefore, I do not have the list of things I wanted
to share with you, so I will just have to do my best at remembering. (Which
usually isn't very good... But we'll see.)
· Facebook: I have been getting a ton of questions about facebook! So
let me try to answer a few of those really fast. The purpose of facebook for a
missionary is to share the gospel. Whether it's through Mormon Messages, I'm A
Mormon profiles, awesome quotes, or whatever, that's what it is meant for. It's
supposed to be a finding tool as well. I'm there so I can answer questions and
have great conversations with people about gospel related things. My purpose is
to invite others to come unto Christ, so hopefully I can do that through the
internet. Now, that being said, I probably won't message you back if you are
family, or a strong member of the Church (unless you have a friend you want me
to teach). I'm sorry! I would really love to talk to you all, but I'll just have
to wait to do that for another 4 1/2 ish months. But please remember, if I
don't message you back or I hide a comment from my timeline, I still love you!
:)
· John Jackson: Once upon a time, there was a budding
musician named Jack Johnson that my sister loved! So she asked my dad to find
some stuff from him on the internet so she could put it on her iPod. Well,
after some time, a very frustrated daddy came back and said, "I can't find
anyone by the name of John Jackson! He doesn't exist!" Well, Dad, I found him.
He lives here in DC :)
· Day To Serve: It was awesome! I don't remember if I've
written about this or not already... But it was awesome. Lots of people, lots
of food, lots of service! It was so great! I took a few pictures that should be
coming your way soon!
· Sister Jorgensen: I love her so much! she keeps my working
hard and she keeps me happy! We were able to find a balance of fun and work
together this transfer and I love it so much! I'm so happy that she is my
companion! We have seen so many miracles together this week! from finding a
parking spot in NW DC, to getting new investigators (2 new investigators!! Both
super sweet girls!), and many other things in between! I love the work, and I
love working with her! Mission life forever!
· Family History: So, last transfer, we had the brilliant
idea to do a Family History Booth. Basically just a table with a big (awesome)
poster and lots of flyers about family history work... All of that would just
be an excuse to talk to people on the street. It was a great idea! But then we
realized that we don't know anything about family history work. So this past Sunday,
we (the Elders in the ward and us) went to the family history center and
learned a few things! Really, I just learned that there is a lot of work to still
be done! Large chunks of history that I thought were there, just weren't. I
have some holes to start filling, I think! And I'm excited for it! I never
thought I'd get into family history work, but here I am! Maybe you should try
it out, too! Try FamilySearch.org. It's free ;) And maybe you'll have some fun
like I did!
· Brazilian: Ever since Sister J has become my companions, I have met
so many Brazilians! And I love them all! They are such nice people! And I love
the way they talk! Have you ever heard a Brazilian talk? It's beautiful! So the
other night, a little Brazilian man came into the VC, and after my compa told
me about her conversation with him, I really wanted to talk to him! He had been
a Portuguese teacher in the MTC in Brazil! Super cool! So I went out and talked
to him for a while about how awesome Sister J is, and then I casually mentioned
how I'm secretly hoping she never leaves (becasue I love her!), and he stops,
looks at me with this look of shock and (practically) yells, "It's you!
YOU are keeping her here! That is so sad! Let her go! Stop praying for her to
stay! She needs to go to Brazil! It's so sad that she is here! It's you, it's
you, it's you! Stop it!" i couldn't help but laugh! It was just too funny
:) I love Brazilians!
· Best contact ever: So we all know I'm super strange, right?
Okay, good. Well, the other night, Sister J and I were driving home from the
Barlow Center and we passed a Smash Burger. She's never been to Smash Burger,
so I started joking with her that they literally smash your burger before you
get it. This may or may not have included a pantomime of me smashing something
with a hammer. Aaaand that may or may not have been seen by the cab driver next
to us. And he most definitely started laughing at me. Which of course made us
laugh. So then Sister J rolled the window down and invited him to the Visitors Center!
· Winter: It's coming. I don't
like it. It's getting coooolder! But, at the same time! It means that Festival
is coming! Yay!! I'm so excited for Festival!
· Life goal: "One of my life goals is to hail a capsi. (...)
No." -Sister J. She meant to say "taxi", but said
"capsi"... And didn't immediately realize that was wrong. this is why
I love her :)
· Free drink: We know how to get a free drink at Subway! Just tell your
cashier this joke (if they are having a bad day!): Why did the cookie go
to the doctor? (Because he was feeling crumb-y) Ha! It works, trust me.
Okay, that's all I can
remember. I hope you enjoyed that! I love and miss you all! Thank you for
all your love and support and such over the past year! Be safe, happy, and
healthy! Don't forget to say your prayers! Heavenly Father wants to hear from
you! LOVE YOU!
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| Sister Bullock with a new member |
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