5th Week in Biloxi

Hello from Biloxi!

 

All's well down here! Just truckin' along! I'm going in to my 5th week now.  5th WEEK! Almost a whole transfer! The work is starting to pick up! I can't remember if I mentioned last week that we finally cut Nykemia loose.  We couldn't get ahold of her and I think she was avoiding us.  Anyway, when one door closes, Heavenly Father opens another one.  We had two first lessons this week.  One with Lily (I think I mentioned her) and one with a woman named Amber.  They are both SUPER COOL! They both had their reservations about what we were teaching, but it's so gratifying to see the Gospel click in their minds.  We're not teaching them anything new, we're just helping them remember what they've already learned.  I tell you what, the fastest way to get pumped about a mission is to teach a lesson! We've also started volunteering at a soup kitchen.  We go around and talk with the people and enjoy their company.  Also, our service in the Biloxi Community Living Center got upgraded! Instead of playing in the corner of their cafeteria, we play in the front lounge where people can come in and sit on comfy couches! What an honor right?!

 

Zone Interviews. Sister M with her companions.

Update on my Portuguese.  IT STINKS! I've had two opportunities to speak spanish with people we tract in to, and both times I spoke this nasty combination of frustrated spanish and portuguese.  It was all "Eu posso hablar en espanol. Voce, I mean usted! quer, I mean quiere! aprender mais sobre Jesus Cristo?"  And then they would look at me like I was crazy.   I don't blame them though.  I wouldn't want to hear my message either, the way I was carrying on.  Anyway, I got two referrals for the spanish elders though! Success!  My companions just stood behind me and told me how great I was doing. 

 

Other side note, I'm going to get FAT if they don't get me out of here soon! #1 everyone eats dessert.  I probably eat dessert 3 times a day! IT'S NOT A TREAT ANYMORE! #2 I look at pictures of the missionaries who have been here for a while from before their missions, and they are definitely heavier.  GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!

 

But for realz dough (as they would say down here) I am enjoying Biloxi.  The work is good, but Heavenly Father provides. 

 

I love y'all and miss y'all.  Thanks for your love and support. 

Until next week!

Sister McElderry

P.S. People think it's funny to say "Haha, it's too bad you're not ELDER McElderry!" Josh, Joey, and John-David, how did you ever survive this? It gets old fast.

P.S.S. I'm officially a real missionary now because I was bit by a dog.