Food, Beaver/Rats and Haircuts

Hello all!

photo from a training on MJM Blog

I don't have a lot of time to write today.  A member took us to the buffet at the Beau Rivage casino for brunch, so that took two hours from our P-Day and then we attended a play group with some of the moms for fun and we're getting ready to go get our hair cut.  All three of us are getting it down by a member who lives in another city.  Sister Thomas (who has never gotten her hair cut before and has hair down to her butt) is getting layers today! This is a super exciting and big step for her.  She's never lived away from home and is having to grow up really fast out here.  I'm proud of her for taking this step and getting her hair cut.  (I'm also excited that we won't look like sister wives anymore because of her ridiculously long hair)

 

Some highlights from my week:

- All three of our investigators did not attend church this week even though they told us they would.  Surprise, surprise.

- We found these beaver/rat combination animals at a park here called Nutria.  (I will attach an image of one)  They are really friendly and will get really close to you.  They almost look like beavers when they swim in the water.  Apparently they are from South America and were brought up here for the almost beaver like pelts, however there is no natural predator so they run rampant. 

- We invited some of the young women to help us write messages in chalk along the sidewalk next to the beach.  It was super fun and the girls enjoyed doing missionary work with the Sisters.  We drew pictures of temples and wrote mormon.org and such. 

- A member made the best ribs I've probably ever had and his pulled pork tasted exactly like Whole Hog.  I was in HOG heaven.  (Get it?)

 

Anyway, those are the highlights from my week.  I saw that my blog got updated so there is plenty of other stuff to catch up on. 

Love everyone back home!

Sister McElderry

they have red teeth, too