June 30

Hello everyone! I hope that you had a great week :) My companion and I

just went out to lunch at Olive Garden and so that was fun :) Yummy!!!

I am full and happy. Also we are on bikes this week, so I will

definitely burn it off.

Tuesday we did service at the he food bank again. That is such a neat

experience. I am so glad that we get to do that. It's great to help

people who really need it and who don't have enough. I decided that

this time I will take a mental note of the people who come get food of

where they live so we can go find on their streets. It's probably

legal... Also we heard of a member who was found about 19 years ago

because the missionaries were searching the newspaper of people who

recently had a baby or marriage announcements or death announcements

and they would go to those addresses. Has anybody tried that? Sounds

like a good idea.

Wednesday one of our members took us out to lunch with one of her

nonmember friends. They are both funny old ladies. We had a good

conversation about the Book of Mormon, what it is and why it is

important. Then on the way home she also took us to see her mother and

aunt and we taught them as well. Go members!

Thursday we had Zone conference all day! I love meetings! It was so

great. I loved it. The zone leaders trained about having the same fire

for missionary work and the same dependence on The Lord as we did a

year ago, a year ago a lot of people on the mission were new, and

people like me were trainers after 5 weeks, and we didn't know what we

were doing, we really had to rely on The Lord, but are we relying on

Him as much now as we did then? President trained on finding and gave

some great suggestions and we had some great role plays about talking

with everyone and talking to people on different situations, like at a

restaurant or at a park. The more people we talk to, the more people

we teach! I want to be better at talking with everyone.

Thursday after zone conference we went on exchanges. I went to high

point with sister Nielsen. I have been with her 3 times. We had a real

good time. She's fun and we have gotten close. We talked a lot about

what we have learned on our missions. And she asked a lot of advise

about being a sister training leader, what advise I had for her. We

also talked to a crazy guy who thought he was a prophet. And talked to

a teenage girl named Alma, gave her a Book of Mormon and told her to

read the book of alma. :)

So we are teaching this lady who has been kind of flaky and we haven't

been able to see much but apparently they had a really good with her

while on exchange, so that's good. :) She was taught about 10 years

ago by elders and knows that what they said is true, reads the Book of

Mormon but feels like she has to quit smoking before she learns more

and comes to church, we are seeing her with a great member tonight and

we are going to help her get over that. :) The 9 year old we haven't

seen this week because her Dad has been at work :(

We had a great lesson with Lashea on Saturday.  We tracked into her

last week and have and taught her twice. She is a sweet single Mother

in her early 20's. She is just a really happy, she's quiet and soft

spoken. I really like her and I think we would be friends in real

life. We brought a great member with us and I am really excited to see

her progress!

FUNNY/CRAZY STORY: The member who went with us on Saturday, turns out

she was a missionary on our mission about a year ago, she came out

just a little before me. She served here in Salisbury for 9 months and

was teaching this less active guy and helping him get back to church.

At one point, they were going to give up and the spirit said "you

can't give up on your husband" She was like what? And turns out like a

month later, she had some really bad health problems and went home,

turned around and came back and married him and now they live in our

Ward. It's a crazy story, the way she tells it is hilarious!

We are on bikes this week. Pray for cool weather! Please. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also I got my flight itinerary and release letter in the mail this

week. Woah! Who said that could happen! I didn't know wether to cry or

be excited. I kind of feel like I have been like Rapunzel in tangled

when she leaves her stepmothers and is like "BEST DAY EVER" and then

"Oh no what have I done" I feel like I am super excited to see my

family and have a real life, but I know that this time will never come

again, I guess I will make the most of it while I can! Love ya'll!!

Sister Jenny Forsyth