I, Sister Scott, ate Crab.

July 31, 2012
Dear Mama,

I'm not sure if you actually know what day my p-day is, so I will tell you. I have p-day on Mondays. Except for when there will be a transfer and then it is on Tuesday. And I shouldn't have a transfer for about 3 months. I am so glad I got to hear from you this week!! :)

Thank you so much for sending me my charger! I was taking pictures the day before I got it and my battery said that it was low. Ah! I was so worried. I said a prayer that night that you would be able to find it. The next day when we picked up the mail, lo and behold there was a package in the mailbox for me. Prayer works! God knows each of us personally, and he does answer our prayers no matter how dumb they might seem. A couple days ago we met with a man named Joel. He is so great. He lives with Kandi, one of our investigators. I think he is the friend of her husband... anyway, we finally convinced him to pray after one of our lessons. It was so powerful. I felt like the Spirit hit me with a ton of bricks as soon as he started the prayer. The only thing he said in the prayer was, "Thank you for the sisters," because he felt like he couldn't do it. He just needs a little more practice. I told him the experience with my camera charger and that I know that God listens and answers our prayers. I think his eyes got a little teary. We are hoping to go fishing with them later. It's kind of stormy though, so I guess we will see.

Oh, another Joel and Kandi story! So we went over to share a lesson with them. We asked them how they were doing, what they had been up to. They led us into their kitchen where they had a huge box full of crabs. They asked us if we liked crab. I told them that the last time I had crab I threw up. Well, that didn't matter. They had us crack open the crabs with nut crackers and try some. It took me a few minutes, but I tried some. It tasted good, but it was still kind of hard to swallow. I didn't throw up though. In case you were wondering.

I don't know how close I live to the beach actually. We were told that our mission ends where the sand starts. We did go to the water front to write letters last week, which is a boat dock place in St. Mary's. 230 is my apartment number. Don't worry, your package made it here safely. :)

I really liked your object lesson with the harmonicas! And I like Spencer's definition for harmony. We are told that we should be living in harmony with God. Meaning that our note should be working with His note to sound good. And if there is dissonance, that is our fault. I'm sorry that Trek didn't go as planned. How does the Bishop feel it went? Was it the spiritual experience he was hoping for?

I love you so much!! Thank you for your love and prayers!

Love,

Janielle

Dear Poppy-Woppy,

I am living my dream! I'm straight from the MTC! The Mormon Tabernacle Choir!! :) It is a little harder than I expected. But if it was easy then it would be boring, right? :) How did you like Trek?

I love Sister Gilbert! We get along really well. Although it seems that when we are in the car we don't have anything to talk about and then we hop in bed and we can't stop talking and laughing. We drive a white car... Sister Gilbert thinks it is a Toyota Corolla. I really do miss my mountains. I have no idea which way is North, South, East, or West. I get so lost as we are driving. I really like the area we are in. Everyone here is pretty nice. Whenever we are out in public, rather than just in the neighborhoods, people stop us and talk to us. They ask us who we are and where we are from, and sometimes a random guess to what organization we are with. ummm... it's on the name tag. ;) I really like talking about how God is our loving Heavenly Father and how he blesses families, because that one is just the most personal, I guess. I haven't had any Bible Bashes, yet, and I'm hoping I never get into one to be quite honest.

Right now we have four progressing investigators, and I think technically five. Three of them have baptism dates. One of our investigators was supposed to get baptized on Sunday, but she hasn't been to church yet. We had to tell her that we needed to postpone the date until she started coming to church. That was hard. Another investigator started smoking again, and we had to set that one back too. I think that has been the hardest thing I have had to do so far. They both want to get baptized, and telling them they couldn't yet was heart breaking.

The humidity is unbearable at times. Apparently we are in a drought here. I'm just thinking, go to Utah then tell me you are in a drought. Everything here is so green! I am working with the Kingsland ward. The ward is great! I think there are 600 people in the ward, but I think there are only 200 that are really active. That's why we are working so hard with Kandi and Tiffany. I know that if they build up their testimonies on Jesus Christ and keep God's commandments, then they won't break down when Satan throws his storms at them like it says in Helaman 5:12. I know that the more you work for something the greater appreciation you will have for it and the more you will take care of and treasure it. I know that Kandi was feeling discouraged, but I hope that will motivate her to become ready so that she can take care of her testimony.

I have eaten crab and that is just about as crazy as we have gotten. We aren't allowed to go to the beach. Our mission ends where the sand starts. As for the weather, it has been pretty rainy the past couple days. By rainy, it pours for about 15 minutes and then it is cloudy and with a lot of thunder, which is great. :)

Those games sound fun. You will have to teach me how to play Pop, Pop, Pop when I get back. :) Are you ready for school to start?

Well, I think and pray about you everyday! I love you so much!! Thank you for all you do for me!

Love,
Sister JaniWani Scott