"A Day in the Life of a Missionary"

On Friday, January 4th was the 1st time I went out with the missionaries. I woke up at around 10:30 am to my dad telling me that I was wanted on the phone. Rachel was talking on the phone and then handed it over to me and told me that it was the Sister missionaries. They wanted me to accompany them for a few appointments and would be there at around 11 am. Sister Nicholls and Sister Bowles arrived and then we left. First, we went to the home of someone they had been teaching, Mike, who I work with at Arby's. It was a very interesting experience. We talked for a while, then we watched a DVD called The Restoration with him and then they set up another appointment with him for Sunday evening. Then, they asked him which member that had accompanied them before that he'd like to have accompany them the next time. At first, he said that he didn't really care who came, but then, a few seconds later he whispered "Elizabeth" and motioned with his hand a come motion, which Sister Nicholls saw and asked, "You want Elizabeth to come?" and he responded by saying, "Yeah, she's cool." It was very interesting.

Then, the following Sunday, January 6th, they came to get me at around 6:30 pm. After I got in their car, they joked that I was out with the missionaries twice in one week, might as well give me a name tag right now. We first went to see the Stetsons (Sister Stetson has recently been baptized) we watched the Living Scriptures animated movie "Samuel the Lamanite". After that, we went to another house where they gave a Bible to a Hispanic lady. Then we went to Mike's home and talked to him for a while. After that they took me home.

This last Sunday, January 13th, Sister Nicholls invited me to sit next to her in Relief Society. She introduced me to her new companion, Sister Mustoe (actually she's her New OLD companion, they had already been companions before). Then, we talked and I told them my schedule for this week and the pitiful number of days I was scheduled to work (only Tuesday and Wednesday) and then I told them that I didn't have class on Fridays. Hearing that, Sister Nicholls suggested "a day in the life of a missionary" and I agreed that that would be a good idea.

So, that's what I did today. They picked me up at 10:30 am and first, they had to stop off at their apartment for some reason, then we went to see about visiting some people. Then, we stopped at a less active member's home, Sadie Kraft, and talked to her for a while. After that, they took me tracting with them. The first apartment in this one building that we went to, a woman answered and let us in to talk with them. There were two girls that live in this apartment. Their names are Tia and Brandy. We talked to them for a while, gave them each a copy of the Book of Mormon and left after a bit. A couple doors down, we got invited in by another woman named Brandy. We talked to her for a while and they gave her a pamphlet with their names and phone number on the back. After a bit more tracting, we left for lunch. All the missionaries were invited to the North American Steak Buffet by Brother and Sister Riskedahl, including the CES missionaries, Elder and Sister Johnson. After that we stopped off back at their apartment so they could get more Books of Mormon. After that, we went to see more people and they ended giving 2 more Books of Mormon away. Then, we went back to their apartment for dinner. We had spaghetti with pasta sauce. I also had a hot chocolate. While there we took this picture. This is a picture of (from left to right) Sister Nicholls, me, and Sister Mustoe at their apartment before we ate dinner.

After dinner, we went out to visit more people, though a lot of people weren't home and then they brought me home. Overall, it was a very interesting and exciting day.