A Bunch of Leaves

Hello everyone!

This week has been really great! To start off, we got a new investigator! Her name is Jaclyn. She is amazing and loves to watch BYU-TV! She likes to watch the panel of old guys who go through and make sense of the Book of Mormon. We met her a while ago and sisters have talked with her in the past. She was a potential investigator of ours who has had many questions for us in the past. We stopped by last Monday night and talked with her about what happens after we die because she had just had a friend of hers pass away. So we talked about the spirit world and committed her to read Alma Chapter 40. We were supposed to meet with her again on Friday, but she had her friends funeral that day so we stopped by on Thursday to give her some cookies. We are excited to teach her! 

On Tuesday we did some service for a widow in our ward, she needed some leaves raked. So we were like,"hey, cool! We rake leaves," thinking that we could go in the morning and then be done with it. Yeah...that wasn't quite the case. You see, we didn't realize how big her yard was and how big her tree was....I though our tree at home was big with a lot of leaves but there were soooooo many! So Sister Francis and I started raking and then we raked some more and then 1.5 hours later it was time for us to go to lunch with the other sisters and we had done a little less than half of the yard. So we went to lunch and then came back to finish. This time though, we called in reinforcements....we made the Elders come help us. There were so many leaves that we decided to make a big pile with all of the leaves...a pile taller than me! Which, as you all know, isn't very tall but hey in leaves...that's a lot! So we made this pile and then all took turns jumping in it! It was so much fun! So now the funny part of this story. This sister has a garden where she puts her pile of leaves and dead branches. So this is where the giant pile is going to go once we finish jumping. While we are jumping she walks by and tells us to be careful while we are putting the leaves on the pile because it is really hot over there. So we look over and this pile is just on fire! She had poured some gas on it and lit it on fire and walked back inside! It was so funny!! Also, we drove by a couple days later and the yard was blanketed in leaves again...that just shows how big this tree is! 

It has been a good week of working with members and less-actives as well. We have really gotten to know the youth in the ward better, which has been great! On Sunday was Sister Francis' Birthday, so we celebrated that on Sunday, as well as throughout the week with members. It was fun! We also went to the missionary fireside in Indy on Sunday, which was fun because we got to see all of our missionary friends in other areas now. 

We have transfers coming up next week! So we will see what is next for Sister London! I will most likely be leaving so if you are sending any letters this week, it would be best to send them to the mission office! I love you all so much! Keep praying for missionary opportunities! 

love,

              Sister London

 Our giant pile of leaves! Yes, I am in my owl shirt! :)