Katelyn in Kentucky: All Hallow's Eve and Great Exchanges!

Dear Family & Friends,

We had another busy week is week and we had the opportunity to exchange with both Glasgow and Shephardsville!

I was with Sister Webb for the exchange and it went really well! It was a rainy day but we did our best to apply all of our training. We worked on goals of being more intensified and more simplified. It went well!

Rebuke This

There was a woman that rebuked us. Ha ha, so we went to one of our appointments and we were standing at the doorway talking to the young man that was trying to get out of our appointment. His grandmother was sitting behind him in the living room. She pipes up asking who we were. He opens the door wide and we explain our purpose. She replies "Ya’ll are just plain fools! I have found Jesus Christ and I am saved!" We looked at each other saying that it was great that she found Christ and now He asked of her to read the Book of Mormon and be baptized by his authority. She said that she had read it already, and then began to argue with us that we were dumb girls and that we just needed to pack up and go home. We looked at each other and said "We are not returning home until we have finished our work here in Kentucky at the end of our missions"

We said it with a skip in our step and I do believe it made her even more frustrated as she began to explain that we were in a particularly bad neighborhood and that our work is foolishness.

We knew that it was bad there, but our work was not foolishness; so Sister Webb bore pure testimony and asked if we could come back. She denied the offer and told us, forcefully, to go home. We politely said good bye and walked to the car! We laughed though, knowing that we had to keep doing the lord's work and that nothing will get in the way of that goal! Sister Webb has this attribute of always staying true to her values and righteous attributes even though times get hard. I definitely learned that from her!

Shephardsville Exchanges

Then I was with Sister Bunker in Shephardsville. She is the coolest sister ever! I learned so much about service and love from her!

We spent most of our exchange cleaning a member's rental property. It was nasty! We just scrubbed and scrubbed until our little arms almost gave out! Then Sister White (the Shephardsville member) asked us what we wanted to eat so she bought potato chips, a fruit platter and chicken wings and white chocolate! It was kind of a mesh of foods we were craving! It was awesome! Totally had a lot of fun serving her!

Ward Part and Early Curfew on Halloween

At the Halloween party it was a chili dinner and all of the members were asked to bring different chilli's for a contest! It was so yummy and then all of the children dressed up and went around the church building playing games and yes Sister Jensen and I face painted, it was awesome! A little boy came up and asked me to write T-Rex on his forehead and then also paint a T-Rex on his cheek, so I did and it turned out great haha. I thought it was kind of funny, but kids just have a wild imagination!

The ward mission leader and ward itself is getting so much better! They brought people (NONMEMBERS) to our ward Halloween party! Yeah are incredible! So proud of the change that is being made!

(I'm betting she was in 7th Heaven getting to play with a paintbrush)

Sister Scire came and made a chili dinner and also brought her grandkids and daughter there too! I tell you their family also will get baptized! I know it! Also Sister Scire went in to see the bishop yesterday to get her temple recommend! Yay! So proud of her!

Since we had to go in at six on Halloween we decided to spend our dinner hour at our favorite Chinese place "Hong Kong!" :) then we did facials at home and painted our nails. It was fun!