Livin- Learnin- Lovin- in Louisiana

Hit up the Coffee Depot and got me the best Begniets on this side of the Mississippi!!!!!  BRENTON IS ON DATE!!!!!!  Scared of water tho......  BT finally came to church and even brought his sister!!! She is my best friend!!!  They gonna bring their momma and other sister next time too!!!  YUP YUP!!!!!!!!!! Turyk didn't show up to his lesson but we caught him the next day riding a wheelie thru the halls of the student union!!!  I wanna be him when I grow up!!!!  Elders hit up a skate park on their bikes and Elder Childs front tire is now bent in half...... God only knows what happened there!! Guilted Jalon into meeting with us again by telling him so many people no show and are mean...  Hehe he's gonna thank us in the long run!  Went back to Sister Judds to help her with her house and we walk in and are greeted by her cats with an offering of a dead rat the size of my face!!!!!!! Traumatized.   Met with Billy and he had lots of ques...

  First I'd just like to announce I had ham and green beans for dinner this week and it was delicious!!!! IYKYK HA!  Two little girls sitting in the student union watching all these people go by and the first one I say hi to stops and asks if we are freshman... NOPE! We are missionaries for our church!!!  Turyk sits down and asks to learn more and asks where our church is cuz he wants to learn more about the "Mormon Bible" !!!!  If only all missionary work was that easy!  Ive decided that instead of rain boots I'm gonna start wearing flip flops. No soggy socks for me!!!  Phat has it figured out!!!  Someone please educate me on Pokémon GO!  8 months as a missionary and I had to speak in church for my first time!!! Please never again!!!!!  Got to get down and dirty and mulch some flower beds!!!! My dad is gonna be so proud of me!!!  (I'm retired now sorry dad)  Please never make me teach the Law of Chastity to a 60 year old man ever a...

  NO TIME AT ALL TO WRITE THIS!!!!! This week was so so good!!!  Me and sister stokes are living it up here in Laffy and are here for another 6 weeks!!!  Tough guy BT finally let his guard down and absolutely ate up the Plan of Salvation!! I love him and he even showed us his handshake he does with his "homeboys" YUP YUP!  Brenton requested a missionary visit because he "wants to know the truth" We were skeptical because he lives in the same apartment as this guy who straight up bashes us and thought it was another set up... #PTSD  But God truly provides and he is so genuine and has so many questions that the Book of Mormon will answer!!!  Went and stopped by Johnnys house and he opened the door and said "I've been smokin weed but I'm ready to hear the good word of God"  Priorities right???  Got to go to Baton Rouge for stake conference this weekend!!!  Got to show Judy and Sarah the temple and Judy just kept raving about the peace that was f...

  2 little sister missionaries in a home where they only speak Spanish... good thing for sophomore spanish!!!  Sike thank heavens for Google translate. Literally a gift straight from God.  Gotta ball up w them on the soccer field... yeah there is a reason why I was goalie and quit when I was 9 :))) I love the Venezuelans so much!!!  Cute lil 72 year old Adeline rolled up to church even tho is was a straight down pour. I love her so so much!!!  Spent hours helping Charlotte do some yard work!  Who knew that cutting millions of banana plants would be so satisfying?? BT preaching to us about how we worship a different Jesus... "One lord, one faith, one baptism"  YAHERDME!!!!  Elder & Sister Hollands devo really hit home!!! If yall didn't get to watch that I suggest you do!! Even if you aren't a YOUNG adult!!!   Ate burnt garlic bread and burnt chicken two nights in a row... someone please help me and sister stokes learn how to cook!!!...

  GUESS WHAT MOM?! I COME HOME THIS YEAR!!!!!!  Sister Stokes woke up one morning and the first thing she said was "I had a dream that we went to justin biebers house and we went fishing!!!!"  Hehe yes pls!!!!!!  This week was a whole lot of "huntin and fishin and lovin every day" to say the least!  Lots and lots of finding and man have we seen miracles!!!!!  We back at it with FREE JESUS BOOKS and it came in clutch!!  12 numbers in an hour????  UH HUH!!!!  Met Phillip!! He was baptized into a catholic church two weeks ago... and HES NOT EVEN CATHOLIC!!!! (Direct quote from Phillip!!!)  Came to church yesterday and absolutely LOVED IT!  Our bestie Nchedo made us some absolutely fire Nigerian food!  I'm not gonna wanna eat when I get home because food in Utah tastes like cardboard compared to here!!!  Probs a good thing... I'll lose all the weight I have gained since I have been out here!  Don't ask don't tell :))))...