Letter #4 - I'm here in Brunswick, Georgia!

January 16, 2017

                                                

Hello Everyone!

I finally got out of the MTC and flew over the country to Jacksonville, Florida! My area is actually in Brunswick, Georgia though, so that's where I'm at! My new companion is Sister Elwell, we get along really nicely.  She really likes me and cares about me. It's cool because she did a year at USU as well before her mission. She has been out here for 13 weeks, and just got done with her training, so she is new as well. She is a good trainer as I learn about being a missionary. The first door we knocked on Wednesday was when we met Shakia. We taught her the Restoration lesson on her doorstep and was interested to learn more. On Saturday we met with her and her sister and her mom. We invited them to church, and her sister, Shantavia actually came! She told us that she liked our message and wanted to bring her sister and mom to church next Sunday as well. I never knew that the first door I ever knocked on could present several investigators ready to hear about the restored gospel.

I love seeing the palm trees and how warm it is here :) The humidity is actually nice right now, but Im sure my feelings about the weather will change in the next 6 months! I dont really have a lot of time to talk. We ride bikes and drive down here, but i havent ridden my bike yet since the elders forgot to pick it up on the way back to my area, but soon i will be riding it a lot. Members here are pretty cool, supposedly they are pretty good at feeding us, but we havent got the meal chart passed around yet to get fed. Something funny about the town is on one road there is a tree in the middle of the road! funny! We went bowling and the elders had a sense of humor and it was even funnier when some of the names were typed in wrong (they were Book of Mormon names) Everyone here is willing to pray on their doorstep with you and talk about Jesus. We have about 5-8 lessons a day, and sometimes it hard because so many appointments fall through, but there are always more people to visit and check up on. Popular foods here are gritz and banana pudding. We also have an island as a part of our area.
It was sad to leave the MTC, but now I'm here and whenever I'm feeling down, I think about how my MTC friends are experiencing the same thing. Also, I have been away from home for a month now, its felt like forever. I hope its a good 18 months out here, but ill be able to say more next week! Love y'all ;) 
Sister Prue