First Baptism Date Is A Go

What's going on guys. As the title suggests; we got our first baptism date. *Queue the mariachi band and all that celebratory garbage*... Anyway, yeah, we got someone. This woman's name is Sister K, she's 54 years old and loves her bible. She's studied for years on end the Holy Bible and had some killer questions when we taught her the Plan of Salvation. Out of all religions she's experimented with in her lifetime, the LDS church seems to be the one that makes the most sense to her. It's actually really funny because she basically asked us if she could get baptized, we didn't even invite her. She was just like "Yeah yeah... so what does it take for me to be baptized?" An easy convert, but still a convert nonetheless. Other things that happened this week? I got a little list I'll just put right down here: 

-A and H, visited them in a trailer park. Seemed curious but not really interested in our church. Had materials to roll up blunts all over the table. Their trailer stunk of cigarettes so bad it sort of stained our clothes with that odor, definitely took them off when we got home immediately. 

-Got threatened to have the police called on us two different times. They're both the same sort of story. We were just knocking on doors doing our 9:00-5:00 trying to sell people everlasting joy that's priceless, and this guy says that we can't sell products door to door. We told him we actually don't sell anything, we're just proselyting. He threatened to go get his boy who is a country sheriff, we kind of just told him "It's fine man, do what you gotta do." Oh, and its important to mention this guy had a Bud Light can in hand, but you probably could've just assumed that. The cops never were called by the way. 

-Went to a restaurant called "Lambert's" where they literally throw rolls at you from across the room. They also pass around a variety of different southern snacks like fried ocra, boiled cabbage, fried onions and potatoes, and a whole lot of other things. Some of them were good, like the ocra is kind of like the taste of a tater tot that's really a pepper?? I don't know. The restaurant is just an experience you have to have when you're in Alabama. 

-We do volunteer work at the Salvation Army and an Animal Shelter. At the Salvation Army we just pin tags on clothes and mark the size. Every once in a while we get lucky and have to help the ladies who work there lift a heavy dresser, but that's pretty rare and out of routine. The Animal Shelter on the other hand, that's super fun. We don't really provide a real service besides giving the dogs a little play session for about 20 minutes. Some dogs are super nice and fun, others just jump up and down constantly in their own poop. Yeah, we don't really pick those dogs when we choose which to play with. 

-We went tracting for the first time. Going door to door trying our best to get people to let us teach them and it's not successful at all. People just don't want to talk to us and are rude about it. Most of them just assume we are Jehovah Witnesses and don't even let us speak to explain ourselves. They just say "I don't wanna associate wit' you J'dubyas!" We still try to tract as much as we have time in order to show our dedication to the Lord, but as of right now in my mission, it sucks.

-Barber Jack is for sure in session. I cut my companion's hair and all the Spanish Elder's hair who live next door. It allows me to serve my fellow man because I don't charge them money, but I need to figure out some favors they can do for me in exchange. I'll get creative with it. 

Well that's my week in a nutshell, it's starting to feel a lot more real recently. I'm getting better each day, but learning the language of the spirit is something I'm not used to. I'll get better at this, baby steps for sure. 

Til next week,

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Elder Jackson Batman