Baptism Date: Check!

Hey everyone!

This week has been pretty good! We had zone conference this week, which is always amazing! I got to see a ton of people that I love, and hear from Sister Parry about how Loudon is doing, which by the way, it's doing great! But that's just Loudon for ya. ;D

On Friday we went over to this Methodist church to help with their soup kitchen. It was so much fun! The people over there were so friendly, and I know I'm gonna love going there each week while I'm
here in Knoxville! We even had a potential investigator come through the lines, and I mean.... Maybe someday because of our awesome meeting up at the food pantry, she'll be more than just a potential
investigator. ;)

We also went to see Brian and Mary this week a few different times. And without Brian even being there we committed him to a baptismal date! October 8th! Woohoo! Yeah... Mary was the one who told us that he was thinking of that date, so we're super excited, and they are seriously some of my favorite people out here!

Saturday was a crazy day.  At first it seemed like nothing was going to happen that day, but after going and knocking on a couple of doors, we came back to our car to go to a different area. As soon as we got in the car, we got a call from Brother Harris asking for a Gospel Principles book because he was teaching the lesson, and as he said very passionately, "There's a difference between using the electronic book versus a physical book that you can break the spine and let flop open," which I have to agree with. So we made a deal, if we brought him his book, he and his wife would feed us dinner. So, there we go. There were some plans for our day.

Then, in the middle of the call, we got a call from the elders saying that there was a member from the Whitley City Branch who just had a baby and needed some sort of contact from the church, so we went over to the hospital, and.... She wasn't there.... So we were a little stumped for a minute, but then we decided to keep going, and since we were in an area we weren't normally in, we tried hunting down some less active members around there.

We knocked on this door looking for a guy named Seth, and turns out he moved, which is  unfortunate, but that's life.... We knocked a few more doors, and then decided to move on, but when we got in the car, I turned to Sister Hamp and said, "I just feel like there's someone here for us." And she was feelin' it, too, so we got out and knocked a few more doors. We came across this girl named Alexis, and her mom, Rene. They apparently had a lot of family who were Mormon, but they were
not.  They were super nice and invited us in, and we talked to them for probably an hour and a half.  I feel like I'd never talked so easily to someone of another faith about both of our religions.  They
were so awesome!  Then, at the end of it, they both gave us their numbers, and they said we could have dinner with them and talk to them more about our church! They are seriously so cool! And then, on Sunday we met a lady whose son, who is also on a mission, is good friends with their son! It's the best thing ever guys!  I can't wait to go back and see them!

On Sunday I finally got to meet the Bundy's.  I've heard so much about them and even been in their house, and yet I had not met them. But they are as great as everyone said they were.  We got to go with them to take the sacrament over to Winnie. It was a really cool experience. The spirit was so strong giving it to just one person.  It just shows how important the sacrament really is.  :)

Sincerely,
Sister Shelton

Just found out my good friend, Elder Evans, from the great TKM got turned into a meme. Hope ya'll enjoy!