Hey Hey Hey! We had a fun week! *Happy Birthday Sister Matthews!*
Along with cowboys, Aberdeen is flooded with Karen people! It's close to Korean but it is pronounced "Ka-Riin" but they are the nicest people! We got a referral for a lady named June and was told she worked at one of the Karen Asian Markets in town so each day we hit another one to see if we can find her. No luck this week but with each store we go to I try a new food. I found that I love Aloe Water- so gooood and that Durian flavored anything is of the devil. AH IT'S SO BAD! I like most food but that is #1 in the worst foods ever created
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We lost a member of the ward to Covid-19 this last week. We had a funeral at the church and us missionaries helped out. What a crazy time to be alive. It was a tender service but as we were sitting I was just thinking about the second coming. I really think it's a lot closer than we think. But I am so grateful to know that families are together forever.
After the service though there was a luncheon and I kid you not, they loaded up each plate with 25% funeral potatoes, 50% Ham, and 75% Jello Salad. It makes a whooping 150% of South Dakota on a plate. They sent us home with all the leftovers and we will be eating jello until the end of the transfer.
We are working on visiting everyone on the unbaptized list and it took us to Groton, SD which is about 20 min away and then from there we drove to Conde which was another 30 min. I don't know much about ghost towns but I would bet my jello salad that ghosts are the only things that live there. The city sign said it was a population of 140. It's all dirt roads and is about the size of Riverton High's campus. There were no lights, few cars, no people! We didn't see anyone! They even had a park there and all the playground equipment was from the 70's. Everything super run down. We got sketchy vibes as we knocked on the doors we needed to and then skurted out of there. Someone research Conde, South Dakota and see if there was ever anything sketchy that happened there. Let me know.. yikes...
We got the clarification that our mileage for our Rouge is only 1,300. Which sounds like a lot but when zone conferences and with exchanges and occasional trips to Bismarck they drop FAST. We were supposed to have exchanges next week but we are about 100 miles to our limit already. But if you all could pray that Sister Fonotoe could get a flight to Samoa soon we would love that! She hit her 20TH MONTH on Friday...
I spent SO much time this week filming and recording on my cello for a few videos coming out soon! I'll send them when they are finished! In the meantime go onto youtube and look up NDBM Virtual choir! It's a cool channel from my mish!
I love my time each morning to study. One hour is never enough. But I was in Alma this week and it stuck out to me how in Alma 14 he asks for deliverance ONLY BY THE STRENGTH BY THEIR FAITH and I love how much of a humble asking that was. If we have faith in Christ then we should expect miracles but only by the strength of our faith.
The NDBM has been directed to start sending 20 sec videos to random people asking if we could send another 2 minute video explaining a gospel doctrine. So far it is successful. No one new yet but we PLANT THOSE SEEDS!
Have a CHRIST CENTERED WEEK!
xo sisb
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