Look before crossing the road or you might get hit by a fire truck

This week has been quite eventful. We have been so busy trying to see
every Less active or potential investigator to invite them out to the
Luau that took place on Saturday.
The Luau ended up being a hit!
We had a whole smoked pig (which the church still smells like...) and
lots of fun.
We were able to have two less actives join us and 3 investigators. One
of our investigators competed in a hula hoop contest and won!
After the Luau we took them on a tour of the church, and they seemed
to like it a lot and wanted to come the next day. Unfortunately they
had to cancel at the last second, but they may be more inclined to
come now because they are familiar with everything.
Oh and sorry I forgot to tell everyone that this was transfer week...
that's why I didn't send out my usual e-mail yesterday.
Any who, a few weeks ago we invited a guy and his sister out to church
with us, and they came and we were super excited. Well we went back
last week to invite them to the Luau. The Brother was not there but it
was perfect because we finally had time to talk to his sister and see
if she had any questions. She asked us a few questions and then she
got to the Book of Mormon and was asking a bit about what it was, she
said her brother had told her some things about it. So we asked her if
she wanted a copy of her own. She got so excited!!! So we gave it to
her. She told us that she was going to put off all other reading until
she finished the Book of Mormon. Yipee!
We will be seeing both of them on Thursday to finally go over the
restoration in full.
With trying to see so many less actives we have been able to have
lessons with a few less actives that it is usually hard for us to get
ahold of. It has been so neat to kind of watch peoples lives from a
distant and see the Lords hand in everything. I have learned that he
continually gives us MULTIPLE chances to accept to live the gospel
more fully in our lives. He opens the doors for these less actives
time and time again. Now whether they walk through the door or not
that is their choice and their agency. BUT it's always open.
God is so Good. He is always in the details of life. If you can't tell
why something is happening you just have to take a step back an see
the bigger picture, or get a little closer to notice a detail about
something.

Oh so here is a story for all of ya'll....
Yesterday we drove up to a potentials house and Sister Shumway almost
parked in front of a fire hydrant, but then I pointed it out to her
and she moved the car up more away from it. Right after she parked the
car a fire engine came bolting down the road. She looked at me and
said moving away from the fire hydrant was a very good idea. We got
out of the car and started to cross the street when we got honked at
by another fire engine making its way down the street. (It scared
Sister Shumway pretty badly) So 6 fire trucks later we were really
curious as to what was happening. They were over by a potential, two
investigators and a members house so we were really interested. We went
and found out it was different house that had caught on fire. Everyone
made it out safely and they quickly got the fire contained. Though it
was scary it was a good opportunity to meet some of the people in the
area. It seems like no one here knows their neighbors, until there is
a tragedy, then everyone comes out of the woodworks.

Online work!!!
It has been so grand to have the facebook events up and running each
week. I have been able to send missionaries to a few different people
and send out some more copies of the Book of Mormon. Yesterday I even
posted a post with a quote from President Monson and a non-member
shared the post on her wall. Ha it is so neat! The Lord is really
hastening the work. We just have to keep our eyes open for the
opportunities to share this wonderful message with those around us.

So I'm not being transferred. Actually all the Missionaries in our
ward are staying in our ward. There seems to be some big changes
basically everywhere else though. We have so many new people in
leadership positions. It's interesting to see how things pan out, who
goes where and who ends up with who.

Another weird story...
We went to a members house last Monday. She offered us an apple so we
took her up on the offer. As she closed the fridge door I noticed
something. On her fridge was a picture of LINDAY FULTON! A wedding
invite. In Florida. Well turns out that she married the members,
husbands, best friend... if that makes any sense.
So it was a weird moment when the world became a lot smaller than I
thought it was.


I'm not sure what else to inform ya'll on. I hope that everything is
going well for you and that your summer is not as sweltering as it is
here. But at least we get a few rain storms each week... well it
doesn't really help because it just makes everything really humid, but
oh well. We love the lightning storms they bring.

Love ya'll!
Love,