That one time I ate snails

I had escargot this week. And, to be honest, it wasn't that bad. I just kind of swallowed it whole. So... that happened. 

Monday: We went to Writing On Stone, a provincial park
 here in

 Alberta about Native culture or something. Idk, we didn't
 go to 

the informational center, we just climbed on the hoodoos
 and

 hiked around. I was actually super surprised by how much fun 

we had. My thoughts were that it'd be just a bunch of random, 

boring rocks, but it was more like a giant playground for adults. 

Not that I'm an adult... Also, I don't think we were supposed to

 climb around on them... but we did. (:

Tuesday: We had district meeting and then on our way to an
 appointment, the member that had signed up to feed us
 supper called and said she had to cancel because her sewage
 had backed up into her basement. She said we couldn't come
over, and we said, "Ok, we'll be there soon to help clean up."
 Hahaha. We're so defiant. So we spent the better part of our day helping her ShopVac up and dump the
sewage water that had leaked into her basement and all that fun stuff. I wish we'd gotten a photo, but our
 hands were covered in... well... poo water, so none of us wanted to touch our cameras. We got to watch
 the plumbers put in a new septic pump, though, so that was cool. 

She drove us home so we could clean up and then she fed us supper. We had a lesson with Kendra, our
 member that's preparing for the temple, and then we helped her sort laundry. She has five little kids and
 lots of laundry(: I'll be a pro pre-Mommy when I get home:D *hint hint* Haha just kidding. 

Wednesday: A member of the bishopric's wife
 made goodie bags for every single house in the
 1st ward boundaries with a cute little note telling
 them what time church started. 

Great missionary idea. And she had us help he
r pass them out, so we basically candy-tracted

the entire ward. Surprisingly enough, everyone

 was pretty

 happy to see us once we put a bag of candy in
their hands. 

We had our stake missionary correlation meeting
and Brother Bridge's wife made us spaghetti for lunch. 

I'd forgotten how much I liked spaghetti. He also
made fun of me because I put ranch on my spaghetti.

 When they dished up brownies and ice cream for dessert, he asked if I wanted ranch on that, too. Ha. Ha. :P

We had a lesson with Julia, the older lady we visit. She's so funny. And by funny, I mean a little crazy.

 But so so sweet. 

And then. 

This was so cool. 

A member from my first area found out I'm serving in Raymond, not too far from my first area, and so her and

 her girls decided they wanted to come find me. So the drove to Raymond, stopped at the grocery store, and 

asked how to find the sister missionaries. And then they came to a member's house that we were at and it was

 the greatest thing ever. Like Christmas in July. So cool. 

We had supper with the Wersey's. They have five girls and they're so cute. On our way back from supper, we

 found this dirty, muddy, high heel in a puddle (because it had just poured, like it did all week) and we decided 

we'd put it in the elder's apartment. And then we decided we'd put it in their fridge. So we called them a million

 times to make sure they weren't home and then we broke in and stuck it in their fridge. Mwahahaha. 

Thursday: We passed out more candy and one of the houses we 

went to was a less-active family that invited us in. We had a lesson

 with them and it was really neat because even though we did a short 

object lesson with the girls, the mom had her input and talked to us

 quite a bit. The last time we tried to visit them, they weren't happy to 

see us, so that was a pleasant turn of events. 

We had supper with Sister Andrews and she invited the Nalders over.

 Sister Andrews is seriously so funny. Her son was in my ward in

 Airdrie and we visit her a lot and she's just the best. The Nalders

 are a family in our ward and they have three stinkin' adorable little

 boys.

We had scriptures with friends after supper and the other set of sisters

 were in charge for this week. They did the Tree of Life from 1Nephi 8

 and the fruit of the tree was chocolate covered strawberries. That was

 awesome(: 

Then we exchanged with the STLs, Sister Halliday and Sister Palmer.

 Sister Halliday came here in Raymond with me and Sister Black went 

with Sister Palmer in Cardston. 

That night, there was a spider. It went under my bed. And our beds are really super heavy and I was like, Sister 

Halliday, there's no way I can sleep. So the elders had to come kill it for us. Bless their hearts. Even though we'd 

stuck that shoe in their fridge. 

Friday: We had planned to have a few lessons with less-active members, but we started walking and Sister 

Halliday felt super sick. So we stopped by Sister Andrews and got some ibuprofen and then Sister Halliday was 

like, yeah, no, I need to lay down, I'm dying. So she slept it off for a bit and Sister Andrews made me a sandwich

 and we just visited. That was fun. 

Then we went to Good Sam's, the retirement centre, to help with the activity. They did Christmas in July. We

 helped decorate cookies beforehand, and Elder Johnson WhatAreTheOdds'ed me to eat the rest of the frosting. 

There was a ton of frosting. I lost. But then Jaquie told me I couldn't eat it all or I'd get sick, so I had to eat like 7 

huge spoonfuls of it. Nasty. We helped a member pick their raspberries and then we went to the VanDuyse's and

 ate escargot. Bleh. We had supper with the bishop in 3rd ward and his family. We had wings and homemade pizza.

 Mmmm. Then we stopped by the Searcy's and followed up on their Family Mission Plan. Their plan is to pray for

 missionary opportunities and to fellowship their neighbor who is less-active by serving them and making them

 feel loved. I love the Searcys. (: Then, it torrential down poured. We luckily had our car that day, but even just

 running to the car, we got soaked.

Then, we got home and there was a banana in front of our door with a note attached. Those thinkin' elders got

 27 bananas and hid them around our apartment. We've only found 25 so far, so that's a bit concerning. Let it be

 known, this prank war is on. One time, I had a prank war for a whole Spring break. It's still undetermined who

 won that one. 

Saturday: We helped the Nickel's paint. Well, kind of.
 They're remodelling their entire house and so the drywall

 was just finished, but in order to paint, you have to get
 all the dust off the ceiling and walls. So we did the pre-

painting. And got covered in dust. But it was lots of fun! 

We had a lesson with Troy about prophets. He was having a bad day when we got there (he's nine) but by the 

end of the lesson, he was hugging us and having a great time. What a cutie. 

We had supper at the Bennett's and they taught us how to make Yorkshire pudding! So yummy. 

Sunday: = exhaustion. Sister Black and I full on fell asleep in the last sacrament meeting. Then we went to 

Cathy's and she made us nachos. Then we had supper. Then we went to a member's house for cake for their

 daughter's birthday. So it was a pretty good day despite the 5 or 6 hours of sacrament meeting. 

We contacted a former investigator and she said we could come back tomorrow night for a lesson, so that 

was super exciting! We're hoping it goes through because the last few times, she hasn't been there when 

we've come, but the Lord is in charge and He'll make it happen(: Also, our investigator family, the Collies, 

came to church! We haven't been able to meet with them for about two weeks, and then they just showed

 up, so that was so amazing to see the hand of the Lord. I've been praying as to what to do because it's

 hard when you can't meet with them and see where they're at. That was awesome to see how the Lord 

does His work. 

So, yeah. This week was super good. Super exhausting. But it's so great to see the Lord's hand in things. I'm

 just supposed to be an obedient instrument, and as hard as that is sometimes, there's so many blessings.

Love you all! Hope you have a great week(: 

<3 Sister Pipkin