I bet you are all wondering what it's like to have a birthday while being out on a mission for exactly two months. So I will tell you. It's fantastic. You begin by getting up at 6:30 am (weird, right?), and then laying on the floor/pretending to exercise. Then you really do sort of exercise. It's a little tougher than usual because you do 22 push-ups and sit-ups instead of 21. Then you open a package from your mom that's been taunting you for a little over a week. It contains 22 wrapped items of a ridiculous nature so that you can figure out how to use them in object lessons. It's completely ridiculous, but you can't stop smiling because you know your mom loves you.
Then you eat breakfast and get dressed. And then study for an hour. And then for another hour. Then you clean the apartment for an hour. SO FUN! And then you pick up another set of missionaries to go to the library to email friends and family, which is always fantastic. After that you go out for lunch to celebrate your birthday. Also fantastic. Then you grocery shop and wash the car. And then you go to the park and play soccer with five sets of missionaries. You've been suffering with soccer withdrawals, so this is also fantastic. After that you put back on your missionary attire and meet up with P and President H (2nd counselor in the mission presidency) at the stake center where Peter passes his baptismal interview. Which is super fantastic. Then your gps takes you on a mild adventure to get to the house for a referral from headquarters--which we ran out of time. Then we ended the evening with an awesome chat with Brother M, our ward mission leader (who is also awesome) which greatly inspired us and good stuff. What a great day!
We also found out it was P's son's birthday, too. That's kinda crazy because that makes 3 of our investigators who share a birthday with me. And Alex Trebek.
On Wednesday I got kissed! We serve lunch at the Shalom center on Wednesdays and eat lunch there when we are finished. A man (who we'd actually met my first day in Bloomington) who's not all there mentally, sat down and said very politely that he was sorry, but we were preaching false doctrine. And then he invited us to his church. He just kept talking and talking, and we had to get back to the kitchen to clean up. I apologized that we had to go, and thanked him for his insight and invitation. He walked with me to the kitchen, talking the whole time and then leaned over and kissed my shoulder and said "God bless" and walked away. So many fantastic things happen every day!
Sister Howard and I had another great adventure yesterday. PRIMARY. The primary chorister went out of town and asked us to sub because she couldn't find anybody else. So we agreed. 'Cause that's what Jesus would do. But He was probably less terrified of children than we are. So we enjoyed two of the most stressful hours of church we have ever experienced. And we never want to have children. Or at least no more than 20 O_o And we get to do it again next week. It's a good thing we have both been set apart which gives us much more courage than we normally would have ;)
Last week we also got to teach this awesome man who we ran into exactly a month ago today. We had given him a "a watered down" version of the Restoration (that's really funny because it was pouring rain and we were all outside) and promised to bring him a Book of Mormon. We hadn't been able to reach him since. That's because he was biking to and from West Virginia. On a bicycle. He seems really genuine in his desire to know for himself if what we teach is true. Which is awesome because that's what it requires to really come unto Christ and be converted. When Brother M offered him a ride to church, he declined saying that he rides his bike anywhere he goes. We're praying that he will not forget the spirit that he felt before our next visit!
All is well and the church is true!
Sister Allie Bowen
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