A Huge Scythe in the Closet!

Well team,

Here I am in Lebanon, Indiana with the brand new (and wonderful) Sister Mercer. It is a branch kinda between Indy and Lafayette, in the Lafayette stake. Everybody here rides golf-carts through the streets. Weird.

We got dropped off (we're sharing a car with the Lafayette sisters that live 40 minutes away :P) at our apartment which had previously been occupied (but not for the past few months) by elders. Filthy elders. I've got a few pictures, but I didn't bring my camera cord today. Aaand they left this huge scythe in the closet. When we flushed the toilet water gushed out of the bottom of the septic tank O_o. 

We had some options for the rest of the day. We went shopping briefly (the elders showed us where a store within walking distance was) and we could either clean the apartment, or go out and get to work. We decided to get to work and began to wander the neighborhood, where we found a wonderful lady named S that we are now teaching.

Lebanon is a strange place. It's very common for people to speed past you on the street in golf carts. We are the first sisters to ever serve in Lebanon, so the branch members are excited about that.

We spent a lot of time wandering the neighborhood and talked to a bazillion people and found a handful of new investigators. Your world is very small when you don't have a car or any knowledge of what's around O_o Sister Mercer is definitely going to be the best finder out of the new group of missionaries. She is from Bountiful, Utah, is the oldest of 6 kids (her brother leaves on a mission this week), and attended UofU for two years studying Biology.

We are in a district with two sets of elders. The companionship serving in Crawfordsville would fit in with the cast of The Big Bang Theory. SO FUNNY. I feel like we are in the middle of nowhere, even though I'm closer to Indy than I've ever served.

So. We will need lots of prayers to be able to get things started here (and to just survive O_o)

Much love,

Sister Bowen