Attack of the Goose 🪿🔪

Feliz Lunes a todos!! 

As Summer begins to awake from it's slumber, I find myself stuck in more weird situations with nature. Some calm, some dangerous.

Ataques (attacks)

Over the course of a week, 2 attacks with nature have occurred:

1) LAS HORMIGAS

Now, Hermana Gray has a major phobia. Like, major major. Even just the mention of this creature's name causes a shiver to go down her spine. So no matter what, never say the word A-N-T-S in front of her. It won't go well.

Anyways, on Thursday, she lived her worst possible fear.

Some ants had managed to climb through our front door, and crawl into the bag hanging on the door. That bag just happened to be Hermana Gray's pros-bag. 

So we're driving to our weekly Food Bank Service, and out of nowhere Hna Gray (who's the one driving, by the way) does a huge shiver and smack on her arm, then her leg. The car swerved like crazy for a moment, but then she regained control of the steering wheel. I was like, "Gorl, are you ok?" 

The widened eyes of fear told me otherwise. 

She smacked and jumped a few more times, (car swerving as well) until we figured out the problem: the bag. Which just so happened to be on her lap. 

Finding this out, she chucked the bag as far as she could, which, in a small car, could only be as far as my own lap. That's when I really saw them. Ants running rampant on every pocket, nook and cranny. 

The car filled with chaos as we were trying to kill all the ants escaping into the car, and on ourselves. Finally, we made it to the food bank without crashing on the way and hid the bag under the car to deal with after. 

Afterwards, we went straight to the car wash to vacuum them out, and threw her pros-bag in the washing machine. Hna Gray had me make sure it was washed and dried twice, just to be sure it was rid of all the unholy creatures. Hna Gray has had nightmares ever since.

2) EL GANSO

Attack #2 was a little less disturbing, and a bit more funny.

So Friday morning, we're heading to the gym (to get real swol, yk), and as we approached the entrance, we heard a weird hiss. We looked behind us, and this BIG-AW GOOSE started sprinting at us with it's wings wide open, head low, mouth ready to chomp, and eyes threatening murder. So we do what any natural human would do, and run for the hills.

We were almost to casa, when we decided, "Naw, we gotta work out, ain't no goose stoppin' us!"

Then, hiding behind a bush, we scouted out where the goose was. It was, no joke, pacing back and forth in front of the gym entrance like some guard in front of a castle.

Eventually, we managed to sneak our way into the gym without the notice of the goose, but the story doesn't end here. 

We get back to casa, and I realize something: I don't have my phone. The last time I did have it was right before the goose attacked us.

So we went and scouted out the area, and right as Hna Gray found my phone in the grass, we see the goose chilling by a tree with 2 baby chics!! They were so cute! I guess she's just a protective mom! 

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Los Electos (the elect)

This week, we also found some MAJOR ELECT people! 

1) ANGELA

Ok, she's not brand new, but she's been upgraded to elect. Angela's just really awesome and smart and asks a lot of great questions during lessons. Our most recent lesson with her was probably the best lesson I have ever had. Super spirit filled! 👌

2) JOSE ARMANDO

This man was from an online referral, and literally as soon as we texted him he responded, asked who we were, and called us!! That almost NEVER happens with online referrals! 

Jose is from Spain (so yes, he does have that lisp-y accent and yes, he does use vosotros form) and he is crazy knowledgeable about everything! Sports, the arts, cooking, you name it! 

And as soon as we told him the information for everything, he has gone to every single church activity! And on Sunday we gave him a Book of Mormon, and he ASKED US for a lesson! So that was pretty cool!

3) BRIAN

On Saturday, we went referral door knocking, and across the street from this one apartment complex we were visiting was this super cute and aesthetic mexican restaurant with a lemonade stand on the outside. 

We kept eying that lemonade stand as we knocked apartment doors, and eventually the guy running the lemonade stand noticed and was like, "Hey come on over!" 

This guy was just this wholesome latino and was handing out free lemonade samples! So as he gave us the samples he was like, so what are you guys doing around here?" 

We explained the whole missionary speel and he responded, "Oh wait! That's so cool! So what are you guys, like, about?"

We told him we're all about Jesus Christ and that the Book of Mormon is a testament of his sacrifice for us. He got super interested and we basically had a whole lesson about it. Then he asked if he could learn more about it from us and long story short, we get to teach him regularly at the super cool and aesthetic Mexican restaurant that his parents run!!!

Pensamiento Espiritual

"Therefore, my son, see that you are merciful unto your brethren; deal justly, judge righteously, and do good continually; and if ye do all these things then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again; and ye shall have good rewarded unto you again." (Alma 41:14)

I know that if we keep doing good works, even if we've been wronged, God will restore to us what we've been lost! God loves you! Don't forget it!

If you've made it through this very long email, tell me a crazy animal experience you've had!

Te amo!

Hermana Perkins

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