Week of the Waffle House!

Okay so I don't remember if I have said this before but there are Waffle Houses on like every street corner here.  One time- about 5 weeks ago.  We talked to a man in the waffle house and he tried for 30 min to get us to eat one- but we kept saying no we are okay! so today we decided we needed to go experience it for ourselves- oh my gosh- the waffles were amazing!! we rode our bikes to one that is by our apt. (in skirts) and all got delicious breakfast at 7am- I am still not hungry and it is 1:00 ha ha. But so good and definitely a staple of Alabama- or the south anyway- we also got to listen to someone analyze the price of the things on the menu in a very loud southern voice- priceless. I got pictures which I will send soon. We had an awesome girls night last Monday with Priscilla and her 6 friends that came! So fun with food, we taught them 10 commandments which they didn't know- showed them hand signs to remember- did a little game for them to guess what commandment someone was keeping for breaking and at the end Priscilla explained the book of Mormon to all of her friends using the pictures in the front- so awesome!! She really does have a great desire and you can tell- she is so sweet and we have loved getting to know and teach her and her friends- young people are a lot easier to teach. - plus they speak English :) The Cinco de Mayo party was fun- not very many members came from either of the branches but a lot of investigators and less actives- surprising actually! We shared a spiritual thought and had food and a pinata and talked with all of the people- it was fun one of the lady's who came hadn't been to church in 2 years and came because the sisters called her- she said she didn't believe in chance and wanted to see all of the people her mom knew (because her mom died a few years ago) and so it was good for us to talk to her - she is part of the other branch so I am hoping that she will come to church and feel again what she felt at her baptism 2 years ago! We are knocking a lot of doors- meeting a lot of people and getting to know their story- there was one lady- she was English and attended a different church- but quoted us a lot of scriptures in the Bible and really lifted our spirits- she said you have got to know who your Savior is, be rooted in him and then do not be afraid to tell everyone you meet about what you know- Sister Belford and I felt Super edified after that and were going- what just happened?! There are so many good people out here- and I have loved meeting all of them and feel like they are helping me everyday more than I am helping them.  I am really learning a lot about loving people- my companion loves everyone and she is such an example to me of what it takes to do that and how much better I can be to show the people I care, and love them- just as the Savior does!  There is something that affected me this week- it is in one of the video's we watch for training and the sister missionary said "Once you really start to love the people, you study for them, think about them and worry about them- everything is focused on them- instead of yourself"  Great lesson that I am trying to implement everyday that I am out here.  I love you all!  Thank you for the pictures of Benson and Kaitlyn's wedding- they looked so happy and it looked beautiful! I hope everyone has a great week- I love you all and think of you often. 

Hermana Coleman