Great Week

4.26.16

Hey there y'all!

We really had a super good week over here in Hurrikin, WV:) So last Monday after email we went with some sister that serve in the same ward as us and we went to this world famous glass blowing company called Blenko glass. It was the coolest thing ever and they make those things soooooo quick. They all have different jobs and it is crazy hot in there so they have a hundred different fans blowing. But it is still pretty cool to watch. While I was standing there watching it some guy started talking to me and we couldn't hear very well but we talked about the gospel a little but he came up to us later and told us, while we were looking around the gift shop that what religion you are associated with didn't matter and some other things that didn't make me feel comfortable but nonetheless the glass place was pretty cool!

Wednesday we went driving out on this road literally called Big Scary Rd and there is definitely a reason it is called that. It is a super curvy road with 100 blind spots that really only has enough room for one and a half cars, so the entire time I am driving on that road I am praying that we will see the car in not a blind area. Anyways we went to visit a member out there and she was not feeling well and we didn't want to go early to our next appointment and I thought we should stay in the area but the last thing I wanted to do was track on BIG SCARY! But guess what we decided to do... tract a few houses. Anyways we knocked on the first house... no one answered and we were about to call it quits. But we did not and decided to knock on 3 more doors. The next one we knocked on was on a super steep drive way and a cool looking A-framed house and we knocked on the door, no answer and we found out as we turned to walk away a man drives up... most awkward thing like ever... but he was excited when we told him that we were missionaries. He said that he could see us from a distance and was really hoping that we were not robing his house. He said that he thought about just driving on because he did not want to have to deal with a situation like that but he came anyways hahaha. Anyways he was super nice and wanted us to come back to teach him more about the Book of Mormon and where it came from when his wife could be there. Other funny thing that happened while we were talking to him, he was telling us about his goats and that their names were solo, Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah and they had 2 goats run away and come back and their names were Prod and Iggal lol good one;) Anyways we went back a few days later and they are both pretty excited to read the Book of Mormon. They are not sure about church yet because they love the church they started going to but we are excited to keep working with them.

Also Friday we were tracting and someone let us right in their house and she said that she was agnostic but said it may be a sign from god because she had just moved in 2 days ago and we also told her that we had passed that place a few times wanting to tract it when we had time to! Super cool, she is 20 and excited to learn from us and also said that she was grateful that we were not like the missionaries that she had heard about that forced things on her. She was super sweet!:)

Hope you all are doing well and I cannot wait to hear from you all. This last picture is a picture of the missionaries in my ward right after our fireside on Sunday. They are a pretty fun group for the most part. We are making the west Virginia sign by the way:) Keep up the good work and love and miss you!

Love Sister Mauck