Hey everyone! I hope you all had an excellent week! We had a great week out here in the great state of Georgia. As the days have gotten (slightly) colder and shorter, we have picked up our efforts, and have continued to find success.
Our huge breakthrough this week was that we were able to help our good friend, Maria, accept a baptismal date. We are so happy about that steps she is taking in her life, and the desire she has to change. We set her date for the first of January. We are excited to help her prepare to make these necessary changes at the turn of the new year. We were able to meet with a lot of our other investigator friends this week and have been enjoying every moment with them.
Now, for the true southern experience of this week. On Saturday, we were raking leaves at a member's house. He and his wife are both members of the local English ward. It was all going very smoothly - until we heard some shouting and noises down in the backyard. The member's friend had shot a deer with a crossbow, and it had started running away. We found the deer not too far off, and watched the cleaning and preparation process. I won't go into the details, but it was a very southern experience. And the meat tasted great.
Another strange event happened when we were doing service for a Brazilian neighbor who messaged us on Facebook. We were raking large amounts of leaves and putting them in bags. About halfway through raking the yard, we uncovered a footlong snake. It was pretty small, but really aggressive - and kept striking out at the rakes. We dispatched him and were able to identify him as a brown snake. With the little information we found, we decided it was quite possible that one bite from it would put one of us in the hospital, so we were forced to postpone picking up the rest of the leaves.
Not a lot more to report this week! We are still working hard through Facebook finding and doing service for people. I love being a missionary. Love you all!
Elder Perry
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