The One with Everything Deep Fried, on a Stick, and in a Bucket

September 5, 2016

Hey Fam.

 

Hey soooo I hit my year mark this last week. Woah. It really doesn't feel like it's been that long. Crazy, I only have 4 transfers left the end is coming near quickly. ;)

We got to go to the Minnesota State Fair this Week!!! It was so much fun!  Oh my gosh. We tried Elk Burgers, Walleye, Sweet Martha's Cookies (They give you a bucket over flowing with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies), and the famous cheese curds and corn on the cob. 

Literally everything at the fair is deep fried, on a stick, or in a giant bucket. The point of the fair is food. Literally your job is to eat your way through. You feel like death when you’re done. The Best part of it was that sister Peterson was there so we got to spend almost the entire day there! So fun, we stayed with Sister Cupkie so she bought us almost everything, and she took a TON of pictures. Mom please contact her on Facebook to get pictures (her name is Mikela Cupkie) also transfer pictures of Sister Peterson and I. 

They are TOO CUTE. We rode Roller Coasters and generally just had a really fun time :) I loved that day :) 

So Sister Myers and I had kind of a slow week missionary work wise but we're working on it. Hopefully this week we'll see some success and miracles. We get along SUPER well, I love being with her!

Funny Moment of the Week:

So we tried to confirm our dinner this one day and both the husband and wife didn't respond so we just decided to go and knock on the door. As we walk up the mom pulls out of the driveway in her mini van and speeds away. That was funny and awkward but we decided to knock still. We knock on the door and the dad pulls in the driveway and stares at us as the daughter answers the door. So we're awkwardly trapped between the two and I didn't know who to talk to or what to say so I literally just said "I don't know what to do in this situation". So we slowly back away and go and talk to the dad, and they forgot they signed up. Yeah, that was fun.

Spiritual Thought of the Week:

So I had a really cool study this week on desire. It came from a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks in the April 2011 General Conference, entitled Desire. I highly recommend you read it, it's so good! But I think the biggest take away I got from the talk is that we all have natural desires. We want food, sleep, shelter, etc... Those are natural tendencies. But we also have the ability to arrange our priorities ahead of those basic needs. For example we can overcome our desire for food with a stronger desire to fast. And we can overcome our natural desire to sin, no matter how small of a sin (like being unkind, or slothful) and change to align our will with the savior. With his help we can change our desires for the better and we can become like him. That's what this gospel is all about. Change.

Love you all,

-Sister Richardson