Week 50 - Roll Tide!!!!

Hi Ya'll!

So Sister Begay and I are going to stay together in Tuscaloosa for another transfer! I'm way excited.

We were able to take a recent convert we've been working with to the Temple to do Baptisms for the first time on Saturday! Her name is Taylor, and she's amazing. It was a really happy and peaceful experience. The Temple is such an amazing place. Taylor commented after, about how different the world felt, once she was able to spend just a little time "out of the world." It's so true. 

Football season in nearing, and everyone can feel it.. it's like a buzzing energy all around Tuscaloosa. HAHA! These people love their football. It's getting a lot more crowded here, as students start flooding in from all over. Bama does an annual "open practice," where fans can come watch for free, and meet the team and Nick Saban after. We went.. to contact people of course. It was way fun! We actually did get to talk to a lot of people, including some (beautiful) German guys here to do an internship with Mercedes. I asked them how to say "I'm a missionary" in German. "Ich bin ein Missionar." Mostly I just wanted to listen to them speak. 

OOOOOOOOOO and THEN we got to meet Bo Scarbrough!! You'll have to look at the pics.. this guy is massive. Anyway, he asked about our tags, and we told him we were missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We didn't get a lot of time with him, because the crowds were jealous, but I gave him a mormon.org contact card with our number on it before we left! "YOMO!!" (You Only Missionary Once..) Pretty sure he'll be baptized one day. 

Oh, cool thing. We took a little break from emailing a bit ago, to use the Hermanas car to get some groceries. We drove away, but circled back around because we forgot something. Just as we pulled back in a lady I didn't recognize pulled in next to us. Which is weird, because we email at the church, and no one else is ever here. So this lady was from a different church, and was going around to all the other churches to invite them to participate in a monthly community prayer, for some issues in the community. How cool! Because of the nature of the issues, and the way our discussion was going, I felt prompted to share The Family Proclamation to the World with her. I took her inside, and found a copy for her to take home. She was so appreciative, and mentioned that her boys used to come here to play basket ball with the missionaries! 

Holy Smokes, how cool it that. What are the chances that she turns up at a church building, that is usually empty on a Monday afternoon, and that we forgot something, and turned around just as she was pulling up. How does He do that?? The workings of the Spirit are so amazing. 

Well I love you all so much, and hope you have an amazing week. 

Love Sister Smith