Week 42- Switcharoo and Laundry Detergent Poo

I got to go on exchanges with Sister Geddes this week!

I thought that was really a clever title, so forgive me Haha. To explain, we had an exchange this week! It was super fun, and I stayed here in Massena with Sister Geddes coming to join me. It ended up being a crazy day, and we were super busy which is good, and we had so much fun! Sister Penrod went to Plattsburgh and enjoyed Chick-Fil-A. Mmmm. 

For the second half of the title, we had a new friend text us that she wasn't up to us coming over so we should reschedule. We may or may not have pretended we didn't see it because we didn't think that was a good enough reason and turns out she was just cleaning. So we offered to help and do her dishes! Well she is a funny lady and had run out of dish soap, so she was using laundry detergent to wash her dishes. . And then, she realized her cat had pooped on the floor so she grabbed the laundry detergent and poured some on, then took her mop and just moved it around a bit to 'clean it up' 🤢. Haha! Gotta love it. 

Also got word this week that I will not be returning to serve at the historic sites this next season. (Note from Mom:  it sounds like none of the sisters who were called there last year and had served last summer will be returning.  The historic visitor sites will no longer be under the umbrella of her mission president--they will now be under the Church Historic Director assigned there, which makes sense, and there are 40 new sister missionaries who will be arriving this Spring to serve 6-month missions at the sites and then be sent elsewhere--which is exactly what Emily ended up getting to do, I guess. It has been very sad for a lot of sister missionaries throughout the mission.  Her mission president called each sister privately to break the news, which had to be a tough job.  Now back to Emily....)  It's bittersweet, and I am sad that I won't be able to be there for the last pageant or 200th anniversary of the first vision, but I am still serving in the mission where it happened! In fact I didn't really think about this before, but it was the first mission in the world! And I am grateful for the opportunity I will have to continue finding new people who need the gospel and teaching it to them. 

We had a friend watch the movie, "How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon."  If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend doing so! It really makes you think about what you would sacrifice for the truths found in it. I think that the truths about Jesus Christ and His atonement, and the plan of salvation that are expounded upon and clarified by the Book of Mormon are of more worth than most things in my life, and that is why I want to share it with others! Please read it! 

Love, Sister Potts 

Other rewards of tracting:  a nice 89-year-old man gave us chocolates and told us a bunch of crazy jokes.
He wasn't interested in the church, but nonetheless, he was fun to run into. 

FUN FACTS:

1. Last week we talked about Mary Whitmer. How about today we talk about another influential woman, Sarah Heller Conrad.

2. At the time, she was only a teenager, but she was helping Mary in the Whitmer house with the chores as Joseph and Oliver were upstairs translating. 

3. They would often come downstairs for a drink or break, and she said that they appeared to be glowing. Sarah asked Mary what those men were doing, and Mary was hesitant to tell. 

4. Eventually Sarah wanted to know so bad that she threatened to quit if she didn't find out. So Mary told her about the sacred work they were doing and how the spirit of the work was causing the strange appearance. 

5. Sarah believed, joined the church, and made it all the way to Utah with the saints. She has thousands of righteous posterity because of her faithfulness!