"When you're a true Christian, you won't have to tell other people. They will know it."-Mamma Dudley

This week I started my Southern Belle training, and Mama Dudley sure did teach me a lot! I will be starting to implement some of my teachings so that I by the time I get back to Utah, I'll be full of Southern charm as well as the spirit. 

But really, the South is great! And this week has been another really great one!

On Saturday we volunteered at the Visitor's Center and counted the number of people at their Civil War event. And guess who I got to meet?! None other than good ol' Abraham Lincoln! It was a good time, and we got to visit with some cool people. 

On Sunday we were able to contact a Bible referral. Her name is Shelley, and we got to talking and introduced the Book of Mormon to her. I was about to ask her if she wanted one when she said, "How can I get one of those books?!" So in case you couldn't tell, she's absolutely great! She's been searching for a church, and said seems very eager to actually read the Book of Mormon. We are going back to see her tomorrow and I am terribly excited! 

This week, Sister Mellor and I put some of our home-making skills to work and we made corn bread and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! Thanks mom for sending the stuff for cookies! The only set back was that the package was out for awhile and the Mississippi heat got to the chocolate chips...and so sweet Sister Mellor had to chop up a chocolate block! 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sidewalks in Mississippi are interesting. They either do not exist at all, or they randomly end. Gotta love it!

On Thursday night we experienced the laying on of hands, the Pentecostal way. It was kind of interesting, but very sweet of them. It was a very heartfelt, tender prayer. But it also made me extra grateful for the priesthood and the power that can come from it. 

On Friday Sister Mellor and I got the chance to meet Sister Marriott and Sister Reeves! We were at the church for service, and they were here for a meeting, and so we bumped into them in the bathroom! Okay...we may have totally meant to bump into them, but still. They were super sweet, gave us hugs, and thanked us for serving missions! 

It's been a great week down here in the South, and I'm excited to see what this next week holds!

Oh, and I bought a nightgown at a thrift store, and I am 100% in love with it. 

Love y'all! ​