Monday, December 13, 2021 - Gotta Love the Smell of Weed

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Christmas Tree

This week went by quick and was pretty crazy. We tried to go back and teach Daniel a couple times and both times he turned us away so I was like dang that sucks but then we ended up walking around the apartment complex and met these people who were desperately looking for help with service and we happened to walk by at the perfect time. 

My new friend Rosie


In the same complex right after that we knocked on Jacques door and he was not doing well like he was in a low place so it was perfect timing as well. And I'm pretty sure we left his apartment smelling like cigarettes and weed so that was just wonderful but it was sick we were able to help him out and give him some motivation to go to his job interview that he was gonna skip. Also there's a Marijuana plant/distribution center in our area so it always smells like weed haha. 

Mountains with my
orange beanie



Later this week we were out knocking some doors and some guy walks out of his house so I waved at him and said hello and then he proceeded to yell at us and cuss us out lol. I wanted to say something back soo bad but I just told him merry Christmas and to have a nice day and we walked away. Crazy some people hate us out here haha. 


Cookies!
Also we made some Christmas cookies this week (thanks for the recipe mom) and decorated them and delivered them to people so that was really cool. They turned out sick and a big thanks to sister Mahoney for giving us the supplies we didn't realize we needed until we started haha. Sister Mahoney also wanted to make us quilts for Christmas so she took us to Joanns and we got to pick out some nice fabric for our quilts. She's the best. She treats us like her grandkids. 


We got a real Christmas tree from a member and decorated it so it's pretty dang cool. It's been raining like crazy and we're supposed to get a foot of snow this week so I'm so excited. I finished my second transfer this week and I found out I'm staying in the same area with the same companion so I'm so pumped to be here for Christmas and we've got a ton of good work going on! Peace and love baby! 


Love Elder Barlow!🤝🤍

Some nice wood we stacked





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