Hanover 11/21/16

Hey all!
We are extremely tight on miles this month (again), so when we heard
that Friday was going to be the last warm day for a while, we set out
for a trek across Hanover and didn't touch the car all day. Broke
several records, including talking with 40 people and walking 13.7
miles. Saturday, it dropped down to the low 40s and we did some
service at the Restore and our professor's yard.

Zone Conference was this week as well! They taught a lot about using
the Book of Mormon more. I used to see meetings and trainings as nice
things to go to and feel the spirit. I think I always saw church
meetings at home that way. But they're more than that--they are
opportunities to listen to a specific message God needs you to hear,
and they are an opportunity for us to more fully become saturated with
the Atonement by repenting. We want our investigators to progress and
repent--but how can we expect them to if we are not progressing and
repenting? So take every correction--however painful it may
be--gratefully, and see it as a chance to progress. And remember, when
we progress we feel joy.

So Sister Shepherd hates dogs and has an affinity for cats. And you
know how I feel about cats. I mean, I renamed our cat Lucifer for
heaven's sake. It was funny because every time we've been confronted
by a dog, Sister Shepherd yells "SIT!" at it (even if it's running
full speed towards us) while I pet it, and every time a cat has
approached us I kindly ask it to leave while trying not to let it
touch me as she plays with it. But we've been becoming more reconciled
as time goes on. She even played with a dog yesterday! And I even let
a cat rub its hair all over my tights!