From 4 September 2017
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| At the Botanical Gardens today, lest you think I have lost my goofy
nature :) |
Hello all! I hope you are having a great week! I have some fun things to tell you about!
So my subject line/title is meant to go right alongside Sister Johnson's for this week, which is "Don't Leave the Hazards On." It will all get explained after I tell you about some other thiings first.
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| During the pep talk. |
Saturday was the first home football game for UGA, so we had 7 sets of missionaries on campus for various parts of the day, trying to talk with the 40,000+ people who were wandering all over campus and downtown Athens. We started the day with a good pep talk from one of the Elders in the zone. Mostly he just quoted Doctine and Covenants Section 4 and we all got pumped up to talk with everyone! Then, we got to work! It was super intimidating but also really fun to see all the people all over the place.
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| The tuba circle! |
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| Outside the stadium (before the crowds of people got there) |
Nearly everybody was wearing red and black (UGA colors), and we had a blast talking to people about the game and tying it back to missionary work/gospel topics! Some of the Elders had some crazy stories, but the best one I've got is that I contacted a very inebriated man while he was sitting on a bench in the scorching sun with beads of sweat rolling down his bald head. It was quite the experience, overall. My favorite part of the day was getting to hear the tuba circle! As many of you know, I played the tuba (well, sousaphone) in high school and it was a lot of fun! On Saturday afternoon, Sister Johnson and I were walking around talking to people when I suddenly heard some musicians having fun. Since musicians always draw a crowd, we headed that way and we got to see the UGA pre-game tuba circle! Sadly, once the band came out, we had to head back to the institute to avoid the really drunk people, so that was the end of that. We continued talking to people until about 6 o'clock (the institute building is right on one of the main roads people were walking on to get to the game) and then took some pictures and went to head home.
This is where the GPS comes in. We got to our car and found the hazard lights were on. And then the car didn't start. So we had some of the Elders in our district look under the hood and try some things, which led to the conclusion that the battery was dead. Miraculously, one of the first people we called to come help us out was available and was able to come give us a jump. Upon some investigation, we discovered that the GPS had fallen off the windshield and hit the hazards button, which is why the hazards were on. Eventually, we made it home and finally got to rest from a long day of walking around in the sun! Moral of the story: don't leave the GPS up in the car above the hazard button!
Well, that is the most exciting part of the week. The only other news is that I got to go on exchange with Sister Thorn (my trainer) for a day last week. We had a blast doing missionary work together again, and it was good to spend some time with her before she goes home in two weeks!
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| At the botanical gardens with the Sisters this morning. :) |
Oh! Also. We went to the Georgia State Botanical Gardens this morning with all the sisters in the zone, which was nice. We didn't stay for very long because we all spend our days walking around in the heat anyway, but it was nice to just enjoy the flowers and trees and nature! God certainly has provided us with a beautiful world to live in! :)
I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Houghton
Athens, GA 30605
