Howzit! man the weeks are bluring. i am trying to think of what to tell you about this week but i can't even remember what happened this week or last week or all weeks prior because my life is so hectic and wonderous and crazy all at once. the days are all thursday, because once one passes, another is here again. I feel like this week i was officially initiated as an alaskan. why? many reasons. but one is that I held a moose head that was JUST SHOT TODAY. yeah. Laurel would never do that. But Sister Galli did that today. It is really cool to see how the lord is helping me. I still have my opinions, i don't want to vote for ron paul and i don't believe in hunting but i really am learning to respect and love people and laugh at our differences. I even found myself feelig a little alaskan pride this week.
Being in alaska is really disorienting. It doesn't feel like you are in the U.S. thats for sure. In fact the other day this lady said: "well in the states...." talking about the Lower 48. pretty wackadoo. it also doesn't feel like you are anywhere else though. the news of the world is very muffled here. not much happens.
OK thats TOTALLY a lie. something DID happen this week and that thing was an EARTHQUAKE. it was big enough that people FELT it. but somehow sister Faupula and i were in the car at the time and TOTALLY missed the whole thing! people kept talking about it right after it happened and we were blown away! it was nutso. but at 4 oclock the next morning i woke up to shaking but right after started dreaming of earthquakes so the next mornign i COULD NOT figure out if i had actually felt an earthquake or not! fiiiinally someone informed me that yes, there had been an aftershock then!!! it was crazy.
Good work is happening in the world. we were about to meet with this wonderful woman, Flo, today who had loved talking to us and invited us back, but then her son shot a moose and an elk and drove up with it so we couldn't see her today. but this week i have felt more love for people here than any other time in my life i think. i love these people. i really feel like i was sent with my dear comp to fairbanks because there were a few people that just needed us. its hard to describe what exactly they needed, and heavenly father hasn't made it obvious, but i just have felt a small spiritual nudge that things are happening inside their souls that are of a life changing gravity. eternal life changing at that.
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| by the way, i am SO SORRY about my rule breaking. those biker guys were really friendly and non scary and i didn't know how to tell him to get his hand off my shoulder. but here it is. |
So keep seeking friends, we never know if we are being put in the path of another person. today for instance, we had to return to a gas station to get a receipt and i felt like it was for another reason. I said hi to a guy with large gages and lots of tattoos smoking outside and he asked where i was from. turns out he is LDS but hasn't been to church in 20 years and we were able to friendly encourage him to return. that kinda thing.
Anyway life is good. God is good.
That is all :)
Sister galli
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