Chicken Nut Bread

Hey y'all

So,

On Tuesday we helped the Senior couple in our ward, the Karrens, move in next door to us. We live in a cute little duplex, and now we have cute little neighbors! We moved the couches and the bed and the washer dryer, everything made it over alright. We went to an interesting lesson with Kita where she told us she really wanted to finish the book of Mormon, so we just read the nook of Mormon with her and talked about it to make sure she understood it. It was kinda cool how eager she is to read and know what it means.

Well then the Karrens found out that the washer and dryer were supposed to stay at the other apartment... and they asked if we could hitch a trailer to our Malibu. They weren't serious, but for a second there I was starting to think I'd have to drive around with a trailer on our mission car.

Oh and we finally got a hold of this person the previous sisters taught and she's this super cute old lady named Marie! She lives right behind the church, like, basically in the church parking lot. I'm excited to get to know her more!

Wednesday was district council- with our mission president and his wife. He wasn't doing interviews or anything, just sitting in on the trainings. Scary! Actually it wasn't scary and it was super cute because my mission president is just a doll and he had comments like a regular missionary and I just love him and Sister Hughes! I always over think things! Oh, and we road trip with the Karrens out there cuz it's a 40 minute drive or so to Sulfer Wells, and we don't have the miles for that. We have gotten to know the Karrens more and more and I'm just so grateful to be living next to them now. It's like having another set of grandparents 😢

So Thursday came rolling around and I remembered we were having exchanges and I was not excited, not gonna lie. Exchanges used to be really exciting, but now I just don't want to leave my area or my companion, nope. That's probably why they do them, so we don't forget how to interact with other sisters...

Anyways, we got to do service in the morning before exchanges with Sister Tucker! She needed help putting up chicken wire! Heck yeah thats my jam. Got to use wire cutters and a hammer. Thats the life right there. She has the cutest little chicks because they're like, half fluffy silkies mixed with welsummers and barred rocks, they're so darn cute and fun!

Then we went on the prettiest drive to exchanges because we're actually on elevation sort of and as we were driving down the trees parted and you could see vast farmland and barnes and cows and it was really nice to be up high for a sec and get a view like that. I keep forgetting that hills and mountains are a thing.

I went to Bardstown with Sister Reynolds, a sister I came out with, and we went out and tried by some people. Then we just tracted. My tights at one point decided they no longer wanted to be on me so they started falling off while we were walking around, so I took them off in the car. And it was freezing outside! Oh well. Sister Reynolds had my back though, their apartment was two seconds away and she let me borrow some tights.

We talked to some interesting people, we had a really nice dinner with a cute older couple from the ward and then we went home. Then I realized that Sister Wilcox Sr served in Bardstown as her last area. She had left notes in her cute handwriting all over the place, and some of her clothes were still there. It was a little tender mercy for me in a way I guess. I've been in her very first area, and I've been in her very last area. Though it was only on exchanges, it was still very cool to me.

However, Bardstown is the "Bourbon capitol of the world" and they make sure to put that EVERYWHERE. They have these massive distilleries that are white at first, then over time they start turning black... they're just scary looking and everything smells like beer. Gross. We met a guy who had a real nice Impala with a shattered rear windshield. You know how he shattered it? By blasting the heat on while it's real real cold outside. The hot and the cold shattered the glass. Crazy.

Sorry, that sounds sarcastic, I don't mean it sarcastically I'm just really impressed that his car had such a good heating system.

Oh, and exchanges were fine. Like I said before, I over think things.

On Friday we had a lesson with Faun! I hadn't met Faun until then because of the holidays. I kept hearing from other missionaries about how awesome she is, then I didn't get to actually meet her till the middle of the transfer. That's alright though! Better late than never! She really is a doll, and she has already learned so much. Now its up to her whether she will continue to take the missionary lessons or what. She is married to a member who hadn't been to church since he was 18. He came back himself, with a little encouragement from his wife! Now she is investigating! You never know how you will be nudged into action!

Saturday the Jehovah's witnesses came back to share their scripture, and afterwards Sister Young was like, "next week we're sharing a scripture!" But with more attitude than I can type. 😂 They asked if they could come back again, and I don't know where they plan on going with this, but maybe they'll feel something from us as we answer their questions? You never know.

We helped Jennifer tidy up her house more (she's a recent convert) and we scoped out her flooded garage. It floods a lot here. It's so fun! Then we thought we were gonna be late to our dinner appointment cuz it's in another time zone, but we ended up being 2 hours early. So with that time we learned how to make peanut brittle, and we tracted this neighborhood full of Catholics. I was actually very grateful to have those 2 hours because I thought we weren't going to have any time to do more missionary work, but then boom! 2 hours! The Lord gives us what we ask for, in the most unexpected ways.

Yesterday we did more running around trying to find people. In church we had a member from the stake presidency come in and give a talk about goals. I tried to keep from internally screaming (because this is all missionaries talk about) but then Sister Young was like, "it's the beginning of the year, of course they're all about goals right now!" Ohhhhh. I'm such a brat. It's a good thing I have Sister Young! Goals are great, don't get me wrong. I'm terrible at them, but I know their worth.

Well this email turned into a book, and I thought I didn't have much to write about!

So the title of this email comes from a post I happened to see whilst trying to find someone, and it's for those who have amazing accents. It's Dexter from Dexters Laboratory, and he's talking about his friend who has asthma. But Netflix subtitles couldn't understand what he was saying so instead of saying, "sometimes she cannot breathe" it said, "sometimes chicken nut bread" and I just about keeled over when I read that and I thought maybe y'all would enjoy that. I did! 😂😂

I love y'all! Have a fabulous week!

With love,
Sister Wilcox❤❤❤

Kentucky is so flat. Good thing it's pretty. Sorry for the lack of pictures!