Rain in Vegas?

Hello from Vegas! Here is the email you have been waiting for all week, and holy cow this week has flown by. Time as a missionary makes no sense because each day is so long, but the weeks just fly. I finally got my own bike last week. Being on a bike is the best because when you are in a car, you pass so many people without talking to them, and when you are walking, most people can avoid you by running away. When you are on a bike, they don't stand a chance!

The members of the church here are amazing. One of our wards just started a 40 day fast for missionary work where each day, a different family fasts. For dinner, they invite their neighbors over and us and we all get dinner and we teach a lesson. The other day, Elder Ellsworth and I were on our way to an appointment. We were running just a couple minutes late and one of the members from the bishopric pulled up in his Tesla and offered us a ride. There's no way we could turn that down because I'm not gonna lie, it's a pretty sweet car. I think it goes 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds so we were right on time for our lesson.

It's been a super full week of miracles. It rained like all day Friday, and we met a ton of new people. We also found three new people to teach and our three golden investigators droppd us so I guess it evens out, but it's still super sad. We also helped to get two people back to church who hadn't been in years. We are teaching these three old ladies and they are the best. The best way I can describe them is very Southern. We taught them the restoration (for the fourth time) and right after the prayer, one of them looks at us and says, "you know what we need is a good Southern Baptist church!" Things went a little better though two days ago when we taught them the Plan of Salvation. I love the people here so much! Missionary work is a lot harder than I thought, but I love it! I can go around and tell people that I know that this is truly Christ's church on the earth today because I know that it is.

Love all of you,

Elder Laudie