Hudson "celebrated" his six month anniversary of being a missionary this week! He asked for a few things including: deodorant, pomade, a book of rules for single deck card games, physical pictures to add to his book and Ellie baked him some applesauce cookies. He did get his package from Elder Herrick. Everything was in it except the Unbroken book and the Kool-aid man shirt. Not too bad of a loss, but still frustrating. He emailed Tuesday night asking how dangerous a spider bite is. His ankle was looking funky after working in Connie's rose bush. The next day he was pretty sure they would not need to amputate so that is good. While at Connie's he was included in the plan for Old Tom, her turkey. Apparently he is sick. Connie is doctoring his water with antibiotics, but if he isn't better next week she wants the Elders to kill him. WHAT?!?!? How are Elders supposed to kill a turkey? Hudson asked if she had a gun. She said of course not silly, I would probably shoot myself on accident. Hudson is looking at Old Tom's spurs and the sheer size of this thing. He is also remembering how upset she was about him killing the rat. I'm not sure a turkey has ever been prayed for by missionaries, but Old Tom has. Here's to me also wishing him a speedy recovery. Hudson recorded Connie playing the piano and singing while on a call with her.
Hudson went to Gallatin, TN for a blitz. It is similar to an exchange, but since Elder Norton is the District leader it's a bit different. While there Hudson ate at a restaurant called Old Glory. He learned catfish strips are good, catfish fillets are bad.
The elder's went to the church house for family home evening. A sister in the ward shared a spiritual thought and then they played games. Hudson said they had a good time.
Hudson has been living a bit vicariously I think through Ryan. He is getting a kick out of hearing his dating stories. An elderly gentleman took Ryan to the Daisy Duke Dancehall. The name sounds scary, but it actually is a family place. Ryan who is 31 was introduced to three women of which the youngest was 72. They pursued him to dance through the night. He gave his number to another lady he met who was in her 50's. She picked him up after church and took him to lunch. He signed the Elders up as his wingman. They were to call him in two hours in case he needed an excuse to leave. Funny part was when they called him he said all good here, thanks for calling.
I was asked to speak in church as part of the missionary mom list about Hudson. Brother Jeppson said I had three minutes. What do you do with three minutes. I asked Hudson what he wanted me to tell the congregation. Hudson said to tell them the gospel is simple. He has met so many "scholars of the bible" that try to find answers that aren't pertinent to what we are doing here on Earth. We need to focus on bettering ourselves through repentance and the gospel doctrine we have. He ended with "if anyone wants to learn more, they should call the missionaries". I relayed his message with an honest taste of how hard his first few weeks in the mission field were. I told how he had reached out to Colby who told him the first two weeks are awful, but it will get better and Sarah Hobbs, who's trainer taught her to look for one good thing a day to focus on. I told of his first positive cold call that turned out to be a member and Alaina reading the Book of Mormon with a glass of wine and a cigarette. At the meeting the Olsen/Graves baby was blessed and Sarah Gibson reported on her mission so we had several visitors. One of which was Hudson's boss from the dairy department at Stokes. He told me he went to Tennessee last year and spent a week with the Newsham's. He wished Hudson the best on the rest of his mission.
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