Well I'll be leaving Clanton

Well ill be leaving Clanton... not only that i've been told that im going to be moving to Huntsville, (A big city!!) so i'm super excited!!!! but thinking about going to a big city has made me think about all the small towns that I have been in so far, so i think i want to tell a little story about how my mission has about gone so far. 

You show up!!! set your bags down in the house or duplex you will be living in because there are not very many apartments in the town. after pulling into town it take a good 2 minuets to get to your house on the other side of town. the 2 hour drive you and your companion have had some time to talk about the area and such. 

Its a small branch, no more then 20 people come on a good day and most of the branch is older folks. Everyone is Super nice to you!! they all know about you already somehow, its only been 24 hours and everyone knows more about you then your companion does. Its crazy!!!! the branch is great but its time to start the work.

its a small town and you know its been tracked to DEATH! so you try looking for ways to serve the people here. As a WISE Mission President always says "Service Softens Story Souls." your going to serve the town till they love ya!!!.... so you start out, knocking on doors, looking for ways to help out in anyway you can.

 Little by little you start to find ways to help out, once in a while you catch someone working out in the yard but the majority of the population is older folks so they never really get around. There's two types of people, ONE... will tell you "You cant work your way to heaven, I hope you find God so you don't go to Hell." TWO... "I love what y'all do I see you all the time, but we just don't believe the same way."

for a while you brush it off, go looking for others more ways to help, more people to see, but your town is not as big as you think. The people here have met missionary's they know what your do and why your here. now you swap your approach, no longer is it to just serve them, but to really and truly take an interest in peoples lives. 

why should someone listen to you if your not willing to listen to them? slowly but surely you start to talk with more people and become great friends with many people. after a few months its time for you to go, to move on to somewhere else to start over again. making the same relations meeting different people.

its a long story but that's the best way i can say how I feel about leaving to a Big City, I'm very excited to see a new environment, a new world but i do love the small town people soooo much. 

I love ya, ill have to tell you how the big city is!!!! 

Love Landio