The good ole state of Louisiana

I received a text from Dean Williams that Sister Hughes was getting baptized in two weeks. I almost started crying right then and there. If any of you know about my mission, you know about Sister Hughes. She is 74 years old and we instantly grew a strong bond between us. We asked her several times to get baptized and she always said she wouldn't because her family would get mad or she was scared of the water. My mom and I booked our flight and were ready to go witness this beautiful ceremony.



It was a very special service. I couldn't stop crying because I thought I'd never see the day. She had to get baptized four times! It took two times to finally get her dunked and they thought it worked and she went to go get changed and the sister missionaries came in and said she needed to get dressed again because Brother Malone had used the wrong hand. They went back into the font and did it another 2 times!! It was hilarious.

While I was in Louisiana we visited Ruston, where I had served 7 1/2 months. We visited Sister Breeland, saw Brother Moseley's grave, ate lunch with Dorene, and went to the Love's. I tried to go see Sister London but we missed her.






I also got to SKY DIVE!!! Dean Williams, a guy that I taught and was baptized, lined it up so I could go sky diving. It was so AweSoMe! We drove up and my mom was a nervous wreck!! Then we saw the runway and it was grass...I started to rethink what I was doing. I got in my jump suit and the guy taking me walked me through step by step what was going to happen. We hoped in this tiny plane and were off. We started getting up pretty high and I asked if we were almost there and he said we were only at 4000 feet and we were going to 10,000 feet. I really got nervous. Then when we got closer he said it was time to get strapped to him. Then we together lifted the door open and I stepped out on the ledge on we were off!!! We dropped for 30 seconds going 160 mph then we pulled the shoot and went for another 5 minutes. It was so freakin amazing!!










I was also able to see Jacob, Natalie's little boy. He has grown up so much. I'm sad I didn't get to see Natalie and Tom but was thrilled to see their family.

Sister Hughes family came over on Sunday to visit and they are the most amazing family. My mom and I just couldn't believe they aren't baptized yet. The way Kent and Carrie work together and laugh together you can tell they really love each other.

Finally, our last night there we spent over at the Sparish's house. It was a blast! They had their original fish fry and hush puppies. I loved it!!! It was so deelicious.