These things are sent to try us..

I seriously love being a missionary. So many crazy things happen!

We were chapping and this man opened the door, held up 1 finger, turned around, pulled up the leg of his trousers and showed us..

a giant Satan tattoo. 

Well that was unexpected. 

When asked why he had this tattoo he said "To scare religious people away."

"Oh okay. How is that working out for you?"

"Are you running?"

Sister Stevenson and I look down at our feet and back at him "..No."

He wasn't interested but he let us pet his dog! 

We met Cillian Murphy's (the Scarecrow in Batman Begins, he's also in Inception, Red Eye, etc.) dad, Brendan Murphy! That was pretty sweet. We explained to him what we did and although he wasn't interested he said "I'm fiercely impressed with you two."

We needed that because the rest of the week people were so rude. Sometimes it's frustrating when a lot of people don't really see us as humans.

At a bus stop, I asked this lady what time the bus came and she freaked out, couldn't even look at me and frantically said "No! I'm Catholic. I know you're Mormon, I'm Catholic and not interested!"

Finally after the 3rd time of asking about the bus and getting the same response I looked at her and said "I know you're Catholic. That's great, but I'm asking about.the.bus."

"Oh. It comes in about 10 minutes."

We love people! :)

But really, I do love them. I've had the opportunity to meet so many incredible people and learn from and with them.  I've learned so much about who I am and who I want to be (and who I don't want to be). This experience has completely changed me. I know that Jesus Christ is my Saviour. He is my refuge, my strength and my light. Matthew 4:16. 

I love this work!

Sister Skagen

We like to get soaked in the rain.

And our thumbs up after meeting Brendan 

I'm learning the guitar. Aaron, we can jam out together when I come see you and Sara and the boys when I'm home. And mom I took a nice picture for you in front of our little Ireland flag haha :)