Elder Gavin Milius: A 40 YEAR OLD STRIPPER WAS FLIRTING WITH ME

Well I'm trying to do better with shortening my emails cause I feel like they get way too long and then y'all don't read them. BUT you will definitely wanna stick around for this one, boy do I got a story for y'all.

To start off though, we had pretty casual days on Tuesday and Friday and Saturday. But last Monday!! Happy late Halloween to y'all, we got flipping Texas roadhouse!! And we went crazy too! We had so much food, we like saved up money from people who just gave us random cash so we had like 140 dollars in cash. We all got like the biggest steaks with the best sides, And appetizers and like tons of the bread and butter. We were stuffed to the max, the worst part was the check too, it felt wrong being missionaries and looking at how big this check was. The total actually ended coming out to about 150 dollars so we did go over our budget but I mean us only paying 10 bucks out of our pockets for all the food we had from Texas roadhouse! Crazy!!

Wednesday we went to a funeral for a guy who passed in our ward. It was super sad because his family is so nice. But it was super super cool to hear his life. The guy was a war hero! He was in the Air Force for like 30 years and he had like 2 bronze stars and some other medals too. He also flew in the angel plane which is the plane that like brings home the bodies of soldiers who died at war. The guy was a flipping legend!! So it was great to be there with his family and just talk about his awesome life.

Thursday we had an amazing lesson with the guy we have on date. I felt the spirit so strongly, and during the past couple weeks I've been really trying hard to find out how to teach by the spirit. Cause I talk to so many people who say they have these very distinct voices and words that pop into their minds and I'm like bruh I've never had that. I've always questioned like am I doing something wrong. But as I've thought about it, I think just listening to what's going on In the conversations is how we teach by the spirit. As we care about those around us we are given thoughts of what to say in the moment. And that's exactly what happened at this lesson!! The spirit was crazy strong and we were like all just feeling so good after we left. I can definitely testify that the spirit is real, he is so powerful because it's through the spirit that we know and learn, and ultimately grow closer to what's true and what's right.

Alright my email is already so long, BUT, it's time for the crazy stripper lady. So, we are knocking doors yesterday, on fast Sunday. We get to this one door and this girl answers, I couldn't tell if she was an adult or not so I just did the usually "hi how are..." and then she ended up saying she was Jewish and we just left. About 30 minutes later some lady called us over to her and we walk up and is like "you talked to my daughter!!" So we just kinda were like we are really sorry, we didn't mean to. Then she like got more relaxed saying we shouldn't be walking up talking to little girls the way we looked. She said we were too attractive and we could be like Ted Bundy, she said Ted Bundy was like super hot! And we were like uh what? Then she's like "walk with me" so we walked with her to her car and she starts saying that we are really attractive, saying we are angels and we look super good. She then said she's a stripper and starts asking if we ever gone to a strip club and if we wanted to come. We were like bruh no!! She then goes on saying we should be teaching the sinners so that we should go to strip clubs. This lady was crazy! She then proceeds to look at my comp and is like you seem like a rule follower, then she looks at me and is like you ask questions. I'm like uh I like to find the truth I guess. She then is like that's right good for you. She then grabs like a spiritual crystal and gives it to me and asks if my hands are warm. I was like uh I mean my hands are kinds sweaty right now. She then straight up just takes my hand and starts rubbing it and just caresses my hand. She then is like so what do you feel. I was just like uh warmth, she then goes you feel energy, I just transferred you energy, then says that I have the gift of healing. Meanwhile she is like smoking a cigarette. Then looks at my comp and says he's super stiff and needs to open up. Me and my comp were so confused. Oh and that rock she gave me, she said to keep it. Then she wants to give my comp and rock but can't find the right one so she gives him another. But then as she was digging for her cigarettes in her bra, she like digs deeper in her bra and pulls out a rock and says Oh there it is!! And gives this boob rock to my comp!! So gross!! My comp was so concerned for his own well being haha. Anyways she finally gets to the end of our convo and asks if we want us, well she actually asked if she could have a hug. We were like ah nah we're good. Then she just is like nah give me a hug. She like side hugged my comp and then comes at me and basically jumps on me to give me a hug! I wanted to die, I was so uncomfortable. Finally she let us leave but moral of the story is that I think a 40 year old stripper was in love with me, my companion has a boob rock, and she originally was mad at us but then proceeded to give two random strangers hugs! Oh yeah and she also thinks my companion is gay! But fortunately after that horror just happened we had some great conversations with a couple dudes and we do see some great potential. These guys were so nice and I'm glad we at least had some success after the worst 30 minute conversation with some stranger lady ever.

Anyways that's my week for y'all, hope y'all are doing well. Sorry my email was super long and sorry I sent it out super late. But if there's anything crazy that happens in y'all's life send me an email. I'd love to hear some of y'all's crazy story, bet it won't beat some of the things I've dealt with though hahahaha, but yeah love all y'all. Enjoy your week. Talk to y'all in the next one.