Our House at 2 pm on Saturday.
Our house at 10 am on Saturday.
(Sorry! This picture should have been first but I didn't know how to switch them. Mom)
Happy Halloween to the goonish Healy/Vance/Kleyn/De Haan clan!
Sunday and today the missionaries are required to be in at 6 pm and stay in. We can't open the door to anyone, even ward members. The 30th is called "mischief night" and sometimes "goosey night" and "cabbage night." It's when everyone goes crazy toilet papering and other goonish things. Today we have p-day until 6 and then we have to be in. And I think we're going to go crazy from boredom, but hopefully not. Saturday was our ward's Fall Festival. We got in our warm winter things, because it started snowing around 2 pm. Then we drove to the Church, which normally takes 30 minutes, but it took us an hour and a half because of detours. The trees still have leaves, and the very heavy wet snow was too much for the poor things. There were limbs EVERYWHERE! And not just branches, but limbs! Appendiges! One street we turned on had every power line along it touching the ground, with trees all over the road. And then we saw smoke coming from one of the lines, so we scooted on out of there. Eventually we got to the church. There was a tree in the way (go figure), so we got out and moved it. And it fell on my head as we moved it. I was getting grumbly. And then no one was there, and we found out it was cancelled. Then the mission called and said all the missionaries should just go home because the storm would get worse. So yeah.
Teaching is going well. We are teaching a boy, Coty, and his crazy extended family. Every time we go there, there's at least 5 new people. It's a different group every time. But his guardian, Babby, started reading the Book of Mormon and said it gave her a great feeling of peace and comfort. She loves the feeling she gets when we visit. Yay!
Well, I hope you guys had a good Halloween! You'll have to send pictures of everyone dressed up! I got a mustache, so that's my costume, for whenever we have our party.
I love you guys! Oh, and Mom, thank you for sending the boots, coat, and gloves when you did, because I'd be frozen if you hadn't! Everyone, give Jan a big hug from this one!
Sincerest day to you all,
Sister Meester
