Sister Cope carving our pumpkin.
Sister Cope and I with our Michaelangelo Ninja Turtle second place pumpkin.
Zone 2 Halloween get-together.
Some food from Banana King. All very tasty.
Mac-n-cheese pizza and chicken balsamico pizza from the famous AJ's pizza. Everyone goes there. And it was super tasty, so now we know why.
Sister Cope and I (and Sister Lowry) at Banana King. I was laugh/crying, so that's why my face is that way.
Me with Coty (a super awesome tween investigator) and his cousin, CJ. There were around 20 other people in the room, but the pictures didn't turn out.
The Blay Family! They make me so happy!! And their dog is crazy, but I love her, too!!!
Wow! Ah Gee!
Exciting things happening out west! Good luck Naters, I'll be praying for you! And those Californians won't know what hit 'em. Kewl is what hit 'em. That's right. And sis (Jill) good luck to you too! And Mikey and family, I'm so proud of you guys and I wish I could be there for all the glad tidings. I love you all so much, but alas, I'm needed out here for all the people who don't know what it is to have a happy family. We're pretty blessed to have the best family in the whole universe.
On other notes, some awesome things happened this week, including these quotes:
"Sneaky little minions of satan!"-said by a British member whilst pulling stickery weeds off her pants.
"You're welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome... Welcome....Welcome. Always welcome. Goodbye." -said by Pardeep, an Indian investigator, while finishing a phone conversation with us.
Another neat occurrence: While walking around like we do, we approached a man all in black (hoodie, hat, pants, sunglasses), with shoulder length black hair and headphones on. We introduced ourselves, and for the next hour we were treated to him telling us, in a much higher voice than I would've expected, the exciting things about to happen in his life. Apparently, he was recently granted millions from a dead relative. With it, he's buying a resort in the Adirondacks. He's also hiring a chauffeur, who can take him around New York and Jersey. And having a chauffeur is much classier than riding in a taxi, so that's why the chauffeur. He's also adopted a boy from Ghana, who "should be here any day now. Hopefully before Thanksgiving. (Is this little boy coming in the mail?) When we told him who we were, he said, "Oh! Well then, you read the Books of the Mormons! We need to get this information out! Have you talked to a library? Do you have any pamphlets? I could take them to the library for you, and get the news out." We also gave him a Book of Mormon. Then we left. The next day some Elders texted us and said they'd met a very interesting man on a bus who had just run into some sister missionaries. And it was the same guy.
Also, Halloween was fun! Some of the sisters in our Zone got pumpkins and we had a carving contest. Ours won second place, right after a First Vision one by the elders in our area. And obviously everyone felt guilty about voting for the cool Ninja Turtles one over the First Vision. But then they won a garbage can, so we didn't feel so bad. At six we had to be inside. So I watched some missionary approved movies, and Sister Cope took a nap. All in all, not a bad day.
And to cap off the week, one of the less active families we've been visiting came to Church this week! Every time they've come to Church it's been cancelled (due to General Conference, Stake Conference, and then a hurricane). Her husband (who isn't a member) said he wouldn't try coming anymore, but she did and people were finally there! A lot of people sat next to her, and her little girls were a hit in Primary. We called her later, and she said she had a great time. So success!
I love you guys! Stay safe over there. Don't slip in the snow. Give Winnie hugs. (That's mandatory for everyone! Even Libby and Peter. Ha!) I love you!
Best,
Sister Mel
Also, I forgot to say, I'm being transferred. I don't know where to. It'll happen tomorrow. I cried all night, but I'm feeling better now. I'm really gonna miss everyone here and Sister Cope, and our ward. They're all so amazing. I hope I go somewhere just as swell.
Note from Mom: Click on "Older Post" to read a note Sister Miss wrote to Dad last week.
