The Three Caballeros and the city!
The Three Amigos and our Martinellis!
Sister Torgerson's lovely smile at sunset.
The Three Musketeers at Ellis Island!
This week was pretty good. It's kinda weird having two companions. They're both awesome, but it's harder for us to be on time to places, so we're gonna have to work on that...
This week we were able to take Sister Torgerson to Ellis Island and she was so excited! I'm not gonna lie, every time I go there and see the city across the way, I freak out too. I start snappin' my fingers and try to get the others to sing the same song, so it's like a musical, but it doesn't usually pan out. I helped a French couple find ther ancestors, and while they didn't find much, they did express interest in going to Salt Lake to out Family History Library! And then I helped a Swedish girl for a while, and we were really lucking out. But then with some finagling, we found her great grandfather! And it had to be him, because the person was from a very, very remote village named Rutvik. It was so neat! I never thought I'd be into family history, but I get so much energy and internal joy when we find people. I just love it! And then I stumbled upon a couple taking apart one of the computers, because they wanted to move it closer to see the screen better. We moved them to another computer, and they complained about it being this and that. And it took a while to fix the other one. I don't think the Ellis Island people were too happy about that...
On another note, we got a new car today! It's a 2012 Ford Fusion, and it's super fancy and new! It's the newest in the mission besides the President's Assistants, so we feel pretty kewl! We'll send you a picture after we name it. Probably something like The Silver Fox, or Cranston, of something heroic like that!
And lastly, I had a pretty hard time the other night. We went to visit an investigator and he dropped us. He dropped us because of something I did that offended him and made him think less of our Church. It was an innocent mistake. I thought he was gonna kiss my hand, so I pulled it away quickly, and then this time when he saw us he told us how hurt he was. And then he started swearing like crazy, and I started crying real bad, mainly because I'm gonna miss teaching him, even if he was kinda crazy and maybe drunk a couple times. But he really needs the gospel and now he's gonna have to wait until his heart is softened, and who knows when that will be.
Anyway, on that Debbie Downer note, I love you guys! And we got venison and a bottle each of sparkling apple cider from our ward mission leader, so we had a pretty amazing New Year's Eve (though A] I didn't eat the deer--ugh. And B] We still went to bed at 10:30).
I love you kids! Stay safe and keep being the best family in the whole wide world!
Love you,
Sister Mystical
