This week has been all over the place! First, we won't be able to teach English to Sophie for a month because of something we didn't really understand over the phone. Second, we just found out we're moving to the Fardale Elder's apartment and they are being doubled out. Which means we are now covering two areas! Agh!! I'm so nervous! We've been packing up our apartment so the landlord can take pictures to rent it. And we've found a lot of random stuff, including three shoe shine kits! That's right--I'm gonna have sparkly shoes!
One of the people I told you about last week, Sarah, was sitting in Young Women's last week and had a good experience. The girls were discussing a less active young woman and what they could do to get her to come back (these young women are tops--they are all super missionaries and they are all friends). At the end of class they had a prayer, and prayed a lot for that young woman. Sarah asked her friend/employer why they were praying for her, and she told her they really care about her and want to be her friend and help her out. Sarah left Church telling her friend how much she loves going there and how everyone makes her feel. She's still reading the Book of Mormon, and wants to get a 'for sure' answer, but she already knows everything because of the lengthy discussions she has with her friend.
This week we had some time we didn't know how to fill, so we picked up trash for service. We were in our skirts, and we brought one garbage bag each. We barely made it down the block before our bags were full! And most of the garbage wouldn't be there if people kept the Word of Wisdom. So sad. But it was a lovely day and the road looked nicer, so success!
Also, some great quotes from this week: "We weren't popcorn vendors in the pre-existence."--Elder Anderson. And in describing something from the scriptures, a member used the phrase "of great doctrinal import." If you watched the 5 hour long P&P, you know what I'm talking about. (P&P stands for Pride and Prejudice.)
Last Monday was perhaps one of my best p-days out here. We got everything important done, then met our zone in Paterson to play volleyball. Mind you, my idea of playing volleyball is ducking a lot, which I did. I did hit the ball one time though (not in any particular direction) and so I was proud of that. Then I wrote letters and colored while they continued. Sister Call had an excellent nap through all of this, though she did get hit in the head with the volleyball once or twice. Then the old souls in our zone arrived. One of them spouts history info with various accents, whilst wearing newsies caps and vests. The other wears a straw hat. And the last sews and plays the accordion. They declined the invite to play volleyball, but invited us to go antiquing with them! We found a shop, but it mostly sold furniture and art. We rifled through things, and I found a swell picture that the man let me have for free. And it's titled "Gerda and the Reindeer"! it was just a really fun day, with very little stress, which can be frequent on p-day.
I hope this week is good for the lot of you. I love you so much! Here's a wink and a nudge from this one!
Love you!
sister mister
Oh berg. I forgot to bring my camera. Parsnips. Oh well, I'll get the pictures to you next week.
