Me and Sister Soto exchanged together this week, and we had a blast (though I did that thing where if you're around someone with an accent for too long you start using the accent, which might sound offensive, but I don't think she noticed).
Sister Coley, Soto, and I, practicing our splits.
Lori and Sister Lopez at the latter's birthday party!
An example of one of the hundreds of lakes dotted about in our area.
We took Bernice outside for Mother's Day and she really appreciated the fresh spring air.
All taking a turn at the same time on the accordion.
Dearest Mother's Day...plus Good Day to the menfolk!
I'm so glad I got to talk to you kindred! Except for Nate and Wobin, and Jamie, but maybe we could telepath/make up a good conversation we might have had! I'm quite the ventriloquist, so maybe I could figure up something that way.
Things are going well here. It's been super hot, and also we've had super gloomy skies of late. We had a great thunder storm the other day! There are rabbits everywhere you look. We saw a bear in someone's tree--that was pretty neat. We got to help someone in their garden the other evening. We hauled tree stumps (which mostly consisted of grandfatherish grunts and rolling the stumps. Then we weeded a bunch (Jill and Mikey would've enjoyed it).
Yesterday we heard a real neat conversion story of one of the Fardale Ward members. We were at the Michel's barbecue and Brother Celauro was telling us that he had joined a ballroom dance instruction company in his late 20's. They have to have stage names, so he chose Roman, which conflicted with another teacher's stage name, Romain. He met Romain, who happened to be a less-active member. But Romain was a good example, and also went on a lot of dates. Brother Celauro wondered how Romain met so many nice people to date, so Romain invited Brother Celauro to a Young Single Adults dance. He went, had a great time, continued going to activities, then to Church, then formally had the discussions, and then got baptized. And now he's in his 60's and still standing strong. But the really neat thing is that the first person he danced with at the singles dance was his future wife--though they didn't actually start dating for a few years after that. I love those kinds of stories.
Babby, Coty, Peanut, and Shawntelle, are possibly coming to Church this weekend! At least to the building. We're having the annual ward talent show/cupcake wars/chili cook-off! When we said "cupcakes", they were in hysterics! Coty loves baking and watching food shows. We visited a distant relative of theirs recently and she told us about the talent show. We said, "Yes, that's our talent show!" So apparently the word is spreading! We're making stuff for it too, but I don't know about performing...Other than that, things haven't been too eventful, just trying to find prepared people. And letting members know that sharing the gospel is a good thing to do, even if they're nervous. The worst that can happen is their friend will say no and God will still bless the member for trying. So if you kids know anyone, don't hesitate to put yourselves out there!
I love you so much! Agh! Love you!
Sister Miz
