Picnicking with the musics.
This place!
A very sudden drop--eek!
The castle.
A really keel wall we drove past in Paterson.
Me and my favorite dinosaur of all time (besides the Kraft dinosaur).
The Sisters of Zone 2 with departing Elder Ruano.
Our new investigators we practice teaching with.
Dear Family,
Hope you've had a good week. I've had a very blustery one! It has rained nearly every day. Yesterday there were very intense showers with lots of thunder and lightening! It was a blast! Kinda scary to drive in, but a blast. Then the two days it wasn't storming, it was humid and sweltering hot. If my hair wasn't already short, I probably would chopped it all off that day. We were toasted cheese.
In other news, we got to sit in on Bernice's play rehearsal. That was a real good time, lots of loud shouts like, "Huh? What'd she say? Is it my line?" Bernice did great--lots of venom in her tones (she's the witch in the play) and her cackle was very low.
Don is in Alma and enjoying it. We got him a Conference Ensign, so hopefully he'll like to read the talks. Right now he's uncertain if he believes in God and an afterlife, but he so wants to believe everything we're telling him is true. He just has so little hope, poor gent.
This week we had the privilege of listening to Elder Kevin Duncan of the Seventy. He's one of the main people over the missionary effort in the Church. We talked about so much--how we can help regular members have a desire to do missionary work, how we can organize our areas better, the way Christ loved people, that we need to ask everyone if they know anyone who'd want to feel the peace and joy that comes from living the Gospel. Just lots of stuff (I forgot my notes so I can't say it all). One thing I liked was that someone said we need to see people as God sees them. Not just as His children, but who they'll one day become if they live the Gospel. Sister Marley and I watched a video this week where they showed a teeny tiny seed on someone's finger. It didn't look like it would grow too much. It could be a weed, a flower, etc. But then they showed what it would one day become--a gigantic Sequoia tree. That's how God sees us, as that tree that we can one day become. Not in this life, but as we continue to progress afterwards. So we've been trying to love people more and see them with that kind of perspective.
For Memorial Day, we and some of the other missionaries went to the castles in Paterson--just these random castles near some very steep, terrifying cliffs. It was sweltering that day. But fun! We had sandwiches and played the ukelele and accordion. I thought a lot about Popsy, too, and how he's probably just having a blast up there, playing catch with Grandpa Wayne and Grandpa Leo, amongst other more important things.
Well, I love you kids and I miss you! I hope you have a good week. Don't get up to too much mischief now, ya hear? And keep reading, praying, and having Family Home Evening. Even you folks without children. It helps so much.
Love you,
Sister Mistifer
