Woad twip #1!
Woad Twip! #2
Agh! Out of mission boundaries! Don't worry though--we got permission
The amazing King family--half French, half Danish.
In the shed with all the spiders--Sister Torgerson was whacking at them though with that shovel, so we were safe.
The three of us, happy to be in the open (Sister Bell didn't actually step foot in the shed because it gave her the creeps).
Pretty mists and treeses.
Austrian foodz! Is this what you ate on your mission Sarah? Meat, potatoes, cabbages?
Allysa's baptism.
This week we went to a member's house and ate tacos. At the end of our visit her son's friend came in, sat down, and said, "Do you have anything to share with me?" So we had a Q&A of sorts and basically taught the first three lessons. He said that his family moved to Tennessee, but he stayed behind because he felt like he needed to accomplish something here, he just didn't know what (we know what though!). So we're teaching him again next week!
Family Dearest!
Agh! The leaves are changing, Fall smell is happening, people are putting blow-up skeletons and ghouls on their lawns! I love this time of year!
Agh! The leaves are changing, Fall smell is happening, people are putting blow-up skeletons and ghouls on their lawns! I love this time of year!
This week we went to a member's house and ate tacos. At the end of our visit her son's friend came in, sat down, and said, "Do you have anything to share with me?" So we had a Q&A of sorts and basically taught the first three lessons. He said that his family moved to Tennessee, but he stayed behind because he felt like he needed to accomplish something here, he just didn't know what (we know what though!). So we're teaching him again next week!
There were three baptisms of children in our ward this week. I love baptisms. The Spirit is super strong at them and I am so proud of the children and how much they know about the gospel. They know what choice they're making and they're so happy about it!
When we were eating refreshments after one of them a kid came over with a grape and said, "Look, I hallowed out this grape and I'm drinking my soda our of it!" He drank almost a whole cup of soda by painstakingly dipping his grape down in the cup and bringing it out again. Also the table was super messy afterwards, but that's a small price to pay for the joy he got out of it.
We also had a crazy planning party this week with all the missionaries in our zone in the same room. Every week we plan for the people we're teaching, less actives we're going to visit, lesson plans, etc. It usually takes two or three hours plus lots of prayer and discussion. It was interesting going around to the different companionships to see what they do in planning and learning from them. Very nice indeed.
We helped a member bubble wrap his bed bug infested couch this week. His landlord didn't want them to fall in the carpet when he moved it out of the building. That was an interesting day. I just hope no bed bugs latched onto us and came back to our apartment, because that is quite a todo getting rid of them.
We ate some genuine Austrian foods at a members house, that was neat. The mother, still living, came through Ellis Island! We also helped a less-active member clean her home. She is struggling because it was her husband's birthday, and he passed away two years ago. So we did dishes, vacuumed, and dusted her Disney snow globe collection. We also helped a Michael Jackson pack his house to move to Florida, so yes, I can say I've met Michael Jackson!
Let's see... Oh! Kevin bore his testimony in sacrament yesterday and he knows the Church is true! He's going to be baptized on October 14th! I hope I'm still here for it! Agh! He's going to make covenants! Then go on a mission! Then get mawiaged in the Temple! Blerg! I'm just so excited!
And lastly, in Church announcements yesterday, the couselor said these words, "Someone is missing a pair of teeth. So if you find them, wrap them in a paper towel, and take them to a member of the Bishopbric." Yep.
Love you kidz! Give the dog a squeeze for me (yes Nate and Libby and Peter, you have to give Winnie a hug from this one), also give the gaggle of children a squeeze!
Sister Mistipher
And lastly, in Church announcements yesterday, the couselor said these words, "Someone is missing a pair of teeth. So if you find them, wrap them in a paper towel, and take them to a member of the Bishopbric." Yep.
Love you kidz! Give the dog a squeeze for me (yes Nate and Libby and Peter, you have to give Winnie a hug from this one), also give the gaggle of children a squeeze!
Sister Mistipher
