Week 43 - NO KIDDING!

February 8, 2010

It is the snow storm of the century! You should see how much snow there is! I'll tell you all about it.....first of all, it started snowing on Friday. For most of the afternoon it wasn't sticking. We had a lesson and institute that evening, which was about 2 hours of being inside, and when we came out, there was probably about 3-4 inches on the ground and it was still snowing. It snowed all night long and into the next day, Saturday. When we woke up, I would say it was a good foot and a half. I never heard an actual report of how much snow there was. BUT for some reason, Pittsburgh has not done anything about snow removal!!!!! 2 days later, the streets still aren't plowed. Crazy huh? Sooo, on saturday morning, Sister Sorensen and I helped shovel snow for a couple hours, then we were pretty much snowed in. Twice on my mission now! I never thought I would really be snowed in! On Sunday, they had one sacrament meeting for all the wards and no classes. Since we still didn't have much to do (not many people were out and walking around) us and the other sisters in our area decided to just roleplay and study together at the church. haha, have to make it productive somehow! Oh, and as we were walking home, I dont' think I've ever seen so many ambulances in my life. Even walking to the library today, there have been so many! People keep slipping and falling and breaking things! Basically, it's just nuts over here! hahaha. But hopefully the snow melts soon and hopefully we can get back to normal work this week. One awesome thing though, although church was kind of wierd and crazy yesterday, we did have an investigator trek through and come!! Her name is Erin. She is actually a former investigator from about a year ago who almost was baptized, but she was under 18 and her parents wouldn't allow it. Her mom forbid her to come to church too. Well guess what? She's 18 now!!! And she showed up at church last week. We had a lesson with her and she is ready to be baptized now! She is praying about a day but she is ready to move forward! Cool huh? Miracles happen in this area! People just show up at church and then we get to teach them. I love it! Erin is awesome too, she says from the beginning the church just made total and complete sense to her and she loves the Book of Mormon. She even uses it in papers at school, haha. Plus she is a ballerina, which makes her even more cool. Anyway, I hope everyone is doing so good at home! I love you all so much! And miss you so much too! (p.s. today is my 10 month mark) YAY! Have a great week!Love, Holly