week 44- Happy Valentine's Day!

February 15, 2010

Well, it has been quite another week......of not a whole lot! Jk, we have had a lot of cool things happen, it's just very very difficult to be out contacting people, because the paths to walk down are still covered with snow and the trails are only wide enough for one person. When we have to pass people, one person usually has to go into the snow. It's rough! We did get a little more snow this week, but nothing like the storm we got last week. I would say there is a total of 2 feet of snow and I can NOT wait until it melts! Mom, thank you SO SO SO much for sending me those boots for christmas!!! I had no idea I would be desperately needing them and the ones you got me are awesome! They stay dry even when I am marching in 2 feet of snow, they keep my feet warm, and they don't get disgusting looking from all the dirty snow we walk through. So thank you again so much!
We still continue to do a lot of shoveling and pushing people's cars out from being stuck in the snow. We had a little bit of a funny experience earlier this week. We walked out the back door of our apartment complex and there was this big Dodge Ram that was stuck in the snow. So we went over to ask if we could help, and these 2 guys kind of looked at us in our skirts and nice coats and were like no that's ok. But we helped anyway. We pushed from the back as the guy tried to drive it out and TA-DA!!! The sisters successfully helped them! :) Never underestimate the power of a sister missionary! hahaha. We've been able to do that quite a couple times actually. This one girl told us (before she found out we were missionaries) that we were angels sent from heaven.
The sisters we share the ward with had a baptism this past Saturday! His name is Branden and I guess he has come a LONG way from when they first met him. He was athiest, referred by a member, and said he would learn more but flat out said he was never going to get baptized. He kept coming to appointments, came to church every week, came to institute twice a week and surprise!!!! The gospel changed his life! hahaha, I love how that can happen. He's a cool kid and was very happy at his baptism.
We found out a little bit of new news this week. We have a Temple Square sister out here and their transfers are a week before ours. So she is going home this Wednesday and we are getting two more Temple Square sisters as well. Sis. Sorensen and I are going to be housing one of the sisters for a week, she's from Mongolia. And the other sisters are housing the other one, from Germany. Then, this came as a complete shock and surprise.....President called the other sisters to tell them that one of them (the greenie that just came out 5 weeks ago) is being transferred. That was a huge shock because they are in a threesome, and the other two have been in this area for 9 months! haha, we were for sure one of them would leave. But transfers are always a big surprise. You'll be able to find out the details next week, but I'm pretty sure I'll be staying here next transfer. I will have to change apartments, so you'll have a new address, but I'll be in the same area.
This email is so weird and completely random!! :) But just know that I love all of you and miss all of you!!!! Have an super week and stay happy! Keep having those missionary moments too! I'd love to hear about them.
Love, Holly