A Little Of This And A Little Of That

How is Grandma Gert doing?

Let me know how everything goes.

Call President Swain with an update if you need to.

Tell Gert I love her!

It has been a crazy week!

We just got back from Walmart and a sweet lady bought us McDonalds!

 And, I saw Sister Joseph!

Oh…

…I am getting a new Sister tomorrow,

so I am going to be in a trio!

There are a lot of missionaries being moved around so Sister Joseph will not be in my zone anymore.  I am so sad!  My new Sister had been sent home for medical leave and she wants to finish out her mission so they are going to send her to Salt Lake City West.  It is because we are the best mission ever!  Our mission is full of missionaries like that.  We have tons of visa waiters, trial missionaries and service missionaries. 

I LOVE MY NEW HOUSE!

I need a bike...

...by Tuesday!  A vintage bike!

Is anyone coming to Utah this weekend?

If not, I may just have you guys ask Lisa to bring me her bike.

I need a helmet too!

Touch base with President Swain or the Brickey's for drop-off at the Peachwood building.

Oh…

…I would love a soccer ball!

And, packages!

Feel free to send me packages!

Write me letters!

Lots of letters!

  

I am not in the filming area but with some recent changes to our mission, I do not think they are filming right now.  It has just been crazy.  Lots of switching around so I doubt the video will be ready. Who knows, it might be but I do not think so.

I should be getting off of the computer and clean up!

I am ready for some P-day time!

I think we are playing soccer or volleyball today!   

The Elder that I raced has been avoiding me since the accident.  I am going to corner him at the P-day building and go Batman status on him!

I asked Sister Wilson if she thinks that I am too competitive?

She just laughed.

She laughs at everything I say.

She and Sister Muldowney think I am the funniest person ever!

I promise to make wiser choices this week!

Talk to you next Monday!

Have a great and safe week!

Love you lots!

Challenge Backfire

I had to put an Elder his place this week but in the process I got put in my place as well!

The Elder is such a goober!

We were talking about track and I told him that I ran hurdles in high school.
 He did not believe me.
He said that I did not look like I would be very fast.  

Gasp!
What?!  

I am a little too competitive so I challenged Elder Goober to a race and this was the outcome.

It is painful!
I am sore!

I have not washed that side of my body for three days!

The Lord has really humbled me and I am hoping that President Swain will have some mercy on me.

Originally, I was not going to tell President Swain but I meet with him tomorrow and the scars are nearly impossible to hide so I figure that I might as well confess.

Please pray for me!

I am not too scared,

he will probably laugh,

roll his eyes,

shake his finger at me and 

tell me that I need to be a little smarter!

Does it help my case that Sister Wilson encouraged me to do it?

After challenging Elder Goober we met up in the parking lot after a meeting.  I was in a dress, with no shoes and the race was on.  Elder Goober cheated!  I would have won if I had not fallen two steps before the finish line.  Right at the finish line I stepped in a dip and I went "gracefully" flying. 

I actually have the race on video but I am not showing it to anyone!

Maybe after my guilt goes away I will send it to you! 

You know,
the Lord keeps humbling me,
over and over.

I was reading the Book of Mormon and the scripture that I happened to open to right after the accident was Mosiah 4:27.

27  And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength.  And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might with the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.

Then I read my Patriarchal Blessing and it talks about how I need to be wise in my choices and in my actions.  

Then in the handbook that I had to read it talked about safety and wisdom in my actions.

And finally, I asked Elder McNeil for a blessing because I have not been sleeping and my headaches are bothering me and in my blessing I was told to make wise choices!

I think I got the hint!

History In The Making

Have you heard about the historical event?

Are you going to go to the Leadership Training on June 23?  

Everyone in my mission is super excited for it and we are all making guesses as to what the "historical event" is going to be!

We have guesses from…

...the lost Book of Lehi has been found to

the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel are being revealed and then my guess that

John the Beloved and the 3 Nephites reveal themselves!

Some missionaries are guessing that they are changing the length of time that missionaries serve.

We have some crazy guesses!

I am sure we are all wrong — but hey — we can have fun guessing!

Apparently it is going to be huge!  It is two hours long and all missionaries are required to attend.  People in leadership positions and church members are invited and I was told that wards across the world are supposed to be watching it.  That means people are going to be attending at weird times and some will even have to change the hours of church.  

We are all so excited to hear what it is!

We just keep hearing that it will be historical!