Monday, August 1, 2011

August 1, 2011

-- well hey girl....

Here is a great commercial for you.....

15 weeks of Albanian
2 Different Mission Calls
$10 on my MasterCard
1 face book referral...
= two Albanian families who live in Palmyra!

So I will get to it.....

The week started off okay. We had a fun preparation day and then we ended up working at the sites pretty much the entire time. I had found out that I was going to be going on exchanges on Wednesday to Thursday. I don't know if you know me, but obviously that stressed me out TOO MUCH! It was awful, I dreaded it so bad. So we work and seriously I was having like anxiety attacks because it was not something I was used to.


So then we get to site meeting and its super super long. I think because I am so exhausted by emotions are like UP and DOWN....So by the end of site meeting at 9:30 President was like I would like to talk to you after these sisters. So then I was okay..... We waited while he solved a lot of drama between 3 other sets of drama and then it was 10:30 and he talked to me...No big deal... So finally the sisters were like, "We don't have time for exchanges tonight. We'll have to do it another time." I was like PHEW! Then they called the next morning and said we are doing it.


I was going to have to go to Palmyra and stay in the white house or now known as the Barbie Dream House. I DON'T really ever want to live there. Six girls? Really? So then it comes down to Sister Sultanian from Iman Jordan actually has the chicken pox and another virus, I told them I did not want to stay there because I catch weird things like worms in the MTC.


So then Sis. Maughn came to Henrietta on Thursday. It was not as bad as I thought it would be of course, but I will stick with my companion. We had gone to Cameron, and it was pouring water by the gallons. I couldn't see a foot in front of me while driving, totally guessed...ha ha... We worked there for awhile and then we went to the JSF and did a shift there. It was different; she had me give a tour with her, and the whole time I felt like she was coming up with all of the criticism. but at the end, she was like, "You are the most unique sister here!" It was pretty funny, and I know Mitch is already thinking I think the worst first.....


So after that Sister Carver and I were reunited, and we decided to go check up on my face book referral.

SIDE NOTE: I had met this girl in the pageant from Palmyra and she said she had known about all these Albanians that lived there, but she had to run and so I gave her my card and then she ran......


FINALLY last week, she emailed me and said that they all worked at the same restaurant that we drive by ALL the time. So Sis. C. and I decided to go eat there. Sorry- I had to put it on my visa..ha ha. But we sat down there were two different races there. I couldn't tell which one was which, so finally I was like, "Do any Albanians work here?" And then like six or seven ran over and started to talk to me.


Two of them speak no ENGLISH at all. The dad, Janny, said he gone to church in Albania but not here, and he told me to come and meet his wife. So this Wednesday I will....seriously how cool though!


The other half were Greeks, who happened to be anti. The Greek owner said to the two boys my age, looks like your wife just walked in...AWKWARD....but funny...then the Greek who had gotten our number from them texted us, "You two are the cutest Mormon duet I've ever seen." So now I have some Albanians, they want me to come translate for them at church.....I foresee a transfer to Palmyra soon, which blows because white house and no carver...but I guess for Albanians I will...


Pray for me to have the gift of tongues for sure!!!! I am so happy, I know that it is only through Heavenly Father that I have remembered the language well enough, and can use it....I say I guess its a pretty cool mission miracle...


Next day we went and had district meeting, seriously the funniest thing ever. We have the ASL missionaries in our branch... One elder got up and gave seriously a 35 min talk about teaching records.


Here are some of the highlights:

I was crying because I was laughing so hard, and at the end he asked what did I see that was so funny....

1. Please do not write cuss words on the teaching records (while a sister is gasping and saying NO)

2. Please do not abbreviate things like P.O.S, or W.O.W for all I know it is world of war craft...


3. If we are not supposed to go back over please write that give us a warning like, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT, or GET CUT - the sister said in back or just don't back

5. Last line, that I almost lost it completely... " THERE IS A SERIOUS EPIDEMIC IN THIS MISSION when it comes to teaching records and it disgusts me"-while banging his fists on the table..
It was like Dwight's speech skills for Michael on The Office...too good...


Then we went and taught the Wingates again. Second lesson to a LA family the brother said he would get baptized on Aug 20 his birthday and right before transfers... YES...we were so excited!!!!


We were able to pick up a few new people and it has been good. The best was last night, Sis. Carver and I had no dinner appointment and that's when the Suppernaughts had called because they heard we were going to celebrate Harry Potters birthday, they said they were too. They had us come over and have ribs and play with their son's Hogwarts Express....So fun.....


Then we went to go check on some formers. It was like 8:30 and we knock on this lady's door, we know she is a widow, she opens the door she is in all white, just her underwear, kind of awkward. She's like, "No. I have a barmitzfa coming up." And then we said, "Well, take our card. If you need any help, even cleaning." And as she was about to slam the door she said "Really?" She then let us in and we talked to her. She has thrown her back out and she is like 65 and husbandless...She said, "Is this for real?" So we are going to go back to clean on Saturday.


We have been praying for miracles, and that's what we have been getting.....It has been really good and so we are loving it!

I set a goal to pass 2,000 hits by the end of August, and today I have 2,105 on my blog....I am soo glad I reached it. If I do 1,200 a month I will be happy...keep giving to people out there :)


Well, other than that the work is good, I am trying to mail things, but I have been out of MSF so sorry.....


I am glad to here that girls camp was fun. Seriously that sounds ten times more epic then when I went....I am going to best honest....The hike alone was sweet, if you send me a good write up and some pictures, I will post it! Anyways, we are going to play in a park all day, and I also met another boy going to Max's mission in two weeks. And a Krystal was looking for me? Which one? any idea? From our stake...


Tell LVD and Joe that they are doing great missionary work, but tell them to get the missionaries there too!

I hope you are all clean now and that you get a nice week of rest, I'm excited for a package.

love y'all
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