August 25, 2014

The day after transfers, Wednesday, we had a P day. So apparently Sister Etherington and I are known as the slowest companionship in all of Nauvoo. It's because we have to read ingredients, people! Sister Etherington is a mostly vegan person so we try to eat healthy... I struggle with that, fo sho. Anyway, that evening we went to a senior couple's house for dinner and this couple happened to be the photographers of the mission. So, naturally, they took us down to Old Nauvoo and got pictures of us. Try balancing on a fire hydrant in a pencil skirt. It's hard.

So, as a missionary, I preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. But as of Thursday I also preach The Power of Everyday Missionaries by Clayton Christenson. We got permission to read that book and holy cow, friends! I wish I could give a copy to everyone I know and love, but I can't, so you have to buy it for yourself. It makes member missionary work so much more understandable and achievable. In Nauvoo, we work a lot with members (that's of course how we get like 90% of our referrals) and it's completely changed the way I work with members. So you should get it.

There's this couple that we're teaching, Patti and Shannon, who we love dearly. They are hilarious. They came up in time to see the pageants and are now back home in Texas. Well, long story short, we told their local elders about them so they decide to drop in on them Saturday night. Patti and Shannon go into match-maker mode. We got an email from them telling us to call them ASAP so we do, and they go, "Girls! We met your future husbands!" We tried to explain the rules of being a missionary and to not get their hopes up, but they wouldn't hear it. Hahahaha!

We get our outbound calls in about a week! And tomorrow is our 14 month mark! Time flies when you're having fun... and being a missionary.

Pictures!

1- Us in pioneer dresses on the back of Sister Gibbons' golf cart

Weekly planning. Sister Etherington was trying to get a binder off her bed (red comforter) when it slipped and fell into our popcorn. This is about halfway through cleanup.

Sista E set a self-timer during a phone lesson. Perks of being a VC sister.

Me going to work! Stepping out of the elevator. I actually don't know why Sister Etherington took this picture, but it's a nice view of the Visitor's Center. "Everything the light touches is ours, Simba."