December 22, 2014

Happy Christmas!

This week was definitely interesting, especially as far as our numbers
went. Monday was P day, Tuesday we spent all day in Jacksonville for a
health thing for Sister Greear, Wednesday was more health things,
Thursday was our mission-wide Christmas party, Friday was interviews,
and Saturday we had our regular four hours of study plus two hours of
service plus trying to fit in the weekly planning we missed on Friday!
Yeah, holy cow, almost no time to proselyte!

I tried doing a handstand this week. The other sisters were over at
our apartment post-nightly-planning and somehow the topic came up that
I have never successfully done a handstand. Well they demonstrated it
a little and when I tried it, I got a running start. Bad idea. The
second time, with some help, I got up into handstand position but
forgot that my arms had to support me so I crashed and burned
(literally, carpet burn). The third time I did it! But I didn't know
how to get down so I fell and that hurt pretty bad. I think I sprained
my finger because it still kinda hurts. Hahaha.

Last week, we felt that we should knock on these certain three houses.
So we did. One of them was a girl named Lauren. We came back this week
and she said she loved the pamphlets, especially the restoration one.
What! Also her only hang-up with setting a baptismal date is that she
wants to read the Book of Mormon. Hey, not a problem. So we're getting
her one and it's our excuse for coming back on Tuesday :) she's
phenomenal.

Want to hear a story about tender mercies? I remember in Texas,
whenever I really wanted something, one of our two next meals would
have that thing (like once I wanted spinach salad. It happened). So
we're driving around and Sister Greear says 'oh man do I want mashed
potatoes' and I said 'the members who are feeding us tonight cook
pretty healthy, so probably don't count on it'. There I go, crushing
dreams. Well I was proven wrong because dinner was pork tenderloin and
garlic mashed potatoes. Sister Greear has told that story about seven
times since then, twice in lessons. Hahahaha.

We were asked to sing in sacrament meeting for the Christmas program
so the four of us sisters decided that Sister Corbridge and I would
sing Mary, Did You Know and Sisters Greear and Butler would sign it.
But, it just wasn't coming together. We got the sheet music last
minute and we couldn't practice because of this and that, whatever. So
we decided to go with The First Noel. Well, it was a miracle because
when we arrived at church and told our pianist that it was now the
First Noel, he whips out this beautiful arrangement of it and somehow
we were able to sing as high as it required in practice. THEN we're
sitting in sacrament meeting and our bishop's wife goes up and sings
an acoustic version of 'Mary Did You Know'. What! All of us looked at
each other in amazement. Lucky us hahaha. The song/signing went over
really well.

Today for my last pday we're having a district activity! Ultimate
frisbee by that ancient fort again. District pdays are my favorite
thing.

Well, I love being a missionary!! See yall soon.
Sister Munro