Well I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of lots of turkey, pie, and stuffed bellies.
Yes I had a very enjoyable Thanksgiving thank you. We were successful and
had a Thanksgiving entirely in our sweatpants :] Which means we did skip
out on the many dinners members offered us. A sweet older missionary, Sister Druyon, brought us by some some turkey and potatoes and things to
help us celebrate. She is such a sweetheart, we were just planning on
ordering pizza haha. WE DID MAKE PIE THO! haha The p-day before we went grocery shopping and decided to veto all food and just bought
fixing for pie. hahaha So we made a cheesecake and a yogurt frozen pie.
Which were extremely hard to make with our regular kitchen tools. haha
We ended up using the blender to whip cream lol. Great stuff. One of the
best p-days I've had yet :]
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| All the ASL Sisters and an Elder |
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| Clarissa's study desk |
Sister Wilson is now the coordinating sister so she
goes on exchanges, so I have had quite the number of temporary companions
this transfer. Also between all the illness and health problems
currently happening in our apt we're on swaps alot. Its not easy doing
deaf work solo. Actually its frightening. But it means I've also got to do
a bit of English work lately with our roommates Sister Jolley and
Sister Soloman. Sometimes it helps with my self esteem to be doing more
normal missionary like things, doing hearing work. Again ASL missions are
strange. Sometimes I don't feel like a missionary much. Not a good
feeling.
With the announcement of the program about teaching
youth at this general conference, the stake organized a workshop held in
our chapel for all those who are teachers of youth including parents. We
have one child who attends our deaf branch so after much encouragement
for his parents to go, his mother showed up which means we
were privileged to interpret. I was on exchanges with Sister Jolley, an English sister. So i got to sit up front and interpret for two hours
straight. With quite a few videos. Oh my goodness, my hands have never
hurt that much after signing. There is a reason they tell you to
only interpret for 20 min chunks and to have someone to switch off with.
I survived don't worry ;] And now I have so much more compassion for
Sister Wilson who usually takes on more of the interpreting anyways.
(Shes a bomb signer! Deaf studies graduate from UVU). But what was neat
was the chance to over hear all they said about how the youth program
was changing. So neat that when the Lord asks us to do something (go on
missions younger) he provides a way for us to accomplish it (new youth
program). It also was clear how important missionary work is for the
entire church and how everyone can do their part to help build His
kingdom here on the earth. The parents raise their children to
be missionaries, the youth prepare for missions and share the gospel with
friends, the young adults GO on missions, and when you get home from the
mission the work is not over. We get to help bring people to Christ no
matter what our age or calling in the church. It is all our goal and we
can all do our part. It was neat to see the teachers catch that vision
during the workshop. They are also fueling and keep progressing!
So apparently the deaf have ASL institute that they
broadcast every couple of months. We got to watch it from the video
phone at the branch presidents home. That was neat. Institute about
cool symbolism in names in ASL. Coolest part about it too was that i
actually understood it haha. The lord is blessing me :]
WE GOT A NEW CAR! Spankin new just off the lot. Yep
that pictures says how many miles it has on it. bahahahaha And did i
tell you I'm driver. oh. my. goodness. amazing. I want a car when I get
home hahaha. Its a 2013 Chevy Cruise. We call her Chery because I can't
read and thought she came with a name hahha. But we needed a new car
bad. Well missionary standards bad. We had the car with the most mileage
before. Typical for ASL I guess. Just this past week we went 120 miles
in just one day. That might be a new record for us I think. Did I also
mention we cover more than one mission. I probably should include these
details huh? We cover a good portion of the Roseville mission just north
of us. For a total of 12 stakes that we cover. we cross mission
boundaries almost everyday :] Its sweet and feels so much less confined.
KATHY GETS BAPTIZED DEC 8th! And we get to head down
to Stockton for the big day! It will be so exciting to finally see and
feel a part of a baptism :]
Did my Christmas gifts for Amanda and Zak ever make
it home? I can't even remember what they are exactly but they were given
to Amanda to bring back to Wisconsin.
Keep me posted
on Emily! Sounds like the wedding party was fun. I'll forgive Natalia
and Aaron when I get a letter ;] The fact that they mentioned me gives
them a little bit of a break ;] haha Love them both.
Richard and Terrill... oh my shave. That's gross.
Mom the ornaments are adorable and so creative. Love the domino idea. I'll read the Good Samaritan thing soon.
LOVE FROM SAC!
Sister Oliphant
PS I'm collecting pictures of ice creams trucks. They are sketchy down here!
PPS Sister Wilson can cross only ONE eye! I have been practicing. See the photo.
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