dearest loved ones,
happy early valentines day week. i love you all so much.
mom you are very welcome for the book. its much a good one. and i hope and those you choose to share with enjoy it.
yes to answer your question, i feel like i have two
homes. asl only serves in two areas but they are both so precious. only
one mamma wilson tho ;]
All the tons of sisters
came! more to come of course still. Not quite sure where to put them all
so im not the only one in a trip currently. yay for mnore sisters! and
wow yeah they look young. fresh blood is always great though.
Next week, the 17th sister sellers and wilson leave...
and sister jenson, our newest asl sister comes. which makes me the
oldest. ahhh. exciting yet it will be hard to say goodbye. that of
course is not on normal transfers. asl sisters rarely come on the normal
6 week transfer rotation. actually rumor is transfers will be shorted
to 5 weeks until further notice. i think it has to do with the flood of
all the new missionaires and the mtc training is now condensed. this
also means i have no idea when i will be coming home next december. may
be home for christmas, may not. not worrying about it now tho. maybe ill
fly home in my bday! ha
its very warm! yes weeding, carwashes, and even shorts. funny california had spring even before groundhogs day haha.
mom i love your idea of childhood photos on cds!! cool! ive always wanted a copy!
hear gun shots as we were walking up to an apartment
complex to visit a less active. i simply pivited on the ball of my feet
and walked back toward the car. both companions of course hadnt heard a
thing but i asked them to just get back in the car and ill explain.
first gun shots outside of the apt ive heard. kind of cool. im still on
the look out for bullet shells to makes earrings out of them. wilson
wants a pair too. we just want to bring a little piece of stockton home
with us :]
kathy has had the family history bug bite. for that
fact so has dominick and mickey. so exciting to see that process! kathy
found out she might not be part native american! now shes dying to find
out more. plan is so go to the family history center with her soon.
maybe i can do a little poking around myself, im clueless about it all
and would love to learn for myself how to do family research. its all so
fascinating. (ps sister repman pronounces the c in fascinating, shes
determined thats how you are supposed to say it haha)
i requested grandma oliphants patriarchal blessing. its
in the mail and i am excited for it to come! the church has so many way
cool free services! how could the church not be true.
we realized we have another deaf less active member, baptized only a few
years ago! so many people thought he was never baptized. still trying
to confirm if he actually was but its cool to have anothere deaf to go
visit.
sorry for the lack of "inspiring letters", i feel like i
spend half of my time writing my weekly letter to president that i
never have time to really dive into anything. so i just give up rough
updates with the time i have left. guess that just means you'll have to
listen to all my tons of mission stories when i get home :] i do feel so
honored to have parts of letters read to the whole second ward. make me
sound good though okay ;]
remember that super crazy black lady who was a baptist
preacher is her previous life who was a recent convert to the brookside
ward? well she moved. bummer. we miss zina! ... but she fed us dinner
this week... first time ive had SOUTHERN food. collared greens arent
half bad, the a ham hock on the other hand was a little
different. anyways her husband and her mother were baptized this week
and we had the chance to go with dominick and mickey! oh wow it was
amazing. zina sung this amazing gospel song that had so many in tears.
she has a beautiful gospel voice. mickey will be baptized soon. he knows
it is all so real. he just had to give it a chance. zina has been such a
wonderful example to her family. three others in her family are taking
the discussion from elders and have plans to be baptized this spring.
one is even engaged to a mormon! haha zina is such a pioneer and her
baptism and choice to join the church will bless so many generation to
come and before her. the gospel blesses families.
i put my PR skills to work this week! found a computer
and made a deaf finding poster for all the missionaries to put on the
fridge. president will be explaining them and passing them out at zone
conference this week. it was fun to do a little writing. not to
boast.... but its a pretty cool poster. glad the lord has blessed me
with talents to help in his work.
umm most likely we are moving into a members home
before the end of the month.... still havent decided fully how i think
about that. we are moving into a couples home that belong to our ward.
it will change dynamics alot.
so three baptisms in the making this week! dominick and
then a silent double deaf baptism on sunday. its going to be a GREAT
WEEK!! more to come soon :]
sunday i thought my
brain was going to turn to mush. i stood and interpreted for two full
hours of church, a blessing, and then interpreted an hour and a
half "bluebox"/gentures baptism interview. all without breakfast or
lunch. dont worry i survived and slept really well last night.
barrowed jaime campos sewing machine and had to
unstitch a mistake i made three times. fixing a few articles of clothing
ive picked up since being here. found an old ugly jumper from a member
but loved the fabric so i cut it up to make a skirt! sister hudnor
(senior sister in carmichael) helped me sew it back together after i cut
it all up, added a liner and waist band. but the other modification
will be done soon! first time i sewed a zipper. it looks awful. but the
skirt is cute! :]
haha
okay well love you all and thats the currently weekly update!
Sister O
PS NATALIA THANKS FOR THE LETTER AND PICTURES! will write back soon! love you.
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