we moved again... to
a home out in the country! sister langi have moved into a little
apartment in the basement of the barrettes, member in our ward. its cute
and real country like. kind of feels like we live in a cabin. its
wonderful. we have horses in our backyard, (nbd). and a large patio/deck
in the backyard with chairs and bench swings. its like a little piece
of eden. quite serene. we plan out there late at night under pretty
lights.
learned this week how much my
companion is afraid of snails. (sister jackson mentioned it in passing
awhile back but i forgot). yeah well there are a lot of snails out here.
exchanges this week were with sister bishop in galt. we were
on a quest to find investigators that day so we decided to go contacting
at the local flea/farmers market. i think we may have talked to only
person there who knew english. and even at that it was very broken, he
was from the holy land. seriously this area is so diverse. the pun-jabi
indian people always are out walking in the evenings, they have the
neatest mannerisms. We didnt have the time or miles to head back to
dinner so we stopped and had $4 all you can eat chocolate chip pancakes
at denny's for dinner. Seriously exactly what we needed. A real nice
member couple came in as we were finishing and stole our receipt, told
us it was on them. i am serious so impressed with how much members give
so freely to missionaries. Also had a chance to have sister muaghn came
to lodi with me :] She's a great missionary. I always learn so much from
the other sisters on exchanges. Our area is so lucky! We get the chance
to bring so many powerhouse sisters to our area.
I have become attached to grandma like figure here
in lodi. Shes a recent convert. Bonnie. Oh shes a sweetheart who is just
so solid. She describes finding the restored gospel like a fairy tale.
She's seriously just the cutest. She just got her first calling as
Relief Society pianist last week :]
Sister Langi is seriously so great. She pulls her
weight so well its hard to believe shes not even 9 months yet. Shes a
champ and keeps me stretching. We have had the chance to have some great
personal studies as we just dive into the scriptures and the gospel. I
love asking questions cause the lord jsut points us in the right
direction and he pores out knowledge and inspiration.
Saturday I had the chance to go back to stockton for
Belle's baptism! It was quite the miracle that after all these years of
her staying strong she received permission from her mom to be baptized.
She is neighbors to Lorenzo and Briahna. We have 3 recent converts all
on the same street! I was asked to speak at her baptism about the holy
ghost. it was a neat opportunity even if i was only given less than 24
hours notice. I gave her a homemade oliphant candle actually in
reference to having her light always burning bright. thanks from home.
We got some more practice in front of an audience as
we also got to teach gospel principles class sunday: signs of the
second coming. im starting to feel a little more comfortable in front of
people. teaching/leading a discussing still wind by far over speaking
though. blah.
being mormon is being happy.
love from lodi, sister oliphant
ps: pluots (plum and apricot mix) are the best! they grow in our backyard and they are good. way good.
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