sister langi and i will be companions for another 6 weeks! crazy. i
would have never thought i would be with and english sister in lodi in a
regular duo-companionship for 3 straight transfers. first time ever.
everything else had a trio or an ET (emergency transfer) thrown in
there. guess i shouldnt speak too soon though.
well that means another 6 weeks that we get to spend with the
pishos family, the wilson family, gloria and jesse and maria, the sharp
family, david pierce, and lastly the amado family! its neat to be
working with so many families :]
well ive had short emails the last few weeks so here is a breif update on the last few weeks:
we sang in sacrament meeting! it was last minute, we wanted to have
extra motivation for a certain individual to come to church and well it
worked. our song was less than perfect but it was great practicing and
sister langi can harmonize so well. it was neat to be ablet o practice
with the family we stay with (their family was in town that weekend) and
had a chance to have cute little non-member granddaughter practice with
us. we sang This Is The Christ. Beautiful song. just beautiful.
After our family history training we were on a little geneology
buzz. turns out my district leader and i are 5 cousins. elder hinckley
and i are related through zadok knapp judd. small world.
we have recently been setting up loads of family home evenings.
great way to teach these great families and have a little bit of fun
too. ive had a chance to play scattergories and the famous thimball game
already. i told them the thimball game was an oliphant favorite. also
had a chance to make cupcakes when we contributed the treats :]
i may or may not have bought wedding shoes :] ( thas a big sheepish
grin) I COULDNT HELP IT! they were screaming sister oliphant and they
were $7. hehehe but seriously theyre super cute. and im dying to wear
them.
we are teaching a 97 year old woman. she is a trooper. maybe she will set a record for the oldest person baptized.
we get to head up the temple today!!! (why im emailing so early)
stoked to go, its been too long. and stoked to see the new temple video
:] we are riding up with sister jackson and alexander which is a extra
treat.
pictures:
bonnie pishos. the great woman ever. we went on a temple tour with
the pishos family this saturday. bonnie is a recent convert of just a
few months and is as bold as lightening. she was the one who said having
the restored gospel is like living in a fairytale. she mothers us much
and takes care. we are working on getting her husband tommy into those
baptism waters too ;] theyre feeding us dinner including their famous
fried egg plant tonight!
our district this transfer. the tall skinny one is elder hinckley, my 5th cousin.
and this is the planner i just retired this transfer. its one of my
favorites. shout out to sister wilson who will be getting married
monday. miss that woman bunches. but so happy for her that she has found
the love of her life and is getting hitched ;]
LOVE FROM LODI
sister oliphant
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