Life's lessons

Jan 26 2015

We're expecting 5 inches of snow tomorrow. That'll probably mean we won't be driving much. President Riggs asks us not to drive on the icy roads because it's dangerous, but if we have appointments or meetings, then we can drive. The first time he sent out such a text, I was very prideful. "I can drive in the snow, I'm an Idahoan" and all that. But I realized "to obey is better than to sacrifice." So, I worked on my attitude to be, "OK, if he says no, then we won't go." But if we need to, I can do it! :)

And speaking of cars...we got towed this last weekend....8:50 at night, we're just about to go home, when we come out of the lesson we were in and the car was gone! We called the number, it was there alright, and our investigator's husband gave us a ride, with her in the car, because we can't be in the car with just a man. So we get there, (It takes about half a hour) sign some papers, pay the $185, get our car out, it's fine, and we drive home (another half an hour.) We were NOT happy. But! Now I'm really grateful for kind people and we are now more conscious about where we park! Life's lessons, right? And it all turned out good in the end, so we can't complain too loudly.

The temple was wonderful! The member who took us thanked us because she said she would have never gone if we hadn't had asked her. She was a good sport too, going to an English session, even though she doesn't speak it very well. She spoke in Spanish at the veil, so it worked out for her.

Yesterday, we helped with little children while their parents were in a primary meeting. We watched animated videos about Joseph Smith and Christ comes to the Americas. It was an interesting experience, but a good one, too.

We're going to go do some serious work in our teaching pool this week. Particularly in regards to former investigators. Because, with Hispanics, they move. A lot. And then they change their phone numbers, and then there's no way to contact them anymore, which means their teaching records pile up, which just creates a big mess. So, we're going to go through all the formers and if we can't find them or contact them, we're deleting them! :) Rather, we're deleting their teaching records. It's just the same as though we were shredding their records, which is what we'd do if we had their paper records (which we still do for a lot of them, now that I say that). It'll help us get new people and clean out our teaching pool. It'll be a lot of work, but it'll be good.

Life rolls on in the mission.