Mini MTC

23 Feb 2015

Alexandria has some historical sites. I'm thinking about talking to Hna. Atkinson and maybe for the next few preparation days go to the wildlife reserve and whatever else might be around.\

Transfers were good. Hna. Atkinson is very similar to me, but it's ok. We're going to overcome weaknesses together! We have the same weaknesses, very similar strengths, she's a quarter Japanese, so I'm going to help her learn Japanese after her mission so she can do family history work, she loves rice, just like me. We're both quiet, thinkers, introverts....It's like I have come face-to-face with myself. But it's good. we're going to learn lots of things together. :)

We got a snowstorm here. :) Saturday we went to an activity at the church and then we received a text saying, "Don't drive or bike. Walking is best." We said, "Well, we're already here, we'll just finish this activity and then take the car home." We finished up the activity, took our sweet time driving home, and then spent some time in the apartment cooking and eating dinner. Then we had an appointment at 6, so we left the house at around 5:30, walking. We stepped outside and there was the strangest sound I'd ever heard--it was like fine gravel dropping on a glass floor. I mentioned it to Hna. Atkinson and she said, "It's ice. The precipitation falling from the sky is falling so fast, it's rain, and then it freezes once it hits the ground." So, we took umbrellas in the freezing rain storm. It really wasn't that bad. Just cold. We really didn't get wet at all, although Hna. Atkinson kept putting on and taking off her coat because she was hot and cold and hot and cold. But it was a good night. Only fell once. :) And we made it home safe and sound.

Saturday, the activity we had in the early afternoon was a mini MTC for all the youth in the stake. The part that we played was that we pretended to be investigators and the youth taught us about the Restoration. We were going to take out the priests and laurels to our appointments, but then we couldn't drive, so we did a practice-teach and a mock district meeting. It was fun. It's so exciting to see all these 200 or so youth preparing to serve missions.

Today, we get to clean out the closet of extras!

This is the mountain of clothes and boots and shoes and sheets and hangers and the odd couple of suitcases that we have in our closet. See, the area we're in used to be a sister-training-leader area and at least 4 missionaries have ended their service here. When a missionary finishes his/her mission, they leave stuff behind. And if they don't leave it in the apartment, they give it to their leaders, like sister-training-leaders. A little bit of stuff is ok. Other missionaries might use it, but not this much. We're taking all the things we don't want to GoodwillI've picked out a few things I'll keep, but a lot if it is too small for either me or Hna. Atkinson, so we're getting rid of it.

And speaking of getting rid of things, we're getting rid of the I-pads that we have and we're getting new ones! We were a pilot mission for the I-pads, and now we've become a test mission. So, we're switching I-Pads! Clean slates! New Starts! and all that other good stuff.

Another good thing is that a mom is letting her kids be baptized! We're so excited! We just need to teach them a few things and then they can be baptized sometime in March. We have to talk to the mom about it.