The first stranger the cat trusted

13 July 2015

This week, we found a couple with a cat and the poor kitten had just gotten her long fur trimmed back because she's a long-hair cat and it's a hot summer. She looked like a little white lion. But as we were talking to the couple, the cat came up to me, her eyes HUGE and she touched her nose to my hand. The wife said that I was the first stranger the cat trusted. It made me feel good. :) That couple was interesting. They believe in all the faiths and they read all the books that are considered holy-the Torah, the Koran, the Bible. We asked them if they had a Book of Mormon. They didn't, so we gave them one. :) Now they can read that, too!

The baptism was good! There were leftover refreshments, so the missionaries got to take a good portion of it. :) chips and soda for days, man...I'll just get some guacamole, it'll be fine! :)

I'm doing good with my Spanish goal! I'm actually a little bit ahead, which is good, because life threw some curve balls at me, like Zone Conference this Friday, we'll be going to the baseball game in August-that'll be fun for the TIWIs! I was just thinking about last year, and how we didn't get home until midnight....and the TIWIs mark if you're out later than10:30....yeah, we'll need to figure that out. :)

This week, we got a document about health-related things, like how to identify ticks and chiggers and poison ivy and hives and all that good stuff-only it gives me the heebie-geebies whenever I read it. But that's OK! It helps me to know I'm healthy, and it's good information to know. :)

This next week is zone conference. Next week, we'll also have interviews with President Huntsman. We didn't do both with President Riggs in the same transfer, but since President Huntsman is new, I guess that's why we're having both in the same transfer. I dunno.

Yesterday, I decided that I need to read the institute manuals. I've never been to institute, but I think I can learn a lot from it! So, I'm excited.

This is me, Hna. Mensinger, Hna. Moleli, and Sis. Otteman at the zoo! (Hna. Otteman is the one taking the picture, smiling at the camera)

A member gave us this interesting fruit. It looks like a red urchin, cause it's got lots of spines on it, but then you peel it open, and the fruit is white, with a white, almond-shaped seed in the middle. It's really sweet, not much flavor, but it's good! I forget what the name of it is.

This is the stainless steel mural that's in the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. It's pretty cool. Artists are still trying to figure out how it was made.