The temple here was pretty busy the day that we went on the temple trip. There were 4 groups of departing missionaries (including us), and in the time we were there, there were 5 weddings (which I thought was a lot, but then I found out there was going to be 27 the next day) and it was just busy, busy, busy!
On Tuesday, we had Spanish Forum, and I learned a lot about finding joy in the mission, proselyting online, and working with members. It was funny because when president Burton spoke to us, he began by asking us what we learned today. And he approached one elder and he said, "Elder, what did you learn today? Stand up and tell us." And with one hand, grabbed him by the lapels and pulled him up on his feet. President Burton's funny. But he's great.
Wednesday was normal, then Thursday was transfers, Friday was the temple trip, Saturday was a stake missionary breakfast, where all the missionaries in the stake had breakfast with the Stake Presidency. It was good. There was food I could eat, so don't worry. :) then we had correlation right after, and that night there was the baseball game! We went to Red Robin right before with a member and she offered us a ride to the game because she was going, too! We we're so grateful because the Metro would have been packed like sardines in a can, and then it turned out that the line we would have taken home had been shut down, so that was a blessing! The Nationals won, if you were wondering. 6-1. It was a good game. We got home at 11:30 and went straight to bed.
Then church yesterday (it was so nice to have investigators at church!) and we had a nice long nap and dinner and then we went out to work.
I'm so grateful today is preparation day! It was a crazy week. Now the dust is settling and it's nice to rest a little.
I've decided I'm never going to ask a missionary how much time they have or how much time they have left because when I went to the temple with the other sister missionaries, one of them was talking about the night before when her companion told a member, "yeah, my companion has 6 weeks left." The Sister said, "I could just see the member shut me out, as if I didn't matter because I was going home soon." And I thought it was so sad! So, I've decided not to ask about a missionary's time, so they can feel better about their service and that they can feel like they actually matter.
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