Hey everyone!
So this week was super fun!
I got to go to Unur and take my companion fabric shopping! We met up with
my new member from Unur and she helped us shop. It turns out my companion
is a pro. She was super calm about fabric shopping and got her fabric in about
30 minutes. I can't explain how impressed I was, considering the hours on
end I spent almost ripping out my hair and wanting to give up. In my
defense, there were just so many options and I had no idea what I wanted.
It's an overwhelming experience for someone like me. But I guess my
companion needed no help. She just wasn't stressed at all. And her
fabric is beautiful. I'm excited to see the finished product (deel /
dress)! We also emailed from a super fun place last week. It looked
pretty futuristic. The lights were turned off and all the computers and mice
and keyboards were lit in neon. And the keyboards clicked louder than
normal. It made me want to be a professional gamer when I get
older. Ha totally kidding. Anyway...
We got to be in a companionship
of three for 24 hours! Sister Brezenski was waiting for her trainee to
arrive from the Philippines Missionary Training Center, so we got to be
together. Sister Brezenski was trying to get over a bad cold, so we went
to her house and deep cleaned while she slept. And then we walked over to
the grocery store and my companion fell in love with these Belgian waffle cone
things filled with cream. Yum. With the new groceries, we made
banana cake with cinnamon glaze. They tasted better than they
sound. They tasted so good that we left them at her house and then made
our own the next day. And then we were in a sugar coma. Oops.
The Stake Conference choir
is sounding absolutely beautiful. After about 2 hours of practice, they
went from not knowing parts at all to singing parts with the piano
accompaniment. It felt so good to be back at the piano. With
beautiful singers. I melted.
On the way to English class,
we happened upon a really fun Russian singing competition. And the one
song my Mongolian companion tried to teach me was the one song that we saw!
It was awesome! Other than that, the students were adorable, as
always. One girl spoke NO English and it reminded me of my first little
bit in Mongolia. It's not a fun feeling, but I know she'll improve with
time.
Remember that sugar
coma? Yeah. Well it all started when my companion had to get her
blood drawn for her visa. And we went to lunch afterward with Sister
Wilcox and Sister Weaver. We ate at the best bakery ever and stuffed
ourselves silly with savory donuts and cream cheese tarts and peach pies.
Heaven, I tell you. Then, we went home and taste tested the candies and
goodies in Sister Tillemann-Dick's newly arrived package. And then we
opened our fridge and it had 2 bananas that were perfect for making banana
bread. They were kinda funky smelling, so we HAD to make banana cake
RIGHT THEN. And after all that, we felt pretty sick. I couldn't
bring myself to eat anything healthy because I didn't want to eat anything
more. Oops. You'd think I would have learned by now...
Oh yeah - the elders in our
ward keep making cupcakes. I'm not complaining. They share every
time.
Our investigator family is
doing so well! They are progressing and loving what they learn.
Next time we will teach them the 10 commandments! As they progress, I
feel so blessed to be a part of their progression. It's really fun to see
people who are good turn into people who are even better. I have
experienced that so many times. The people here are all such good people
and it's so fun to see them come to have more peace in their lives as they
follow the example of Jesus Christ. It's the way to true happiness.
And I've seen that in myself and in so many others.
Love you all!
Sister Bottorff
I never dreamed that I'd be sitting next to a Beatle!
There's got to be a good reason for painting the tree...
Isn't this cool??
THIS is how to cut onions :)
I dropped my ice cream. Oh, well...
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