It's that time of year again...CHRISTMAS!
This
whole past week has been full of Christmas cheer. I feel like
missionary time is back to normal--flying by! This week happened in a
blink of an eye, I swear...maybe it's because I've been sick. Yes,
Tuesday evening I started getting a sore throat. Wednesday morning I
woke up with a terrible sore throat I wanted to die.
Well,
Tuesday morning Sister Hobbs called us & asked if we would sing
"While Shepherds watched their flocks by night" at the desert Christmas
devotional the next day. So when I woke up Wednesday sick I was worried I
wouldn't be able to sing. But I just figured I'd save my voice & give it my all when it was our time. It worked out pretty well.
Wednesday
night we were supposed to exchange with the Ranchos sisters. I still
wasn't feeling well so after dinner we went home to rest before
exchanges. I got up at 8pm
& wasn't feeling well at all, so we cancelled the exchange &
said we'll see how I'm feeling in the morning & maybe exchange
then.
Woke
up Thursday morning with a slight sore throat, but mostly I was just
congested, but I felt good enough to go on exchanges. So I went to the
Ranchos area with Sister Stallings, who came out 1 transfer after me. It
was a pretty good day besides the fact I was incredibly congested &
whenever I talked I sounded like I was wearing nose plugs or something.
We
ended up exchanging back a little early so we could have dinner then go
to institute. It was the last institute class of the semester & a
really good one at that. It was interesting because one thing that
President Gibbons (the institute teacher) talked about was exactly what
my email last week consisted of: the importance of feeling the spirit
every day of our lives.
Friday
we weekly planned & took a lunch break to eat with the Silver Lakes
& Mesa Linda sisters in Victorville, just a little sister bonding
time :) Friday night
we went on exchanges with the spanish sisters in La Paz! I got to go to
their area & learn spanish ;) I was with Hermana Ivey, who is
definitely one of my favorite missionaries ever. We've actually served
around each other a long time. Let's go back to April in Phelan. Hermana
Ivey was in my zone for about 4 weeks. Left for a couple transfers then
came back to the VVB zone. I never knew her much at all, but always
wanted to get to know here better, so going on exchanges was great! We
got to visit lots of people & I heard lots of spanish, but most of
them spoke some english as well.
The
best day of the week I'd have to say though was yesterday, Sunday, aka
my first Sunday at the Mojave Narrows ward. THIS WARD IS AMAZING. It was
the Christmas program & we were lucky enough to be part of that.
Sister Wood & I sang "Away in a Manger". Everyone was sooo kind
& told us how great we sounded. The YW Pres, Sister Bell, asked us to
come into YW & sing, the RS Pres asked us to sing at the end of RS,
Sister Curry asked us if we could come to her home sometime before
Christmas to sing so she could record us & add it to her playlist,
& during church Landon Ebmeyer (who is in our YSA ward & his dad
is the Apple Valley Stake President) texted us & said his dad wants
us to come sing for his family after church. After church we went to
the Ebmeyer's & turns out there was about 30 people there. They were
having their annual Christmas family party. President Ebmeyer said
"Last Sunday I had the privilege of being in the YSA ward & these
two sisters sang & I swear the angels themselves stopped to listen. I
came home to tell my wife about it. My sons Landon & Dallon both
came home & were telling their mom about their song. & Tory (his
nephew) went home & told his mom about them." So pretty much he was
hyping us up SOOO much which made us pretty nervous haha.
ANNELISE
HELPED YOU MAKE PUMPKIN BREAD?!? that is just tooooo cute! did you get
any pictures?!?! I'll tell you what it means to be an STL when we skype,
so remind me! haha
LOVE YOU SO MUCH SEE YOU ON CHRISTMAS!!
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