Tips and Tricks

This week is going to be a little short, I'm trying to switch off to writing more personal emails.

So here are a couple tips and tricks that I'm starting to understand.

1. How to keep a dry towel from molding.

     - You don't. Anybody have a better answer than that? If you do be sure to email me

2. How to tell someone about the weather

     - In the United States we generally talk about weather in reference to clothing "oh its shorts weather" or "oh its sweatshirt weather." Here I'm realizing is more accurate with food. "oh if you left food in your car be prepared for fried eggs", "You can leave that in there it’s like a refrigerator out there." Or "Beware of Popsicle." There isn't really any middle ground here...It's hot or its cold...And right now its cold, getting down to FOUR DEGREES! (don't worry that's just Celsius, I have no clue what it is in Fahrenheit but its pretty cold) I'm including a picture of Sister Munive and I.

3. How to know what language someone speaks

     - Begin with (Allo!) which is pretty universal. For English speakers it just sounds like someone speaking English with an accent. For French speakers it sounds like English speakers trying to speak French, and for Spanish...honestly I have no clue...

4. Tim Hortons

    - Still haven't eaten there, but it is a huge part of Canada. You see them more often then Mickey D's here

5. Bike rides

    - You really get to appreciate them here. We live right next to a river so we got some pretty epic pictures, such as this lovely one.

A little spiritual summary of the week

LUNA IS GETTING BAPTISED! We committed her to a baptismal date! Whoo sorry had to get that out there, my greeniness is tingling inside (greenie: a new missionary, which I am.) She will be baptized in the upcoming weeks and I will probably be singing at her baptism. The members of the ward have discovered that I'm fairly good at singing. On many occasions my vocal training has blessed me immensely. Even more so, God has blessed me immensely. Just yesterday we were sitting in the chapel waiting for Sacrament meeting to start when the Mission Ward Leader comes up and asks me to sing "I like to look for Rainbows" in three hours at his grandchild’s baptism... I found myself smiling and nodding. Surprisingly I was not nervous until about three seconds after he left I realized that I wouldn't be singing "I like to look for Rainbows" I would be singing "Le Jour de mon Bapteme" because it is in French...As a solo... I quickly memorized as much as I could before the baptism and then performed it. I'm not sure how good it was technique-wise but I feel like I was able to touch people’s hearts, which is all that counts as a missionary.

Well that’s all the time for today! Je t'aime beaucoup!

Soeur Cummings