So many nerdy things happened this week that it wouldn't be
worth my time to try to type them all out. Just know that both Sister Jelderks'
and my inner nerd came out this week on several occasions.
We got transfer calls on Saturday. We're both staying. Yay!
Both of us would have been very surprised if one of us were transferred. But a
set of sisters is coming in to cover the YSA and we're sharing the apartment
with them. So that will be interesting.
On Friday we had a lesson with someone we're teaching. She's
super excited to be baptized, but told us that she isn't actually married to
the man that she calls her husband and has a child with. So we told her that to
be baptized she needs to change that. She told us that she really wants to be
married and that she would talk to him that night. Well her boyfriend came home
that night with flowers and a ring and proposed to her. I really think Heavenly
Father has a sense of humor because the timing for that was perfect.
On Thursday night Sister Jelderks wanted to feel like a
"real" missionary, so we biked to an appointment. It was only about 2
miles away and was a fairly nice day, so we didn't think anything could go
wrong. On the way there though the chain on my bike slipped off and made me
skid to a stop and Sister Jelderks almost crashed into me. We also didn't think
though who we were going to visit. We were visiting a couple of old men who can
talk for hours. So we biked back in the dark and the temperature had dropped as
soon as the sun went down. It was about 28 degrees and we were not dressed for
it. It was quite painful but overall it was a learning and growing experience.
God is good!
Sister Slade
pictures:
1. Us dusting bookshelves at the library
2. I found a little bow to put on my name tag
3-4 We made some sock monkeys for the office missionaries
and some of them sent pictures with theirs back.
5. On exchanges we did service at the Restore and they had
us put up christmas trees. One of them was 9 feet tall, 4 feet wide at the base
and just beautiful in general so we had to take a picture with it.
6. Us at service at the farms
7-8. At gift wrapping for the animal shelter we found a
dancing Jesus bobble head. I was really tempted to get it, but as corinthians
10:13 says, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may
be able to bear it."
9. I won a tic tac toe tournament at district council
10. We got a new vacuum because ours didn't suck and this is
after one run through the apartment
11. I got this email last week. TOO SOON. NOT OKAY.
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