Well. Here I am emailing on a not preparation day. I swear I'm not wicked (for that reason anyway). We've been a bit limited because of crazy weather.
I got transferred to Franklin, Indiana. It's about 45 minutes north east of Bloomington. I moved in Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday we woke up with 2-3 inches of snow. On Saturday afternoon, we got notice that church would be cancelled the next day because we were supposed to get a foot of snow over night. On Sunday we woke up with no more snow on the ground than there had been before. Buuut we were counseled to stay inside: if it's bad enough to cancel church, we probably shouldn't be out and about. And then the snow started. It was super wet snow, but maybe only like 6 inches. Yet the streets and sidewalks were covered in slush. And then it froze.
Monday, nobody was allowed to drive--if you did you'd get a ticket. Tuesday, we were only allowed to go out if we had set appointments (or else we were supposed to stay inside). And today we're free to go about our Father's business :D hooray!
Driving has been a party. I only slid through 1 red light yesterday, and like 2 stop signs. So fun!
I got transferred to Franklin, Indiana. It's about 45 minutes north east of Bloomington. I moved in Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday we woke up with 2-3 inches of snow. On Saturday afternoon, we got notice that church would be cancelled the next day because we were supposed to get a foot of snow over night. On Sunday we woke up with no more snow on the ground than there had been before. Buuut we were counseled to stay inside: if it's bad enough to cancel church, we probably shouldn't be out and about. And then the snow started. It was super wet snow, but maybe only like 6 inches. Yet the streets and sidewalks were covered in slush. And then it froze.
Monday, nobody was allowed to drive--if you did you'd get a ticket. Tuesday, we were only allowed to go out if we had set appointments (or else we were supposed to stay inside). And today we're free to go about our Father's business :D hooray!
Driving has been a party. I only slid through 1 red light yesterday, and like 2 stop signs. So fun!
So Franklin is a small town and we also cover Ninevah and Trafalgar. Works been a bit rough so far because 1) we had to stay in a couple days and 2) all of our appointments with investigators have fallen through since I've been here. But that's okay. We're just supposed to find other people who will want to activate the Atonement in their lives. Aaaand learn overrated qualities like patience and diligence ;)
I do miss Bloomington. We had some really great lessons the day before I left. We got to see J. We don't set appointments with him, but usually show up on Friday or Saturday. We'd seen him Saturday, so we knew he probably wouldn't be expecting us on Tuesday. When we got their he said, "I knew you'd be here" So classy me said, "I won't apologize for coming over unannounced, then" He talked about how he'd been praying about truth and the Holy Ghost and felt he should read Moroni 10, and the spirit told him we'd be coming over. So we talked about things like we normally do. He mentioned again about how close we was to being baptized. "I'd even arranged for Seth to baptize me." He mentioned all the times he'd really felt the spirit at church, particularly all the poignant moments of learning and realization the last time he'd come. So we asked why he'd stopped. He equated it to Peter walking on water, but falling when he got scared. And so we wait.
And then R is doing awesome. She'd agreed to live the Word of Wisdom, and her main concern was what to do with the starbucks in her freezer 'cause she didn't want to waste it. What an all-star!
My new companion is Sister Blacker. We are both new to Sister Training Leaderhood. And we actually came out together. We sat (and slept) next to each other on the plane. But we don't really know what we're doing. Sister Training Leaders are kinda like zone leaders. We look after the sisters in our zone and in the neighboring zone. We go on exchanges with the sisters we watch over, help train at zone trainings and are part of the mission leadership counsel. Kinda fun stuff. Elder Perkins of the Seventy is coming this Saturday, so the mission leadership is invited to learn from him. That'll be cool too.
That's all for today, 'cause I gotta get back to work. Hope things are warmer wherever you are!
Much love,
I do miss Bloomington. We had some really great lessons the day before I left. We got to see J. We don't set appointments with him, but usually show up on Friday or Saturday. We'd seen him Saturday, so we knew he probably wouldn't be expecting us on Tuesday. When we got their he said, "I knew you'd be here" So classy me said, "I won't apologize for coming over unannounced, then" He talked about how he'd been praying about truth and the Holy Ghost and felt he should read Moroni 10, and the spirit told him we'd be coming over. So we talked about things like we normally do. He mentioned again about how close we was to being baptized. "I'd even arranged for Seth to baptize me." He mentioned all the times he'd really felt the spirit at church, particularly all the poignant moments of learning and realization the last time he'd come. So we asked why he'd stopped. He equated it to Peter walking on water, but falling when he got scared. And so we wait.
And then R is doing awesome. She'd agreed to live the Word of Wisdom, and her main concern was what to do with the starbucks in her freezer 'cause she didn't want to waste it. What an all-star!
My new companion is Sister Blacker. We are both new to Sister Training Leaderhood. And we actually came out together. We sat (and slept) next to each other on the plane. But we don't really know what we're doing. Sister Training Leaders are kinda like zone leaders. We look after the sisters in our zone and in the neighboring zone. We go on exchanges with the sisters we watch over, help train at zone trainings and are part of the mission leadership counsel. Kinda fun stuff. Elder Perkins of the Seventy is coming this Saturday, so the mission leadership is invited to learn from him. That'll be cool too.
That's all for today, 'cause I gotta get back to work. Hope things are warmer wherever you are!
Much love,
Sister Bowen
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