Crazy about christie, her cousin paige who emails me sometimes actually let me know she turned in her papers but good to know where she is going, that should be a pretty awesome mission, italian is a cool language.
even more surprising that beebee is changing high schools. if thats what needs to happen and thats whats best then that is awesome you were given that option. it took me a long time (like until senior year) until i finally figured out who i really wanted my friends to be and who i wanted to hang out with, whats funny is that the best friends i wanted were the ones i always ate lunch with and stuff, i just never really wanted to hang out with them much outside of that until senior year. so i'm glad beebee gets what she needs and still gets a legit high school education.
in response to the Heaven story, thats why you either live where it doesn't get cold or you go to canada so you get used to the cold so you don't need that stuff any more!
Questions:
what week are you in for transfers?
i think 3, let me check... yes week 3.
How has the cold been this week? wish you had anything that you don't?
really not bad at all. that coat, although it makes me like a marshmallow man (big and puffy) when i put it on, it doesnt let any cold in at all. so that is a pretty awesome jacket. Also, in like november a member (sister peterson, the missionary mom of cobourg) bought us some nice thick, warm socks to wear when it got cold. so those have been great. so really there is nothing i really need. also i have plenty more to put on when it gets colder, so i am all good.
funny story- we had a zone council (zone training, meeting with just the zone) this week and president and sister clayton came to it and before they left they mentioned that we all need warm winter coats, they were worried for us, all that good stuff. then they mentioned that they looked at the coats hanging up in the other room and there was one that was very thin and just wouldnt work well here. whats funny was that this was my coat (a different one) which actually is very thin but that was all i needed because i was already in a warm suit jacket and i was going home to change right after the meeting. I assured president and sister clayton that i had already been supplied a much bigger and thicker coat. hmmm not that funny in writing, thats ok.
Any freezing rain this week? Any weather that you had to be warned about?
yes, early in the week but it wasnt much so really not a big deal :) nothing really to be warned about except we did get another text from the claytons to the mission telling us that it is going to cool down now and we needed a coat, they said the mission could get someone a coat if they had no means of supplying their own, nice, not needed by me. also yesterday we went up in the boonies of our area, roseneath, and the old people that lived up there said it was really windy and to be careful as we went up there, we did, all is well.
Was the attendance at church better than last week?
better, still not too great though, working on it. the ward made the ward mission plan this week and they asked each family to chose 1 person this year to "rescue" (less active member or nonmember) and bishop has asked us to follow up with families on that and see how we can help, so thats sweet.
Any dinner appts coming up this week?
yes! every day but today and tomorrow.
I can't remember, do you take your shoes off at the doors of the homes you go in to?
every time. it is weird now when people tell us to leave our shoes on. it is always a little funny when i notice in those "the district" videos that their shoes are on and i think its weird.
Find any new investigators last week?
yes! a family! going by a former, they moved away but the new people invited us in. a family! mom, dad, 2 young kids. they are cool, nice people. the dad doesnt believe in god really but is nice about it, the wife got in a car crash when she was younger and her friend died (sad) and she broke her neck, but she healed completely and is totally fine now, she believes God helped her :) she told us "instant cross tatoo'd on the back of my neck for that one." well, at least its religious.
Any interesting stories?
that one about those 2 is the coolest one. hmmm... interesting story. last week we had dinner at the relief society president's home. she asked us to go by her son and his new nonmember wife at their home, not exactly to teach a lesson, more just to get to know them and so they can know who we are. He hasnt been able to come to church because he can hardly sleep because of a crazy health condition. apparently this son, when he was on his mission, he was in a nasty appartment and his eyes started turning red and started forming a bad rash under his eyes (very similar to mine) they sent him to the doctors and the doctor prescribed him some topical steroid. it worked, every time he stopped using it, the rash would come back. he kept using it for the course of his mission, then a year after he came back. eventually he recognized there probably was some problem. apparently now his body developed a need for that topical steroid and now to get off of it he basically has to just deal with an awful, itchy, painful rash for months. tough.
alright that feels like way too little but i cant think of much else, sorry.
i love you!
Quinn
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