My dearest people of the family sort…
Today I found out, as did every one else, what all is going to happen next transfer, which starts on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, sister Dröge and I didn’t get to stay together, like we hoped. But I’m not going outbound yet. I’m going to be with a sister who has been outbound for the last 3 transfers and helping her get readjusted to all the multitudes of changes that have been going on in our lovely mission. Her name is Sister Tew. I don’t remember where she went on her outbound, but I’ll know that by next p-day, which will either be Thursday or Friday. I’m in Cover Zone, which means that I get to cover anything… well almost anything. My district covers Family Search, which is cool. I get to be in Family Search at least once a week, probably more than that!
Ooohhh my goodness, things are changing a lot, which I think is pretty cool. This coming transfer, there will be very few assignments that we HAVE to be at, so it will be a lot like a regular mission, where we’re able to plan most of our day, then go and do what we planned. This will take a lot more diligence on our part, and more planning, but I think it will work out for the better.
I am going to miss German tours though.
Oh, and I’m living in the same apartment as the Assistants to the President. It’s pretty interesting. It’s a good thing that I get along with them, eh? Sister Dröge and I will be moving the majority of our stuff today so we don’t have to worry about it later.
*deep breath*
Outbound calls and transfer conference was a bit crazy, but fun, this morning. Sister Cox is going outbound, (to Colorado, I think. Mom, where do our cousins in Colorado live?) and sister Salazar is going home. She’s finished her 18 months. It’s so crazy.
Sister Dröge and I have decided (so long as the Lord agrees) that she’s going to “Kill” me. Meaning that she’ll be my companion my last transfer, especially since we’re not able to be companions this coming transfer. She’ll be companions with sister Brunsvik who was in my district my third transfer. Pretty neat.
Thank you every one who’s written me, and all that other fun stuff. I’m thankful for all the support you all give me, and really appreciate it.
Any way, love you all VERY much! Be happy n all, and I’ll be writing you again either Thursday or Friday!
Loves!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Stuff n' Stuff
So, Family, How is everything going this week?
Good?
Wonderful!
I find out, a week from today, where I’m going, who I’m going with, and so on and so forth. I don’t want this Transfer to end! Both Sister Dröge and I are praying that we get to stay companions, but… we’ll see how it goes. I may go outbound, I may not. We shall see.
Since today is our second to last p-day, we’re having a zone activity and going Bowling. Sister Shugart, Dröge and Fellmann and I are all going to gateway after words and getting ice cream to celebrate our times together. It’ll be fun. I’ll be the only American in the group! Canada, Germany, and Switzerland/England/France. Fun, no?
Anyway… this week was good, kind of merged into the other week.On Wednesday we had 5 German tours. I think we both had an overdose of German. The first 3 were fine, then we contacted a German motor coach and after that we both had headaches, but it worked out. The first family that we gave a tour to that day referred. We were soooo excited because that was the first German family that had ever wanted to learn more, aside from what we told them, enough to fill out the card.A little later in the week, we had a tour with a husband and wife, the wife wanted to learn more, but the husband didn’t want to. We’re praying for her and really hope that she gets more information.
I’m sure something funny happened this week, but I just can’t remember a specific thing.
We did go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication. That was really good. We went to the last session and got to hear President Monson talk on a somewhat less formal level than he normally does with conference. He talked about how he met M. Russell Ballard, and a lot of stories, one where he was visiting the people in East Germany before the wall went down, and they really wanted a temple, one family had at least 12 pictures of temples in their front room. When a request was put in to the government to build a temple, the government replied, “We’ve watched you all these years, and we trust you. Permission is granted for everything you’ve requested.” It was made even more special because my companion is from Germany, even if she is from the West side rather than the East.He also really emphasized making sure we have room for Christ. He said we have rooms for Eating, rooms for sleeping, rooms for entertainment, but do we have room for Christ? Even though I’m on my mission, it still hit home, because sometimes we get so busy with things here that we forget to really focus on the important things, even though most of what we’re doing is important.
So, are you all going to take a picture when you come for Jared’s baptism? And are you going to send said picture to a certain someone? :D
Any ways, much love to you all!
Be happy and all that!
L
O
V
E!
~sister of the Sarah sort
Good?
Wonderful!
I find out, a week from today, where I’m going, who I’m going with, and so on and so forth. I don’t want this Transfer to end! Both Sister Dröge and I are praying that we get to stay companions, but… we’ll see how it goes. I may go outbound, I may not. We shall see.
Since today is our second to last p-day, we’re having a zone activity and going Bowling. Sister Shugart, Dröge and Fellmann and I are all going to gateway after words and getting ice cream to celebrate our times together. It’ll be fun. I’ll be the only American in the group! Canada, Germany, and Switzerland/England/France. Fun, no?
Anyway… this week was good, kind of merged into the other week.On Wednesday we had 5 German tours. I think we both had an overdose of German. The first 3 were fine, then we contacted a German motor coach and after that we both had headaches, but it worked out. The first family that we gave a tour to that day referred. We were soooo excited because that was the first German family that had ever wanted to learn more, aside from what we told them, enough to fill out the card.A little later in the week, we had a tour with a husband and wife, the wife wanted to learn more, but the husband didn’t want to. We’re praying for her and really hope that she gets more information.
I’m sure something funny happened this week, but I just can’t remember a specific thing.
We did go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication. That was really good. We went to the last session and got to hear President Monson talk on a somewhat less formal level than he normally does with conference. He talked about how he met M. Russell Ballard, and a lot of stories, one where he was visiting the people in East Germany before the wall went down, and they really wanted a temple, one family had at least 12 pictures of temples in their front room. When a request was put in to the government to build a temple, the government replied, “We’ve watched you all these years, and we trust you. Permission is granted for everything you’ve requested.” It was made even more special because my companion is from Germany, even if she is from the West side rather than the East.He also really emphasized making sure we have room for Christ. He said we have rooms for Eating, rooms for sleeping, rooms for entertainment, but do we have room for Christ? Even though I’m on my mission, it still hit home, because sometimes we get so busy with things here that we forget to really focus on the important things, even though most of what we’re doing is important.
So, are you all going to take a picture when you come for Jared’s baptism? And are you going to send said picture to a certain someone? :D
Any ways, much love to you all!
Be happy and all that!
L
O
V
E!
~sister of the Sarah sort
Monday, August 17, 2009
August 17, 2009
I’m very glad that we write our president’s letters before we have p-day now (for my zone any way) because I had to go back over the things that happened so I could write it in that letter before I wrote it here. A lot of things happened, but some of them I already told you about since they happened last Monday before I came to do emails.
So ever since sister Droege(Dröge, the dots above the ‘o’ replace the e that would be there…) passed off German, we’ve taken at least one German tour a day. I’ve loved it! One day we prayed to have three, and though we only had two official ones, we talked to a bunch of people who spoke German to make up for it.
On Wednesday I think it was, we had a motor coach that we were supposed to be contacting for, but they called and said that they would be late, so we contacted around the tabernacle (the motor coaches all pull up at the West Gate behind the Tabernacle) and on occasion I like asking other sister missionaries if they have someone we can call to invite them to learn more about the gospel, and the sister from Sweden, sister Hollesen, said that she did have someone. This someone was basically her best friend, but I have to make sure and call at a certain time so I don’t wake her up, etc, since the time difference is so big. I called once, and it went, I think, right to voice mail, but since it was in Swedish, I couldn’t tell… But that was rather cool.
We get to contact for a lot of Mandarin motor coaches, one day we had three. Just imagine trying to get 20-60 people, who want to take lots of pictures, to follow the sister who’s giving the tour in their language, without speaking their language… it’s interesting. I feel like I’m on a big deaf tour and I have to wave my arms around a lot. It’s a lot of fun. One of the sisters who I’ve helped before with the Mandarin motor coaches gave me a card to use as an example to show how to fill it out, so that even though I don’t speak their language, I’m able to help them get more information by indicating what they may be missing. Three people, so far, have been able to get more information by me looking at their cards, then pointing at the information they’re missing, like a phone number, and them filling it in.
My second companion, sister Salazar, is going home in a couple of weeks. It’s kind of sad to see her go, but I’m glad that I was able to be her companion.
So… I think I’m out of things to say… does any one have any questions about anything I’ve written for the past 6 months?... Can any one believe that I’ve been gone for that long?
And Carolyn mentioned in her email that David and Melissa are having twins! My goodness!
That’s exciting!! Do you know if they’re both boys, both girls, or one of each?
And Belated Happy Birthday to Jared! Happy 8th!
And Happy Birthday to Becky! :D I’m excited for you and all the stuffs
And Happy Birthday to Dad early, just in case ;)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
So ever since sister Droege(Dröge, the dots above the ‘o’ replace the e that would be there…) passed off German, we’ve taken at least one German tour a day. I’ve loved it! One day we prayed to have three, and though we only had two official ones, we talked to a bunch of people who spoke German to make up for it.
On Wednesday I think it was, we had a motor coach that we were supposed to be contacting for, but they called and said that they would be late, so we contacted around the tabernacle (the motor coaches all pull up at the West Gate behind the Tabernacle) and on occasion I like asking other sister missionaries if they have someone we can call to invite them to learn more about the gospel, and the sister from Sweden, sister Hollesen, said that she did have someone. This someone was basically her best friend, but I have to make sure and call at a certain time so I don’t wake her up, etc, since the time difference is so big. I called once, and it went, I think, right to voice mail, but since it was in Swedish, I couldn’t tell… But that was rather cool.
We get to contact for a lot of Mandarin motor coaches, one day we had three. Just imagine trying to get 20-60 people, who want to take lots of pictures, to follow the sister who’s giving the tour in their language, without speaking their language… it’s interesting. I feel like I’m on a big deaf tour and I have to wave my arms around a lot. It’s a lot of fun. One of the sisters who I’ve helped before with the Mandarin motor coaches gave me a card to use as an example to show how to fill it out, so that even though I don’t speak their language, I’m able to help them get more information by indicating what they may be missing. Three people, so far, have been able to get more information by me looking at their cards, then pointing at the information they’re missing, like a phone number, and them filling it in.
My second companion, sister Salazar, is going home in a couple of weeks. It’s kind of sad to see her go, but I’m glad that I was able to be her companion.
So… I think I’m out of things to say… does any one have any questions about anything I’ve written for the past 6 months?... Can any one believe that I’ve been gone for that long?
And Carolyn mentioned in her email that David and Melissa are having twins! My goodness!
That’s exciting!! Do you know if they’re both boys, both girls, or one of each?
And Belated Happy Birthday to Jared! Happy 8th!
And Happy Birthday to Becky! :D I’m excited for you and all the stuffs
And Happy Birthday to Dad early, just in case ;)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
August 10, 2009
My companion is typing away, and has been while I read your emails. Usually I print them out then read them later when I have more time through the day, but since we’re not tooo strict on a time limit because we’re not driving any where and so don’t have to worry about making other sisters late, we’re kind of taking our time, meaning that we actually ate lunch, and did a few things before coming and doing emails. One of the things we did was go to the top of the Church Office Building (COB) and took pictures. It’s kind of weird to be able to look at my whole mission from the top of a building, all but the Beehive house which was behind us. I think we could even see Welfare Square and the Humanitarian Center, which are both parts of our mission.
So this week… um… I’m very glad we have planners, otherwise I’d forget half of what I want to type at you all, if not more than half.
I’ve been working harder on eating healthily. I don’t know if I’ve really mentioned that I’ve been working on that much, but it’s been something that I’ve been doing for the past month and a half. In that time I’ve gotten rid of about 12-15 lbs, and my companions have been very supportive. I’ve noticed, now that I have very little sugar in my diet, that when I eat sugar, like a small piece of cake, that I get a mild headache, so that has been helping me not eat sugar in large doses. Graham crackers are some of my best friends, because they taste sweet but have very little sugar compared to a lot of things.
I had my first ASL tour this transfer on Wednesday, with two people who didn’t really need it, but since they had requested the tour the day before or earlier, I gave it to them. It was fine, but directly after, sister Droege and I contacted a motor coach(huge tour).I also am starting to fill in my responsibility as the American Sign Language coordinator by talking to one of the new sisters who wants to pass off Sign Language. It will be interesting, but good.
I’m continuing to learn German, and have used it, especially on Friday when I was on exchanges because sister Dröge needed to pass off English so she could pass off German, so I welcomed some people from Germany using German and mentioned where I was from, and they said something in German that I didn’t understand until I heard Sacramento or something like that and realized they were talking about visiting California. It was pretty neat. But I still have a LONG way to go. >.>
Also on Friday we had our Zone Conference, which was excellent, we had two gentlemen who are in charge of Visitors Centers all over come and talk to us about things we can do to be better missionaries here, which was mainly by not being rote and following the spirit, plus making it personally applied to them. Meaning not being Tour Guides as some of the guests call us. We don’t say the same thing over and over again because every one is different, so we need to apply it to them personally as much as possible.
We also got to see a video that’s going to be/is in buses when people come to see temple square in big groups, and from the air port so they have an idea of what they’re getting into when they arrive so they can go and find a sister missionary when they arrive if they’re not already going to take a tour. It’s going to be a lot of fun. :D I’m kind of happy that I’ll be staying another summer, just because I’ll be able to see a portion of the effects that this video will have on how guests interact with us, and so on. You all probably won’t be able to see it just now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were on youtube in a few months…
On Sunday I got to announce ASL for the first time. Meaning that after Music and the Spoken word, we go out side of the Conference Center and speak (sign) a message saying that we have tours that they can have here on temple square in about 15 different languages at that time. So basically the English sister says, “Good morning!” and every one (meaning the other sisters) responds, “Good morning!” and she continues, “Welcome to Temple Square, we’d like to invite you to join one of our complementary tours which explains the Grounds history and Basic Beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. Please meet your Missionary Guide after the presentation.” And I’d translate it into Sign. My last Companion, sister Cox was the one announcing in English and it was her first time too, and she was a bit nervous, so she changed it a time or two, but it’s all good.
Today we went to the temple and a thought came to mind that all the big things in life are just a bunch of little things put together. Little things make big things, so don’t let the little things that don’t matter get in the way of the little things that do matter, because if one takes over the other, then it becomes a big bad thing.
And if that doesn’t make sense… it’s okay, that’s just how my mind works sometimes :P.
Sister Droege can usually understand me when I’m joking, or when I say something in a funny way, because she has a similar sense of humor/way of speaking, which is nice, so even when we can’t communicate as well just speaking, we can normally get our point across with the tone or what naught.
Right after the temple we had to go to a Safety Training meeting, where a woman, Tracy, came and talked to us about being mindful about our surroundings, not being naïve, try to be/look confident and listen to the spirit. Basically if we feel uncomfortable, that’s when we take action, not after words. After words it’s too late. And when we listen to the spirit, we need to remember that the spirit gives Guidance, not explanation in the majority of the time.
So just as soon as we got out of the meeting, we had a tour with three gentlemen. One of them, both sister Dröge and I didn’t feel comfortable about, so we mentioned it to the elder there and the security guy there, and had someone shadow us. Two sisters kept an eye on him and helped us in our first stop when he kept on interrupting us. He wasn’t malicious as near as I could tell, just couldn’t control himself from saying what was on his mind in the moment it was exactly on his mind. He said we were both good girls before the tour started, and during the tour he interrupted a time or two, mostly talking to sister Dröge, saying, “It’s okay, you can just say what you want to say.” Etc. It was a bit weird, but we did our best to give the information and keep the spirit there, and be polite to the man. We started on to our next stop, and normally we would intermingle with the people, but because we were both feeling a bit uncomfortable, we stuck together. When we got to our second stop, the Tabernacle, we went one way, and he didn’t follow, so the sisters that were following us went to him and made sure everything would be alright (apparently when the organist started playing, he bolted towards the organ, and one of the sisters went after him.) then had the security guys help him out.
Sister Droege and I continued our tour and it was very good overall, because the two gentlemen saw how patient we were with the other guy, they wanted to learn more, so they referred themselves. It was rather nice.
Directly after that, sister Droege passed off German, so now she can take German tours! YAY!
Lots of love to you all!
Thank you so much for your emails! I'd love to get pictures of all ya'all in the mail so I can carry you around with me ;)
Love youuuu!!!
So this week… um… I’m very glad we have planners, otherwise I’d forget half of what I want to type at you all, if not more than half.
I’ve been working harder on eating healthily. I don’t know if I’ve really mentioned that I’ve been working on that much, but it’s been something that I’ve been doing for the past month and a half. In that time I’ve gotten rid of about 12-15 lbs, and my companions have been very supportive. I’ve noticed, now that I have very little sugar in my diet, that when I eat sugar, like a small piece of cake, that I get a mild headache, so that has been helping me not eat sugar in large doses. Graham crackers are some of my best friends, because they taste sweet but have very little sugar compared to a lot of things.
I had my first ASL tour this transfer on Wednesday, with two people who didn’t really need it, but since they had requested the tour the day before or earlier, I gave it to them. It was fine, but directly after, sister Droege and I contacted a motor coach(huge tour).I also am starting to fill in my responsibility as the American Sign Language coordinator by talking to one of the new sisters who wants to pass off Sign Language. It will be interesting, but good.
I’m continuing to learn German, and have used it, especially on Friday when I was on exchanges because sister Dröge needed to pass off English so she could pass off German, so I welcomed some people from Germany using German and mentioned where I was from, and they said something in German that I didn’t understand until I heard Sacramento or something like that and realized they were talking about visiting California. It was pretty neat. But I still have a LONG way to go. >.>
Also on Friday we had our Zone Conference, which was excellent, we had two gentlemen who are in charge of Visitors Centers all over come and talk to us about things we can do to be better missionaries here, which was mainly by not being rote and following the spirit, plus making it personally applied to them. Meaning not being Tour Guides as some of the guests call us. We don’t say the same thing over and over again because every one is different, so we need to apply it to them personally as much as possible.
We also got to see a video that’s going to be/is in buses when people come to see temple square in big groups, and from the air port so they have an idea of what they’re getting into when they arrive so they can go and find a sister missionary when they arrive if they’re not already going to take a tour. It’s going to be a lot of fun. :D I’m kind of happy that I’ll be staying another summer, just because I’ll be able to see a portion of the effects that this video will have on how guests interact with us, and so on. You all probably won’t be able to see it just now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were on youtube in a few months…
On Sunday I got to announce ASL for the first time. Meaning that after Music and the Spoken word, we go out side of the Conference Center and speak (sign) a message saying that we have tours that they can have here on temple square in about 15 different languages at that time. So basically the English sister says, “Good morning!” and every one (meaning the other sisters) responds, “Good morning!” and she continues, “Welcome to Temple Square, we’d like to invite you to join one of our complementary tours which explains the Grounds history and Basic Beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. Please meet your Missionary Guide after the presentation.” And I’d translate it into Sign. My last Companion, sister Cox was the one announcing in English and it was her first time too, and she was a bit nervous, so she changed it a time or two, but it’s all good.
Today we went to the temple and a thought came to mind that all the big things in life are just a bunch of little things put together. Little things make big things, so don’t let the little things that don’t matter get in the way of the little things that do matter, because if one takes over the other, then it becomes a big bad thing.
And if that doesn’t make sense… it’s okay, that’s just how my mind works sometimes :P.
Sister Droege can usually understand me when I’m joking, or when I say something in a funny way, because she has a similar sense of humor/way of speaking, which is nice, so even when we can’t communicate as well just speaking, we can normally get our point across with the tone or what naught.
Right after the temple we had to go to a Safety Training meeting, where a woman, Tracy, came and talked to us about being mindful about our surroundings, not being naïve, try to be/look confident and listen to the spirit. Basically if we feel uncomfortable, that’s when we take action, not after words. After words it’s too late. And when we listen to the spirit, we need to remember that the spirit gives Guidance, not explanation in the majority of the time.
So just as soon as we got out of the meeting, we had a tour with three gentlemen. One of them, both sister Dröge and I didn’t feel comfortable about, so we mentioned it to the elder there and the security guy there, and had someone shadow us. Two sisters kept an eye on him and helped us in our first stop when he kept on interrupting us. He wasn’t malicious as near as I could tell, just couldn’t control himself from saying what was on his mind in the moment it was exactly on his mind. He said we were both good girls before the tour started, and during the tour he interrupted a time or two, mostly talking to sister Dröge, saying, “It’s okay, you can just say what you want to say.” Etc. It was a bit weird, but we did our best to give the information and keep the spirit there, and be polite to the man. We started on to our next stop, and normally we would intermingle with the people, but because we were both feeling a bit uncomfortable, we stuck together. When we got to our second stop, the Tabernacle, we went one way, and he didn’t follow, so the sisters that were following us went to him and made sure everything would be alright (apparently when the organist started playing, he bolted towards the organ, and one of the sisters went after him.) then had the security guys help him out.
Sister Droege and I continued our tour and it was very good overall, because the two gentlemen saw how patient we were with the other guy, they wanted to learn more, so they referred themselves. It was rather nice.
Directly after that, sister Droege passed off German, so now she can take German tours! YAY!
Lots of love to you all!
Thank you so much for your emails! I'd love to get pictures of all ya'all in the mail so I can carry you around with me ;)
Love youuuu!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Pictures from the end of Last Transfer
Sister Sarah sent me these few pictures from the end of last transfer. She didn't give me much to go on in terms of labeling, but enjoy!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Yay missionary Work :D
OOOOOOOOKaaaaaaaay!
I can’t believe it’s already our second p-day! It doesn’t seem like it’s been all that long, and yet at the same time it’s like it’s been 3 or 4 weeks instead of just 2 and a half.
So Just today we had a lot of crazy things, but cool things, happen. We had a tour, which we thought was at 10:00, but it was really at 10:15. The 10:00 tour got 4 people, and we got 16 people for our 10:15 tour, it was crazy! But it was so much fun! We had the Zone Leaders following our tour to see how we’d progressed as a companionship, and they found a lot of good things about our tour, and had a hard time finding things for us to improve! YAY companionship unity!
So the second thing, after giving a tour to a couple of grandparents, and their 8 year old Baptist grand daughter, we (sister Dröge and I) walked past a man that we both recognized. We looked back and both said at the same time, “I know him” Then we looked at each other and asked how the other knew him. We come to find out, after he recognized us and came back to talk to us, that he taught my good friend David Byars back in California when he was on a mission, and that currently, he was dating one of sister Dröge’s friends back in Germany. It was entirely insane. But cool at the same time. It’s a small world in Temple Square…
Okay, so now going back through the rest of my week. On Tuesday, we (north and south Zones) went to Big Cottonwood Canyon and had a game time and BBQ. It was a lot of fun. Extended and Cover zones went on Thursday, which was fun for us who stayed on Temple Square. And that was tons of fun, minus the sunburn that I got on the back of my pasty white legs, and neck. It wasn’t too bad, and it was all a ton of fun. Unfortunately, it made both sister Dröge and I a little out of it for a while since it was so hot and we didn’t drink as much as we should have… bad sister missionaries… :P
The next day, Wednesday, President Holmes put on a breakfast which consisted of Cinnamon Rolls and juice, which was good, but I was glad I ate before hand so I didn’t over do it on the sugar.I also had my president’s Interview, and after words I went and talked to the Assistants to figure out what on earth I’m supposed to be doing as ASL language coordinator, so that helped get things more or less organized in my brain.We also had our first Zone/ District meeting, which was good. This transfer they’re combining the two just because there are a LOT of people on Temple Square and we’re all needed on the square as much as possible.
So since Extended and Cover zones were at Big Cottonwoood Canyon on Thursday, We had a fun schedule. We had family search for 4 hours in the morning, just like my old schedule used to be, but then sister Dröge wasn’t feeling well, so she had to go rest, then after she rested and felt better we had an hour or so together before we went on half-day district leader exchanges.
On Friday, we went on full day exchanges, but this time sister Dröge was with the district leader, and I was with the district leader’s companion, and we had 3 tours, one right after the other. It was a little insane. Our first one was fairly big, but the last two only had two people each in them.
That was also the day I ran into one of Stephen’s old neighbors from Syracuse. Coleen Davis. She recognized the name and we got talking, and found out that they had lived just down the street. Do you remember her, Stephen or Carolyn?
On Saturday I learned a little Dutch, how to say Thank You (Dankavel) and you’re welcome (Alstublieft) Wich kind of means ‘there you go’ or ‘here you go’ or something like that.I’m also trying to learn German still…
On Sunday, we had a tour which didn’t happen since everyone was going to Music and the Spoken Word, but we did get a German Tour because none of the other German sisters were available, and we were right there, so sister Dröge gave her 2nd german tour. Her first was when I was on half day exchanges with our district leader. It was cool. We also started figuring out some of the more funny things about temple square that we’re going to write about after our missions, like how the plant next to the buttons in the Tabernacle likes to try and eat us whenever we go to assist in the Acoustic Demonstration (you all will have to come and hear that if you haven’t already, and it will make more sense if it doesn’t now), and how when contacting a Chinese Motorcoach (huge tour) we feel like we’re herding Cats. (they like to stop and take pictures about every 5 steps… and one tour group we contacted was rude and made the sister giving the Mandarin tour cry. She’s a great sister, so she’s okay now.)
Sister Dröge and I have been getting to know each other better, and we’re finding even more things that are alike than we had before. We are very similar in a lot of ways, in addition to what I said last week, she also likes to write ( I think I mention that she likes to draw people, etc) and… yeah. It’s fun. :D
Thank you all for your emails, and stuffs, and thank you Amy for the package, I did get it, and I wrote you… but I haven’t sent that letter yet, so I’ll have to try and send it today, along with a few other things : )
Oh, and if any one has an extra cord that connects from the camera to the computer it would be greatly appreciated… I’m pretty sure there are some in the house in Orem, but… yeah. :D
I’m excited for Jared’s baptism coming up! Who’s going to Baptize him? You’ll have to let me know how all of this goes with the moving and packing and stuff like that!
Lots of love n stuff n stuff!
~sister of the Sarah Sort.
I can’t believe it’s already our second p-day! It doesn’t seem like it’s been all that long, and yet at the same time it’s like it’s been 3 or 4 weeks instead of just 2 and a half.
So Just today we had a lot of crazy things, but cool things, happen. We had a tour, which we thought was at 10:00, but it was really at 10:15. The 10:00 tour got 4 people, and we got 16 people for our 10:15 tour, it was crazy! But it was so much fun! We had the Zone Leaders following our tour to see how we’d progressed as a companionship, and they found a lot of good things about our tour, and had a hard time finding things for us to improve! YAY companionship unity!
So the second thing, after giving a tour to a couple of grandparents, and their 8 year old Baptist grand daughter, we (sister Dröge and I) walked past a man that we both recognized. We looked back and both said at the same time, “I know him” Then we looked at each other and asked how the other knew him. We come to find out, after he recognized us and came back to talk to us, that he taught my good friend David Byars back in California when he was on a mission, and that currently, he was dating one of sister Dröge’s friends back in Germany. It was entirely insane. But cool at the same time. It’s a small world in Temple Square…
Okay, so now going back through the rest of my week. On Tuesday, we (north and south Zones) went to Big Cottonwood Canyon and had a game time and BBQ. It was a lot of fun. Extended and Cover zones went on Thursday, which was fun for us who stayed on Temple Square. And that was tons of fun, minus the sunburn that I got on the back of my pasty white legs, and neck. It wasn’t too bad, and it was all a ton of fun. Unfortunately, it made both sister Dröge and I a little out of it for a while since it was so hot and we didn’t drink as much as we should have… bad sister missionaries… :P
The next day, Wednesday, President Holmes put on a breakfast which consisted of Cinnamon Rolls and juice, which was good, but I was glad I ate before hand so I didn’t over do it on the sugar.I also had my president’s Interview, and after words I went and talked to the Assistants to figure out what on earth I’m supposed to be doing as ASL language coordinator, so that helped get things more or less organized in my brain.We also had our first Zone/ District meeting, which was good. This transfer they’re combining the two just because there are a LOT of people on Temple Square and we’re all needed on the square as much as possible.
So since Extended and Cover zones were at Big Cottonwoood Canyon on Thursday, We had a fun schedule. We had family search for 4 hours in the morning, just like my old schedule used to be, but then sister Dröge wasn’t feeling well, so she had to go rest, then after she rested and felt better we had an hour or so together before we went on half-day district leader exchanges.
On Friday, we went on full day exchanges, but this time sister Dröge was with the district leader, and I was with the district leader’s companion, and we had 3 tours, one right after the other. It was a little insane. Our first one was fairly big, but the last two only had two people each in them.
That was also the day I ran into one of Stephen’s old neighbors from Syracuse. Coleen Davis. She recognized the name and we got talking, and found out that they had lived just down the street. Do you remember her, Stephen or Carolyn?
On Saturday I learned a little Dutch, how to say Thank You (Dankavel) and you’re welcome (Alstublieft) Wich kind of means ‘there you go’ or ‘here you go’ or something like that.I’m also trying to learn German still…
On Sunday, we had a tour which didn’t happen since everyone was going to Music and the Spoken Word, but we did get a German Tour because none of the other German sisters were available, and we were right there, so sister Dröge gave her 2nd german tour. Her first was when I was on half day exchanges with our district leader. It was cool. We also started figuring out some of the more funny things about temple square that we’re going to write about after our missions, like how the plant next to the buttons in the Tabernacle likes to try and eat us whenever we go to assist in the Acoustic Demonstration (you all will have to come and hear that if you haven’t already, and it will make more sense if it doesn’t now), and how when contacting a Chinese Motorcoach (huge tour) we feel like we’re herding Cats. (they like to stop and take pictures about every 5 steps… and one tour group we contacted was rude and made the sister giving the Mandarin tour cry. She’s a great sister, so she’s okay now.)
Sister Dröge and I have been getting to know each other better, and we’re finding even more things that are alike than we had before. We are very similar in a lot of ways, in addition to what I said last week, she also likes to write ( I think I mention that she likes to draw people, etc) and… yeah. It’s fun. :D
Thank you all for your emails, and stuffs, and thank you Amy for the package, I did get it, and I wrote you… but I haven’t sent that letter yet, so I’ll have to try and send it today, along with a few other things : )
Oh, and if any one has an extra cord that connects from the camera to the computer it would be greatly appreciated… I’m pretty sure there are some in the house in Orem, but… yeah. :D
I’m excited for Jared’s baptism coming up! Who’s going to Baptize him? You’ll have to let me know how all of this goes with the moving and packing and stuff like that!
Lots of love n stuff n stuff!
~sister of the Sarah Sort.
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