We haven't had any MORE flooding thank goodness, the
excitement for this week was one of the Spanish Sisters, Sister M, went
to the hospital and ended up having her gallbladder taken out.
Yikes! Oh, and transfers are on Tuesday so on Saturday we found out what
is happening and Sister Z and I are staying together in Ute Creek English!
Sister M was supposed to go up to Cheyenne and train a
greenie, but for now we get to keep both of them and we will have 6 sisters in
the Ute Creek Ward :) Because she was in the hospital though, I spent the
morning with her so her companion could leave for a while and email and take
care of things, so my email time is a bit short today, but I will be sending my
SD card, with my pictures for the transfer and pictures I got from other
missionaries, this week so hopefully that will make up for the short emails!
I can't believe you replaced me
again! (Editor's Note: We had a kitten show up in the bushes underneath our kitchen window. We looked for his family and couldn't find it. She has moved right into our hearts and home)
Sounds like a cute kitten though :) Maybe I will forgive
Angel, as long as he doesn't chew my shoes like Dolly did ;) We got to go to mutual this week with the Mia Maids to help with
Missionary Olympics :) it was great to get to know more of the youth in the
ward!
We are hearing through the
grapevine that we will get to start doing church tours also! I hope that
comes soon! (Sooner than our long-rumored but yet to arrive iPads.
Sidenote: at zone conference President B was talking about iPads, and
made a comment which I don't remember if it was his or from one of the other
mission presidents who was in the MTC with them about how are we going to trust
these missionaries with iPads? I kind of wondered that too, but the
response was that they are going to have to trust us with all of these
technologies and influences when we go home from our missions, and then we will
have no white handbook or mission president to go by. President B
tells us he doesn't just want to help us and prepare us on our missions, but he
wants to be our mission president for our lives. To be able to go home
and be good people and good members and still good missionaries! I think
that is pretty cool). Also, transfers came out and I am staying in Ute
Creek with Sister Z! Sister C, who came out with me, will be
training a greenie! Ah! Good luck to her :) But she will be
awesome, she is a great missionary and well prepared.
I came up with the perfect visual
to illustrate what the neighborhoods look like where we have been emptying
everyone's basements. You know that episode of Monk where the garbage men
go on strike and he kind of has a breakdown and then the chief takes him to the
clean room? Well the flooded neighborhoods look a bit like that :)
We went to the post office and
should have fixed the letter problem, I got letters from Grandpa and Hollaye
and Nick so I am not sure why yours are still getting returned :( Sister Z and
I tried to bring a cat home with us the other day but...it didn't work out ;)
We are doing our best to stay
safe with the mold and all the junk, I did get my first flood wound! But
it was just a nail in my finger, not too deep, but I did check when my tetanus
shot was ;) good thing we updated it before I came out!
Sorry this is so short, but ttfn!
I love you a lot and everyone at
home, and I pray for you.
Take lots of deep breaths in the
middle of all the craziness.
And read your scriptures.
One last note even though I am
already late, but when I was sitting with Sister M and she was in
pain, and then on meds for it we were talking about the gospel and hearing her
strong testimony and love of the scriptures, even in the middle of what she is
dealing with was awesome. Incredible experience for me, even if she
doesn't remember it.
Okay, love you, bye-bye!
Love, Sister Emily DeFord
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