Week 23: The Icepocalypse!

Good heavens, I am really starting to loathe the snow. I used to be ok with it, mostly when I was a kid and I didn't have to worry about driving and it just meant that I got to skip out on school for an extra couple days. But as a missionary...? Snow is the worst! And ice is even worse!

Pictures!

Looks like snow, right? NOPE that's all ice. It was everywhere. I have found out what sleet is, and it's no fun.

And in the morning... the snow. Woohoo.

I am really proud of this action shot of Sister Reed throwing a snowball at one of the elders. That's our parking lot, by the way.

And Wormella, the ugliest snowman ever.

So, we had some fun in the snow... but overall, not the greatest! Especially because it throws off our whole schedule!

But, backtracking a little...

Tuesday were our exchanges with the sister training leaders. It was a good exchange. It's always fun to get to see how other missionaries work and to learn from them. I went with one of the STLs from Utah, and we had a good time. We actually went and spent a couple of hours in a print shop doing service, because the woman who owns the shop is friends with a member. We got to help make shirts for a benefit for a little baby who just died of SIDS, so we were really glad that we got to go and make a difference.

We visited a lot of less active members this week. Just the normal encouragement to return to activity, and to keep reading the scriptures and praying... CPR (Church, Pray, Read).

I'm trying to remember what all happened last week. It feels so long ago! Time is so weird on a mission. Can you believe that I've almost hit the six month mark?! That's a third of my mission! Seriously, Lyvia &  Quinn: Be ready for the time to fly, because I really can't believe where my time's gone. Also, I didn't bring my journal this week, and I usually reference that to know what happened in the week. I guess I could pull out my planner...

I don't know, it was just a normal week I think. The snow kind of overshadowed everything. They warned us that an ice storm was coming in. We grabbed a few extra groceries, just in case. Good thing that we did!

But we got some missionary work done inside as well. We were able to work on paperwork, clean the apartment, work on our map of the area... just good stuff. Make phone calls. Look over potential investigators. The usual :)

ANYWAY, the weather is really supposed to warm up, so hopefully the college will be open next week, especially because TRANSFER CALLS are coming up on the 8th! Happy birthday to me, right?

Thanks for the birthday wishes, by the way :) I really appreciate them. 21 feels way too old, I'm not an adult yet, right?

Love you all! Hope you're having a wonderful, non-snowy week!

Sister Devynne Barret