Let's see. I have been out 7
months!!!! AHHH!!!! Today in our letter to President he asked what we are most
grateful for. That is always such a hard question, but I am so grateful for
this opportunity I have to serve. Especially in this beautiful place! I love it
here! Brenda sent some pictures of the kids building a snowman, and I was a
little jealous because I love doing that every year. But then I thought about
how much I love the weather here, and I was fine ha :) Except this week was a
little chilly! It got down to like 60! Yikes! ;)
Ok so last Monday we went
golfing, and it was pretty fun! I was the only one who knew what I was doing
though! Thanks to Trevor Smith teaching me back in the day ha! :) We also ate
at a Chinese buffet called Joy Luck twice last week. It reminded me of home
because we used to always go to that Chinese buffet on Main Street by Lin's.
The food was good, but I got sick after we ate there on Monday and Wednesday.
Ugh. I guess it's the MSG or something! Hopefully no more members take us
there! We also had FHE with a family from the ward. It was so cool. The mom,
Sister Cedeno bore her testimony to her kids and it was so spiritual I started
crying and they probably thought I was a freak! I also made these delicious
peanut butter bars this week with a recipe my dad sent! And those actually got
me to drink milk! The mission nurse, Sister Nielson, told me to start taking a
calcium vitamin if I wasn't going to drink milk.... Oops! Never been a fan. But
my knees have been killing me and I feel like a grandma, so I don't really have
a choice! Oh! I also finished my first mission journal this week! :) I was
super excited about that! We had an apartment inspection too! We passed of
course but almost didn't because my companion didn't make her bed or put her
laundry away.....
So, on the "grateful"
note, this week we met some great people! :) Hopefully we will be able to
follow up with them and start teaching them. One is a family that just moved
from Venezuela, and they are so sweet. We played volleyball with them at the
park when we met them. They are catholic, but we will see! :) Then there was
another family on our ward roster that we didn't know who they were so we went
to visit them and they were so sweet! The mom isn't a member, but she was super
nice! The two girls are so solid too. They have tons of pets! One is a parrot
named Sparkle, and when Sister Adamson was holding him, he pooped right on my
leg! AHH!! It was insane. But, at least I can now say that a parrot has pooped
on my leg! :) We are also working with a couple families in our ward that need
to get to the temple. It's really cool being able to testify to them of the
blessings of the temple and getting their family sealed. They will get there
soon I hope :)
Not to sound ungrateful, but
the investigators we've been working with are being slackers. We might have to
drop all of them ha. Iliana and Ivet, the two sisters, have bailed on us like 3
times in a row. But want us to come tonight, so we'll see. The Rivera family
bailed on church, again. We taught the mom on Saturday, but it was almost
impossible to feel the spirit with her kids running around screaming and
climbing all over everything. And they still haven't read or prayed. But, Jerry
is doing pretty good! He came to church and liked it! He is still reading and
praying, but just needs an answer. So pray for him!
Well, I hope you all have an amazing Thanksgiving week. You
definitely deserve it! Best of luck with everything coming up! Wrestling,
dance, finals, etc! :)
Love, Sister Lowry
Love, Sister Lowry
Happy Thanksgiving to you too K'Loni! You sound like you have tightened the reins on your missionary work, and that is wonderful. 60 degrees and cold I am so jealous... Keep up the good work.
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