This week we got to do a lot of service... it was so much fun! We
got to go to the clothing depot which we do every week but this week was really
disappointing when it comes to the treasures we found... But we were able to
score some shoe polish for the elders so that is always good. Then we got to go
to the friendship inn which is like a soup kitchen and the guy was really grumpy
that I had to stay with my companions. But we got past it. We got to help serve
old people, clean up peoples trays, and make friends with those who decided to
come and eat. Personally the staff was my favorite because they were all rough
first nation people that were SUPER protective of us... it was fun! But I got a
really good story out of the trip, its kind of fictional, kind of not. So once
upon a time something sketchy happened and i found myself alone in the bathroom
with an elder and another guy (remember this story is fake even though there is
some truth to parts of it... ill have to tell you the real story in parenthesis)
So how i got into the bathroom was a story all in itself... so i got kidnapped
at knife point by a first nation gang member (who is actually a really nice
staff member at a food bank who used to be a gang member) and an elder came in
to rescue me... (really we were just asked to help clean the bathrooms) As he
came in to save me he got stabbed... poor fella... (when really we just got to
see a scar from a stabbing) and i tried to stop the bleeding but it was hard to
see with the black lights (which is true, they use black lights so the people
cant 'shoot up' because it is extremely hard to find your veins with black
lights) in the end that poor elder died (when really he just got stuck backing
up the car) personally i like my version better than the real one but i will
let you decide for yourself.
Mom... its a dream come true for you! im
totally getting married off!!! not for real but funny..,. We are working with some
investigators who are from Iran and they speak Kurdish and well its all very
complicated but the best part of this story is that they have two sons... they
are 22 and 20 and their parents are determined we are going to marry their
sons... We officially got adopted into the family this week and we have heard
arranged marriage talk be whispered in a language we don't understand... we have
even been invited to join them on a trip to Iran, they want us to go see their
home country.... We were hoping with the whole tripan thing the marriage talk
would decrease but every time they go off on a tangent in their own language i
swear they are talking about us.... i mean really?! But we put on a smile and
get our milky white creamy temptation skin out of there as soon as possible and
laugh because of how much we love this family! the language barrier is getting
easier the more comfortable they are getting with us.... just afraid of the cost
it is coming at... (i hear the wedding bells ringing in the background i better
stop talking about this) But the family is reading the book of mormon...
we just have to try to get past the whole jesus is only a prophet nothing else
concept.. but we are getting there... and im learning kurdish... im going to
fail, but im still learning.
So we are dealing with the plagues of the
wanuskewin sisters this transfer....
Want to hear what they
are?!
1. broken toe- sister akorn it was so
funny she tripped over my boot in the hallway, why she didnt just walk around my
boot i have no idea but it was the beginning factor of these plagues of doom
that haunt our companionship.
2. nausea- again sister akorn. poor girl
didnt feel like she could move her stomach was turning so bad... we still dont
know what caused it but we blame it on the fact that petunia (our car) is
purple.... it just makes sense.
3. immobilizing cramps- sister davis.
Luckily with some major ADVIL and a heating blanket provided my a loving mother
we were able to get those under control in only thirty minutes
:)
4. eye infection- poor sister akorn,
personally i dont think her eye looked that swollen... but she thinks it was
making her eye stick out of her head... i guess one of us is just blind but i
swear i put in my contacts that day.
5. late to district meeting- well we kind
of give that one to elder wiltse but it was a really interesting morning. What
happened was Sheila called us and asked if we could come over earlier, our
member was able to come last minute, and we knew we had to get into that house
and so we kind of decided to try to fit a member present in before district
meeting... i should have known that it was cutting it too close with timing but
we did it anyways and after apologizing profusely to elder wiltse i think he has
finally forgiven us.
6. torn arch on the left side- yep that
was me. it hurt so bad to walk, we decided to street contact (meaning one of us
wanted to chase down this guy in blue) and i almost puked just trying to keep
up... i got a blessing the next day and am feeling so much
better.
7. bonkin the noggin- Sister akorn (we
think she is really the cursed one) she hit her head on petunia three times... i
thought for sure she was just trying to get petunia back for the nausea but she
swears petunia was attacking her... petunia was pretty quiet on the matter so i
guess none of us will ever really know.
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The fake influenza epidemic turned into brain cancer but really is just a cold- yep and that one is sister akorns too! it was actually more frustrating then funny but luckily she is starting to feel better.
So...
with sister akorn getting sick and us having to stay inside because of her
sickness... exchanges with the sister training leaders (I got to see sister
fellows again!!! so great) and having to be in three places at once my week was
really good... I am happy and excited for the future! Love you
all!
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