What do you do when you're a missionary & neither you nor your companion feel like socializing but you have a Relief Society activity to go to? You suck it up & put your big-girl socializing pants on :) Believe it or not, even missionaries don't feel like talking ALL the time. We were glad we went - Kelsey came! She's a Freshman here at OSU who we're teaching. She knows it's true; she says she isn't getting an answer because she isn't sure if she'd do anything about it if she DID get an answer. She knows what's up. At the activity we made marshmallow mummies, witches wands (choc covered pretzels) and Mason Jar jack-o-lanterns...except mind is pink/green/yellow and doesn't have a face. Yeah...
We found Todd a detox facility for FREE!!! He went in Friday morning and got cleared to come back today! He left us his house key, so we cleaned up his apartment on Saturday. There's a reason mothers teach their children to clean often...definitely crystallized that lesson this week. Yesterday we cleaned his carpets so they would be fresh and no longer smell like beer! Always a good thing :) The floors are clean...the water was not.
We tracted in the apartment complex that we're moving into this week. It looks like a nice enough place, so we're excited. There's a playground! Both Sister Britton and I decided that before we move our things in, we're cleaning EVERYTHING. We're those "everything has a place" kind of people :) We ran into four very prepared neighbors! Mayhaps we shall see them again...
Our dinner appointment Thursday night went well enough - it was the placement of the litter box we had issues with. In the dining room? C'mon. All was right in the world...until Alfred came over & did his business right as I was diving into my Chicken Cordon Bleu. Not the best fragrance combination. Oh well.
Sister Britton and I are taking a Mandarin class on Thursday nights! Our recent convert, Bei Bei and her friend Linda are teaching us. My Mandarin name is Den An Li -- pretty sweet, huh? It means peace & beauty :) So now I'm practically fluent - look out world, here I come!
We had a baptism on Saturday!!! Teresa is now a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Everything went according to plan minus the fact that we went through every set of keys in a 50 mile radius before we got the right ones to the doors on the side of the font. Nick saved the day by bringing his Father's keys - 15 minutes before we were scheduled to start. I spoke on baptism & Sis Britton spoke on the Holy Ghost. Sis Pence, Sis Christensen & Elder Edwards performed a wonderful special musical number that kept the spirit during the intermission. I love being a part of baptisms, it still amazes me that something so eternally significant can happen in the blink of an eye.
Life is simple. Life is sweet. Life as a missionary is the best thing in the world.
Thought I was going to rhyme there, huh? Nope!
Love you all,
Sis A. Despain
