Peace~~ Love~~Joy~~Happy!

"TWELVE CALLS LATER

and we finally got someone to go with us!" 

I came home just now and found the Sisters sitting

at the table calling everyone in their ward.

They needed a member to go with them to an appointment.

Finally, a single mom with four children was the one who

said yes. I heard them clapping their hands and yelling

YEA.....so I decided it was blog worthy.

 

Sister Oh! says:  "The moral of this story is...go out with your missionaries."

I asked them~~ "So what do your fingers up stand for?"
They said, "Peace~~Love~~Joy~~Happy!!"
I said, "Okay, that's the title of the next blog post."



Up and Away

 The Hermanas were headed out the door this
morning going to a meeting or something.
I grabbed the camera for a quick picture.
 

I saw letters affixed to the mail box as I followed them out the door.

This is the evidence that yesterday was P day,

 



It is very cold this morning....but they were bundled up tight.

Sister Oh! and Sister Maximum have several new people that they are
excited about teaching.  They are working hard.

The Crazy Revolving Door.....

The missionaries often say the missionary that trains is the mother

and that the one being trained is the child. 

 



You can see that she was a very good trainer

and a very good mother....

 



More than anything,

I know Sister Red Baron has a testimony of the

truthfulness of the gospel.

 



It was a pleasure to have her here.

I will miss her: "I have a question....",

 her spider-watching,

her love of freshly baked rolls,

and the way she saved the day with her tools!

 



I will miss those bouncy curls and her great big smile.

 



Good bye Sister Red Baron!

Soon you will be going home....Don't forget to write,

and you are always welcome to come back

to your home-away-from-home for a visit.

 

 

Does anyone hear a funny swishing noise??

It is the revolving door changing directions!!!

 



Believe it or not.....

the door is sucking people back in the opposite direction.

One of the Singing Angels has returned!!

(Stranger things happen only in the twilight zone.)

Was our house bugged?

Did the mission president hear how many times she said,

"I could just spend my whole mission right here." ?

I am so happy to have Sister O and her

chocolate chip pancakes back.

Welcome Home!!

I think I will nickname her Sister Oh!

The new companionship is getting settled in today.

 

Putting your picture on the "family wall" must be

what reversed the suction on the revolving door.

Life of a Missionary

After Sister Maximum drank as much coconut milk as possible from the straw,

they left the coconut to drain into a glass on the top of the counter for a time.

Of course, I had a brainstorm after the Sisters went to bed.....

 

 Meet our newest missionary.....

 

 Hermana Coconut.

She is a distant cousin of Hermana Pineapple.

Poor Hermana Coconut did not live very long.
 

She met with a sad demise.

 

On Saturday night after the Hermanas came home from their work....

they decided to break her head open

so she could be used for medicinal purposes.
First they tried banging her head with a hammer.
Both of the Sisters took some whacks at her.

When that didn't work, they brought out another tool....

 

 The Sisters were high with nervous energy
because they were anticipating

a call from the mission office about transfers....

 

 Sister Red Baron was now using the chisel...

(she's the one that is good with tools, remember?)
Sister Maximum tried hitting the chisel with the hammer.
That didn't work....

 

 After whacking quite a few times,

Brother W stepped in to give some well needed advise.

Finally Hermana Coconut was split open.

 

There was a lot of cheering and laughter about getting the job done...

 

 Soon a cure would be available...

(freshly shredded coconut... good for what ails you...
 was right around the corner)

 

SUCCESS!!!

 

 In giddy anticipation of the cure....

 

 After a quick little taste Sister Maximum emphatically states....

"I don't think I like coconut!"

 

 They still have to figure out how to shred it!

 

 As the Sisters contemplated how to shred the coconut....

Their cell phone rang.  "Oh no, they said....

Now we will know who will be transferred and who will stay here..."

They gave a spontaneous hug.

 

(I love watching each new companionship grow in their relationship

as time goes on...from strangers, to friends who hate parting.)

 

 It was Elder "Brass Knuckles" calling with the big news.

The Hermanas will tell you in your email who is going and who is staying.
 

I love having your missionaries here. I really do. 
I am always a little sad when the revolving door begins to turn....
but I feel blessed to know each of them and be a small part of their lives
while they are serving the Lord. I hope I will see them again.

Eating Healthy

 Hermana Maximum has been feeling a little under-the-weather.
One thing she is doing is trying to eat more healthy and stay away
from wheat and gluten. She put the breaks on cookies, bread, and such.

The members of their ward have given the Sisters a lot of good suggestions

on what she should do to get well. One of the suggestions was that she

should drink coconut milk and eat coconut. This morning before

I left for work I found them on the back patio putting a hole in the

coconut.

 

 

 It was Sister Red Baron's idea to use the straw.
I think they were very clever.

The many different treatment ideas seem to be working.
Hermana Maximum seems to be smiling more.
She says she feels somewhat better and
I can definitely tell she is not worse.

 

 When I came in from work today, this was the scene....

 

Sister Maximum was talking to one of their potential investigators.

She was speaking Spanish.... reminding the lady on the other end

that she was calling because she was one of the missionaries that talked

to her in the laundry mat (lavenderia in Spanish) a few days ago.  

I am posting these pictures so mom Max will see that she is okay

and still hard at work. She seems better to me, and she says she is

feeling better. We're keeping a close eye on her. 

I've noticed Sister Red Baron has been

very accommodating, watching out for her companion. 

Happy New Year 2014

 The new year started with another exchange day.

Sister Red Baron, Sister O (from California), Sister Maximum,

and Sister Mc... who has been companions with 3 of the

Hermanas who have lived with us, so she is practically family.

 

Last Saturday was a cold day.

The Hermanas were dressed warmly to brave the elements!



The Sisters went to the Stake President's breakfast this morning.

This was taken today at lunch. Sister Red Baron said,

"Maybe we should wear these tracting." Then she said, "We could ask them,

'Do you want to start a new year with a new religion?"

We all laughed. Right after this, they left to do their missionary work.

It is a pretty day today.....in the 60s outside.

Spread the Gospel, Hermanas!

Have a good day.

Missionary Christmas Day 2013

 Sorry that I haven't posted in so long.

The holidays with family visiting sidetracked me.

The Sisters had a good Christmas.

They were so excited to talk to their families.

I fixed them a home cooked meal for breakfast.
(Bryndy, the folder on the table is where I put your little notes each night.)

 

 They were in high spirits.
They dressed in red and green for Christmas.

 

 Here they are popping some packaging material.

 

 It has been so long since Christmas that I can't even remember

what brought this on.

 

 But they certainly were having a lot of fun with it.

 

 Our paths parted for the day.

Once they returned home in the evening,

I took them to see some Christmas lights.

 

The lights were so beautiful.
There were hundreds of lighted trees
each with a reflection in the water.

 

 It was cold, but calm and peaceful looking at the lights.

 

 The perfect way...

 

To end a perfect Missionary Christmas Day.