Sister Oh! came in tonight saying,

"I put this on the car and I'm taking it off."

It is a state inspection sticker.

The car has to be inspected once a year.

Sister Oh! was here last April and again this April.

How funny!
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P Day -- Shopping Daze

One Hermana is thinking about leaving....

The other Hermana is sadly lamenting the loss of her companion.

They drowned their sorrows in a tried and true

women-proved method....

They shopped their sorrows away today.

They said something about more matching clothes.

I keep wondering how Sister Oh! is going

to put all those clothes in her suitcases.

She says she isn't thinking of that yet.

They had a good P-day.

Working but Enjoying Themselves

 The countdown is on....

 

 That revolving door is starting to make noises again.
Today Hermana Maximum announced there were 25 more days

left with Hermana Oh!.....

 

They are trying to make the best of it.
They are still working hard and finding new families to teach.
Yesterday, on P-day, they went shopping.

 

  Here they are modeling their new/new to them clothes....

It is always interesting to see how much too much stuff

the departing-for-home Sisters have
when they try to pack everything into those same
two suitcases they came with. The two other Hermanas
that left from here left behind quite a stash of clothes & misc. items. 

 

These pictures were taken as they were on the way out

the door tonight after dinner. The weather is fairly nice now.
I think winter is finally over.
Sister Oh! is on her way back to sunny California,
but Sister Maximum will be surprised by the intensity of the heat.
I don't think you can ever truly be prepared for it
when you first arrive from another state.

Tanning Planning??

 

 The first day of Spring gave the Hermanas ideas.
 They decided that they would do their weekly planning

sitting beside this lovely little lake
that is walking distance from our house.

 

 They were soaking up the rays.....

 

  as they planned.

 

 They saw the usual ducks, swans, and birds that live there.
Then they saw something more interesting....

A woman at the pond told them it was a muskrat.

 

 They said they enjoyed their planning today.....

but I am not sure that they will enjoy it tonight.
 

 

They may be in a little pain......

(It was 80 degrees today and they didn't use sunscreen.)

They are out teaching tonight.  Don't worry about them. 

I will go to the store to get something for sunburn.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 For spring break I visited my daughter in Kentucky.

  When I got in last night the Hermana's
excitedly told me all about the happenings while I was gone. 
I reminded Hermana Oh! that she was almost

finished with her mission. 
She fell to the ground dramatically

to bemoan the fact.

(Although I could tell it was bitter-sweet~~

she is happy about going home.)  

 

 They said they were so excited because while I was gone

they looked in the top of their closet and found a blanket

so big that they could both sit on the floor in the bedroom

on opposite sides of the room and cover up with it.

 

 They told me about a family of 4 that committed to baptism,

and about the sad news that one serious investigator

moved to California while I was gone.

 

 They showed me how strong Sister Maximum is again.

 

This morning (P-day) they headed out early wearing these

lovely necklaces. Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Explanation about P-Day

 Monday is usually P-day, but today the mission

asked the missionaries to stay in the entire day

because of the ice storm we had yesterday.

 

That meant that the Sisters could not go to the library to do their email...

 

The Sisters kept themselves busy by cleaning their room, 

washing their clothes, and writing 6-7 letters each.

They are single handedly keeping the US Postal Service afloat. 

They also watched church videos on their little DVD player.

"This is my dad....this is my mom," proudly says Sister Maximum.

Wow, it is so exciting to have a child of

movie stars living in my house!

 

 They love each other, but were a little stir crazy today.

The new P-Day for this week is Wednesday....

so look for an email from them then.
 

Sister Oh! said that she got the sweetest letter in the world

today. It was from her 5 year old brother.
Tell him she LOVED the letter~~
especially the part about being the favorite sister.

Dedication

Have you watched the weatherman on TV?

Ice, sleet, snow....(again!!!)

 

 The Hermana's went to church today,

but once they arrived,

they found out that their ward had been cancelled.

After a day of working,

they came home to eat some dinner.

Soon, it was time to return to

their missionary work. 

 

 They put on their layers

 

 and a cheerful face...

 

 (and I think with a wee-little dread),

 

 

 they trudged off....

not knowing what they might find

 

 on what could turn out to be a long, cold, or dreary night.

 

 I am so proud of them.

 

 I wonder what tonight will bring ....
Will someone let them in their door
to hear the message of the restored gospel,
or will they wander in the cold?
(they do have a car, but they have to get out to knock on doors) 

 

 This may not seem like a big deal to those who live in the north,

but you have to realize that yesterday it was 84 degrees,
 sunny, and beautiful...

 

and these pretty young ladies could be home or at school

having the times of their lives. Instead, they chose

to serve as missionaries for 18 months, giving

their all to building up the Kingdom of God

in whatsoever circumstances they find themselves.

 

 Sister Oh! said:  "I will always remember this ...

 

 and when my future children complain,

I will show them these pictures."

I hope they will realize how much their mother
believed in the thing she was doing this cold, cold night...
deep in the heart of Texas.

Bad News / Good News

 Hermana Maximum and Hermana Oh! decided it would be fun

to get matching midi rings two weeks ago...... 

(This picture was taken the day they got them.)
 

The bad news is that both of their fingers turned green.

(This picture was taken today.) 

 

The good news is that they found out tonight that

neither one of them is being transferred on Tuesday.

They were giddy about that!