Goodbye and Hello

 I am going to miss Sister Maximum's super enthusiasm,

her ability to adapt, and her grateful demeanor.
I loved hearing about her family...
how normal (yet famous) they are. :)
She loves them so much.

 

 21 months of housing the missionaries has left me feeling

like a mother that rotates her children in and out every so often.

Having different Sisters living here with us in such close quarters

(our house is not very big) has given me a chance to see how different

all of us in the human race are, yet how similar we are when we have

the common bond of the gospel of Jesus Christ.   

 

Each Hermana who has lived here has been different, yet the same.

They come as total strangers and leave as one of the family.

I have loved every one of them!

 

 Hermana Maximum was eating dinner standing up last night at

9:30 p.m. I have noticed that almost all of the Sister Missionaries

have eaten standing up a few times while they've been here.
Missionaries have so much to do that they just hate sitting still.

Last night I was lamenting the fact that I would not see Sister

Max any more, so I kept taking her picture (as if that would embed her

sweet self in my forgetful mind forever).

She said, "Sister Whitley, my mom won't like to see me standing

like this!"  I said, "Okay, stand some other way and I'll take

it again."
 

 She felt this was the more feminine, graceful pose that her mother

would like seeing on the Blog. Then she said, "It's okay to post

the other picture, she won't really care."

 

 Here she is this morning, all packed up and ready to roll!

She got this guitar from an Elder that went home.

She rose extra early in order to be ready for the big move.

I know she loves us, but I know she is ready to have some

new and exciting missionary experiences in her next area, too.

 

 I think Sister Maximum wins the prize for having the most stuff

and her mission in only halfway over!!

 

 Oh My!!!

 

 I think a few of those boxes are mission stuff in the trunk, though.

I guess they forgot to clean out the trunk before transfers like

they usually do.

 Eating her breakfast on the run.....

 

 Goodbye Sister Maximum~~~

I will always remember you!
Please come back to visit me!

The Sisters left promptly at 8 a.m.
 

about an hour and a half later.......

 

 We had a NEW Hermana moving in!

Hermana CATFISH!!!!
(I always give each new sister a nickname for my blog.)

 

 Hermana ReeKay and Hermana Catfish were unpacking and

getting acquainted this morning before I left for work.

 

The revolving door never fails me.

I love having new missionaries in the house.
My days are never dull. The Sisters are all so delightful.