Busy

 On the way out the door to a meeting....

"Hey Sister Whitley, Let's show our Teach my Gospel books!"

Okay.  Have a nice day.

Happy Hermanas

This morning the Sisters were showing me that they have

matching earrings.



I have decided the ultimate in good companionships

comes when the sisters want to "match".

They are headed out to do service this morning (I think).

Have a great day!

A Very Nice Day

Hooray for Janice Kapp Perry.

Sister O was playing her music this morning

and in spite of the fact that Sister M told me she wasn't a singer....

 both of the sisters were singing her songs.

My ears were very happy today!

You've Got Mail!

The Sisters were leaving the house on Saturday morning....

You would have thought they struck gold

at the mailbox! Sister M even got a
"message in a bottle."

 They were full of energy and very enthusiastic.....

(are missionaries allowed to climb trees?)

I wish I'd taken a picture when they came home

 on Saturday night at 9:00 p.m.......they were dead tired.

They said they had made 20 contacts,

and the majority were not interested in learning more.

Being a missionary is not an easy job...

but I'm very thankful for the missionaries that

knocked on my door in 1974 in answer to my prayer.

Their message changed my life forever.

I encouraged the Sisters to keep working hard.

Thursday is Planning Day

I walked in the door after work this afternoon to see two

Sisters at the kitchen table, their planning books opened 

and with sheepish grins on their faces..... 

 "Sister Whitley, does it smell like anything burned?"

they asked. 

Then they proceeded to tell me how they were trying to

cook some rice, but had a little problem. 

Sister O says she has always used a rice cooker all of her life.

(Apparently she is the one who was cooking the rice.)

 I turned on the attic fan to draw air in from outside....

it was a little chilly, so they are trying to stay warm while they plan.

It was a lot of fun hearing the story of how they burned the rice.

  

I wrote directions on how to cook rice.

I'm sure they will do it right the next time.

Today was P-Day

 I came in from work and found Sister M cleaning

the pan she used to make her dinner.

 Sister O was doing her laundry....

but I didn't get the camera quick enough

so I took this picture instead.

 The Sisters posing as they are

walking out the door to another appointment...

 "Goodbye Sister Whitley....please stop taking pictures!"

Please send mail.......
This is NOT a posed picture......
The Sisters check the mailbox EVERY time they go past it!

(I only saw them about 30 minutes today, so you know I am a paparazzi!)

Morning Scripture Study

The New Companionship

Sister O and Sister M just came in for the evening.

They said they were tired....but it was a good missionary day.

Then they headed off to their bedroom to plan.

Sister M was born in Texas, but grew up in Arizona.
She is not used to Texas humidity yet.

I know she is a swimmer, but I do not know if she can sing.

I am looking forward to getting to know her better.

She says, "Tell my parents I got here safe and sound."

I can tell she loves her family.

Transfer Day is Here!!!

 Last night (the night before transfers) we added 2 more Sisters to our home for the night.

That gave us 5 Sisters in all.  It was kind of like a missionary slumber party.

It was interesting trying to figure out where everyone would sleep....

and how everyone would pack without keeping the others awake.....

I'm calling the Sisters above, "The Temporary Sisters."

They are both are brand new missionaries. 

Sister H (left) left for the MTC 12 days ago and after a brief spiritual high....

wound up here....

sleeping on an old, lumpy sofa sleeper in a makeshift bedroom
(missionary life at its finest). 

She is an English speaking Sister and was to be transferred to another ward.

Sister M (right) went to the MTC 6 weeks ago.

We thought she might turn out to be our new Sister....and we were right!

You will see more pictures of her as the days go by. 

 Sister O had accumulated a lot of "stuff."  

She is not the first missionary to go home from here, 

so I knew it might take her half the night to go through her things to pack (and it did!). Sister O has been at our house for 7 months.

Sister W also had to pack because she was being transferred,
 but because she has only been out in the mission field for 

about a month, and she was not going home, it was easier.

Sister W and Sister O made sweet little goodbye memory notes
and hid them in strange places

for Sister O to find as she packed.   

 This morning there was some unforeseen difficulty.

No one had thought through the suitcase/multiple people in the car issue.

They found it was physically impossible to fit 5 Sisters and 4 big suitcases into

one mid-sized mission vehicle!

That's okay.....

The Elders came to rescue the damsels in distress!!

 and it gave me something to Blog about!!!

I love getting to know each of the missionaries....
and I find it sad telling them goodbye.

 My oldest son told me he thought being on his mission was a little like going to 

scout camp (a spiritual one) for 2 years.  

I can see that Elders make the best of things and have fun

while they are working/saving people.

Thank goodness for Elders!

Final Days of the Trio Sisters

 The last few weeks have been fast paced.

There was a baptism in Grand Prairie on Saturday (Sister O's previous area). 

They found someone to give them a ride.....Sister O sang at the baptism. 

 The Sister's are not wanting for food.

They seem to enjoy cooking ......

 They have a lot of dinner appointments and it seems

like someone is always giving them food (see above).

They do not let food go to waste! 

Sister O has a notoriously big appetite!

 I insisted that Sister O pose for this picture....

but I cannot remember if she made this little thing or if someone gave it to her.

 There were a lot of very ripe bananas on the counter that the sisters bought, 

but did not eat.....so Sister O decided to make a smoothie.

 Sister W. was going to cut up her apple....

I showed her how to do it the fast way with an apple corer/slicer.

 Everyone took a taste of Sister O's smoothie concoction.....

it was delicious!

My neighbor came over one night.

The singing angels gave us a little concert.