March 25, 2014
We moved! Don't send anything to the old address. I don't
know the new one yet, but the office address on 4007 Bridgeport is still good
for anything!
I got the St. Pat's day package, it was way cute! For note
of caution- all the candy in the package ended up tasting and smelling like
Irish spring soap. Of course I still ate it. But just so you know- the
permeating power of the soap is greater than any plastic covering. It all
became soapy. Perhaps I should have tried washing my hands with skittles and
seen if it worked just how it smelled.
Tell Tutu thank you so so much for that amazing gluten-free
package, I can't wait to try out some of those mixes when we've unpacked the
kitchen.
This transfer, my trainer Sister Noun is companions with
Sister Walker, and Sister Dunster and I are together. There's only 1 car for
the 4 of us, and we have to switch off per week which companionship gets the
car. As sisters, we're not allowed to ride bikes. And the companionship with the
car is not supposed to give the other companionship rides (the only exceptions
being meetings which we all have to attend). Also, we now don't even live in
our zone (if we get on the freeway, it's about a 15 minute drive from our
nearest investigator). So every week, for the companionship that doesn't have a
car..you sure better hope your investigators keep their appointments! Otherwise,
it's sure gonna be a long walk to the next cambodian (it's not like they all
live next to each other you know). What an adventure! I'm sure we'll become
intimately familiar with Washington's rainy season this transfer.
On the upside, I'm now cooking for a family of 4 which makes
preparing meals feel a lot more worth the time and effort (especially now that
I can't even eat them, because I can't afford to cook gluten and dairy free for
the whole household). I am freakin homemaker of the year these days. I've
hemmed and mended suit pants for 4 different Elders in the last week, I cook 3
well-balanced meals a day, I make survival care packages in mason jars for
missionaries who are sick (hand santizer, tissues, cough drops, nyquil, herbal
tea, soup mix, with a ribbon and a note on the lid), and I create incentive
programs to get my girls to do various things. Last transfer I made me and
Walker sticker charts when we were getting over our colds, and every time she
finished another water bottle she could add a sticker, and when she filled the
chart, she could buy a new skirt she'd been wanting. I wash the dishes, fold
laundry, and sing the girls lullabies (the last one's against their will).
Ready for this?
I've been in the mtc for 10 weeks and in the WA-TAC for 42,
which makes a total of 52 weeks, or one year, serving as a missionary. I've
been out for a year, guys! And the church is true here too!
-Sister Janessa McQuivey
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