October 13, 2009

Well Hi!

Sorry I missed everyone! I didn’tt know Tuesday was going to be Preparation Day until it was Saturday or something, so I wasn't able to let anyone know. Luckily though, Dad sent me some pictures and I got Brian's weekly email so I had something to look at....haha

Remember that time that we went to Jenny Lake and it was a complete and random downpour? Well, when it rains here, that is what it is like! On Friday it rained the whole day like that and I was really surprised that things weren't more flooded than they actually were.
And yes, I still hate rain....especially torrential downpour rain! Though, I am getting to the point where it doesn't bother me AS BAD....but it still does....a lot! :S

So I have two random questions:
1. When is daylight savings time?
2. How do you make pumpkin pie with the insides of a real pumpkin? Sister Shull and I want to carve pumpkins and we are going to roast the seeds (can you include how to do that in the next email too?) and want to do something with the insides! Please madre, share your knowledge! ;)

Alright...so we were in the health food store last week and this random lady came up to us and started talking to us. By random I mean she worked there.... Anywho, she asked us so we told her who we were. She said, "oh, I'm Christian"
I said, "Hey! So are we!"
Random lady: "Oh, no....you aren't....We believe in Christ"
Me: "the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints does believe in Christ" (as I hold up my tag)
RL: "Oh no...you are considered a cult"
Sister Shull: "We aren't a cult ma'am"
RL: "Oh, Jill here goes to your church"
Then the random lady left and we didn't recognize the person she said was a member of the church.....and upon her return:

RL: "I'm sorry, Jill is a Jehovah's Witness"
And she walks off.....

So apparently (but not really) Jehovah's witnesses are a cult and they don't believe in God....luckily this random lady in the health food store told us what we believed because Sister Shull and I were apparently way off the mark! Maybe we missed the memo.... ;)

So high school football is the most intense thing ever here and the cross town rivalry game had 16000+ spectators....yes sixteen thousand....I didn't add one too many zeros....ridiculous, right? Nederland was only 7 students away from closing the school down (because so many were sick) but they kept it open to play that game, according to townsfolk.

Port Neches-Groves High school has the record for the most spectators attending a high school football game,. Guess how many? 54000! They have a joke here that is, "last one out of town shut the lights off" because everyone goes to the games. Tracting on Friday nights is useless.... and if we do go, it has to be before the game. Everyone wears their colors....

I'm pretty sure that half of this area is sick....It is going around. President Moldenhauer has asked that all members not shake our hands or give us hugs any more....It is a little weird and we don't know how to leave their houses and whatnot without that closure, but it is safer that way I guess.

Anywho....We have a dinner appointment and it starts right now so I am going to go.....

Love you mucho! I'll talk to you in 8 days!

Jackie