October 21, 2009

Hi! How are ya?!

How is your weeks going? Mine are going by so quickly! Yet, so slowly in the same sense. It is weird.

So I get to go to the Gulf Museum today. I am excited. It has a lot of artifacts about the area and famous people who came from the area. One of my favorite archaeologists/smart history buffs I know is going to take us. I am excited!

So the other day we were in Bridge City and there was a man on an excavator demolishing a house. We stopped to watch (in the car) and he saw that we had stopped on the road and started moving things with his excavator so that we could get through. He moved a mini van, a pile of junk, and he moved the trailer that was attached to his truck. He just pushed it all with the excavator. Then, sat back and motioned us on. He was so proud of the piles he'd moved for us....It was funny....We saw the Texas chivalry.....our friend Alex said that it was probably Texas Shovenry....He wanted to show us what he could do. We laughed again about the situation....
We also were hit on by an 80 year old man who was drunk as a skunk in Bridge City that day. That was probably the funniest thing....Well, that whole day was filled with funny things happening....

So funny story....Sister Shull's head has been itching for a month or so now. We finally called Sister Moldenhauer about it. We checked it for bugs but I didn't see any. We went to the store the next day and the lady told us she had lice. We bought the shampoo and spent a day delicing. It was intense. Sister Shull has long hair and I had to go through it with a tiny pick. We did my hair too just to make sure, but I was good. We also sprayed stuff all over the couches and the car and we washed all the sheets and clothing in the house. It was a day project. We were going to keep it on the Down Low, but then Sis. Moldenhauer called and left a message on our phone about it and Sister Stott listened to it (we were on exchanges). Sister Stott turned to me and said, "Sister Moldenhauer was wondering if the lice thing was taken care of." Well, then I had to tell her the story.

So the last ensign talked about blog and internet safety.....are the names being changed or withheld on the blog? or is it a private blog? I'm just wondering....

Bobbie is still good to be baptized on Saturday. She passed her interview and she is ready to go. I'm so excited! I am playing the piano for her baptism. We'll see how that goes. Apparently I'm playing for sister Shull and Sister Curtis in church on Sunday too. Its a little random since I'm not that good, but I like to do it....I totally should've brought my big piano book, but I don't know how that would've worked. I love playing too much.

I really like the members here and I am having fun. We are teaching a man that is from Vietnam. That is cool. Our neighbor is from Vietnam too. When we do our walking exercising in the morning she will come out and walk with us. She doesn't speak a lick of English, but she smiles and walks with us. I laugh EVERY TIME! We are trying to figure out how to give her a 'SAC MAC MON' but the language barrier would prevent us from explaining it....but we could give it to her....haha. I'll keep you updated.

How cool is it that Amy has her PhD now? Way to go! That is awesome! I am jealous! I wish I was done with a degree. Luckily, Amy looks like me so I think that she should go to BYU or UVU for me and finish one out. I don't care which.... Science would be good though. It would help me be a forest ranger or a conservation lawyer! Sister Cummings (my archaeologist friend) says I should go into Ecology because it is a more broad degree. I tell her I'd have to take Chemistry if I did that....She says I need to anyway....haha We'll see....:S

Kel, that was so thoughtful! You are such an amazing person! I love you how do little things for others so that they can be happy. Remember the scavenger hunt that you and Ames put together? haha. That was funny....

And...Kelly is such a sweetheart. Amy got the over brains, Kelly got the over thoughtfulness, Jeff got the over amazing techiness, and I am still trying to figure out what I have, but I love all of my amazing siblings! We have amazing parentals too! I love it all!
So it is snowing there? We are finally getting into decent temperatures. IT is funny because we will see people go outside with sweaters and jackets and sweatpants because it is 70 degrees outside. We are loving it! Bobbie always asks us where are jackets are because it is so cold outside! We tell her it is just right! It is too! I finally like this Texas heat....Now all I need is a mountain!

We did exchanges this week and it was exciting. Sister Stott came here and we got 6 lessons on a Tuesday! That is intense! It is because we both worked hard and didn't waste any time. She was born here like me so she knew a lot of people. there were some she was working with who still haven't progressed to membership, but with her help yesterday we were able to see what some of the barriers were. It is great and I am excited to see what comes of it!

I tried to get us a full day, but no one wanted us to come on Tuesday. We set appts as we went. I was able to fill up the rest of the week. We have tons of lessons planned. I would ask if we could meet with people on Tuesday and they would say, "no, but Thursday works" or something. Hence, Wed, Thurs, Fri., and Sat. are completely filled, but we were dropping in on people on Tuesday. It worked out though.

We are teaching a lot of wonderful people. I am so excited to see them grow in the gospel. I've been able to see a big change in Bobbie over this month, and I am excited to see that with others. It has been a cool experience.

I don't know what else to say but I am just typing because i didn't bring things to do besides email and Sister Shull is still on emails.

Well, I will try to pull up more of dad's pictures. I love you all and hope that you have a fabulous week! p.s. You should ask Kelly about what i said to her...it is funny....

Well, love you!

Jackie