12-9-2013: Cold Snap!

Hey, remember that time I got my mission call to Finland...?

yeah, me either.

THIS WEEK WAS SO COLD. Thursday night we had some freezing rain and then by friday morning it snowed a good amount, and then saturday everything that had already fallen snow-wise just froze over, and finally Sunday afternoon it started melting slowly but surely.  I understand why there were probably only 7 people at the game in Dallas...While we were walking we felt a little bit like the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" which was pretty cool! 

Of course, President Ames didn't want anyone driving on the dangerous/icy roads, so our directions were to keep cars parked at our apartments for all of friday and saturday and most of sunday.  We didn't want to just stay in our apartment all day so we usually just put on every piece of clothing in our closet and made the mile trek into our area (our apartment is actually just barely outside of our area, so that was slightly inconvenient.)  But it was super fun and for a second we thought seriously about investing in ice skates.

I kid you not, I wore 2 pairs of tights and 3 pairs of pants underneath my skirt those days.  We were sure to be inside by the time it was dark and the only members that were able to drive in the weather (their mighty SUV dominated the ice) picked us up a few times to feed us and we watched the Christmas Devotional with them.

Chilly...for Texas!

On Saturday, it was pretty cold and our Less-Actives that we were visiting gave us blankets so we wore those over our 12,000 scarves and my trench coat so I may or may not have looked like a hobo walking home that afternoon.  It was actually pretty fun, but I am VERY grateful that we have been given driving privilages for today.  (And don't worry, this doesn't happen super often so I should be fine without a warmer coat.)

Sooooo......TRANSFERS!  It looks like I'll be.........staying!!!!  I will be here in Hurst still for the next transfer and Hermana Gomez is being transfered to Arlington. So I'll be here with Hermana Gwynn (for Christmas!!! I'm so excited!) who will be coming here from somewhere up north on Wednesday.  I hear she's been out for a while and that she's really cool, so that's good!  It's been super fun with Hermana Gomez and I'm a little sad that she's leaving but at the same time, that's how missionary work goes!  And I'm super excited to show Hermana Gwynn how stinking awesome these people in the Hurst 3rd ward are.  (So Mom, you can go ahead and send my Christmas package to the Haltom City address) :)

Because the majority of the week we spent in a 3.5 mile radius around our apartment, we weren't really able to see a lot of our investigators, but hopefully we'll be able to see them this week! 

This week we had some REALLY good turkey Floutas/Enchiladas with NB and A.  I love Mexican food. AND A is doing super awesome.  She is all ready to get baptized, we're just waiting on her Dad's approval :)

Sounds like your trip, Mom, went well and that you had a good time in Seattle with family and whatnot! Also: I may or may not have seen a clip of that fish-throwing thing on an episode of the Bachelor...? I will neither confirm nor deny that. But it looks cool! And I'm glad to hear that all the various concerts went well :)  And I send my love and greetings to everyone you saw there

And don't worry, Dad, I'll make sure to stay nice and warm and healthy and avoiding grease fires whatnot :)

Thank you so much for your love and prayers and everything!

I love you so much!
Hermana Sangre

P.S.

BUSINISS MEETING:

For the missionary plaque, I really like the scripture Moroni 7:47, and yes to Hermana Kate Blood (instead of Sister).  I trust you to pick a picture that looks halfway decent :)

C.T.R.