Hey-oh, my dear fam!
Merry 2016!! Happy New Year!! I can't believe we're
chilling in January these days, and that we're still hanging out in Beulah.
Month six of the mish is treating me well so far- the work is picking back up,
we're only minorly freezing our booties off, and we're loving the 2k16 life.
It's a dream! This morning we ran our errands and browsed the Hazen drug store-
and Sister Luker and I bought each other adorable ornaments...we're so in sync.
She got me a little strawberry one and I got her an "Inside Out" one-
pure bliss! So, if you couldn't already tell, we're adoring the post
Christmas life! Strangely enough, Christmas miracles keep on coming...but we'll
get to all that! We've got a lot of ground to cover this week- let's jump into
it!
As we chatted about last email, last Monday was
crazy town. We spent the day with the Rice’s, taking impromptu trips to
Bismarck to pick up phones and go to Wal-Mart (where I used some of my
Christmas money to buy $3 flats- such a steal! They're white and pointed and
perfect...and I may have worn them a couple times this week. I'm already freezing...gotta
rock the cute flats!!) and eat Chinese food- it was perfection! We emailed once
back to Beulah and went back to the Rice's to finish up our laundry...during
which, our dinner appointment cancelled- the flu has been taking Beulah down!
Sister Rice told us to just stay over for dinner, and it was perfection. I love
the Rice’s!!
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| Tripod adventures with the Rices (oh man, I love them so much!) |
We ate philly cheese steaks with them and watched
"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly" (it's our new favorite Mormon message- so
amazing)...and took some requisite tripod pictures, of course. Loving the
tripod life! We sprinted over to Gayle's after dinner and shared a scripture
with him- it was perfect! I love that man so much. He even gave a pack of cough
drops and said that we better not get sick, haha. The man loves us, too!
Tuesday was blissful as well. We started with the
morning routine and spent our dear lunch hour speed cleaning the apartment-
gotta have a clean home base. It's a necessity. Sister Luker probably thinks
I'm a crazy loon, but nothing brings me more joy than an empty sink and
vacuumed carpet and the general scent of lavender. We headed out of the
apartment as the happiest of campers, and started trying all the people.
We ended up teaching Martha, a 97 year old
(seriously, not even a joke) that we tracted into a couple weeks ago. Her
nephew is a member, so she's kinda sorta interested...and we chatted for a long
time about the Book of Mormon. She's a pretty devout Lutheran, and not super
looking for anything...but she did have a ton of questions about the Book of
Mormon! It was pretty sweet. I'm not sure that Martha will become a permanent
fixture in our Beulah lives, but she is a pretty rad lady. I'll keep you
updated, of course.
We ran over to Cynthia's after that, our recent
fave less active wise. She's doing well, and we finally got more of the story
about her Church experience- yahooo!! It was productive and I think she's
finally getting to a place of actually trusting us. Man, nothing beats that!
Hopefully, as we continue to work with dear ol' Cynthia, she'll warm up to the
idea of coming back to church. We'll see, we'll see!
We spent the rest of our day sprinting around and
trying everyone with not a lot of luck...until we tried Christine and Renee in
Halliday! Yahooo!! They're former investigators we tried eons ago, when we
first got in the area, and were super not interested...but Sister Thueson told
us to give them another chance. Man, I am so grateful we did! They are the
sweetest people ever! Christine is 89 and from Switzerland, and Renee is 90 and
from the Czech Republic- and they're the cutest little couple in human
existence. Christine was a little hesitant when we knocked on their door, but
Renee (in all his perfect 90 year old-ness) let us right in, made up a plate of
cookies, and chatted with us about religion. About midway through our
conversation, Renee abruptly got up, grabbed a book called "Rediscovering
Jesus", and told me that I need to read it. Apparently, crazily old
Catholic men from Europe can smell that I'm still figuring it all out, haha.It
was just the sweetest lesson!
We shared a quote from "A Summer with Great
Aunt Rose" with those two cuties, and Christine LOVED Pres. Uchtdorf, of
course. I should've seen it coming! We got the exclusive invite to Renee's 90th
birthday party, and the even more exclusive return appointment- I'm excited to
see what happens!
We ate dinner at the Black's on Tuesday night- it
was the best! I hadn't really met them before dinner, but they are just the
greatest. Their first names are Lamont and Rosemary- could you just die!? They
rival Christine and Renee for Tuesday's cutest couple, for sure. We chatted
about Bro. Black's conversion over lasagna, and it was just amazing. I love
them! We shared a Conference quote and swapped our favorite apostles...and we
left their place with oodles of brownies and such profound love for this sweet
family I've never even met. Amazing!
We ended our day at Barb's, where we shared a quote
from Elder Renlund's talk (to explain my Christmas card, lolol) and
chatted about prayer. It was perfect! Barb gave us this huge bag of shoes to go
through because her and Sister Luker are the same size (dang fairy feet) and it
was simply joyous. We tried them all on after nightly planning, and I totally
felt like one of the ugly stepsisters. No one should have sevens! That is so
small! But alas, some of the pairs had cute detachable bows...so I stole a
few of those for my own personal use. Yahoo for shoe bows!!
Wednesday was another crazy day, filled to the brim
with trying everyone and tracting our Hazen. Not a fave, man oh man. But, I did
have killer personal studies that morning, so not all was lost! We did
scheduled a couple of rad appointments for the coming week (that hopefully
won't fall though, yikes!) during comp study, and we both had the acute
awareness that our day was going to be a little bit weird. It was still magical
and wonderful...just a little weird.
We sprinted over to Hazen after lunch and tried all
the potentials we had written down...little bit disheartening, haha. We did end
up seeing Bro. Crane and chatting with him about Christ and his profound love
of food storage and front loading laundry machines- ya know, just the basics of
the gospel. It was a really good chat, and I think Bro. Crane is getting closer
and closer to wanting to be active. Man, I hoooooope so! I feel confident!
We ran over to the Lee's after that, and had a
really nice meeting with our fave, Bro. Lee. We shared a Conference talk and
talked about our relationship with Heavenly Father- it was sweet! He has such a
strong testimony of prayer, but he's not really doing anything about it...I
dunno know. We'll see what happens!
We dined at the Whitley's and ate yummy soup with
their fam before heading back out into our dreary Wednesday. We tried all the
people, and ended the night with our spirits pretty low...until we got a call
from Dickinson with a referral in Hebron! Yahoo! Not all hope is lost! AND,
Sis. Billman called us up with Hebron referrals as well! Such a tender mercy
after a longer than usual Wednesday.
Thursday was SO good, man oh man! We spent a good
chunk of our day planning away, and we ran over to Barb's the second we were
done. Scott left her all alone on New Years, so she gave us a call early
Thursday morning and asked us to come by - yahoooo!! Barb loves
us!! We shared Alma 24 and chatted about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies- it's our new
fave New Years message! Bury your swords, people! Barb really enjoyed it, and
we all got to thinking about what our swords could be. I've got a lot more
swords than I really want to manage, haha, We've been brainstorming...I think
pride is a definite sword I want to ditch, but I might need to start a little
smaller. I'm still ponderizing. But, it was a great visit!
We met the Dunkleys after that and carpooled over
to their place for dinner- Chinese food and apple cider, of course! It was so
much fun. We played Uno with their fam and chatted about New Years
Resolutions...perfection all around. Really, I just adore those Dunkleys! It
was such a party, and I felt so grateful to be right where I am and meeting
people like the Dunkleys. The true take away from my Thursday is that Beulah is
amazing and everything is awesome- especially my fave Dunkleys!
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| my cute New Years Eve outfit (I made Sis. Luker take a picture because I was pretty proud, haha) |
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| a cute picture snapped by Tabitha (the best pictures are always taken by three year olds, dontcha know), |
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| a backseat party in the Dunkley car |
Friday was also awesome, of course. It was a great
week! We did the morning routine before heading over to Hebron, where we ate
lunch with the Coots and hightailed it to Dickinson. We had an amazingly
inspired district meeting, and a speed round Wal-Mart trip before heading back
to Beulah to dine with the Rice's. They're totally my fave, guys. I adore
them!
We ate collared greens and roast and beans and
mashed potatoes- so delish! After dinner (while playing Head's Up, haha), my
beloved watch broke and, although my pro watch fixer Macey tried to revive it,
died for good. Luckily, it all went down at the Rice's, and they gave me two
watches to tide me over until I can get a new one. I love them so much!! One of
them is pretty much my spirit watch- it's burgundy and has Minnie Mouse on the
inside- and I'm in love. The Rice’s just win all the awards! I adore
them! We shared a Conference quote with their fam and talked
about the Savior- nothing beats an amazing family with solid testimonies. I
love it so much!
We tried all the people after dinner and ended up
doing a late night session of 12-week...not a fave. We nightly planned like
pros and ended our day feeling perfectly content and at ease- such a magical
Friday!
Saturday was amazing, complete with helping Sister
Humphreys paint her new house(and wearing our new Bismarck North Dakota
t-shirts, dontcha know!), an impromptu lesson with Gayle, tracting all around,
and a lovely Lee dinner appointment. Pure bliss! Sister Lee surprised us with a
late Christmas present- perfect sister missionary stockings!!- and we talked
with Bro. Lee about doing 12-step- such a good night!! The Towes and the Clines
came over as well, and it was such a party. I love Beulah!
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| our cuter than cute mission shirts (I'm in love!) |
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| our adorable stockings! |
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We also randomly saw Faye yesterday- it was
amazing! We tried her on a whim before our dinner with the Thueson's, and she
let us right in! We played with her puppies and talked about the New Year- and
we're going to get lunch with her on Tuesday! YAHOOOOO!! It was
crazy town- I am SO excited! My fave Faye is investigating once more- what a
tender mercy!
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| living the tripod life with the Thuesons |
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| Sis. Luker and Faye (being adorable) |
I love you all so much- thank you for all you do!
Have the greatest week!
Love,
Sister Robinson
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| and my updated stocking- the "butts" pin really makes it me, haha! |
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