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| Wow! Snow! |
For the update on this week's weather: we had almost a whiteout on
Tuesday night. We got five or six inches of snow! And then it snowed a
bit more. And then it never melted- temperatures have been below
freezing all week. So the sun comes out, melts a bit of the snow and
ice, then it goes down, taking the temperature with it, and all that
melt just refreezes so the roads have been increasingly slick. We've
had a ton of fun playing in the snow- we even built a snowman! And
helped shovel the driveway.
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| Sister Snow! |
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| Hey Snow Sister!! |
Other fun things that happened this week- we had a district blitz of
our area! Our district came and helped us find potentials that we've
been unable to contact for a while. It was pretty awesome! That same
morning we had a fun zone service project- we went to Lacamas Lake and
helped take down English ivy. The biggest vine we had was bigger than
my fist! But usually they were small vines and easy to cut.
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| Beautiful Snow Scene |
We had a super fun FHE with the Smiths- members of the ward- and they had us over for dinner later in the week and made us Costa Rican food! It was so yummy. They invited another couple that just moved in so we had the chance to get to know them.
We saw Julie and had pretty good discussions with her- we talked a lot about repentance and tender mercies and tried to help her see how the
Atonement and the gospel can really bless her. She hasn't made it to church yet- 9am is a bit early for her usual schedule. We are hoping to bring her to see a baptism this week- one of the neighboring wards is having a baptism on Tuesday.
We also saw one of the other less active sisters that we've been out
of touch with for a week or two, partly due to weather. She really
opened up to us about her life and what's going on. Sometimes I wonder
why we can't just fix things for people so they could be happy but
then I remember that would frustrate the entire plan of salvation, to
take away someone's free will. We can't really help her but we
testified of the Atonement and how that can apply and help her in her
situation.
It's supposed to rain the next couple days and warm up, so hopefully
everything will be back to normal! Which is a good metaphor for life-
sometimes things get icy and stormy and the best way to deal with it
is to slow down, be careful, and pray a LOT. And once things melt we
can be grateful and move forward normally again. We can't follow the
example of the people who speed and slide through the ice because
inevitably they will eventually spin out and crash, which takes much
longer to fix.
I love you all! Have a warm and amazing week!
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| Ice! Ice! Ice! |
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