Hey y'all!
So, as the subject line suggests, this week hasn't been the best. Fortunately
for me, I wasn't the one who was sick. Unfortunately for us, Sister
Morris was, for about half the week. Turns out she had strep, so she was
super contagious until Saturday morning, when she had been taking the
antibiotics for long enough. It's a miracle that I didn't get sick too!
But anyway, we spent most of the week locked up in our apartment so she
didn't get anyone else sick, so not much was done as far as missionary work
goes... but as of yesterday she hasn't been feeling sick at all, so we're ready
to jump back into things. But while she was sick and sleeping, I got a
lot of that extra study time that I had been wishing for! Turns out... I
can't study anything, not even the gospel, for 3 whole days straight. So
I mixed it up a bit with making decorations for my wall (yes, I've been living
in Katy for 3 months now and I haven't even really put anything on the wall... but
now it's all decorated!), watching various church DVDs, solving a Rubik's cube
(well, trying to solve it, anyway), and doing a deep cleaning of the apartment.
I was so bored. But all is well now, and we're ready to get back to
work! :)
Details for mom about my companionship: Sister Morris is awesome!
She loves to get down and work, which is exactly what I need - someone to
push me to be my best. (not that I'm not working... I am, it's just helpful to
have a companion who has a fire for missionary work and loves everything about
it, even the more unpleasant parts like tracting.) Also, we have a lot in
common, which makes it easy to work together. We have great unity when we
teach lessons - it seems like we know what the other person is going to say before
we say it. It's not like Sister Wahlen and I didn't have unity, but
Sister Morris and I had an instant connection that made us really good friends
right from the start.
As far as our investigators go... we're struggling. Last we
heard of Brenda she's really sick. We're hoping that she's doing better
now, because that was a week ago, but she's not responding to our texts or calls,
so that's not a good sign. I really hope we'll be able to meet with her
again soon! And Tish, and Ron and Maria, we haven't heard anything from
them in about a week either, even though we're trying to stay in contact with
them. Sister Morris and I are trying to figure out how we can reach them,
but we're also trying to figure out how to reach others as well, so we can
continue to teach those we are teaching but also find others to teach as well.
Good news, though - the Elders in our ward have a baptism this weekend!
Mark - he's the son of one of the less active sisters that we've worked
with in the past. But as a result of Mark's baptism this week, the whole
family has started to come back to church! It's so exciting!
Westlake hasn't seen a baptism in about 8 months, so hopefully this will
get the members excited about missionary work again.
Also... apparently I forgot to tell this story... I got my ears pierced!!
Here's the whole story: I decided a while ago that I wanted to be
able to wear earrings, but I didn't think I would get my ears pierced until
after my mission. But then we were talking to Sandra (who is dong well,
by the way, we just had to transfer her over to the Spanish Sisters because she
decided that she would understand better if she were taught in her native
language) and she makes earrings, and she wanted to give Sister Wahlen and I
each a pair, but I didn't have my ears pierced. So that got Sister Wahlen
and I talking about it later that night, and then the next day (p-day) we went
to the mall, just for fun, and happened to walk into claire's... and yep, I got
them pierced. Sister Wahlen was so excited about it- it was kind of
funny. So yeah, that's the story of how Sister Ririe got her ears pierced
on her mission. Everyone's got to have those random stories, right? ;)
I love you all so much! Thanks as always for the prayers and
support! Have a great week! :)
Sister Ririe
Alma 48:17
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