Week 76

Miss You Til Wednesday

 

 

WOW!!!  This was an intense week.  It was one of those weeks that you look back at and think "Did all that really happen this week?"  It was crazy, but all really good stuff! 

Monday started out the fun as we celebrated Elder Jergensmeiers 20th birthday!  Limby and I made a fish cake and got him a really classy Cody Simpson card.  Then we went bowling as a district!  It was so much fun and I am still just as horrid at bowling as I ever was.  It was really wierd though to be out in public in pants just basically hanging out.  Especially because in just a couple weeks I am going to be expected to do that on a normal basis!  EEK!  But it was SO fun!

 

Then on Monday night I went on exchanges with Hermana Folsom in one of our new districts in Phoenix.  That was SO fun!  I havent ever left my area for an exchange before, so I really enjoyed that.  Hna Folsom is really quite cool and we had a lot of fun on our exchange.  She goes home with me, so she knows what she is doing and it was really fun to work with a missionary who isnt new again.  Dont get me wrong, I liked training and I love my comp now, but it is cool to have the first lesson you teach together just go smoothly because you both know the lesson and the spanish to go with it.  It was really fun.  She taught me a lot of new things that the Phoenix mission does that were really cool and will help our area a lot.  One of them is prayer contacting, I will go more into that later.  But really, Monday night and Tuesday were just really fun and I learned a ton and had a ton of fun!

 

Wednesday was a glorious day!!!  We went to the temple which is always so so great.  I always knew that it was a huge blessing to go to the temple every 6 weeks, but when I was on exchanges I learned that Phoenix only got to go every 3!  So extra blessing.  And then when I was there an even extra-er blessing happened!!!  Ok, so here is the story....We were leaving the temple and as we were walking down the stairs I yelled at one of the elders, I cant remember why.  It wasnt a really yell, just a teasing yell and I told him I hated him.(This will come into play soon).  So we start to walk away, down the sidewalk to the car when I hear "Hey, Sister Parry".  So I am assuming it is a missionary, but when I turned around I was speechless for a moment.  It was my friend Sterling, from Deseret Book!  Oh my heck!  I was a little stunned to see him there in Mesa(even though I knew he was living somewhere in AZ), but is was so cool!  I had to shake his hand, and that was a little sad....but it was ok.  Oh my gosh, I was so happy to see him!  Now I will tell you the story from his point of view.  So he lives just across from the temple and had just gotten off work or something and got out of the car and saw missionaries at the temple.  Well he thought that he saw me, but wasnt sure....but then he heard me yell at that elder and he knew it was me!  Hahaha.  But then he ran over to say hi!  It was so neat!  I have been so lucky to see so many of my dear sweet friends durning my mission.  Tender Mercy!

 

So then just some fun cool stuff, on Thursday we tried out prayer contacting and it was SO sweet!  Basically you just knock the door and when they answer you say "we are representatives of Jesus Christ, and we would like to offer a blessing on your home".  Then they let you in, you pray with them and then you ask them when you can come back to share with them how they can always have that feeling  in their home.  Well it seems really common sense I think, but I had never thought about it before.  But it was SO neat!  We got let into houses that never would have let us in before and we had some really neat experiences praying wtih people.  I love praying with people, it is my favorite part of missionary work and so I have really enjoyed that.  We have only tried it with hispanic people, I am a little more nervous to try with white people, but we are going too.  It is fun!

 

In a few other highlight of this week...we got a free eye exam and free contacts.  Thanks Doctor Sellers.  We went to visit a family in our ward, whose 10 year old daughter is a FREAK and I LOVE her.  Well we set up dinner for Wednesday night and while we were there she said "You are so great to talk to!" and then as she walked us out she said "Bye, I'll miss you til Wednesday!"  It was so cute!  Love her!

 

Also, I got my trunky packet that tells me all my flight info!  It is too scary to post this week, but keep your morning open on the 30th!  EEEK!

 

Well, that is all there is to it people.  God is good.  We are loved.  What could be better than that.  Love you.  Miss you.  See you soon.

Con Amor, Hermana Parry 

 

 

Me and Folsom

Me and Limby on our nightly call with Anderbacher 

Me and Sterling