Hello Everyone-
So this week we had a couple great lessons, and many mini miracles. To start, we had a lesson on Tuesday with a man named Charlie (the one who has stage 4 bone cancer). It was all on prayer, it was such a good lesson! He is changing so much already. We found out that he was going to cancel our lesson, but after the Bro. L talked to him, he decided to keep it. He was so glad that he did. He is coming along slow, but good! We are so excited about teaching Charlie, and can already see the good that has come in his life from learning about the Gospel of Christ!
This week was girls camp, so Richards mother (who is a member and where we always have our lessons was gone) was gone all week. Richard never answers our phone calls, or calls us back, we usually have to work through his mother. And since she was gone, we had no way of reaching Richard. It was Wednesday, and we didn't have a lesson set up with Richard, and we were really worried. We wanted to teach him, but didn't know how we would be able to set up an appointment. Well we were driving from tracting to our lesson in Sanford. We were already going to be a couple minutes late... Well we drive past a red truck that was pulled over on the side of the road.... It was Richard!!!! So we turned around as quickly as we could, and went back to talk to him. Well right as we were about to get there, the truck pulls out and was going the other way. We were so sad. So we turned around again and headed home. A couple minutes later I looked behind us, and 2 cars back was Richard. After a few more minutes of driving, and trying to figure out how we could get him to stop, we pulled over and let him pass. Then we drove up behind him, and honked and were waving like crazy! His son, Ricky, looks back and gives us a weird look, and then starts waving. So Richard pulled over... we jumped out of the car, and were able to set up a lesson with him!!!!!! The best part of the story was, that earlier that day, we had prayed that we would be able to reach Richard to set up an appointment! The Lord answers our prayers!!!!!!! :) And I was so glad that Ricky wasn't embarrassed by us, because his friend was in the car too, and he totally could have pretended that he didn't know who we were.... cuz we were pretty crazy looking. haha! :P
Loral is getting closer and closer to setting a date. This last week she said she has been praying, and is thinking Aug. or Sept. sometime!!!!! Yay!!! I was so excited!
On Thursday people kept warning us that huge thunder storms were coming. Well right before the first one hit, a Catholic lady let us in her house. She gave us water and fresh banana bread. We talked to her about the church, but she wasn't interested. Well the storm came and went while we were in her house! :) Then that night another one came. We were in our lesson with Richard when it hit. Good thing, because it was raining so hard!!!! The rain was coming down sideways, the wind was so strong. I thought it was a hurricane.... because I know what those are like. :P haha. But we would have been completely soaked if we would have been out tracting. The Lord was looking out for us! :)
On Saturday we had the idea of eating lunch at a park. Well when we went to the street to get to the park, the street was hardly a street. It had no houses on it or anything.... AND there was no park. Not even the slightest hint that a park was ever even there... bummer!!!! We have found out a lot the past few days that our map is so not accurate. We kept trying to get places on streets that showed it connected 2 other streets.... well not a single one got even close to connecting the 2 bigger streets. It was annoying, because it made our plans for tracting all fall through, and having to change them on the spot. We met a man this week that really thinks that people evolved from swamp slime.... and that we are the only think like us on earth, because we killed and ate all the other things that could have become like us! I was trying SO hard not to laugh while he was talking to us..... sometimes if people would just listen to themselves, they would realize how crazy their "beliefs" are...... I know we did not come from swamp slime!!!!!!!
My talk yesterday at church was so terrible!!!!!!!!! I could not find my place in my notes at all, I used my quotes and stuff at the wrong parts, I wasn't able to make anything flow, since I was going off my memory..... I was so disappointed with myself when I was done. I don't even know what I really said, since everything I had planned to say wasn't said. :( And I DO NOT like writing a talk without LDS.org to go to to get talks.... haha but oh well!
So last night we stopped by a members house. I think they are our long lost relatives.... Her parents are just like grandma/pa. they are always building and fixing things. Using everything, not letting anything go to waste. They dug out a basement from their already built house.... I really thought I was talking to Lori the whole time. The lady, Sis. Burk reminded me so much of Lori. She has a son who is special needs. He was having terrible seizures when he was 8 months old. He doesn't have them now, but he cant' talk or do anything for himself. She is so humble and positive. I felt like I was at home. Her son, Mathew had the sweetest laugh and smile, it reminded me so much of Brady!!!!!! :) It was a tender mercy from the Lord to be able to go and visit with that family last night!!!!!
Well I am out of time!!
I love you all,
Love,
Sister Rankin
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Staying in Sanford
Hello Everyone-
So transfer calls came last night........ just not to Sanford. :( So I am staying here for another 7 weeks a least. I was kind of bummed. My ADD is kicking in, and I am ready for a new area.... but this might mean that Sister Hatch, MTC companion, will be on my side of the mission now. If she is, then I will get to see her at Zone Conference! (That is if my predictions were accurate... haha)this past week was hot!!!! High 80's to mid 90's all week.... with humidity. I'm surviving.... hahah
I have to give a talk on Sunday. I'm so not excited for that. I don't like giving talks, and I don't know when I'm going to have time to prepare it. The primary in this ward does this thing where if a child brings their scriptures to primary they get to put a penny in a jar. When the jar is full it is enough money to buy a Book of Mormon. So they buy one, and present it to the missionaries. We got one yesterday. It was so cute!!!!
Guess what.... Richard Crispin has a baptismal date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have been working at getting him to accept/own a date for about a month now. He finally accepted/owned the date of September 15th on Tuesday. I am so excited. It is on his son's birthday.... his son picked the date and said it would be the best birthday gift! I am super excited.
So we had a few funny stories this past week. They all started on Wednesday while driving to district meeting. We made a music video to the song "The Iron Rod." It is so funny to watch. The camera kept moving, so we never got on that has both of us doing it..... but we laugh a lot. Then at District meeting we were talking about questions that we could ask people to "get to know them". One Elder said to ask them what they think they will do in heaven. then he goes off on this really passionate rant about how people think they are going to be floating around of a cloud playing a harp for eternity..... how boring would that be. Then another Elder was like, It would be like if you went to a party, and they played the same song over and over and over.... you would get so sick of it. Then the first Elder (almost yells) says, "I wouldn't want a strobe light in my face for eternity!!!!!!!!!" (Okay, you are probably thinking that this story is lame and not even funny, but we were all laughing so hard and couldn't stop.) On Saturday we met a few funny people. First we knocked on a ladies door and she yelled at us that we were trespassing, and there is no trespassing on her property. Then she says, "We don't have a sign up, but you should know there is no trespassing." Well we weren't.... but we just said, "have a good day" and laughed down the driveway. My new saying is..... "People think we are deaf and blind, but can read minds." Everyone always tries to hide from us, but we can see and hear them, and they think we can't. But they expect us to know what they are thinking, and I really do think they think we can read their minds. So we laugh a lot about that. That same day we knocked on a door and the lady said, "Let me come out and protect you from my turkey.... he might come chase you." So she protected us, and then when we were leaving she stood in the way of the turkey so that it couldn't get us. It was funny!!!! Another story is that we were tracting in this little apartment house thing. The hallway to this one door was 3/4 full of junk. Sister Brovont slides down the hallway and knocks on the door.... I was like are you kidding me. I could have gone down the hallway if I took my backpack off, but with it on I couldn't get down the hallway. So I got as close as I could get. She starts talking to the lady, then turns to let me talk, and busts up laughing at me.... It was so EMBARRASSING, but funny at the same time. Wow, we laughed about that one all day.The Elders also told me that I need to live a little. We were tracting in an area that said "NO SOLICITING" well we aren't solicitors, so we went. Everyone told us that we weren't allowed there, and that someone would call the cops on us. So me being the chicken that I am, didn't want the cops called on us, so we left. The Elders told me that next time that happens, to stay and see if anyone really does call the cops.... and then if the cops come, we are allowed to be there, so nothing would even happen. So maybe someone time this transfer I will be brave enough to stay. haha.
I have learned and gained a huge appreciation for our leaders. In all of our mission meetings, they always say and teach the exact thing I need to hear at that time. It is so neat to see how the spirit works that way. It's also really neat to see the change in people over the course of a contact. They may be so rude at first, but if they let us talk, by the end they are so much nicer, and you can tell they felt the spirit. that doesn't always mean that they will let us come back, but we know that we were able to plant a seed!!!! The Lord provides for us, and cares about every little thing. Even as little as our water bottles are empty, our car is a 20 min. walk away, and we don't know what to do.... then the next door we go to will offer to fill our bottles for us. He watches out for us, and we just have to put our trust in Him.
I love you all!!!!
Love,
Sister Rankin!
So transfer calls came last night........ just not to Sanford. :( So I am staying here for another 7 weeks a least. I was kind of bummed. My ADD is kicking in, and I am ready for a new area.... but this might mean that Sister Hatch, MTC companion, will be on my side of the mission now. If she is, then I will get to see her at Zone Conference! (That is if my predictions were accurate... haha)this past week was hot!!!! High 80's to mid 90's all week.... with humidity. I'm surviving.... hahah
I have to give a talk on Sunday. I'm so not excited for that. I don't like giving talks, and I don't know when I'm going to have time to prepare it. The primary in this ward does this thing where if a child brings their scriptures to primary they get to put a penny in a jar. When the jar is full it is enough money to buy a Book of Mormon. So they buy one, and present it to the missionaries. We got one yesterday. It was so cute!!!!
Guess what.... Richard Crispin has a baptismal date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have been working at getting him to accept/own a date for about a month now. He finally accepted/owned the date of September 15th on Tuesday. I am so excited. It is on his son's birthday.... his son picked the date and said it would be the best birthday gift! I am super excited.
So we had a few funny stories this past week. They all started on Wednesday while driving to district meeting. We made a music video to the song "The Iron Rod." It is so funny to watch. The camera kept moving, so we never got on that has both of us doing it..... but we laugh a lot. Then at District meeting we were talking about questions that we could ask people to "get to know them". One Elder said to ask them what they think they will do in heaven. then he goes off on this really passionate rant about how people think they are going to be floating around of a cloud playing a harp for eternity..... how boring would that be. Then another Elder was like, It would be like if you went to a party, and they played the same song over and over and over.... you would get so sick of it. Then the first Elder (almost yells) says, "I wouldn't want a strobe light in my face for eternity!!!!!!!!!" (Okay, you are probably thinking that this story is lame and not even funny, but we were all laughing so hard and couldn't stop.) On Saturday we met a few funny people. First we knocked on a ladies door and she yelled at us that we were trespassing, and there is no trespassing on her property. Then she says, "We don't have a sign up, but you should know there is no trespassing." Well we weren't.... but we just said, "have a good day" and laughed down the driveway. My new saying is..... "People think we are deaf and blind, but can read minds." Everyone always tries to hide from us, but we can see and hear them, and they think we can't. But they expect us to know what they are thinking, and I really do think they think we can read their minds. So we laugh a lot about that. That same day we knocked on a door and the lady said, "Let me come out and protect you from my turkey.... he might come chase you." So she protected us, and then when we were leaving she stood in the way of the turkey so that it couldn't get us. It was funny!!!! Another story is that we were tracting in this little apartment house thing. The hallway to this one door was 3/4 full of junk. Sister Brovont slides down the hallway and knocks on the door.... I was like are you kidding me. I could have gone down the hallway if I took my backpack off, but with it on I couldn't get down the hallway. So I got as close as I could get. She starts talking to the lady, then turns to let me talk, and busts up laughing at me.... It was so EMBARRASSING, but funny at the same time. Wow, we laughed about that one all day.The Elders also told me that I need to live a little. We were tracting in an area that said "NO SOLICITING" well we aren't solicitors, so we went. Everyone told us that we weren't allowed there, and that someone would call the cops on us. So me being the chicken that I am, didn't want the cops called on us, so we left. The Elders told me that next time that happens, to stay and see if anyone really does call the cops.... and then if the cops come, we are allowed to be there, so nothing would even happen. So maybe someone time this transfer I will be brave enough to stay. haha.
I have learned and gained a huge appreciation for our leaders. In all of our mission meetings, they always say and teach the exact thing I need to hear at that time. It is so neat to see how the spirit works that way. It's also really neat to see the change in people over the course of a contact. They may be so rude at first, but if they let us talk, by the end they are so much nicer, and you can tell they felt the spirit. that doesn't always mean that they will let us come back, but we know that we were able to plant a seed!!!! The Lord provides for us, and cares about every little thing. Even as little as our water bottles are empty, our car is a 20 min. walk away, and we don't know what to do.... then the next door we go to will offer to fill our bottles for us. He watches out for us, and we just have to put our trust in Him.
I love you all!!!!
Love,
Sister Rankin!
Monday, June 14, 2010
took a fall
Hello Everyone.....
Well from the sounds of things back home, my week fits right in. With everyone getting sick and hurt.... I fell down the stairs at someones house on Thursday evening. It had been rainy all day, and we were walking up stairs to knock on the door. We heard someone come out downstairs, so as we headed down, my foot slipped on the wet mossy step, and I slid down about half way. I have some really pretty colored bruised on my left arm, right ankle, above my right knee on the side, and my right hip...... And they hurt bad! Since then I have had to be very careful with how I sleep and everything, because if anything touches my bruises, it is very painful. but it could have been worse, so if all I got was some bruises, mud on my clothes, and a little embarrassment, then I think that is good!!!! :)
So this week could be my last week in Sanford. Because we are getting a new mission president on June 30th, this transfer is only going to be 5 weeks long, and then next transfer will be 7 weeks...... So next Sunday night I will know if I am staying or leaving. Which also means, if anyone is going to send me a letter, make sure to send it to the mission home, so I will actually get it, in case I do get transferred. It was another rainy week. It either rained all day everyday, rained off and on all day, or was overcast and cloudy. But today it is sunny and warmer than it ever was last week, so we will see. haha! :)
So on Thursday night we had an AMAZING lesson. It was at our Ward mission leaders home. It was with one of his friends named Charlie who has stage 4 bone cancer. He as been trying to get him to take lessons for years, but wasn't ever interested. This time Charlie called Bro. "L" and asked to learn. We taught him the Plan of Salvation. HOLY COW!!!!! The spirit was SO strong. My testimony of the Plan of Salvation and the Atonement grew so much during that lesson. Charlie is kind of hesitant, but we were able to get a return appointment with him, and are teaching him again on Thursday. I am so excited!!!! It really was probably the best lesson I have had out here so far. He is going to take a lot of work, but I know this gospel will help him and his family. Especially in this time he is going through. Both his daughters are recently divorced, and the family situation is slowly going down hill. He is supposed to have a bone marrow transplant at the end of Aug. that only has a 30% chance of working... and him living. Even if he doesn't get baptized, or make it far enough to get baptized, the gospel will be able to bring more peace into his life, and his families life!!!! I hope everything goes well with him, so that he can make those changes in life, and be baptized!!!!! I also learned from that lesson, how important it is to have lessons in members homes. The spirit is so much stronger in members homes, so it is able to come into the lessons so much more! That is a push that President Jensen is giving us. We are supposed to try to get all of our lessons in a members home, or at the church if a home isn't available.... last resort, just take a member with us to the investigators house. Some sad news... both of the new investigators I wrote about last week fell through. Lori talked to an old friend of her's who told her all this anti stuff, so she decided not to meet with us at this time. Then the younger boy Tyler moved to Dover, NH. We went to the lesson, and his step dad was home. He told us that he just moved that week to go live with his grandparents. :( I was so sad!!! I hope the missionaries in Dover can find him and teach him!!!!
So if I don't get transferred, then I have to speak in Sacrament meeting in 2 Sundays.... :S Just because I'm a missionary, doesn't mean it's going to be any easier, or that I'm going to like doing it. I get so nervous just talking to one person in a lesson, let alone a whole ward. Well I'm just about out of time!
Love, Sister Rankin
Well from the sounds of things back home, my week fits right in. With everyone getting sick and hurt.... I fell down the stairs at someones house on Thursday evening. It had been rainy all day, and we were walking up stairs to knock on the door. We heard someone come out downstairs, so as we headed down, my foot slipped on the wet mossy step, and I slid down about half way. I have some really pretty colored bruised on my left arm, right ankle, above my right knee on the side, and my right hip...... And they hurt bad! Since then I have had to be very careful with how I sleep and everything, because if anything touches my bruises, it is very painful. but it could have been worse, so if all I got was some bruises, mud on my clothes, and a little embarrassment, then I think that is good!!!! :)
So this week could be my last week in Sanford. Because we are getting a new mission president on June 30th, this transfer is only going to be 5 weeks long, and then next transfer will be 7 weeks...... So next Sunday night I will know if I am staying or leaving. Which also means, if anyone is going to send me a letter, make sure to send it to the mission home, so I will actually get it, in case I do get transferred. It was another rainy week. It either rained all day everyday, rained off and on all day, or was overcast and cloudy. But today it is sunny and warmer than it ever was last week, so we will see. haha! :)
So on Thursday night we had an AMAZING lesson. It was at our Ward mission leaders home. It was with one of his friends named Charlie who has stage 4 bone cancer. He as been trying to get him to take lessons for years, but wasn't ever interested. This time Charlie called Bro. "L" and asked to learn. We taught him the Plan of Salvation. HOLY COW!!!!! The spirit was SO strong. My testimony of the Plan of Salvation and the Atonement grew so much during that lesson. Charlie is kind of hesitant, but we were able to get a return appointment with him, and are teaching him again on Thursday. I am so excited!!!! It really was probably the best lesson I have had out here so far. He is going to take a lot of work, but I know this gospel will help him and his family. Especially in this time he is going through. Both his daughters are recently divorced, and the family situation is slowly going down hill. He is supposed to have a bone marrow transplant at the end of Aug. that only has a 30% chance of working... and him living. Even if he doesn't get baptized, or make it far enough to get baptized, the gospel will be able to bring more peace into his life, and his families life!!!! I hope everything goes well with him, so that he can make those changes in life, and be baptized!!!!! I also learned from that lesson, how important it is to have lessons in members homes. The spirit is so much stronger in members homes, so it is able to come into the lessons so much more! That is a push that President Jensen is giving us. We are supposed to try to get all of our lessons in a members home, or at the church if a home isn't available.... last resort, just take a member with us to the investigators house. Some sad news... both of the new investigators I wrote about last week fell through. Lori talked to an old friend of her's who told her all this anti stuff, so she decided not to meet with us at this time. Then the younger boy Tyler moved to Dover, NH. We went to the lesson, and his step dad was home. He told us that he just moved that week to go live with his grandparents. :( I was so sad!!! I hope the missionaries in Dover can find him and teach him!!!!
So if I don't get transferred, then I have to speak in Sacrament meeting in 2 Sundays.... :S Just because I'm a missionary, doesn't mean it's going to be any easier, or that I'm going to like doing it. I get so nervous just talking to one person in a lesson, let alone a whole ward. Well I'm just about out of time!
Love, Sister Rankin
Monday, June 7, 2010
Hello Everyone!!!
This week was either hot and humid, or humid and rainy!!!! Sanford got two new ponds yesterday... they were called left shoe pond and right shoe pond! After Church we went out tracting.... to say it was down poring, would be an understatement. The second I got out of the car, everything from the knees down were soaked... and stayed soaked until 9pm when we came in for the night. Boo, it was not fun!!!!! And to top it all off, I didn't have a rain coat, so from the knees up, I was just soggy, and my umbrella was leaking on my head..... Boy, we must have been a sight to see!!!! ha ha. (I can laugh about it now, but at the time, I was so NOT happy with the weather.) But today it looks like a nice day, so hopefully this week will be better weather wise than last week!!!!
I also found out earlier this week during a rain storm, that my backpack is NOT water proof.... everything in my bag got soaked.... So when the rain comes, I have to carry my scripture case with everything in it, very close to my body. :P So this week I got asked if I was pregnant and another person told me I have acne..... Oh the things I put up with as a missionary! :)
I do have some good things to say about the past week. So on Friday we went tracting to a street that we had planned to do a few other times before, but took a wrong turn or ran out of time or something. At the 3rd or 4th house we met a lady named Lori! Oh my goodness, she is so prepared and ready to hear and learn about the gospel. She asked us how she can feel and recognize the Spirit. So we had a lesson with her on her door step. We talked about her question, Joseph Smith, and she even accepted a soft baptismal commitment. (To be baptized if/when she comes to know that it is true.) If we would have tracted the street on either of the 2 other days we had planned, she would have been gone doing stuff for her kids sports and other activities. The Lord really does put us in the exact places we need to be a the exact time we need to be there!!!!! It was so exciting to find her. We are meeting with her again on Wednesday!!!! On Thursday we also got a really cool new investigator. His name is Tyler. He just graduated from high school, and when we first knocked on his door, he said he doesn't believe in God anymore, and doesn't want to learn. But as we got talking to him, we found out that he lost all faith and belief when his mom died 5 years ago. A lot of other things had happened to him before that as well, but that was the push over. He said he had talked to many therapist and other church people, but nothing helped him at all. We said a prayer with him, and taught him about how Heavenly Father loves him. How He has a perfect plan for us, and that he can know where his mom is, and that he can be with her again if he follows Christ's gospel. We were able to set up a return appointment, and he is excited to learn more!!!! YEAH!!! I have such a good feeling about him. The only problem is, that we don't know if he is still 17, or if he is 18. If he is still 17 then we have to get his step-dad's permission...... But we are hoping for the best, and that we will be able to teach him more! :) Well that was my week....
I can't believe that I am half way through my second transfer already!!! time is flying by!!!!
Hope all is well with everyone back home! Love you lots!!
Love, Sister Rankin
This week was either hot and humid, or humid and rainy!!!! Sanford got two new ponds yesterday... they were called left shoe pond and right shoe pond! After Church we went out tracting.... to say it was down poring, would be an understatement. The second I got out of the car, everything from the knees down were soaked... and stayed soaked until 9pm when we came in for the night. Boo, it was not fun!!!!! And to top it all off, I didn't have a rain coat, so from the knees up, I was just soggy, and my umbrella was leaking on my head..... Boy, we must have been a sight to see!!!! ha ha. (I can laugh about it now, but at the time, I was so NOT happy with the weather.) But today it looks like a nice day, so hopefully this week will be better weather wise than last week!!!!
I also found out earlier this week during a rain storm, that my backpack is NOT water proof.... everything in my bag got soaked.... So when the rain comes, I have to carry my scripture case with everything in it, very close to my body. :P So this week I got asked if I was pregnant and another person told me I have acne..... Oh the things I put up with as a missionary! :)
I do have some good things to say about the past week. So on Friday we went tracting to a street that we had planned to do a few other times before, but took a wrong turn or ran out of time or something. At the 3rd or 4th house we met a lady named Lori! Oh my goodness, she is so prepared and ready to hear and learn about the gospel. She asked us how she can feel and recognize the Spirit. So we had a lesson with her on her door step. We talked about her question, Joseph Smith, and she even accepted a soft baptismal commitment. (To be baptized if/when she comes to know that it is true.) If we would have tracted the street on either of the 2 other days we had planned, she would have been gone doing stuff for her kids sports and other activities. The Lord really does put us in the exact places we need to be a the exact time we need to be there!!!!! It was so exciting to find her. We are meeting with her again on Wednesday!!!! On Thursday we also got a really cool new investigator. His name is Tyler. He just graduated from high school, and when we first knocked on his door, he said he doesn't believe in God anymore, and doesn't want to learn. But as we got talking to him, we found out that he lost all faith and belief when his mom died 5 years ago. A lot of other things had happened to him before that as well, but that was the push over. He said he had talked to many therapist and other church people, but nothing helped him at all. We said a prayer with him, and taught him about how Heavenly Father loves him. How He has a perfect plan for us, and that he can know where his mom is, and that he can be with her again if he follows Christ's gospel. We were able to set up a return appointment, and he is excited to learn more!!!! YEAH!!! I have such a good feeling about him. The only problem is, that we don't know if he is still 17, or if he is 18. If he is still 17 then we have to get his step-dad's permission...... But we are hoping for the best, and that we will be able to teach him more! :) Well that was my week....
I can't believe that I am half way through my second transfer already!!! time is flying by!!!!
Hope all is well with everyone back home! Love you lots!!
Love, Sister Rankin
Sunday, June 6, 2010
snail mail letter--Happy Memorial Day
I got a regular letter in the mail today from Hillary since she couldn't email on Memorial Day
Jeana
Happy Memorial Day. I hope you are having a Family bbq today! I wish I could have a bbq! That is some thing I miss, having hamburgers... Oh and mashed potatoes! Ha Ha
So we din't get to email this week :( But you already knew that since you didn't get one. ha ha.
This morning we got to watch the last half of a parade. It was kind of a lame one. Ther were old people in cars, a Jr. High band, a fire truck, and NO candy! So yeah
This past week, we only taught 8 lessons the whole week! :( We tracted a WHOLE lot! There were 2 days in a row that is was about 92*-97*. I was sweaating like crazy. It was dripping down everything.... IT WAS SO GROSS. the rest of the week it was between 728-75*. We liked that! :)
But I'm not looking forward to it getting hot and Humid again. I really felt like I was going to melt into a puddle of sweat. So it will be interesting.
Hopefully this week I will get to see the Atlantic Ocean! We got some referrals that are w/in a mile from the ocean! I'm super excited!!!
How was Cameron's Graduation? We were finishing the day when it started and when I woke up to start the new day he was probably getting hope from the all night party! Crazy, mom you only have one kid left in school.... You have 4 kids in college! (well me I'm on a break, but you know Ha Ha)
So our AC doesn't really work. So @ night we have to have a fan (that our district leader gave us, because he felt bad for us.) blowing all night, just to keep us from sweating.
How is the weather in Utah??
Oh the pollen out here is terrible! Our car is now yellow (instead of silver.) Everything is covered in pollen. On Sat. we went our to Lyman, ME to tract. Our shoes were yellow tinted. Our tags were covered and our clothes were even yellow tinted from the pollen. You would be miserable w/ allergies. But this proves that whatever I'm allergic to is only in Cedar Hills.
So this week we met a lot of crazy poeple. A lot of people that said they worship the Devil. Then they were yelling 2 us , and how they love Satan. I didn't know that there actually were people like that. It is so sad. Especially when little kid are saying it too.
I hope you got a birthday cake! :)
Send pictures of Cameron's Graduation! :)
Love you lots and lots
Sister Rankin
Jeana
Happy Memorial Day. I hope you are having a Family bbq today! I wish I could have a bbq! That is some thing I miss, having hamburgers... Oh and mashed potatoes! Ha Ha
So we din't get to email this week :( But you already knew that since you didn't get one. ha ha.
This morning we got to watch the last half of a parade. It was kind of a lame one. Ther were old people in cars, a Jr. High band, a fire truck, and NO candy! So yeah
This past week, we only taught 8 lessons the whole week! :( We tracted a WHOLE lot! There were 2 days in a row that is was about 92*-97*. I was sweaating like crazy. It was dripping down everything.... IT WAS SO GROSS. the rest of the week it was between 728-75*. We liked that! :)
But I'm not looking forward to it getting hot and Humid again. I really felt like I was going to melt into a puddle of sweat. So it will be interesting.
Hopefully this week I will get to see the Atlantic Ocean! We got some referrals that are w/in a mile from the ocean! I'm super excited!!!
How was Cameron's Graduation? We were finishing the day when it started and when I woke up to start the new day he was probably getting hope from the all night party! Crazy, mom you only have one kid left in school.... You have 4 kids in college! (well me I'm on a break, but you know Ha Ha)
So our AC doesn't really work. So @ night we have to have a fan (that our district leader gave us, because he felt bad for us.) blowing all night, just to keep us from sweating.
How is the weather in Utah??
Oh the pollen out here is terrible! Our car is now yellow (instead of silver.) Everything is covered in pollen. On Sat. we went our to Lyman, ME to tract. Our shoes were yellow tinted. Our tags were covered and our clothes were even yellow tinted from the pollen. You would be miserable w/ allergies. But this proves that whatever I'm allergic to is only in Cedar Hills.
So this week we met a lot of crazy poeple. A lot of people that said they worship the Devil. Then they were yelling 2 us , and how they love Satan. I didn't know that there actually were people like that. It is so sad. Especially when little kid are saying it too.
I hope you got a birthday cake! :)
Send pictures of Cameron's Graduation! :)
Love you lots and lots
Sister Rankin
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