I think I forgot to tell
everyone last time how much I HATE HUMIDITY and hot weather. :D Texas is
starting to warm up like crazy. The other day we walked for a couple
hours and I had sweat POURING down my face. I dont know how people do
it. Now that that is out of the way I can let you all know what happened
this past week. Roy did not go to church and neither did Norma. We
actually havent been in touch with Norma because something happened with
her family. She was pretty cryptic and unresponsive in her texts so we
have no idea what is going on. Roy was the only person we focused on
this past week. Everything else we did was targeted towards finding. We
havent found anyone to teach and Roy actually dropped us this last
Saturday. We called him to keep up with that daily contact and when we
finally got a hold of him he told us that it was moving too fast and
pretty much he didnt want to do it on his own. If he wants to go to
church he can go with his family. He told us that Friday when we were
driving to Corpus to have exchanges with the sisters in Corpus, so we
werent going to be in our area all of Saturday. We asked if we could
talk to him saturday night and that is what we did. After we had
exchanges we left early and met him at 8 at his house. We tried to get a
member there, but everyone is busy (they usually are-> they all have
jobs and families). My companion and I actually felt pretty happy after
we talked with him because no matter what happened we knew we had done
our best. I know he will be baptized some day but I dont think I will
have a part in it.
Anyway, I have actually been
neglecting telling you about some of the crazy experiences with my
companion and I lately. I will work my way back in time and start out
with what happened most recently. So on saturday when we got home from
talking with Roy and the exchanges, we started unpacking. Sister Monsen
and I had just shared my suitcase so we were seperating it. The thing
is, Sister Monsen has a pretty bad cold and takes cough medicine like
crazy. She had brought the Nyquil with us to Corpus, but I hadnt packed
it super well and she hadnt closed it all the way. A combination of the
two led to the ENTIRE bottle spilling all over a white towl. Before I
actually opened my suitcase I could smell cherries and I was like what
is she eating?! That is soo strong. Yeah, it was actually the cough
syrup all over my bag. Thankfully nothing but my spanish book (which
also fell in a puddle so it already had water damage. What is a little
more syrup damage?) was hurt. The next crazy thing that happened before
that was Sister Monsen locked us out of our bathroom in the middle of
the night. I got up needing to pee REALLY bad (if you can hold it then
why not wait until morning?) and found it to be locked and only a little
hole to try and figure out how to open it. We went to a gas station and
Sister Monsen actually opened it later that night, but I was a little
peeved. It is funny now, but I lost a few hours of sleep because I was
so awake, so at the time I was not a happy camper (something I'm working
on). Before that incident we had actually locked ourselves out of the
apartment about a week prior. We went to take out the recycling and I
didnt know the door was locked locked and she left her keys in the
house. Let me tell you, trying to knock doors when you are a missionary
and need help: NOT GOOD. They dont want anything to do with you anyway
and they dont realize that you have no phone and no way to figure out
what to do. Good thing our neighbors kids actually answered the door.
Naive kids are the best! Our neighbors drove us to the landlady who gave
us a key. I sat (kindof) in a carseat the whole way there so she
wouldnt have to take it out of her car. It was not very comfortable and I
was on the side with childlock so I couldnt get out either. Bueno!
I will try to think of some
other funny things that have happened, but in the meantime I LOVE YOU
ALL SOOOO MUCH!!!! Thank you for the letters and EVERYTHING you all do
for me. It is the BEST!!! I show everyone pictures of my family so just
so you all know: random strangers know you. :D
Hermana Allen
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