We are winter clothes shopping this week (the weather out
here is a lovely blend of wet, cold, wet, windy, wet, freezing, and more
WET......you can imagine how much my lovely Aussie companion has appreciated
this weather), therefore I will probably not have time to respond to emails
today-- sorry y'all!
We have more rolls than Greggs: (Editor's note from Erika's Mom - Greggs is a large bakery chain in the UK!)
WE ARE GETTING FAT!!! We have more chins than a Chinese
phone book! I think the members are trying to fatten us up and kill us (they
won't even have to worry about making the effort to sharpen their butcher
knives to go for the kill, our clogged arteries will do the work for them!). We
are probably going to stop doing tea appointments (or seriously cut back) soon,
because it is getting ridiculous! I didn't realize how many members actually
pretty much force-feed you second helpings, and massive portions of dessert! NOT
OK!!! Ahhhhhh this week we will be focusing on boosting our thin self-esteems
haha!
I'm Grounded:
Fun fact: missionaries can get grounded! President Preston
has put me on semi house-arrest for at least a week. He said he had to do it
because he knew I wouldn't slow down on my own! I've been working so hard
that my stress levels have been crazy high for over a month and it's making me
sick. Booooooo! So the motto of this week is R&R! Lots of Ensigns......lots
of lovely music......lots and lots of sleeping....and almost no appointments
(except for tea appointments.........so they can keep making us fat....and
appointments that are absolutely necessary). It's literally the complete
opposite of missionary life right now and it's sooooo weird!! Pray that I will
get back on my feet fast so I can get back in the game!!
We Saw a CORSE!
We went for a lovely walk in the countryside the other day
(no joke.....this is my life now!) and we saw a CORSE!!! It seriously looked
like a horse and a cow produced offspring!!!!!! It was a horse, but it was
super fat, and was spotted exactly like a cow!!!!!! Truly, the small things in
life can entertain a missionary!!!!
WAFFLE NIGHT!:
We found a waffle iron in our flat a few weeks back (that's
like UNHEARD of! Missionaries do NOT get nice things like waffle irons, but we
are seriously in the best flat ever!!) so we had a waffle night! We bought real
Canadian Maple Syrup (apparently). Not as good as home, but they tried :) The
waffles were amazing! All they needed were strawberries and whipped cream and
they would have been ace!
Missionaries are attracted to only weird people:
That's how it seems most of the time! We meet the strangest
human beings. We had an appointment and she told us all
about how she was super sick the other day. She told us about how she "was
being sick, and weeing and pooing all over the place....1st in my bedroom, then
in my bathroom, then in my kitchen, even on these chairs (pointing to the
living room furniture we are so lucky to be sitting on)...there was wee and
sick and poo everywhere!!". As we were inwardly gagging and wanting to
develop the sudden ability to apparate (BAZINGA! Bad Harry Potter joke!), she
then told us how she ate a snap pea the other day, and there was a slug in it.
She then offered us 2 BANANAS that were getting ripe and she couldn't eat
in time! That was it! We were in tears laughing when we left! Yes, people are
different, but they sure do make for a good laugh in the middle of all of this
chaos!!!!!! Appreciating the small, crazy moments!!!!
Anyways...because I have been grounded, I don't have much to
report! I'll try and spice up my email next week for you! Pray that I can start
sleeping and be obedient and rest like I'm supposed to!
Hope the time goes fast for you, and slow for me <3
Your grounded missionary, Sister Martin
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