Awkward:
- David (a less active) left us a message of him singing and playing the guitar. When we called him back he didn't remember doing that. It is sad what drugs can do to you.
- Stan Laughlin ripping on South Koreans and how he got a South Korean deported while we had Sister Lim with us. Sister Lim is from South Korea.
- We went to see Wilbert and his sister told us that we should probably come back because he was having digestive problems and had been in the bathroom for a while. How embarrassing for him.
- I forgot that I'm not allowed to hold kids and I asked Leda's cute niece Vanessa if she wanted to sit on my lap, and then both Leda and Sister Orrock yelled, "No. She can't!" Haha I wasn't trying to be disobedient, just one of the hazards of serving in a singles ward. I don't ever face that problem.
- Leda's sister after dinner telling us that the pizza crust was whole wheat so it might move stuff along a little faster if you know what I mean.
Awesome:
- Tuvili is back and thanks to his being a JC student, I can email you today.
- Watching the ward play 'Anteater' at FHE was maybe one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
- Julie asked me if I've ever worn pants, and telling me she was sorry I can't eat chocolate. Two Mormon myths I hadn't heard before.
- We wanted to contact this guy, but then he crossed the street and went the other way so we didn't get to, then we drove somewhere else and he was there! So we talked to him.
- Elizabeth is getting baptized on September 8!
- We are still working on converting the JC football team, we now know 11 of them.
- I was serenading Sister Orrock with the song from My Best Friend's Wedding "Say a Little Prayer for You" and then we went into Walgreens and it was on the radio.
- Lizzie wins! I love my yellow owl lip gloss. Two of my favorites, plus it kinda looks like a Furby so that's great :)
Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
A&A
For reasons still unbeknownst to me, this week was a little heavy on the awkwards. It was still an awesome week over all. Maybe the awkward moments were just more noticeable than the awesomes? I don't know, but here you have it:
Awkward:
- Ok actually this one isn't so much awkward as sad (and Maddie I know you will understand.) Joshua Radin and A Fine Frenzy in concert 2 miles from my apartment.
- Bro. Harrington telling us we needed to pick a new dinner message because he'd heard that one before. We couldn't tell if he was kidding or not, so we gave our message anyway.
- A lady watering her front yard in nothing but a towel.
- Sister Facer and I making a goal to have more faith in our finding. The Lord helped us out because we ended up having to tract for hours.
- I made David give me his "joint" (weed) and then I freaked out because I've never held drugs before, and I didn't know what to do with it. I threw it in the trash and then sanitized my hands profusely.
- Sister Orrock and I both being very distracted while trying to teach Oliver because his eyes are so beautiful!
- Rabbi wearing a bike helmet. I don't know why it was awkward, but it was.
- Seeing a girl "flap her wings" and fly with her Batman cape across the crosswalk. Don't do drugs my friends. If you're considering it, take a walk in downtown Santa Rosa and you will quickly change your mind.
- The prairie dog laugh came out and Sister Orrock almost died from lack of oxygen she was laughing so hard.
- We had a not on our car that said, "sorry for the dent". So we called the fleet coordinator and gave him the number only to find out later that is was a prank and Elder Stainback left the note!
- We made a goal to practice more patience and not check the mail till the end of the day. Of course the next day we saw mail trucks everywhere taunting us. We didn't have any mail that night :(
- A guy saying, "That's right. That's right." as we ran past him in the morning. Gross.
Awesome:
- Got an owl bracelet, because I'm kind of obsessed.
- Anthony text us and invited us to come over for a lesson. Investigators never take the initiative.
- Call from Rachel Webb about Jessica (please refer to family email for the deets)
- I finally learned how to whistle! Cameron, Kyle, and Dal Pal would be so proud.
- Stainback told me his gorilla story, and I'm pretty sure it is the funniest story I've ever heard!
- Barbara said I invited Anthony to be baptized "like a boss" haha.
- President Monson's 85th birthday celebration. Particularly that lady's bright yellow dress. Where can I get one?
- We found the cutest little neighbor on Proctor and Clyde. It looks like it belongs in a 1950s film. The houses have "character" as mom would say.
- We have to have a girl at any lesson we teach to a single guy, Robby provided the girl and then we found out she's a member. Perfect!
Awkward:
- Ok actually this one isn't so much awkward as sad (and Maddie I know you will understand.) Joshua Radin and A Fine Frenzy in concert 2 miles from my apartment.
- Bro. Harrington telling us we needed to pick a new dinner message because he'd heard that one before. We couldn't tell if he was kidding or not, so we gave our message anyway.
- A lady watering her front yard in nothing but a towel.
- Sister Facer and I making a goal to have more faith in our finding. The Lord helped us out because we ended up having to tract for hours.
- I made David give me his "joint" (weed) and then I freaked out because I've never held drugs before, and I didn't know what to do with it. I threw it in the trash and then sanitized my hands profusely.
- Sister Orrock and I both being very distracted while trying to teach Oliver because his eyes are so beautiful!
- Rabbi wearing a bike helmet. I don't know why it was awkward, but it was.
- Seeing a girl "flap her wings" and fly with her Batman cape across the crosswalk. Don't do drugs my friends. If you're considering it, take a walk in downtown Santa Rosa and you will quickly change your mind.
- The prairie dog laugh came out and Sister Orrock almost died from lack of oxygen she was laughing so hard.
- We had a not on our car that said, "sorry for the dent". So we called the fleet coordinator and gave him the number only to find out later that is was a prank and Elder Stainback left the note!
- We made a goal to practice more patience and not check the mail till the end of the day. Of course the next day we saw mail trucks everywhere taunting us. We didn't have any mail that night :(
- A guy saying, "That's right. That's right." as we ran past him in the morning. Gross.
Awesome:
- Got an owl bracelet, because I'm kind of obsessed.
- Anthony text us and invited us to come over for a lesson. Investigators never take the initiative.
- Call from Rachel Webb about Jessica (please refer to family email for the deets)
- I finally learned how to whistle! Cameron, Kyle, and Dal Pal would be so proud.
- Stainback told me his gorilla story, and I'm pretty sure it is the funniest story I've ever heard!
- Barbara said I invited Anthony to be baptized "like a boss" haha.
- President Monson's 85th birthday celebration. Particularly that lady's bright yellow dress. Where can I get one?
- We found the cutest little neighbor on Proctor and Clyde. It looks like it belongs in a 1950s film. The houses have "character" as mom would say.
- We have to have a girl at any lesson we teach to a single guy, Robby provided the girl and then we found out she's a member. Perfect!
Monday, August 13, 2012
A&A of course
Sister Orrock and I are just having too much fun together! And as a result, plenty of awkward and awesome moments are coming our way! We went over my list last night before going to bed and we just had a laughing attack over our funny week. They probably won't seem so awkward or awesome to you, but believe me, they were. Haha here ya go:
Awkward:
- Kama noted that he will be 21 when I get back from my mission, and that is significant because "he might have a chance with me."
- Elder Edwards is now wearing Stainback's fake glasses. It is becoming an elder trend to wear non prescription glasses so they look smarter.
- Ronnie (a door contact) telling us we have beautiful faces in Italian.
- Another contact, Justin, admitting after like 20 minutes of talking to us that he was only talking to us because he wanted to kiss us, and when he realized that wasn't going to happen he was out of there.
- We had to take Lil' Red (our car) to the Toyota dealership to get fixed, we felt very of the world with the politics on and the radio. It was uncomfortable.
- Kolton feeding us dinner on his birthday.
- Elder Stainback and Lenon leaving us a sticky note telling us how great we are and how much they love us. They were upset because they thought we were being ungrateful because we didn't say anything only to realize that they left the note on apt. 17's door, and we live in #11.
- I'm probably going to bleed out and die because I've been getting bloody noses every morning.
- Eluid's boyfriend Johnny literally popping out of nowhere to tell us that Eluid and Jairo weren't home and that we need to stay hydrated because it was supposed to be 105 degrees, and then he disappeared again.
- Yohan asking for advice about which job to take and before I could even respond he said, "Don't tell me to pray about it." So I didn't have an answer because that's the only advice I had.
Awesome:
- We split groceries and each of our total came to $11.11. Magical!!
- Perfect timing seeing Meagan on the street and turning around to go teach her a lesson. There are no coincidences.
- Another no coincidence running into Patrick as he was walking to work and setting up an appointment with him.
- I saw an owl bobble head on the dashboard of a parked car. I really wanted it.
- Phillip actually read the Continuous Atonement that I let him borrow, and he loved it! He came to church yesterday!
- Elizabeth, an online investigator, is moving here this week and wants to be baptized! Yeah for online work!!
- Kama is back in Rosa!
- My sisters sending me owls. You guys are so cute!
- This was almost awkward, but then I realized it was too awesome to be awkward: Some serious Yoda hair and my crazy self coming out after a long day. Sister Orrock didn't even think I was weird because she was holding the ends of a slinky up to her eyes like glasses. We laughed to hard! My abs are still hurting.
- Healdsburger is a burger joint in the town of Healdsburg. How unoriginally clever haha.
- We made funfetti cupcakes during weekly planning.
- Michael McAllister calling the elders "sister dudes".
Awkward:
- Kama noted that he will be 21 when I get back from my mission, and that is significant because "he might have a chance with me."
- Elder Edwards is now wearing Stainback's fake glasses. It is becoming an elder trend to wear non prescription glasses so they look smarter.
- Ronnie (a door contact) telling us we have beautiful faces in Italian.
- Another contact, Justin, admitting after like 20 minutes of talking to us that he was only talking to us because he wanted to kiss us, and when he realized that wasn't going to happen he was out of there.
- We had to take Lil' Red (our car) to the Toyota dealership to get fixed, we felt very of the world with the politics on and the radio. It was uncomfortable.
- Kolton feeding us dinner on his birthday.
- Elder Stainback and Lenon leaving us a sticky note telling us how great we are and how much they love us. They were upset because they thought we were being ungrateful because we didn't say anything only to realize that they left the note on apt. 17's door, and we live in #11.
- I'm probably going to bleed out and die because I've been getting bloody noses every morning.
- Eluid's boyfriend Johnny literally popping out of nowhere to tell us that Eluid and Jairo weren't home and that we need to stay hydrated because it was supposed to be 105 degrees, and then he disappeared again.
- Yohan asking for advice about which job to take and before I could even respond he said, "Don't tell me to pray about it." So I didn't have an answer because that's the only advice I had.
Awesome:
- We split groceries and each of our total came to $11.11. Magical!!
- Perfect timing seeing Meagan on the street and turning around to go teach her a lesson. There are no coincidences.
- Another no coincidence running into Patrick as he was walking to work and setting up an appointment with him.
- I saw an owl bobble head on the dashboard of a parked car. I really wanted it.
- Phillip actually read the Continuous Atonement that I let him borrow, and he loved it! He came to church yesterday!
- Elizabeth, an online investigator, is moving here this week and wants to be baptized! Yeah for online work!!
- Kama is back in Rosa!
- My sisters sending me owls. You guys are so cute!
- This was almost awkward, but then I realized it was too awesome to be awkward: Some serious Yoda hair and my crazy self coming out after a long day. Sister Orrock didn't even think I was weird because she was holding the ends of a slinky up to her eyes like glasses. We laughed to hard! My abs are still hurting.
- Healdsburger is a burger joint in the town of Healdsburg. How unoriginally clever haha.
- We made funfetti cupcakes during weekly planning.
- Michael McAllister calling the elders "sister dudes".
Monday, August 6, 2012
A&A P-day
First of all, Maddie I loved your joke! Of course I did. I always love dumb jokes. And second of all. Here is awkward and awesome P-day:
Awkward:
- Sitting in Israel's front room for like 15 minutes waiting for him to get home while his 5 little yappy dogs barked at us and his mom spoke Spanish at the speed of light. He didn't show up, so we left.
- We invited someone named Courtney to church, but we couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. The name Courtney could go either way. It didn't really matter in the end because he or she didn't come anyway.
- Heavenly Soft brand tissues are neither heavenly nor soft. That's deceitful.
- It was more hilarious than awkward when we forgot to shut the trunk and started driving down windy Calistoga Road and there was a car behind us and nowhere to pull off for a while so we just kept going. Trunk open and all.
- People were confused at the reception as to whether we were missionaries or caterers. At least Sister Orrock's and my serving skills got put to use.
Awesome:
- I looked at the clock at 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, and 5:55 all in one day. Kinda crazy, but kinda cool.
- Sister Orrock used to be teaching an alcoholic named Dave Maholic. Rhyming is funny.
- I taught my first lesson online :)
- The word unicorn is in the Bible Dictionary. I knew that they were magical.
- We needed to check the oil, but had nothing to wipe the dip stick with until I remembered the deceitful Heavenly Soft tissue in my backpack, I guess it was a little heavenly after all.
- Picked up 3 new investigators in 3 days.
- I got to pick the "get to know you" question in Relief Society, and everyone loved it. The question was, What Disney character would you be and why? Of course I picked Peter Pan so that I would never have to grow up and I could fly.
Awkward:
- Sitting in Israel's front room for like 15 minutes waiting for him to get home while his 5 little yappy dogs barked at us and his mom spoke Spanish at the speed of light. He didn't show up, so we left.
- We invited someone named Courtney to church, but we couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. The name Courtney could go either way. It didn't really matter in the end because he or she didn't come anyway.
- Heavenly Soft brand tissues are neither heavenly nor soft. That's deceitful.
- It was more hilarious than awkward when we forgot to shut the trunk and started driving down windy Calistoga Road and there was a car behind us and nowhere to pull off for a while so we just kept going. Trunk open and all.
- People were confused at the reception as to whether we were missionaries or caterers. At least Sister Orrock's and my serving skills got put to use.
Awesome:
- I looked at the clock at 2:22, 3:33, 4:44, and 5:55 all in one day. Kinda crazy, but kinda cool.
- Sister Orrock used to be teaching an alcoholic named Dave Maholic. Rhyming is funny.
- I taught my first lesson online :)
- The word unicorn is in the Bible Dictionary. I knew that they were magical.
- We needed to check the oil, but had nothing to wipe the dip stick with until I remembered the deceitful Heavenly Soft tissue in my backpack, I guess it was a little heavenly after all.
- Picked up 3 new investigators in 3 days.
- I got to pick the "get to know you" question in Relief Society, and everyone loved it. The question was, What Disney character would you be and why? Of course I picked Peter Pan so that I would never have to grow up and I could fly.
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