Hello everyone!
This week has been fairly uneventful. Sister Smith and I continue to get along, and (as the subject indicates) we had some fun in the kitchen this week. I've been dying to cook more since I've gotten out of the MTC, and we finally had time to really look through our cupboards to see what we could make. The following photos contain our masterpieces:
This was the REAL masterpiece. It tasted SO good.
Actually, I take it back. THIS is the TRUE masterpiece. We made ghetto smoothies. We don't have a blender, but we had frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, a bowl, and an electric hand-mixer. I'm humbling myself and sending the most goofy looking photo we've got (we took like, 5) for your entertainment. Enjoy.
So, aside from that, as I was looking through my photos, I found one that reminded me of something I wanted to tell you guys.
Setup: Sister Smith and I were on a train, heading to an appointment. The train stops and a man gets on. We're not sitting in the biggest part of the train-- we're almost in the very front section, which is kind of secluded and lifted higher than the rest. So this guy come up and sits a few rows in front of us on the opposite side. He's wearing jeans, a denim jacket, a black and white striped shirt, and his hair is slicked back. In one hand, he's got a duffel bag with something sticking out of it. In the other, he's got a knife and a cleaning rag.
Pause. Sister Smith and I exchange glances. My mind is going "WHOA this guy looks like a serial killer!" I'm trying not to laugh. Neither of us are really alarmed by the guy.
Continue: The guy puts his duffel bag on the shelf above him and I see that the thing sticking out of it is an AXE. He sits down, wipes his knife off a little, then pits it in his belt. This dude just walked onto a train with an AXE and a KNIFE. At this point, I'm internally cracking up. Externally I'm very calm, just in case this dude IS a serial killer.
The train hasn't left the station yet. There's an announcement saying that there's a mechanical difficulty and we won't be leaving for at least 10 minutes. Axe Man walks out to take a smoke. Sister Smith and I start communicating through glances, small hand signals, and short whispers. We laugh it off and I sneak a photo of the bag:
Hahahahaa, nothing at all happened, Sister Smith and I just laughed about it for the day. I had completely forgotten it had happened until I saw the photo. Looking back, I was probably a little more nervous than I remember, but now it's just really funny.
Ahhh, anyway, moving on to more missionary things:
I had a neat experience yesterday. Long story short (I'm running out of time (again)), Sister Smith and I went to visit someone, but they weren't home. We ended up talking to another lady instead. As soon as we started talking about how Jesus Christ can help us, she started crying. She was obviously going through something. We offered our comfort, gave her hugs, read some scriptures, gave her our number, told us to call us if she needs anything at all, got her number so that we can call and check up on her, and left her with a Book of Mormon. It was so touching. We reassured her that God knows and loves her. He wants to help her through her pain and that we can help her as well. Even if we never see her again, I think we really helped her yesterday, and I'm thankful for that experience. It was really neat.
Well, I'm out of time and I've got to go! I hope you all have a good week! I'll be in Munich this weekend for the Elder Bednar Concert, where he'll be announcing the usage of iPads in this mission. I don't know if we'll actually get them this weekend, but still! It's exciting!!!
God be with you all!!
Love you!
Sister Priest
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