Sister Meservy’s Letter from August 4, 2014
Subject: “Does anybody know what happened to little bunny foo foo?”
Almost didn’t get to email. Internet broke. But alas, I am here.
- Shepherd Sister.
- Storm number deux.
- power.
- shadow show.
- candles.
- church.
- Tenny Family.
- Comp inv. Stinky Tinky. Smelly Kellee. Tinkersmell. MissStink.
Let’s just say it’s been a good week. That’s an outline for me to reflect on so that I don’t forget all the rad stuff I want to talk about.
We started out the week living with the Tennys because Sister Taylor had family in town again. Jessica Tenny recently returned from the NASHVILLE mission. 🙂 She’s the greatest. She plays the piano so one night after planning we just sang with her until our bedtime. 🙂 She played a bunch of songs that Lyssa always played for me. Miss her. 🙂 Brother Tenny is like a clone of Dad. He has the same low, loud voice. He has the same humor. And he eats the same. Definitely made me miss Dad. 🙂
The day we moved back in with Sister Taylor, Sister SHEPHERD came to live with us! 🙂 Her companion had to go home so she was left on her lonesome. It’s been a blessing to have her this weekend and we’ll get her back next weekend, too. I’ve been so blessed to serve around my good friends in the mission. Sister Huffaker, Shepherd, and I make a good trio. 🙂 We even got out the bikes so we could contact more people. I LOVE SUMMER TIME HERE. We got a call telling us we are getting a mini missionary today, so that will be fun. Hopefully we don’t corrupt this one.
There was a big storm on Saturday. The second one we’ve had in the last two weeks. They’ve both only lasted about 15 minutes but they are blowing over trees, fences, trampolines, swimming pools, etc. That makes for some serious damage around Spokane and Nine Mile. The power was out while we were at home planning on Saturday so we planned by candle light. After planning we had a puppet show. Or a shadow show. I tried doing little bunny foo foo with my hands, and it was pretty impressive until I forgot the ending. DOES LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO REALLY GET TURNED INTO A GOON?! I’m dying to know.
Church was even canceled on Sunday because of the power outage, but the power in our building came on later in the day so we went to the ward at 1:00- and they just had sacrament meeting. I am so grateful for the chance to take the sacrament.
Anyway, these storms are doing some crazy things. Hopefully we get some more good service opportunities out of it. Heavenly Father makes every storm a good thing, doesn’t He? The Atonement makes every storm a good thing. I just felt that the whole time we watched the crazy storm outside our window.
We had a tri-panionship inventory this week. Sister Shepherd and I listed all the things we love about Sister Huffaker. 🙂 This is the 5th Tri-Panionship Sister Shepherd and I have been in together, and we always do that to the other Sister. There is something grand about telling the people around you all the reasons you love them. It seems to make me love them even more, and be even more grateful for them. One of my favorite things about missionary work is having so many people to love. 🙂
I know that this is Christ’s church and it is a church about love. So get out there and love the heck out of everyone you see today. 🙂 I love you. The Savior loves you. You have a Heavenly Father who only wants what is best for you. 🙂
Love,
Sister Sarah Jane Meservy
PIC 1: took a picture of my email when the internet broke so I could retype it at another destination. I love you that much.
Picture 2: Biking 🙂
