Kaliana : Week 3

First off, sorry I wasn't able to email yesterday! it was presidents day so the library was closed! but here I am now obviously...

President & Sister Riggs

We had a zone conference and every single person in the zone had to take a written driving test. even the people that did not have cars. apparently in the past 3 months there's been 21 accidents so now they have to keep better tabs on how people are actually driving. I got a 100% no big deal or anything;) haha Although I cant drive until the first transfer is over.

We also had a "New Expectations meeting" for the new missionaries. We rode down with some elders and we found out that we'll be getting to use iPads within 3 weeks! the president has them in his office already I think they're just working out some kinks. At the end of the meeting we were all waiting around for our rides and so we all started up a game of basketball. Most of the sisters didn't want to play so it was me, and another sister, and our president against 5 elders, although since president is a pro, we did pretty well, although it was definitely an experience trying to run around in a skirt and just socks. I'm getting better at sight reading hymns, a sister in my district kept opening to random ones and having me try to play and I'm getting decent. I'm also learning how to play the guitar better. My companion has a guitar that's been passed between companionships so I'm learning more strum patterns.

Dipping grilled cheese in hot chocolate is oddly satisfying. We kept hearing about this huge snow storm from every house we went to and I didn't really believe it at first until I got home, went to bed, and the next morning there was over a foot of snow on the ground. We weren't allowed to go any where so I studied for awhile then worked on my mad coloring skills. Rapunzel didn't know what hit her.

On valentines day we had to dig our car out of the snow so that was an adventure in a skirt. Lets just say that you can do many things in a pencil skirt, but at times it can get pretty scandalous....;) I think my companion and I have unintentionally matched or semi matched each other almost every single day. We made a goal to try to take one picture a day, so that ill always have a couple to send home!

Out here you really realize how much the Lord takes care of his servants. A few times we've had appointments run late, and we check our phone only to realize that the next appointment has cancelled. It super interesting how things work out!

I believe the members are very intent on feeding us until we burst in this ward! We have dinner appointments every night almost, and they usually have some great dessert that they make and tell us to take home. I was asked to give a talk within the next couple of weeks and the night before church we randomly got asked to teach a lesson, but it went surprisingly well.