Hello Hello!!! :)
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| Motra Zollinger and Motra White! ( I love these two Motra's -mom z) |
I hope that you all have had a wonderful week this
past week and that you have a great labor day tomorrow! :) This past week has
been a great week; but the biggest test is if I can remember all the awesome
things that happened... hehe
It is the last day of August. I am freaking out. I
woke up this morning just groaning because it is the last day of August. Then I
almost started to cry. But I couldn't start to cry this early, so i went and
ate some food.
The Chess war continues on. I think it is tied 5-5 now,
or even 5-4. But it quite pathetic. haha, both of us are awful at chess and we
both try different game strategies that never work out. We always start the
game by moving the same pieces both both and try to distract each other through
out the game with stories or food. haha, it is awful. haha.
French! Yeah, that language that I studied for 6
years... I was able to use about two words that i remembered this week.
"un peu". haha. we were street contacting and a man came up to us and
said "you are mormons right?" and we of course said yes. He then was
like "i have something to show you" and he pulled out his phone. I
was a little worried at first thinking it was something weird or bad, but I
looked at I really didn't see anything, just the time on the phone. He asked
"did you see it?" I just said yes. and then my companion was like
"yeah! the Book of Mormon!" I nodded and then was like "wait,
what?! What Book of Mormon" and then I looked again, and alas it was the
Book of Mormon. haha. This guy is from France and him and his wife just moved
to Albania. He had some friends in Africa that told him about the Book of
Mormon and he has started to read it and really likes it! He spoke a
little of french and I have missed the sound of french, it sounds so pretty!
But we had a really good conversation with him and showed him where our church
was. Then later this week he came for a baptism! It was super super
cool!!
The cute old lady that I talked about last week in my
letter. Well she is atleast 80 ish years old. Yesterday she had left her house
and started to walk to church when she fell. She cut her knee open and bruised
her arms really bad. Luckily a member on their way to church as well was not
too far behind her and was able to take her to the hospital and get stitches.
So after church the elders came with us to take her the sacrament, and the
Brother who helped her earlier that morning came with us as well. I was super
worried about her because she is so old and fragile, so I was expected her to
be merzit and sad and everything when we came over. We got to her apartment and
knocked on the door and then she opened the door smiling and laughing because
the Brother was at her house again. It was so neat though, because she was
smiling ear to ear because she still got to take the sacrament. It was so sweet
and such a cool experience. After the elders left we staid because she still
wanted us to eat the food that she made for us that night before. So we stayed.
This cute nena is quite impaired with her hearing and so we have to yell at
her. She was laying on her cough to rest her legs, and she was played candy
crush on her ipad as we ate the delicious stuffed peppers that she had made for
us. It was hilarious because boy, does she like her candy crush! haha. it was
funny!! Sister White talked to her as I hurried and cleaned up the kitchen for
her...and accidentally broke her cabinet. I tried for like 5 minutes to put it
back together. I barely touched that cabinet when it just fell down like it has
been fouled, sorta like what Espindola did when he played for Real soccer. So
for five minutes I tried fixing it, but couldn't. So I just walked back in the
room with sweat dripping down my face and stress in my eyes and the cute lady
just said "you tired?" Then as we were leaving, I told her that the
cabinet had broke. I thought she would just laugh it off, but she didn't. She
didn't get mad or anything, but she was like "who did it?" i just
said "techinically, it did it itself, i barely touched the thing..."
but thankfully Sister White was able to fix it. #phewithoughtiwasintrouble.
haha. but it's all good. i ain't touching her cabinets anymore.
We were visiting an active family earlier this
week...i tried to do jokes about justin bieber with the girls... but it didn't
work. it was awkward. because they thought i was talking about michael jackson.
and then i thought their dog's name was one of the girls' fiance's name...so
many weird things happened that night... haha.
Choir practices with the stake are always super fun.
yesterday I couldn't not stop laughing though. Sister Dunn kept making faces at
me and I would just start laughing and I tried to hide the laughter but then my
face would go really red and I would start to shake when I look over and Sister
Dunn is just perfectly composed as if nothing had happened. that sneaky sister.
haha, it was hilarious.
A family that Sister Russell and I started to teach my
first transfer, I found out this past week that they are going to be sealed in
the Switzerland temple in the end of September!!!!!! I was absolutely speechless.
I am so happy and excited for them!!!! Hopefully I will be able to take a
detour home to switzerland to go to their sealing and then head home. But we
are working on it! :)
Today for p-day we went to the big treg. This time the
shopping didn't stress me out that much. Small victory! But, there was a huge
pair of pants that someone put up, along with red underwear. I thought it was
cool, it's not every day you see giant clothes like that. So I took a
photo.
today we went to lunch at an american resteraunt. I
had just gotten in the bathroom and locked the door when elder greener called.
I didn't want to not asnwer it, because that would have been rude. So i
answered it. he asked how to get to d-town (the name of the resteraunt). I told
him to call another elder that we were with. but then he asked if i was with
the other missionaries and I said yes, and he was like well, why can't you just
give him the phone. it got quite and then I was just like "elder. I am in
the bathroom." elder greener freaked out, haha, he was like "oh
sister! gosh. bye!" haha. then when they showed up they told everyone what
happened and my face was going so red. hah, so that totally happened today.
note to self: just don't answer the phone next time.
This past week we have found an amazing new
investigator. She is such a sweet heart. She is 24 years old, and she is so
open and prepared!! We have met with her the past 4 days and are meeting with
her again tonight. I think that that is one of the most exciting things as a
missionary, is that there is never a dull moment. Always, there is an amazing
excitement inside of us that just fills our soul and every time I teach the
lessons I learn something from the investigator and from my companion. That
happened this week. Yesterday we taught her the Plan of Salvation. My testimony
was strengthened of the simplicity and the grace of that wonderful plan. I am
so grateful for the Plan of Salvation and that we have a wonderful Savoir and
Redeemer who has saved us all. I am grateful for Christ's obedience to His
Father and to His Father's plan so that we could all be saved. I am so grateful
for the un-ending gift of the Atonement. I know that my Savoir lives and that
He loves us. I know that He lives and that He helps us each and every day. The
Atonement is there to help us; but it can't help us as fully as it can if we do
not open the gift through prayer and faith. But, when we do open the gift of
the Atonement, our lives change!
Have a wonderful week! Smile lots serve lots and
treasure trials!! :)
I love you all!
Love,
Motra Zollinger
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