Ha actually I am not near take off quite yet. President hasn't even received any word on my flight plans, so I am still here workin hard! We got a call from the mission office last Wednesday saying that church travel had sent me some urgent paperwork that needed to be signed, and that I need to get fingerprints again (ugh!). We drove all the way to Burke, and about 2 miles away from the office....they called and said "nevermind" we don't have your passport yet, we will call you when its here and you can come back then. Bummer. In order to get finger prints at the police stations here, they require two forms of ID.....and my passport is my other form, so we went all that way for nothing. The mission office didn't know that, and they felt bad that we had traveled all that way, but they gave us a bunch of candy, so I guess it wasn't totally for nothing? (: My passport should be here by today or tomorrow, so we should be traveling there soon!
Thanks for a Christmas package, you are the best. As for right now, I haven't had a real chance to look for another memory stick, so if you can find one that would be great. And for the calling card, I have tried to look, and our dumpy wal mart and super target have nothin. Bust. Maybe you can overnight them or something to make sure I get them....but if you can't get it to me, don't worry about it and maybe I can get a calling card at the airport. Whatever you think looks good, I will probably like....so don't worry about the Christmas box....I will love everything. I wasn't just sweet talking you about the skirt the first time, it really is my new favorite.
Out of the 6 missionaries in my MTC district, 5 of us have our visas. And some of them have actual flight plans to leave on Oct. 22.........so maybe I will go then too! That would be sweet, I will keep you posted though.
Also crazy thing, my companion's best friend is serving in Concepcion...and she asked her if she knew an Elder Withers....AND SHE DID! An Hermana Jenna Snyder, is serving in the same ward as Chad. Small world (:
Hearing that Valerie got asked out to Snow Ball by the kid across the street is just about the funniest thing ever. That would never happen in Idaho. He better not be a bum. And sounds like Sam showed Minnesota how its done with soccer! Excellent work! You tied with yourself! What was everyone else doing while you were scoring all the points?
Also cool to hear that you are having missionary experiences too. And also getting more Elders! The work is growing!
And I was sad to hear about the accident. Sad first of all that June Hobson died, but that a car drove into a crowd? I can't really figure it out.....was it a criminal act, or did someone legitimately drive into a crowd on accident? 9 people is a lot.
I hope you had a good time at the temple and enjoyed real civilization for a bit! You are all staying so busy, but also managing to go to the temple and spend more time at home too......what a blessing!
This week was wickedly cold and rainy. It rained literally ALL WEEK LONG (we woke up to rain, it rained all day, we went to bed with rain), up until yesterday when the sun finally made an appearance. We walked around in our rain boots and carried umbrellas, for what seemed like an eternity...but the sun finally came back, and it feels so good. I have enjoyed the fall season too. Seeing the leaves change colors, its all so pretty. But I also feel lucky to have a ticket south for the winter. I enjoyed all of summer, have had a nice fall, and am peacin out for winter to have another summer!
Besides the adventure to Burke, this week really has been a typical, busy week. We had a few dinner appointments with members, lessons with investigators, and a few meetings. We are finally drying out too.
I'm excited to go to Argentina. This mental game of staying focused here in Leesburg is getting harder and harder. The biggest transfer of my life is coming up though, and I am ready for it!
Sorry that I don't have much more to write about this week. It was a good one. And also our investigators and members are awesome. As time continues on, plans for things like Halloween, and zone interviews, and things well past Oct. 20.....I feel a little twinge of sadness that I won't be here. This place is so fun, the missionaries are top of the line, and our president is so energetic and insightful. If I never got my visa, I would be okay....because this mission has felt like home too.
I know great things are up ahead!
Thanks for all of your love and support. I love you more than all the rain puddles I walked through this week!
Hermana Withers
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