Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Here we are
Well, I'm back! For a while now, meh. I apologize to my million followers for the lack of updates for the last year. But I think I would like to keep this blog up again. We'll see how it goes, hey? Be patient while I try to make this guy look new and fresh and hip. Talk to you soon!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
I love this mustard here
Hey Fam Bam!
I feel a little bit badly because I figured out again how to make this keyboard type like an American one, but it isn't working on my companions' computers, so they are typing a little slower for the second week in a row while I am just typing away. I offered to let them use this one, but they said no. Meh.
But how are you? I am glad that you had a good time in Texas, Mom and Rachel. I was thinking about you over there. And thank you for all the pictures you sent, Dad and Grace! Those are way fun. You all are just growing up. It is really weird that I haven't seen you in 8 months...what?? It is a kind of weird thing to think that in only a month I will be hitting my half way mark... it is kind of a stressful thought. I was thinking last night about what I have accomplished on my mission so far, what has changed, what I have learned, what I have become... Is it enough? I kind of felt a sense of urgency, like I need to step it up. Not that I have been slacking the last 8 months, but I just want to make the most of this mission and do everything that the Lord expects of me. Bah!
Things are going pretty well here in Dijon. It is so different from Geneva. Some of the differences are little ones that I struggle with, like the numbers. In Switzerland they say septante, huitante, and neunante for 70, 80, and 90, but in France they say soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, and quatre-vingt-dix. Bah it is hard for me. Haha sometimes when I am taking down phone numbers I end up with really long numbers because I am used to the shorty Swiss words. Hmm I will get it soon enough. The missionary work is different too though. I was used to being around a lot of missionaries and a lot of wards that were so into missionary work. The ward here is really great, but I think they are just new at missionary work. Elder Fuller put it like this: They like missionary work, but you have to spoon feed it to them. And sometimes you have to turn the spoon into an airplane. Haha. But we are working with them and I really love them. Sundays are kind of hard though because the only bus that passes by the Church doesn't start running until the afternoon on Sundays, after Church is over. So there are a ton of investigators that want to come to Church but it is hard for them to get there. So we always have to find a ton of members to arrange rides and everything. It makes Sunday mornings really interesting. But I love seeing members step up to the plate and help out. And when the investigator has the desire to come to Church however they can, that is pretty impressive too. That says a lot about their testimony and their sincerity.
Oh, here are a couple of pictures. The first one is from Saturday. We were waiting for a bus when it started to POUR. It was kind of insane and we were soaked. Then the other one is me and Sister Smith doing a little bit of porting... Dijon has the coolest buildings. If you think of old France, you think of Dijon. It is beautiful.
So Conference is in four days!! I am so so excited. To be able to listen to a PROPHET of God is incredible. I am going to give you all the same invitation that I gave myself and everybody we invite to Conference here: Pray a lot before Conference and watch it or listen to it expecting personal revelation. Look for the influence of the Spirit and I know that you will hear something that will be just for you. What a blessing, eh? We made a bunch of invitations for Conference and have been handing them out as our pass along cards. Some people are not at all interested, but it is cool to see how even just the idea of a Prophet today makes sense to people. I am excited to hear what you think about the talks next week. Oh also, would you love to send me a copy of the May Ensign when you get it? We won't get to see the last session because of the time differences. Boo.
The other day we were on the bus and we started talking to this man that was on there. We talked to him for a bit then invited him to meet with us the next day to take a tour of the Church. So showed him around the next day and told him about what happens and Church and about the Book of Mormon and everything and invited him to pray and he did! It isn't very often that people are willing to pray, especially in the first rendez-vous. And then he came to Church on Sunday! It was really cool. One of my favorite things is hearing about what people feel while they are at Church or when they pray or read the Book of Mormon. And then helping them to realize that it is the Spirit working in them... oh, it is great. Destael, this guy that we met, said that he felt really good at Church and that it was good to pray, that he hadn't done it in awhile. He asked us how we knew to talk to him on the bus. I think that there are a lot of people here that want the truth but don't even know it until they find it, you know? I love being a missionary.
We took a roadtrip yesterday. The relief society president drove us to Etrochey, which is this tiny town about 85 kilometers away, to visit Joy, a recent convert who wants so badly to come to Church but has absolutely no way of getting there. It is a sad situation. But it was neat to drive through France. Beautiful. We drove over La Seine. I still can't believe sometimes that I live in France. I am excited for you to see it sometime.
Ok well my time is running short. I love you a lot! I am SO grateful for the family that I have. Mom and Dad, thank you for being such a great example. We kids are really really blessed. I love you all and miss you and can not wait to talk to you in a few weeks! Enjoy Conference this weekend! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
I feel a little bit badly because I figured out again how to make this keyboard type like an American one, but it isn't working on my companions' computers, so they are typing a little slower for the second week in a row while I am just typing away. I offered to let them use this one, but they said no. Meh.
But how are you? I am glad that you had a good time in Texas, Mom and Rachel. I was thinking about you over there. And thank you for all the pictures you sent, Dad and Grace! Those are way fun. You all are just growing up. It is really weird that I haven't seen you in 8 months...what?? It is a kind of weird thing to think that in only a month I will be hitting my half way mark... it is kind of a stressful thought. I was thinking last night about what I have accomplished on my mission so far, what has changed, what I have learned, what I have become... Is it enough? I kind of felt a sense of urgency, like I need to step it up. Not that I have been slacking the last 8 months, but I just want to make the most of this mission and do everything that the Lord expects of me. Bah!
Things are going pretty well here in Dijon. It is so different from Geneva. Some of the differences are little ones that I struggle with, like the numbers. In Switzerland they say septante, huitante, and neunante for 70, 80, and 90, but in France they say soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, and quatre-vingt-dix. Bah it is hard for me. Haha sometimes when I am taking down phone numbers I end up with really long numbers because I am used to the shorty Swiss words. Hmm I will get it soon enough. The missionary work is different too though. I was used to being around a lot of missionaries and a lot of wards that were so into missionary work. The ward here is really great, but I think they are just new at missionary work. Elder Fuller put it like this: They like missionary work, but you have to spoon feed it to them. And sometimes you have to turn the spoon into an airplane. Haha. But we are working with them and I really love them. Sundays are kind of hard though because the only bus that passes by the Church doesn't start running until the afternoon on Sundays, after Church is over. So there are a ton of investigators that want to come to Church but it is hard for them to get there. So we always have to find a ton of members to arrange rides and everything. It makes Sunday mornings really interesting. But I love seeing members step up to the plate and help out. And when the investigator has the desire to come to Church however they can, that is pretty impressive too. That says a lot about their testimony and their sincerity.
Oh, here are a couple of pictures. The first one is from Saturday. We were waiting for a bus when it started to POUR. It was kind of insane and we were soaked. Then the other one is me and Sister Smith doing a little bit of porting... Dijon has the coolest buildings. If you think of old France, you think of Dijon. It is beautiful.
So Conference is in four days!! I am so so excited. To be able to listen to a PROPHET of God is incredible. I am going to give you all the same invitation that I gave myself and everybody we invite to Conference here: Pray a lot before Conference and watch it or listen to it expecting personal revelation. Look for the influence of the Spirit and I know that you will hear something that will be just for you. What a blessing, eh? We made a bunch of invitations for Conference and have been handing them out as our pass along cards. Some people are not at all interested, but it is cool to see how even just the idea of a Prophet today makes sense to people. I am excited to hear what you think about the talks next week. Oh also, would you love to send me a copy of the May Ensign when you get it? We won't get to see the last session because of the time differences. Boo.
The other day we were on the bus and we started talking to this man that was on there. We talked to him for a bit then invited him to meet with us the next day to take a tour of the Church. So showed him around the next day and told him about what happens and Church and about the Book of Mormon and everything and invited him to pray and he did! It isn't very often that people are willing to pray, especially in the first rendez-vous. And then he came to Church on Sunday! It was really cool. One of my favorite things is hearing about what people feel while they are at Church or when they pray or read the Book of Mormon. And then helping them to realize that it is the Spirit working in them... oh, it is great. Destael, this guy that we met, said that he felt really good at Church and that it was good to pray, that he hadn't done it in awhile. He asked us how we knew to talk to him on the bus. I think that there are a lot of people here that want the truth but don't even know it until they find it, you know? I love being a missionary.
We took a roadtrip yesterday. The relief society president drove us to Etrochey, which is this tiny town about 85 kilometers away, to visit Joy, a recent convert who wants so badly to come to Church but has absolutely no way of getting there. It is a sad situation. But it was neat to drive through France. Beautiful. We drove over La Seine. I still can't believe sometimes that I live in France. I am excited for you to see it sometime.
Ok well my time is running short. I love you a lot! I am SO grateful for the family that I have. Mom and Dad, thank you for being such a great example. We kids are really really blessed. I love you all and miss you and can not wait to talk to you in a few weeks! Enjoy Conference this weekend! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
Buenos Dias from Francy pants!
Hey family!
Weird so I was just really worried that I wasn't going to be able to get you a good email because the keyboards here are really retarded, but I think I pressed something right because it is typing like an American keyboard now. Except I am still kind of used to the Swiss computers, so my z and y might still get mixed up every once in a while. But cool, eh?
Anyways, how is everybody? France is pretty great so far! Dijon is really cool. If you think of an old Frenchy town with lots of cobble stone roads and cathedrals and old buildings, you are thinking of Dijon. And mustard, of course. But we had good Dijon mustard in Geneva and I am pretty sure you can get that in America too, so that isn't really new. But the weather is beautiful because it is SPRING and I am loving it. I do miss Geneva and Sister Cutler like crazy though. What an ideal situation I had there. But I love my new companions. Sister Smith is from Arizona but her family lives in China these days, and Sister Echols, the new one, is from Anchorage, Alaska. Neat! It is kind of fun being in a threesie, except for in the mornings. But that is ok, I am sure we will figure out a rhythm and it will be just fine. But it is also kind of nice being the sidekick and not the trainer or the trainee. I can act like a junior companion when I want to and I can act like a senior companion when I want to too! It's a nice comfortable little position. But we are having fun and I think this transfer will be good. We got white washed into a pretty good area. There is a baptismal date for the end of April (we will see how ready she is by then) and we have a few really great progressing investigators. And the elders are super helpful too. We have done some finding since we got here and we have already met some great people that we are hopefully going to start teaching.
It was pretty exciting getting here on Wednesday though. First of all, Sister Cutler and I both had to get all of our stuff ready and clean and prepare the apartment for the two sisters that were white washing Geneva. Then we had to both drag our stuff down to the gare (train station), which was a bit of a workout. Sister Dix met us there and waited with me. But then I had to say goodbye to Sister Cutler. That was not so fun. Bah. But then Sister Smith and Sister Echols came from the mission home and met up with me. I could have gone to the mission home to pick her up too, but I would have had to drag my suitcases all the way there and then just all the way back to the gare, so I just waited there. But then the three of us plus two elders who were both moving to Besancon, which is a town close to Dijon, took a train together with FIVE missionaries' worth of luggage. Struggle! And we all had to switch trains in the middle of the trip, so we had to unload and reload all of it. And one of the Elders missed one of his bags, so I think it is in Paris at the moment....oops. But we called President Murdock and he is taking care of it. He can fix anything haha. But the elders got on a different second train than us, so it was just us three sisters with all of our stuff. But thankfully the Dijon elders met us at the gare in Dijon and helped us drag all of our stuff to the apartment. My arms and shoulders were super sore the next day haha. But we made it! The apartment is bigger than the last one, and it has a washer, dryer, and oven, none of which existed in the Geneva apartment. Nice, eh? Oh by the way, here is my new address:
Les Missionnaires
Soeur Allison Bentley
36, Rue Tivoli
21000, Dijon
FRANCE
Start sending all those letters! I am ready for them!
So this week we have just been trying to figure the city out and what we are supposed to do. I am working on learning the bus system. It is kind of different from Geneva. There are no trams, just busses, and not as many of them. And they don't come quite as often as in Geneva, so it takes a little longer to get places, which kind of stinks. Something to get used to, I suppose. I haven't gotten to use Spanish yet either, boo. Soon enough I hope. But Sister Smith speaks Spanish pretty well, so I can practice with her.
Oh, I attached a couple of pictures. One of them is four of the five of us with a ton of our stuff before we got on the second train The other is of me and Sister Echols yesterday with some French baguettes. French fact of the day: Baguette also means chopstick.
Alright, I only have a few minutes left, but I just want you all to know how much I love you and appreciate you. What a great family I have, no joke. I am really excited to talk to you in a month and a half or so. Plus, hopefully I will be able to get some letters out soon. Mom and Rachel, have a lot of fun in Texas! And Dad and the boys, have fun holding down the fort there at home. And Grace, you are super. And everyone else who reads this, I love you too! Have a really great week.
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Countdown until Conference: 13 days...
Weird so I was just really worried that I wasn't going to be able to get you a good email because the keyboards here are really retarded, but I think I pressed something right because it is typing like an American keyboard now. Except I am still kind of used to the Swiss computers, so my z and y might still get mixed up every once in a while. But cool, eh?
Anyways, how is everybody? France is pretty great so far! Dijon is really cool. If you think of an old Frenchy town with lots of cobble stone roads and cathedrals and old buildings, you are thinking of Dijon. And mustard, of course. But we had good Dijon mustard in Geneva and I am pretty sure you can get that in America too, so that isn't really new. But the weather is beautiful because it is SPRING and I am loving it. I do miss Geneva and Sister Cutler like crazy though. What an ideal situation I had there. But I love my new companions. Sister Smith is from Arizona but her family lives in China these days, and Sister Echols, the new one, is from Anchorage, Alaska. Neat! It is kind of fun being in a threesie, except for in the mornings. But that is ok, I am sure we will figure out a rhythm and it will be just fine. But it is also kind of nice being the sidekick and not the trainer or the trainee. I can act like a junior companion when I want to and I can act like a senior companion when I want to too! It's a nice comfortable little position. But we are having fun and I think this transfer will be good. We got white washed into a pretty good area. There is a baptismal date for the end of April (we will see how ready she is by then) and we have a few really great progressing investigators. And the elders are super helpful too. We have done some finding since we got here and we have already met some great people that we are hopefully going to start teaching.
It was pretty exciting getting here on Wednesday though. First of all, Sister Cutler and I both had to get all of our stuff ready and clean and prepare the apartment for the two sisters that were white washing Geneva. Then we had to both drag our stuff down to the gare (train station), which was a bit of a workout. Sister Dix met us there and waited with me. But then I had to say goodbye to Sister Cutler. That was not so fun. Bah. But then Sister Smith and Sister Echols came from the mission home and met up with me. I could have gone to the mission home to pick her up too, but I would have had to drag my suitcases all the way there and then just all the way back to the gare, so I just waited there. But then the three of us plus two elders who were both moving to Besancon, which is a town close to Dijon, took a train together with FIVE missionaries' worth of luggage. Struggle! And we all had to switch trains in the middle of the trip, so we had to unload and reload all of it. And one of the Elders missed one of his bags, so I think it is in Paris at the moment....oops. But we called President Murdock and he is taking care of it. He can fix anything haha. But the elders got on a different second train than us, so it was just us three sisters with all of our stuff. But thankfully the Dijon elders met us at the gare in Dijon and helped us drag all of our stuff to the apartment. My arms and shoulders were super sore the next day haha. But we made it! The apartment is bigger than the last one, and it has a washer, dryer, and oven, none of which existed in the Geneva apartment. Nice, eh? Oh by the way, here is my new address:
Les Missionnaires
Soeur Allison Bentley
36, Rue Tivoli
21000, Dijon
FRANCE
Start sending all those letters! I am ready for them!
So this week we have just been trying to figure the city out and what we are supposed to do. I am working on learning the bus system. It is kind of different from Geneva. There are no trams, just busses, and not as many of them. And they don't come quite as often as in Geneva, so it takes a little longer to get places, which kind of stinks. Something to get used to, I suppose. I haven't gotten to use Spanish yet either, boo. Soon enough I hope. But Sister Smith speaks Spanish pretty well, so I can practice with her.
Oh, I attached a couple of pictures. One of them is four of the five of us with a ton of our stuff before we got on the second train The other is of me and Sister Echols yesterday with some French baguettes. French fact of the day: Baguette also means chopstick.
Alright, I only have a few minutes left, but I just want you all to know how much I love you and appreciate you. What a great family I have, no joke. I am really excited to talk to you in a month and a half or so. Plus, hopefully I will be able to get some letters out soon. Mom and Rachel, have a lot of fun in Texas! And Dad and the boys, have fun holding down the fort there at home. And Grace, you are super. And everyone else who reads this, I love you too! Have a really great week.
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Countdown until Conference: 13 days...
Here is a last Bonjour from Geneva!
Hello dear family!
Welllll it has been kind of a nutty week over here for us. I've been a big old bag of mixed nuts. And emotions. We got our transfer calls this morning and I am heading up to Dijon, France! I am going up with Sister Smith, who has about 3 or 4 months left on her mission, and a trainee. So we will be in a threesie and we will be white-washing the place... crazy, right? And Sister Cutler is going back up to Luxebourg for her last transfer so they are going to be white-washing Geneva here too. Man! I am reeeally sad to leave Geneva. My last couple of transfers here have been pretty amazing and the people I have met here are incredibly special to me and I am dreading saying goodbye. We had Noche de Hogar last night (the Spanish family home evening) and they all sang to me and Elder Maldonado, who is leaving too, and Hermano Ortiz gave me a little mirror as a parting gift. Cute. I loove these people. And I love my district right now. That one is a sucker punch, to have to say goodbye to them. Elder Mason, our district leader, is going HOME this week and I will miss him a lot. He is pretty great. Sister Cutler borrowed a guitar the other day. After district meeting, we said the closing prayer, of course. But during that, she and I snuck silently out of the room (so it looked like we disappeared when they opened their eyes haha) and grabbed the guitar. Then we all (everyone but Elder Mason) sang a nice arrangement of God Be With You Till We Meet Again to him. Oooh it was sweet. Yeah, this is going to be uncomfortable leaving Geneva and saying goodbye to all these people. But I am looking forward to Dijon. France! The Euro! Cheaper things! But Geneva is totally a part of me (cheesy?) and I will miss it.
BUT speaking of the guitar, guess who learned how to play two songs this week? Yours truly. I can play a nice rendition of Mary Had a Little Lamb and another song too. That is a goal I have when I get home: to learn to play the guitar. And to play the piano better. Oh, I have a long list of things that I am going to learn/improve on when I return.
Hey thank you for the pictures! I loved them. Mom and Grace, both of you have such long hair now! I love it. I'm jealous haha. I regret cutting my hair and I have no idea what I was thinking. But eh, it will grow, right? And Daniel and Will, y'all are getting so stinking tall. And you just look older too. I don't know how I feel about that! I won't even recognize you when I get back. I kid, of course I will recognize you. And Dad, you look great too! Your hair isn't any longer though and you aren't looking older, so that is probably a good thing haha.
So I told you last week that we might be able to teach and baptize a couple of cute little girls... we met with them this week but their mom didn't want to come with us so we just took them to the park with Paola. Aaand turns out they are indeed children and would rather play than listen to a lesson. Aaand they can't get baptized anyways until their dad, who is in Spain indefinitely, comes back. And they didn't come to Church on Sunday. So there goes that half-miracle, eh? But that is ok. Hope is not gone.
Oh but Carlos got baptized! Did I tell you about him? He was the Elders' investigator, and he progressed quite quickly and was baptized Saturday and confirmed Sunday. Oh it was wonderful! We sang at his baptism and once again, we brought tears to people's eyes. Success. But we actually missed the actual baptism because nobody had brought towels, and our apartment is the closest, so the other Elders quick-James-Bond-style drove us to grab some towels from our apartment, but we were still just a minute late. Bummer. But he was still baptized and he is so happy.
Picture explanations real quick: me and the Spanish ward Primary that I play the piano for, our cute little DMP (ward missionary leader) meeting, us and the Spirig family, S. Cutler and I in the sunshine in Bernex, and I can't remember the other one I put on there. Oh the Spanish missionaries and Paola at Noche de Hogar last night.
Oh man, my computer card is running out quick. But I love you all a LOT and I am excited to tell you about Dijon next week! Thank you for your prayers, really. I miss you and LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
Welllll it has been kind of a nutty week over here for us. I've been a big old bag of mixed nuts. And emotions. We got our transfer calls this morning and I am heading up to Dijon, France! I am going up with Sister Smith, who has about 3 or 4 months left on her mission, and a trainee. So we will be in a threesie and we will be white-washing the place... crazy, right? And Sister Cutler is going back up to Luxebourg for her last transfer so they are going to be white-washing Geneva here too. Man! I am reeeally sad to leave Geneva. My last couple of transfers here have been pretty amazing and the people I have met here are incredibly special to me and I am dreading saying goodbye. We had Noche de Hogar last night (the Spanish family home evening) and they all sang to me and Elder Maldonado, who is leaving too, and Hermano Ortiz gave me a little mirror as a parting gift. Cute. I loove these people. And I love my district right now. That one is a sucker punch, to have to say goodbye to them. Elder Mason, our district leader, is going HOME this week and I will miss him a lot. He is pretty great. Sister Cutler borrowed a guitar the other day. After district meeting, we said the closing prayer, of course. But during that, she and I snuck silently out of the room (so it looked like we disappeared when they opened their eyes haha) and grabbed the guitar. Then we all (everyone but Elder Mason) sang a nice arrangement of God Be With You Till We Meet Again to him. Oooh it was sweet. Yeah, this is going to be uncomfortable leaving Geneva and saying goodbye to all these people. But I am looking forward to Dijon. France! The Euro! Cheaper things! But Geneva is totally a part of me (cheesy?) and I will miss it.
BUT speaking of the guitar, guess who learned how to play two songs this week? Yours truly. I can play a nice rendition of Mary Had a Little Lamb and another song too. That is a goal I have when I get home: to learn to play the guitar. And to play the piano better. Oh, I have a long list of things that I am going to learn/improve on when I return.
Hey thank you for the pictures! I loved them. Mom and Grace, both of you have such long hair now! I love it. I'm jealous haha. I regret cutting my hair and I have no idea what I was thinking. But eh, it will grow, right? And Daniel and Will, y'all are getting so stinking tall. And you just look older too. I don't know how I feel about that! I won't even recognize you when I get back. I kid, of course I will recognize you. And Dad, you look great too! Your hair isn't any longer though and you aren't looking older, so that is probably a good thing haha.
So I told you last week that we might be able to teach and baptize a couple of cute little girls... we met with them this week but their mom didn't want to come with us so we just took them to the park with Paola. Aaand turns out they are indeed children and would rather play than listen to a lesson. Aaand they can't get baptized anyways until their dad, who is in Spain indefinitely, comes back. And they didn't come to Church on Sunday. So there goes that half-miracle, eh? But that is ok. Hope is not gone.
Oh but Carlos got baptized! Did I tell you about him? He was the Elders' investigator, and he progressed quite quickly and was baptized Saturday and confirmed Sunday. Oh it was wonderful! We sang at his baptism and once again, we brought tears to people's eyes. Success. But we actually missed the actual baptism because nobody had brought towels, and our apartment is the closest, so the other Elders quick-James-Bond-style drove us to grab some towels from our apartment, but we were still just a minute late. Bummer. But he was still baptized and he is so happy.
Picture explanations real quick: me and the Spanish ward Primary that I play the piano for, our cute little DMP (ward missionary leader) meeting, us and the Spirig family, S. Cutler and I in the sunshine in Bernex, and I can't remember the other one I put on there. Oh the Spanish missionaries and Paola at Noche de Hogar last night.
Oh man, my computer card is running out quick. But I love you all a LOT and I am excited to tell you about Dijon next week! Thank you for your prayers, really. I miss you and LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
Maybe the second to the last Greetings from Geneva?
Hello Family!
I'm just letting you know straight up that this might not be the longest, most adventure-filled email that I've ever written. I couldn't think of many extraordinary things that happened to me this week, and I don't even have my camera with me to send any pictures. Man! I let Elder Mason borrow my camera because he lost his (and all of his mission pictures...one week before he goes home. Sad, eh?) so we will have to wait until next week for some pictures. But don't worry, I took out the memory card with all my pictures on there and put a blank one in, so even if he loses mine, my pictures are safe... haha he won't lose mine.
Anyways, it is the last week of the transfer and we have a lot of potentially incredible things planned. Well, I am mostly thinking of one. There are these two cute little girls that have been coming to church with their mother (all three of them are not members) and we haven't taught them except a little bit at church. But we asked Victoria and Mikaela, the girls, on Sunday if they wanted us to teach them so the could get baptized and they really want to. So we are meeting with the three of them tomorrow and we are going to try and set a baptismal date... for maybe this Saturday. Bah! They've come to church a lot, and they are children, so they are super receptive, so the only thing is making sure the parents are both ok with it (the mom is, I'm not sure about the dad) and being able to teach them everything in a few days. We will see, eh? Plus it is in Spanish, so I am super nervous.
There is already a baptism in the Spanish ward this Saturday. It is a man named Carlos, from Chile. The other sisters found him probably about 6 weeks ago, and he is great. But he asked Sister Cutler and I to say the prayers at his baptism, so we must practice this week haha. I can pray all right, but it isn't super eloquent. Also, we (Sister Cutler and I, the Spanish elders, the Salève elders, and the other Geneva sisters) are singing at his baptism. We're singing Divina Luz (Lead Kindly Light) and I think it will be really nice. I LOVE baptisms! And if we could have those two little girls and their mom get baptized the same day, it will be outstanding! Oooh we will see.
So right now I am sitting at the internet cafe at the train station in my running clothes because right after this we are going to run to the church (it's only probably a mile and a half away haha) and have a ping pong tournament with the elders. Normally we aren't supposed to do activities with the elders, but President gave us permission, so it should be fun. We only have one ping pong table though... hmm. But I will be able to put my Forrest Gump training into action... I will let you know how it goes.
Hey guess what? General Conference is in just a few weeks. Do any of you have plans to go? I can't wait. Also, what day is Easter this year? And Mothers day? I don't know anything haha.
So I know that baseball season is starting up soon. When does (did?) Giants spring training start? And when does Cougar baseball start? Will yall keep me updated on that? Maybe send me a hotdog or a cougar tail every once in awhile? OH speaking of cougars, Sister Cutler and I saw a little headline in the newspaper here that said that cougars (or maybe just a certain kind of them) are extinct... what?? That would be a sad thing. My reaction to that, though, was "just go to the Sacramento river trail in Redding..." Anyways, I thought it was interesting.
Well, I love you all. Sorry again that this was a miniscule email with little information in it. I promise you a remarkable one next week. Have a great week! I love you!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Dad are you getting these emails on your home email address now, or still just the store one?
I'm just letting you know straight up that this might not be the longest, most adventure-filled email that I've ever written. I couldn't think of many extraordinary things that happened to me this week, and I don't even have my camera with me to send any pictures. Man! I let Elder Mason borrow my camera because he lost his (and all of his mission pictures...one week before he goes home. Sad, eh?) so we will have to wait until next week for some pictures. But don't worry, I took out the memory card with all my pictures on there and put a blank one in, so even if he loses mine, my pictures are safe... haha he won't lose mine.
Anyways, it is the last week of the transfer and we have a lot of potentially incredible things planned. Well, I am mostly thinking of one. There are these two cute little girls that have been coming to church with their mother (all three of them are not members) and we haven't taught them except a little bit at church. But we asked Victoria and Mikaela, the girls, on Sunday if they wanted us to teach them so the could get baptized and they really want to. So we are meeting with the three of them tomorrow and we are going to try and set a baptismal date... for maybe this Saturday. Bah! They've come to church a lot, and they are children, so they are super receptive, so the only thing is making sure the parents are both ok with it (the mom is, I'm not sure about the dad) and being able to teach them everything in a few days. We will see, eh? Plus it is in Spanish, so I am super nervous.
There is already a baptism in the Spanish ward this Saturday. It is a man named Carlos, from Chile. The other sisters found him probably about 6 weeks ago, and he is great. But he asked Sister Cutler and I to say the prayers at his baptism, so we must practice this week haha. I can pray all right, but it isn't super eloquent. Also, we (Sister Cutler and I, the Spanish elders, the Salève elders, and the other Geneva sisters) are singing at his baptism. We're singing Divina Luz (Lead Kindly Light) and I think it will be really nice. I LOVE baptisms! And if we could have those two little girls and their mom get baptized the same day, it will be outstanding! Oooh we will see.
So right now I am sitting at the internet cafe at the train station in my running clothes because right after this we are going to run to the church (it's only probably a mile and a half away haha) and have a ping pong tournament with the elders. Normally we aren't supposed to do activities with the elders, but President gave us permission, so it should be fun. We only have one ping pong table though... hmm. But I will be able to put my Forrest Gump training into action... I will let you know how it goes.
Hey guess what? General Conference is in just a few weeks. Do any of you have plans to go? I can't wait. Also, what day is Easter this year? And Mothers day? I don't know anything haha.
So I know that baseball season is starting up soon. When does (did?) Giants spring training start? And when does Cougar baseball start? Will yall keep me updated on that? Maybe send me a hotdog or a cougar tail every once in awhile? OH speaking of cougars, Sister Cutler and I saw a little headline in the newspaper here that said that cougars (or maybe just a certain kind of them) are extinct... what?? That would be a sad thing. My reaction to that, though, was "just go to the Sacramento river trail in Redding..." Anyways, I thought it was interesting.
Well, I love you all. Sorry again that this was a miniscule email with little information in it. I promise you a remarkable one next week. Have a great week! I love you!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Dad are you getting these emails on your home email address now, or still just the store one?
Happy March!
Hello everybody!
It was good to hear from you this morning! I really do appreciate you writing me every week. It is kind of like a recharge to come on Tuesdays and see how everyone is doing. I definitely need it, that is for sure. Oh and thank you for sending birthday wishes to Sister Cutler! She really liked that. We had fun on her birthday. I tried to reproduce a few of our traditions, like putting 23 in cereal on her desk and writing with a Sharpie on a paper plate 'You Are Special Today!' I think she appreciated it. We had a nice American summer dinner for her too. We got some hotdogs and I grill them on our miniscule grill, and we had potato chips and orange soda, and she used an American flag napkin too. I love the USA. I think I attached some pictures of her birthday loot. I also gave her her own Yatzy set (that is the silly European way to spell it). Oh also, we had a zone training meeting that day, and she (and I) got spoiled for her birthday there too. The nice elders made us both lunch, and Sister Murdock made a big chocolate cake that everyone shared. What a nice day! Next up... My Birthday! Only two and a half months away! Well, I guess there are a couple of your birthdays before mine. 'Tis the birthday season though.
This week was really wonderful. Probably one of the most edifying and motivating of my mission so far. Monday we had interviews with President Murdock. That one-on-one time with him is like gold. I think I attached a picture of me, Sister Cutler, and Elder Mutamba after the interviews, enjoying the apple slices that Sister Murdock brought for us. Tuesday was Preparation Day, which is always beautiful. Wednesday was really really the best and I will return to that shortly. Thursday was district meeting and some dropped appointments (maybe not the best day of the week) and then Friday was Sister Cutler's birthday and the outstanding training meeting all day. We talked about ways we can bring the spirit and receive revelation for this work. But listen to (read) this: on Wednesday, Elder Teixeira of the 70 and Elder Hallstrom of the Presidency of the 70 and their wives came to Geneeeeeva. They gave a really nice fireside for the Geneva and Lausanne stakes (it wasn't even very crowded and I was really surprised...these are General Authorities!) and we had Chidé, one of our investigators come to that. But in the afternoon, we had a 3 hour missionary conference with them. They talked about some inspiring things and about some practical things that we can do to become better missionaries. They emphasized a lot our planning sessions, and how we should take them more seriously than we probably are taking them. It is so important to prayerfully plan for the day, for the week, and for our investigators specifically, because that is when the Spirit can really guide you. And then if you've planned well and are still seeking the guidance of the Spirit, you can be open to following the promptings that might come during the day or during a lesson or something. But get this. Sister Murdock spoke for a few minutes to start the conference, and then President Murdock stood up to start his talk. Before he started he said 'Oh, I guess I better give a couple of missionaries a bit of notice that they will be speaking today... Elder Claflin and Sister Bentley will be sharing their testimonies with us after my remarks.' Bah! So I had to bear my testimony in front of two zones of missionaries, not to mention two General Authorities. I was a little nervous. But actually, I am really grateful that I was able to do that. You know how they say that you strengthen your testimony by bearing it? Well I think they are right. I love being able to do that in that setting because I can really realize my testimony and realize that yes, I do know these things are true. And it was in English, so easy-peasy lemon squeezy Japonesie.
BUT I got a nice compliment about my French yesterday, and that kind of boosted my confidence. We were at Sister Lehmann's house for lunch and she asked me to say the prayer, like every other week, but after the prayer she asked 'how long have you been on a mission?' and I said 'seven months today, in fact' (can you believe it's 7 months? crazy) and she said 'wow! and your French is so good! You speak without any mistakes!' Maybe the prayer was mistake-free, but I sure don't normally speak without mistakes haha. But it was super nice of her to say.
Ooh I have a funny story to share. There is a picture attached for illustration. So the other day, I was reading my Book of Mormon while I was drying my hair. I have been using the blow dryer that is in the apartment because it's got a Swiss plug and it is easier to use than mine. So I was just sitting there reading and drying my hair and all of a sudden I hear POP POP and the blow dryer is on fire in my hand! (It turned out to be only a small flame, but frightening nonetheless) I screamed and yelled FIRE and dropped the dryer because I had no desire to burn my hand (I didn't, don't worry). It turned out that it actually wasn't really a big deal... the flame was short lived and the dryer died for good, but my scriptures got the worst of it. I burned a small hole in Alma 2. Gives a new meaning to 'the Spirit of God like a fire is burning,' eh eh?
I am learning a lot of new things with Sister Cutler. I think I told you before that we have perfected moonwalking...we can do it forwards and backwards, and we are working on the sideways version... it's a little tough. But Sister Cutler taught me how to tie a tie (as shown in one of the attached pictures) AND she is teaching me some stuff about how to march in marching band. I definitely already brought a little bit of experience to the table with Grace's instruction of heel-toe marching and the running technique too. But I am learning some turns and stuff. Now I suppose I just need to learn how to play an instrument haha.
Transfers are coming up pretty soon. We have about a week and a half left in this transfer and then we will have calls the following Tuesday and travel Wednesday. It's always a big speculation about what will happen and who will go where. I don't know if the elders do that, but I imagine it is harder to guess because there are so many of them. But with so few sisters, it is a little bit easier. But really, there is no guessing what President Murdock will do. I think we are getting 3 new sisters this transfer, and none are leaving yet, so I heard that Luxembourg is going to open back up and another sister equipe will open somewhere too. Unless he just makes a couple of three-sie companionships. And the norm says that I will probably go somewhere else now that I have been here for 4 transfers, but who knows, right? I feel like there will be a lot of changes this time around though, since there weren't very many last transfer. We will see in a couple of weeks!
Alright, well I must finish up for today. I love you all a lot and am grateful and proud to have you as my family. Have a great week and I will talk to you soon! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Mom, I don't have the last conference Ensign...would it be possible to send me a copy? Or I could wait until after this next conference and you could maybe send me both of them? That would be super. I love you!
Also, Grace: WAY TO GO on your anatomy test! That is pretty impressive. What a smarty!
It was good to hear from you this morning! I really do appreciate you writing me every week. It is kind of like a recharge to come on Tuesdays and see how everyone is doing. I definitely need it, that is for sure. Oh and thank you for sending birthday wishes to Sister Cutler! She really liked that. We had fun on her birthday. I tried to reproduce a few of our traditions, like putting 23 in cereal on her desk and writing with a Sharpie on a paper plate 'You Are Special Today!' I think she appreciated it. We had a nice American summer dinner for her too. We got some hotdogs and I grill them on our miniscule grill, and we had potato chips and orange soda, and she used an American flag napkin too. I love the USA. I think I attached some pictures of her birthday loot. I also gave her her own Yatzy set (that is the silly European way to spell it). Oh also, we had a zone training meeting that day, and she (and I) got spoiled for her birthday there too. The nice elders made us both lunch, and Sister Murdock made a big chocolate cake that everyone shared. What a nice day! Next up... My Birthday! Only two and a half months away! Well, I guess there are a couple of your birthdays before mine. 'Tis the birthday season though.
This week was really wonderful. Probably one of the most edifying and motivating of my mission so far. Monday we had interviews with President Murdock. That one-on-one time with him is like gold. I think I attached a picture of me, Sister Cutler, and Elder Mutamba after the interviews, enjoying the apple slices that Sister Murdock brought for us. Tuesday was Preparation Day, which is always beautiful. Wednesday was really really the best and I will return to that shortly. Thursday was district meeting and some dropped appointments (maybe not the best day of the week) and then Friday was Sister Cutler's birthday and the outstanding training meeting all day. We talked about ways we can bring the spirit and receive revelation for this work. But listen to (read) this: on Wednesday, Elder Teixeira of the 70 and Elder Hallstrom of the Presidency of the 70 and their wives came to Geneeeeeva. They gave a really nice fireside for the Geneva and Lausanne stakes (it wasn't even very crowded and I was really surprised...these are General Authorities!) and we had Chidé, one of our investigators come to that. But in the afternoon, we had a 3 hour missionary conference with them. They talked about some inspiring things and about some practical things that we can do to become better missionaries. They emphasized a lot our planning sessions, and how we should take them more seriously than we probably are taking them. It is so important to prayerfully plan for the day, for the week, and for our investigators specifically, because that is when the Spirit can really guide you. And then if you've planned well and are still seeking the guidance of the Spirit, you can be open to following the promptings that might come during the day or during a lesson or something. But get this. Sister Murdock spoke for a few minutes to start the conference, and then President Murdock stood up to start his talk. Before he started he said 'Oh, I guess I better give a couple of missionaries a bit of notice that they will be speaking today... Elder Claflin and Sister Bentley will be sharing their testimonies with us after my remarks.' Bah! So I had to bear my testimony in front of two zones of missionaries, not to mention two General Authorities. I was a little nervous. But actually, I am really grateful that I was able to do that. You know how they say that you strengthen your testimony by bearing it? Well I think they are right. I love being able to do that in that setting because I can really realize my testimony and realize that yes, I do know these things are true. And it was in English, so easy-peasy lemon squeezy Japonesie.
BUT I got a nice compliment about my French yesterday, and that kind of boosted my confidence. We were at Sister Lehmann's house for lunch and she asked me to say the prayer, like every other week, but after the prayer she asked 'how long have you been on a mission?' and I said 'seven months today, in fact' (can you believe it's 7 months? crazy) and she said 'wow! and your French is so good! You speak without any mistakes!' Maybe the prayer was mistake-free, but I sure don't normally speak without mistakes haha. But it was super nice of her to say.
Ooh I have a funny story to share. There is a picture attached for illustration. So the other day, I was reading my Book of Mormon while I was drying my hair. I have been using the blow dryer that is in the apartment because it's got a Swiss plug and it is easier to use than mine. So I was just sitting there reading and drying my hair and all of a sudden I hear POP POP and the blow dryer is on fire in my hand! (It turned out to be only a small flame, but frightening nonetheless) I screamed and yelled FIRE and dropped the dryer because I had no desire to burn my hand (I didn't, don't worry). It turned out that it actually wasn't really a big deal... the flame was short lived and the dryer died for good, but my scriptures got the worst of it. I burned a small hole in Alma 2. Gives a new meaning to 'the Spirit of God like a fire is burning,' eh eh?
I am learning a lot of new things with Sister Cutler. I think I told you before that we have perfected moonwalking...we can do it forwards and backwards, and we are working on the sideways version... it's a little tough. But Sister Cutler taught me how to tie a tie (as shown in one of the attached pictures) AND she is teaching me some stuff about how to march in marching band. I definitely already brought a little bit of experience to the table with Grace's instruction of heel-toe marching and the running technique too. But I am learning some turns and stuff. Now I suppose I just need to learn how to play an instrument haha.
Transfers are coming up pretty soon. We have about a week and a half left in this transfer and then we will have calls the following Tuesday and travel Wednesday. It's always a big speculation about what will happen and who will go where. I don't know if the elders do that, but I imagine it is harder to guess because there are so many of them. But with so few sisters, it is a little bit easier. But really, there is no guessing what President Murdock will do. I think we are getting 3 new sisters this transfer, and none are leaving yet, so I heard that Luxembourg is going to open back up and another sister equipe will open somewhere too. Unless he just makes a couple of three-sie companionships. And the norm says that I will probably go somewhere else now that I have been here for 4 transfers, but who knows, right? I feel like there will be a lot of changes this time around though, since there weren't very many last transfer. We will see in a couple of weeks!
Alright, well I must finish up for today. I love you all a lot and am grateful and proud to have you as my family. Have a great week and I will talk to you soon! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Mom, I don't have the last conference Ensign...would it be possible to send me a copy? Or I could wait until after this next conference and you could maybe send me both of them? That would be super. I love you!
Also, Grace: WAY TO GO on your anatomy test! That is pretty impressive. What a smarty!
Happppppy Birthdays!
Hellllooooo family!
Happy late Birthdays to Rachel and Daniel! It was way fun to read all of the descriptions of the festivities. It sounds like both of the days were really fun. Bah I'm sad I missed them but I was thinking about you, don't even worry! Sister Cutler's birthday is this month too, on Friday. We have been looking forward to that. Hey it would be cool if y'all could just send her a quick happy birthday email for her to see next Tuesday. Her email address is emily.cutler@myldsmail.net. She would like that I think. Anyways, here is some news: I will be back for your next birthdays. I officially have less than a year left on my mission and that is weirdie to me. Anyways, we celebrated Rachel's birthday with a baptism! It was a 12 year old boy named Jeremie in the Salève ward. His family had been on-and-off active for awhile, and his 16-year-old brother was able to baptise him. Oh man, it was sweet. Elders Burke and Mason and Sister Cutler and I sang a musical number after he was baptised. I was a little nervous for it, of course, but it turned out alright. I knew it was a success because I saw tears in people's eyes. If I can make someone cry during a musical number or talk or something, I know I've done well. Just kidding haha. But it is a really pretty song called Savior. Sister Cutler had translated into French, which was cool. I have a copy of it so I will play it for you when I come home. Speaking of music, I have been practicing playing the organ when we have a couple of spare minutes at the church before meetings or something. My goal is to be as good as the man who plays with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and dances with his feet on the bass pedals. There is a hymn in the French hymn book whose music is actually from Mozart, and there is a great bass line in the chorus, so I am working on that. It's coming along quite nicely. Sister Cutler plays the song on the piano and I come in with the organ just on that part haha.
Oh also, thank you for the Valentine! I got it in the mail Tuesday I think, so right after Valentine's day. It was so nice! We obviously can't celebrate Valentine's Day much, so it was nice to know that you were thinking of me still. Will, how did your play go? I was thinking about you last week and hoping you would do awesome. I was also thinking about how last year for his play, I went right after my silly little surgery... already a year ago! Nuts. Time sure flies.
So, to follow the trend that has been at least since I have been in Geneva, we are having more success in the Spanish ward than in the French ward. I really want to find someone to be baptized in the French ward because those members are so into missionary work. I don't know what it is that is preventing us from having any progressing investigators in that ward. Hmm but we keep trying. But we have a couple of good investigadoras in the Spanish ward. Actually all three of them are references from members. Pretty incredible, no? We are going to start teaching this 10 year old girl named Victoria, and maybe her 8 year old sister Mikayla. They and their mom have been coming to church the last couple weeks with their aunt, and so on Sunday I was talking to Victoria after Primary and I asked her if she was interested in us teaching her so that she could be baptized and she said Yes!! (well, Si!! actually) and gave me a hug. So cute. It would be great to teach her mom too, and I think she would like to, but she works a ton, apparently. But we have an appointment with them for next week after the holidays, so I am excited to see how that goes.
Hey that is pretty exciting about Camille being engaged! I expect a wedding announcement over here... :) I am getting passed up by younger cousins! But it is awesome that she is getting married, and in the temple... it's the only place to be, you know?
Also, I was thinking the other day... does Cougar baseball start pretty soon? Bah I will miss baseball this spring and summer. Will you keep me updated? Oh and I want to see pictures of my family! It has been a really long time!
Oh one more thing I wanted to tell you before I finish: you told me that y'all are memorizing the Living Christ, so I decided to do the same, but in French! I have the first paragraph so far: 'Au moment ou nous célébrons le deux millième anniversaire de la naissance de Jésus-Christ, nous temoignons de la vérité de sa vie sans pareille, et du pouvoir infini de son grand sacrifice expiatoire. Personne d'autre n'a eu une influence aussi grande que lui sur tous les gens qui ont vécu ou qui vivront un jour sur la terre.' I did that from memory...hopefully I didn't miss anything. But that will be cool that we are learning it at the same time, no?
Anyways, I love you all alot and am more than grateful for your prayers and support. It is a huge huge blessing to have a family like you backing me up. Have a fantastic week! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Did you get the email ok last week on your regular email? Or is it still being weirdie?
P.S.S. My camera is not connecting to this computer for some reason so I can't send any pictures today... boo!
Happy late Birthdays to Rachel and Daniel! It was way fun to read all of the descriptions of the festivities. It sounds like both of the days were really fun. Bah I'm sad I missed them but I was thinking about you, don't even worry! Sister Cutler's birthday is this month too, on Friday. We have been looking forward to that. Hey it would be cool if y'all could just send her a quick happy birthday email for her to see next Tuesday. Her email address is emily.cutler@myldsmail.net. She would like that I think. Anyways, here is some news: I will be back for your next birthdays. I officially have less than a year left on my mission and that is weirdie to me. Anyways, we celebrated Rachel's birthday with a baptism! It was a 12 year old boy named Jeremie in the Salève ward. His family had been on-and-off active for awhile, and his 16-year-old brother was able to baptise him. Oh man, it was sweet. Elders Burke and Mason and Sister Cutler and I sang a musical number after he was baptised. I was a little nervous for it, of course, but it turned out alright. I knew it was a success because I saw tears in people's eyes. If I can make someone cry during a musical number or talk or something, I know I've done well. Just kidding haha. But it is a really pretty song called Savior. Sister Cutler had translated into French, which was cool. I have a copy of it so I will play it for you when I come home. Speaking of music, I have been practicing playing the organ when we have a couple of spare minutes at the church before meetings or something. My goal is to be as good as the man who plays with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and dances with his feet on the bass pedals. There is a hymn in the French hymn book whose music is actually from Mozart, and there is a great bass line in the chorus, so I am working on that. It's coming along quite nicely. Sister Cutler plays the song on the piano and I come in with the organ just on that part haha.
Oh also, thank you for the Valentine! I got it in the mail Tuesday I think, so right after Valentine's day. It was so nice! We obviously can't celebrate Valentine's Day much, so it was nice to know that you were thinking of me still. Will, how did your play go? I was thinking about you last week and hoping you would do awesome. I was also thinking about how last year for his play, I went right after my silly little surgery... already a year ago! Nuts. Time sure flies.
So, to follow the trend that has been at least since I have been in Geneva, we are having more success in the Spanish ward than in the French ward. I really want to find someone to be baptized in the French ward because those members are so into missionary work. I don't know what it is that is preventing us from having any progressing investigators in that ward. Hmm but we keep trying. But we have a couple of good investigadoras in the Spanish ward. Actually all three of them are references from members. Pretty incredible, no? We are going to start teaching this 10 year old girl named Victoria, and maybe her 8 year old sister Mikayla. They and their mom have been coming to church the last couple weeks with their aunt, and so on Sunday I was talking to Victoria after Primary and I asked her if she was interested in us teaching her so that she could be baptized and she said Yes!! (well, Si!! actually) and gave me a hug. So cute. It would be great to teach her mom too, and I think she would like to, but she works a ton, apparently. But we have an appointment with them for next week after the holidays, so I am excited to see how that goes.
Hey that is pretty exciting about Camille being engaged! I expect a wedding announcement over here... :) I am getting passed up by younger cousins! But it is awesome that she is getting married, and in the temple... it's the only place to be, you know?
Also, I was thinking the other day... does Cougar baseball start pretty soon? Bah I will miss baseball this spring and summer. Will you keep me updated? Oh and I want to see pictures of my family! It has been a really long time!
Oh one more thing I wanted to tell you before I finish: you told me that y'all are memorizing the Living Christ, so I decided to do the same, but in French! I have the first paragraph so far: 'Au moment ou nous célébrons le deux millième anniversaire de la naissance de Jésus-Christ, nous temoignons de la vérité de sa vie sans pareille, et du pouvoir infini de son grand sacrifice expiatoire. Personne d'autre n'a eu une influence aussi grande que lui sur tous les gens qui ont vécu ou qui vivront un jour sur la terre.' I did that from memory...hopefully I didn't miss anything. But that will be cool that we are learning it at the same time, no?
Anyways, I love you all alot and am more than grateful for your prayers and support. It is a huge huge blessing to have a family like you backing me up. Have a fantastic week! I LOVE YOU!
Love,
ALLIE
P.S. Did you get the email ok last week on your regular email? Or is it still being weirdie?
P.S.S. My camera is not connecting to this computer for some reason so I can't send any pictures today... boo!
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