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| Sisters Call and Broome |
I hope you enjoyed the Christmas
Season as much as I have! What a miraculous event the birth of our Savior
was! And how everything we have is because of our Savior.
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| top: Hermana Phelps, Hermana Stroud, Sister Broome
Bottom: Sister Call, Sister Delau, Sister Jensen
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Last Monday we went over to Elder
and Hermana Peterson's apartment with some of the other missionaries for some
Christmas games and a white elephant gift exchange. That evening Sister
Broome and I were able to serve dinner at the YMCA.
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| Hermana Stroud and Sister Call with the bus passes. |
Tuesday was great! We were on
exchanges and so Sister Broome went with Hermana Phelps and Sister Delau,
and Hermana Stroud came with me. We had talked with the elders and they
had agreed to allow Hermana Stroud and I to borrow the car for part of the day,
but since Hermana Stroud has never rode the bus, we decided to use the bus for
the day. And as always you are able to meet more people on the bus which
makes each ride exciting. We were in a hurry for most of the day and so
we would catch our bus and then speed walk where we were going. Poor
Hermana Stroud was freezing, but she never complained. In fact it wasn't
until that evening that she said that when we had stopped for a bathroom break
that her legs were red from the cold. We had a great lesson with Carrie
and Hermana Stroud is wonderful at asking questions and tailoring the lesson to
the person. Well when we were almost finished at Carrie's, Hermana Stroud
asked what Carrie's favorite Christmas song was. And so we (well more like
Hermana Stroud) sang "O Holy Night" to Carrie and I would
sing a few of the lines that I knew. Now I will be the first person to
admit that I am not a singer, but Hermana Stroud is, and at the end of the song
Carrie says to Hermana Stroud "you have a beautiful
voice" she then turns and says to me "you have a pretty
voice." hahaha. . . Anyways we had dinner with some members and
visited two other members and then met up with the other 3 sisters and went
caroling for a short amount of time.
Now for Christmas day we were
allowed to sleep in until 8:00 a.m. which sounds so great any other day
besides for Christmas. Because I don't think I have ever slept in on
Christmas morning. So sure enough this Christmas was no different.
I woke up during the night and thought for sure my watch was broken because it
said it was only 2:30 a.m., but the clock in the kitchen confirmed that
time. So I went back to bed. After waking up several times
afterwards, I laid in bed until Sister Broome sat up at 6:30. I was so
excited that I jumped out of bed and she asked if I was ready to open presents.
Ummm. . . I was feeling a little charitable and said that I would go
ahead and shower so that she could sleep for another 15 minutes and then we
could open gifts. haha oh I'm still a little kid on Christmas
morning! People were so kind to us and so it was a lot of fun opening up
gifts and reflecting on the loved ones we have. The Hermanas came over
around 9:00 to end our exchanges and then the ward mission leader's wife came
and picked up Sister Broome and I, because they were having the missionaries
over to their home for a Christmas brunch!  |
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Christmas Brunch with the Des Moines ward missionaries AP Elder Anderson, Sister Call, Sister Broome, DL Elder Bowers, Elder Swenson, AP Elder Saunders. |
Afterwards we went to the
Olsen's home where we called/skyped home! And oh how wonderful it was to
talk to the family! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family, but
am so grateful for this opportunity to share what makes my family so happy (the
gospel) with those I come in contact with here in Iowa. We had
Christmas dinner with the Salt Family and their tradition is to have Thai food
for Christmas dinner which was really good, but something I have never had on
Christmas day. That evening we went over to the Mission home and saw
President and Sister Jensen, the office couples, and some of the other
missionaries in the surrounding areas. They had 17 Miracles playing
downstairs so we were able to watch the ending of it!
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| with President and Sister Jensen |
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| Des Moines District minus the AP's
Elders Dutson, Bowers, Swenson, Bowden, Sisters Call and Broome
bottom row: Elder Smith and Elder Smith
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I have never rode the bus so many
different places and routes as we did on Friday. So it was fun, and it
was like in the 45 degrees both Friday and Saturday so it was a wonderful day
as we were able to have a lesson with Alice as well as some less actives.
Okay so I about had a panic attack
when I arrived to church yesterday. I looked up at where they have the
hymn numbers in the chapel and the closing hymn was not one that I was told,
nor was it one that I knew how to play, since I was asked to play the organ for
the closing song and postlude music. Now you have to understand that I
have never played the organ for church, nor do I really know how to play the
organ. So panic mode took place and I went up to the organist who was
playing the rest of the songs for the meeting, but then I looked into the
program and realized that the song numbers hadn't been changed from the ward
that met right before us. Also, the Christmas program we were supposed to
have for last week, they were doing this week so I needed to play Silent Night!
Tender Mercy because I am more comfortable playing that song. Well
President and Sister Jensen attended our sacrament meeting, so all together we
had 15 missionaries in our ward yesterday. I had Sister Bachelder
(organist) leave everything set up for the organ so all I had to do was
play it like a piano. Heavenly help was there, because I don't think I
messed up while playing. But what worries me is that as I was playing the
postlude music Bishop said to me "Oh Sister Call you are in trouble. You
should have never let us know that you could play the organ."
Anyways Sunday was good, we helped with Singing time in Primary. Got the
car from the Elders, visited a few potentials, contacted a referral, and
had a lesson with a less active.
Transfer calls are today and so far
we have not heard anything, but Sister Broome has a feeling that she might be
leaving so we will see what happens.
Anyways, I love you all and hope you
have a wonderful week!
Love, Sister Call
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