Monday, May 21, 2012

Anniversaries and Mountains

Well, let's see if I can get my fingers to work this afternoon...because they are having a hard time....

This last week was rough. Just one of those weeks. Nothing really worked out and we just felt blah the whole time. Pres. Packer says that its good to have a bad day every once and a while, in fact a couple of bad days in a row is a good thing......well.....we had them.

We were driving in town when I felt the prompting to stop and visit the Millers (we helped their young son get ready for baptism, because the family was less active.) Sister Miller didn't think we were really needed at her home...but we were. She was painting her kitchen by herself with a terror of a 3 year old running around. We were able to save the child from death by frustrated mother, and the new puppy from being dropped kicked when he ate all of her new plants. Wheh! A prompting that actually resulted in something!

On Sunday we sat with Jimi and Rebecca Howell...Mother and daughter who were reactivated right before I got to Cortez. Jimi is the mom, and I totally ADORE her. She is like Ashlee Barrow (my bestest bud) in mom form. We have such a hoot together. Jimi is totally invited to everything important in my life from here on out. Well, they were so stinkin' sweet to me...they went on vacation and came back with a beautiful scarf for me...with a couple other goodies as well....oh, they are so kind, and I wish I could have them as my next door neighbors forever!

Yesterday felt like a total bust. NOTHING WORKED OUT until 7 when we got together with a Recent Convert YSA and an Investigator YSA. We all watched the eclipse...so FUN!!! Totally crossed that off of my bucket list. We had a pin hole thingy that we jimmy-rigged, and we really enjoyed our lame attempt to watch the sun. I was so excited that I was bouncing off the walls....OK so just skipping around the church parking lot, but still.

Today was my second best P-Day of all time...but Sister Nay would TOTALLY disagree. We had a big District hike up Mancos State Park...We drove for a coon's age up this mountain to Sharktooth something or other. There were aspen trees everywhere, and I don't think I've ever seen anything so beautiful to compare it to. I was driving a jeep of sisters, and had to put it in 4 wheel drive to get through some snow. YUP. SNOW. It's May, and HOT and there was A TON OF SNOW UP THERE!! We got going on our hike and I loved every minute of it...there were some piles of snow pack...and Sister Nay didn't do so well with those. She kept falling, and then falling, and then getting really frustrated instead of laughing it off. Everyone else (all 12 of us) were struggling just as much, but we didn't let it get to us.

The worst of it came when we had to cross a small stream. It really wasn't a big deal...I just stepped across it...but it would have been just as easy to walk through it. She tried to fandangle some odd way to get over without getting wet. Bad plan. Just suck it up and trudge.....Well...she fell into the stream and then just sat there pouting like when Emma fell into ocean  at the family photos. When we convinced her to get up, she got all kinds of tangled up in a stick, and fell 3 more times and cut up her hand pretty good. It was pretty much downhill from there for her.

In the mean time, I'm loving this experience. I don't care about the twigs or sinking in the snow up to your thigh. I thought it was grand...well she pretty much gave up. The other sister we drove needed to leave, but Sister Nay was not in a mental state to go faster...nor was she in the physical health. They wanted to go faster down the mountain, but Sister Nay just pooped along. I was working really hard on my patience. I am proud to say that I did not mention one negative thing.

There was one point where she just broke down and cried and sat in the snow. There was another moment where her leg got caught in the snow, and she didn't know how to move, so she twisted it really bad and was in a world of hurt. She kept making little mistakes that were just killing her. She was caught so bad I had to run back up to her and dig her out with my bare hands and sit there patiently while she cried.

This story sounds really dramatic and dangerous. NOT DANGEROUS. NOT AGAINST MISSION RULES. NOT A BAD THING....but Sister Nay was in such a mood and so unexperienced that this was like Hell to her. Everyone else had a blast, but not her. At one point one of the other sisters asked her to hurry up...and when the sister walked away Sister Nay turned to me and said, "If she ever talks to me like that, I will knock her out"....AND SHE WAS TOTALLY SERIOUS!! I just kept my mouth shut...because I agreed with the other sister...but I have to live with Sister Nay....

So you can guess that I am ready for a change. :) this week we find out about transfers...and I don't care if I go somewhere else or get someone else...I just would like something different.

Well, I'll let you know how it all goes. As for me, I TOTALLY LOVED TODAY!!! TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!!! I've never seen something so wonderful. I will surely bring my family there in the future.

Love you lots!!

Sister Wilkins

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