(Maybe I forgot to wear
green! hahaha. oops)
SO, transfers are
this week. And Sister Payton and I both felt like we were staying, but
something was still happening. SURE ENOUGH we are in a TRIO. Her name is Sister
Mortenson and she was serving in Lawrence
Not sure
how I feel about it. I have been in a trio and I HATED IT. Plus Sister
Mortenson is super shy and hates to talk. So this should be fun. Hopefully we
can make her less shy? We don't know where we are going to all
sleep...are we moving? We don't even know! They usually only put Sisters
in trios if one of them is a trouble Sister...so...I don't think it's me and I
am pretty sure it's not Sister Payton. Should be fun. haha.
But hey,
I AM STAYING IN LAWRENCE!
I still
can't wrap my head around all of this. Seriously. We are getting Spanish
Elders in Lawrence
as well. Except they are in First Ward. And they kicked the Sisters out of First
Ward - probably because they were so shy. I dunno.
We don't move
till Wednesday, they just tell us on Monday. But they didn't send out the
transfer email till after we logged on! We almost died. But I am happy to still be in Lawrence . In a trio- it’s
crazy. How will we fit three beds in our room? I don’t know.
Another frustrating thing? It seems our investigators are not really listening.
We find them no problem, but we can't really KEEP them. It’s problematic. On
the bright side, we can now count Khammy because they are white washing the
first ward and Spanish Elders are moving in! (Khammy isn't actually OUR investigator. She lives in 1st ward. We kept trying to pass her off to the 1st ward sisters (because we taught her when we were in a trio with sister tap) but the Sisters there never speak and she doesn't like them. So we gave up and kept teaching her. But since it was their ward they counted her as their investigator on date and counted the lessons they taught. But now they have only Elders. Who can't teach her because she thinks they are all cute.)
So the Sisters in First Ward are going bye bye
and Sister Mortenson is moving in with us. Oh boy. The funny part is our
district leader used to joke he was adopting the First Ward Sisters into our
district because if he is going to be the district leader of all Sisters, might
as well be over all the Sisters in Lawrence ! Now he really is. All Elders in one district and five sets
of Sisters, our District Leader and his
trainee. Ha-ha guess we should not have joked about that.
We have got some sun. It is either sunny of
rainy. I GOT A TAN! You can't tell unless you know me. I told
sister Payton that my legs are so white they reflect the sun. She didn't believe
me till she saw it happen. hahahaha.
Okay! on
to the week!
MONDAY!
We went
Jay hawk hunting. Jay hawk is the mascot for KU and there are like 30 all over Lawrence . So we took pics
with a few and went to the top of a really tall hotel. Expect good pics.
The Oread Hotel
TUSEDAY
Weirdo
day. I decided we were going to go on campus more! So we did, we rode the bus
to campus. Talked to people at the Union (it's
like the hang out place) and then hopped on the bus to go see Khammy! Problem?
We got on the RIGHT bus going in the WRONG direction! So, there we were, sitting on the bus and
eventually everyone got off. I was just
like, what? Then the bus driver turned to us and was all "are you ladies
on the wrong bus?" so we told him we were on the right bus, just going the
wrong direction! so he was all "oh okay, well I am taking my brake now and
then we will turn around and you can eventually get off where you need to
go" and we were just like "oh, okay" So, he pulled over and got
off and had a smoking break while we just sat there, in an empty bus.
Us on the EMPTY BUS!
Then, when the bus got rolling again we were joking how funny it would be
if some of the Elders ended up on the same bus as us. JUST as we said that, I looked up at the
next bus stop, and lo and behold there were the 2nd Ward Elders
waiting to hop on! So then, there we were the Elders, the bus driver and us. On
a bus. HAHAHA! We finally got to where we wanted to go, an hour later than
desired and taught Khammy and her boyfriend. He wants to learn more! So that's
awesome! New investigator for the university Elders! (Because he is in his
20s) Later that night we went out with the University Ward mission leader
(Clay) and his wife (Morgan) and tried some less actives. One was a less active
couple who tried to turn their lights off to tell us they were not there.
Except then they turned them back on.
If you are going to ignore us, do it smartly! Goodness. We then
taught a Native American who is less active and believes in spiritual rituals
that help him feel like he is surrounded by his ancestors. Interesting,
but okay.
WEDNESDAY
We had District
Meeting...a day late because the Zone Leaders cancelled it and then didn't. It was
weird. We ate lunch with Sister Frederickson a sweet
old lady in our ward and then went to go teach Khammy the law of chastity.
She got sick from the idea of keeping the law of chastity and puked while
we were there. Right after she gave us food. But we had to eat the food to be
polite, while she was in the other room puking. We haven't heard from her
since. I know she knows that she should keep it, but she is scared to
keep it. #lifeofasismish
Then
we went on splits and Sister Payton taught a girl in Spanish! Good for her! Using her Spanish speaking name
tag! Except that she kind of really didn't. What really happened is
they teamed up with Tomas, a Mexican in the university ward and he spoke in Spanish.
But she said she understood everything! I went with Sister Mortenson to
help her teach one of her less-actives in the first ward. And then I ended up
teaching the whole lesson because she wouldn't. I was so frustrated because it
wasn't even my ward! Little did I know that we are now going to be
in a trio together. #karma
That
night we (Sister Payton and I again) went on team ups to Parry (a tiny town in
our ward) and taught a less active/part member family. I had been warned they
have lice there frequently and was convince I had lice. No worries, I didn't
get lice. Thank goodness! But their kids are so cute and hungry for the gospel!
it was great!
THURSDAY
We rode
the bus again. We went to campus and teamed up with Leo (from Brazil . (He has
the most awesome accent) and went to go contact a lady that the Elders referred
us to. The story was that when they knocked on the door she was wearing
only a blanket. So they called her Blanket Lady. So they sent us to go
teach her. However, when we went, we found out it was a house full of
college boys! Gotta love college towns. So we talked to him and he said
he wanted to learn more, so we sent the University Ward Elders (a different set
than the ones who originally went there) to go teach him. We hope it pans out.
Also, a bug flew into my eye and it hurt SO bad! Sister Payton was
grossed out when she saw a bug’s body on my eye, but I just wanted it OFF my
eye. I got it out. Like an hour later.
FRIDAY
We went
on a team up with Sister Clement. SHE IS SO FUNNY! We were trying to find this woman
the RS president told us to teach, but we couldn't. And Sister Clement pointed
at a door and was all "Sisters, that apartment needs the gospel and we
need to bring it to them!" so we did. And they let us right in. They are
an Indian (from India Indian) couple so I can't spell their names. We taught
the restoration and they seemed like they really want to come to church. So
they will, after their trip. Because they are in Colorado right now for spring break.
SATURDAY
We were
in meeting, I had my end of training call and we planned. So not much there.
dang
SUNDAY
We got a
new ward mission leader in 2nd Ward! That’s exciting because the last one
was...yeah. So that should be good! Super excited because last week in ward
council I was like "man this guy is on top of the ball!" (He was the Sunday
School president) and now he is the ward mission leader. So that should be
great!
So JAMES CAME TO
CHURCH YESTERDAY! maybe he spoke in Sunday School about how he knows Jesus is
there for him and how grateful he is for that. When he started getting taught
he was atheist! Maybe we were SO PROUD!
We sat there beaming with pride like proud mamas. But we were on the first row
and the only people who saw were the elders who were teaching the lesson. They
might have snickered. Thattt's
all. still so proud of James! And he said we were his fave missionaries!
whhaaaat! so cool. We made him promise he will meet with the elders though. Hahaha
BUT IT
WAS SO GREAT!
Also, he
might have taught me how to punch better. Because we do Kempo as part of our
morning exercise sometimes. And everyone makes fun of how I punch. So, I
had my convert who is an MMA fighter teach me how to punch better. I don't
think I improved much. But it was worth a try. He also might have touched
my arm to help me position better and I might have almost died because it's
against the rules. But he doesn't know better. And so you know Kempo is a
kind of fight/boxing we do for exercise, We also do p90x. Sort of. We have it on paper. And
pick what we want to do. But Kempo is one of the routines we do.
Not much
else going on here. In a trio. That will start on Wednesday. It is spring break
so it will be a ghost town. I am now a "normal" missionary. So that's
fun.
I know
that Heavenly Father is there for us. This last week we have taught a lot about
the plan of salvation and I am so grateful that I know I did not just appear
here. I am here for a reason and if I let him, Heavenly Father will be there
every step of the way.
I LOVE
YOU ALL!
Love,
Sister
Robyn Cramer
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