Okay first thing first. I'm already sick of the rain. I want the sun back. I can't believe how much snow is on Timp and how far down the mountain it came. I haven't broken into the Scotland/Ireland suitcase because I refuse. I probably should have, but oh well. It's probably entertaining for people to watch us sprint back from class in the pouring rain, in skirts, with a massive bag. It all works out.
We didn't get to watch women's conference because they are having us watch it when the elders watch priesthood session, so I'll see it this Saturday instead.
TRAVEL PLANS: we fly out on Monday. We check out of the MTC approx. 9:30. Our flight doesn't leave until almost 3. We fly to Amsterdam (holy cow that's a long flight and I'll probably die) and then to Edinburgh. Also I've been told that Edinburgh is actually pronounced Edinbra by some senior missionary here, so there's that.
Missionaries do have "regular church," but Sundays are more like dad's. At 7:30 we have branch council, 8:30 is relief society, Sunday school (district meeting), and then Sacrament. After Sacrament we go to leadership training and then lunch. After lunch we go back to our classrooms and we sit for another two-ish hours studying or doing something the branch presidency has us do. Then dinner. This past Sunday we had a departure devotional because conference is next week and we won't have one this Sunday. Then we have the big devotional with everyone. Then we watch another hour long devotional of our choice. Then it's bedtime.
All the days here are pretty similar. We go to class in the morning, study, teach, study, teach "exercise" and go to class again.
When we teach we teach "investigators." We don't know anything about them and we just show up to our appointment. Some of them are actual investigators and we don't know who is who. Someone said in the last 6 months there have been 5 or 6 baptisms from doing this. It can be kinds stressful not knowing literally anything about them and being thrown in, but it's good and we see ourselves getting better at it every time.
Last Tuesday Elder Cook came and spoke to us. It was awesome and we were on like the 7th row. We have another devotional tonight and they don't announce who is speaking until you're in the room, so I guess we'll see who it is tonight.
LOVE YOU LOTS
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