Hey everyone!
It's been a good week! Thursday was transfer day but neither Sis. Baldridge or I are getting transferred, so that's great! On Wednesday was our zone fun day, and we went to members' homes in New Albany, which is the area next to ours. First we went to someone's mansion with a huge basement and a home gym/basketball court, which was pretty sweet. Then we went to someone else's house for a barbecue and it was just so nice to actually HANG OUT with people my age. Missionaries don't get to just "hang out" very often...
At the end of last P-day, we went out to knock some doors and when we got out of the car, the tornado sirens were going off. It wasn't even windy, so I was like, whatever, let's just do what we were going to do. We talked to this guy on his porch for a while, and then it started raining. Then it started down-pouring like crazy, and so we had to adjust our plans a bit. Apparently that evening, a funnel cloud actually formed somewhere and three tornadoes touched down in Xenia, some other part of the mission. The weather here never ceases to amaze me, it was so hot on Monday and Tuesday, then rainy every day for the rest of the week and COLD! When we were cleaning out a member's garage on Saturday morning, it started hailing for a minute!
Linda is still on-date for baptism. We just need to make sure she quits smoking in time. We met a former investigator this week, Steven, who is Vietnamese and is REALLY hard to understand when he talks. But apparently he showed up at church yesterday and he couldn't find us (we were in class), so he left! We had no idea he would come to church, we just had an appointment set up for this week. At least he wants to learn, but Sis. Baldridge and I are praying for the gift of interpreting tongues...
We've done service for some people this week, including the Santillans, who are some of our favorites. When we're with Sister Santillan, it's sooo tempting to just hang out with her all day, but we can't. We cleaned out their garage and basement, and got to enjoy lunch with them. She also let Sis. Baldridge and I rummage through some of her daughters' old accessories and clothes, so now Sis. Baldridge and I have matching necklaces!! It's awesome.
I think I would say that the "weirdest" thing I've been fed on my mission is tuna casserole, which we were served on Friday. I didn't even know people still made that kind of thing! After the wife went into how unhealthy it was and how much she likes her sour cream, needless to say I ate only a portion of what was given me, haha.
But while I'm on the topic of food, we're going to Graeter's ice cream today, which is supposed to be pretty good. They're well known for their Buckeye ice cream... for me, I'm like, "Buckeye EVERYTHING!" Haha.
Love you!
Sister Petersen
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