I bought some spandex, so I can effectively ride a bike in a skirt. Also, I acquired a gel seat pad from a member, so it's not so uncomfortable anymore. However, when we went out on our bikes for just the second time last Monday, within two seconds, Sister Pollock's skirt got sucked into the gears and I had to get her skirt out of the bike! So after that, both of us just tied up our long skirts around our waist and went riding around like that! Not so professional, but it is what it is. We are getting pretty fit though, and that feels good. Now when we arrive to dinner appointments, we're praying that we get fed lots of protein!!
Random experiences this week: we witnessed a less-active's dog attack the other dog and almost kill it, met a lady who's dying from being a chain-smoker (sometimes I feel like Ohio just smells like cigarette smoke, there's a lot of people killing themselves in this state!), met several alcoholics who seem incapable of keeping commitments, for 5 hours helped some members move on Saturday, and have been constantly getting whistled/catcalled/yelled at while we're on our bikes. We've accepted that some people are simply pigs and we move on.
We had interviews with President Daines this week. We also had time to talk to Sister Daines, and I like them both. They're very nice, though of course it's a change from the Nilsens. President Daines showed me the scripture in D&C that explains the joy we'll have if we bring one soul to the kingdom of God, and explained that the one soul is often ourselves as missionaries. My mission's success is not hinged on whether I baptize people or not. That offered some comfort as we just keep dropping investigators and the work in this area is totally petering out. It's been incredibly difficult to find people who will actually progress and keep commitments.
We did find this one 19 year old girl though, Jennifer, and her brother Isaac. They're from Ghana and have only been in America for 2 months. We've seen Jennifer twice now and she's committed to start reading the Book of Mormon and is interested to learn more.
Sister Pollock and I still have fun together though. She's basically the best companion ever- she made homemade whole wheat bread this week! We also have matching Ohio shirts (see picture attached), haha. It's going to be so sad for me when she goes home next month!!
In other news, we are just exhausted! We haul our bikes up the stairs at the end of the day, and then fall over. Also, it's been a while since I've made it through the entire Sacrament Meeting without falling asleep! Nothing's changed since the MTC, haha.
Other pictures are of us and Sister Barker and Sister Chapman from our zone at a zone meeting the other week.
Love you!
Sister Petersen
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