Exactly 2 months after I crashed the car, we got it back. Best 7-month-missionary-anniversary gift ever, haha. But in reality, we were supposed to get it two days sooner. We went to zone meeting on Wednesday expecting the Mt. Vernon elders to have brought it down, but one of them told us that they tried driving it that morning and it overheated. Then they put coolant into it, and it went straight through the car. So it went back to the shop. So ridiculous. So I was surprised when two days later we got to ride back to Mt. Vernon with our vehicle coordinator to pick it up. It's pretty sweet being able to go where we want, when we want now, and on our own schedule. I baked a ton, and we've been delivering no-bakes and homemade Twix bars to members to show our immense appreciation for what they've done for us.
Something that is going to be tried in our mission is car-sharing. Zone meeting was about getting bikes and how the cars were going to be divided up. Every other week, depending on the area you are in, you may switch from car to bike. Unfortunately, this goes through winter which is supposed to be rough again- so unless I'm in a huge rural area or called to be a Sister Training Leader, there's a 95% chance I'll freeze to death on the side of the road this winter, with a bike laying on the ground next to me. It was nice knowing all of you!!
I got to be out of Westerville a few times this week. Went to Mt. Vernon twice, once for an exchange with Sister Reed, then to go pick up the car. After having lunch at a member's house in Danville, a town in the Mt. Vernon ward, Sister Reed and I got stuck behind on Amish buggy on the road. We also saw where the Amish converts live. So cool. Then on Saturday, Sister Malloy and I went to a baptism for someone in a family she taught in Xenia/Beavercreek, which is east of Dayton. It was a pretty far distance to go, and we couldn't get a ride, but our mission president was going so we ended up hitching a ride with the Daines! It was pretty fun, and we got to know them more.
Teaching Tony is still going great, and the baptism is still happening on Saturday. He invited us over for dinner again last night, and we had a delicious cook-out dinner with his family. He is seriously so awesome!! He and Kali are on fire with missionary work too, and Tony keeps telling us how everything has changed for the better for him.
Funny story of the week. The sisters in New Albany were going through their phone contacts and asking people they didn't know if they wanted to meet with missionaries again. One guy, Derek, answered back yes, and they were so excited. But he lived in our area, so we took over the appointment to go meet him. His wife wasn't home, so he grabbed some chairs for us to sit on his porch. He was like, no worries I know how that is, I've served a mission. We asked where and how long, and he was in Sacramento for two years. I was thinking, wait is this guy a less-active member?? Sister Malloy was like, "Oh what church did you serve for?" and he was like, "Umm.... ours??" Then I asked what his last name was, and he is A WARD MISSIONARY. IN OUR WARD. In my defense, he and his wife are new to the ward this summer and he hasn't come to teaching appointments with us yet. However, he's definitely talked to us at church... I guess I just couldn't tell who he was in street clothes.... how embarrassing. When he got the text from the New Albany sisters, he was like, sweet! the sisters are coming by to visit! We all had a good laugh about that one!!
Have a great week everyone! Sorry, no pictures this week.
Love,
Sister Petersen
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