Hey everyone!
This week has been really weird. Our work has not picked up in pace in any way, but somehow we've kept busy and had quite the eventful week.
To start with, we were shown the new movie/documentary "Meet the Mormons" at a Specialized Training. It was REALLY good. Sister McCarty and I were a little doubtful because the trailer was kind of cheesy, but really, it was worth watching and very enjoyable. Mom and Dad, there's a segment at the end about a missionary mom... you will cry just as all the missionaries in Ohio did!
The crazy and dramatic story of the week was from our dinner appointment on Tuesday. The family was having a family gathering/birthday dinner for their teenage son and we were invited. The story is really awkward and detailed but I'll keep it brief. Not too long after everyone began eating the dinner, the husband got a piece of steak stuck in his throat. Then he was choking/gagging/vomiting in front of everyone.... and I know I lost my appetite!! Sister McCarty and I had front-row seats at the kitchen table and we didn't know what to do. 20-30 minutes later, he was still gagging and grossing out everyone and we couldn't be like, "peace out everyone!" and leave (if only we had other appointments to go to like some lucky missionaries out there...). Then the PARAMEDICS came and shooed out the huge group of people that were just sitting in the living room and watching, and we were able to make our escape. Before going home, we saw him wheeled out on a stretcher and loaded into the ambulance, still gagging as they drove away. Very disgusting. I never want to eat steak again!!! But don't worry, he survived and was fine.
We also have to give our bikes back to the members who lent them to us. Bummer. We're hesitant to buy bikes when it's getting cold and will probably start snowing next month. Because really, what kind of person can ride a bike in ice and snow? No one.
We got to do some other service this week, including cleaning a basement and doing yard work. Then on Friday the weather got in the way and we weren't able to do much on bikes. It got cold this weekend, which is nice but also scary.
General Conference was pretty good, and we watched all 4 sessions in the church building with some recent converts who drove us there. Since we didn't have the car to do other things in between sessions (our church building is way out of our area), it felt like we were living as "civilians" this weekend, but it was enjoyable. General Conference is always great.
Other news includes obtaining Insanity from Tim and Linda, the recent converts who took us to Conference and live in our apartment complex. We started it this morning and are super excited to get into great shape. Hopefully our neighbors below us don't mind, we're doing a lot of jumping at 6 am :)
Pictures: we got Buckeye necklaces from a member! Also, we went to Cabela's this morning... I couldn't resist taking a picture with a fake rifle because missionaries are not allowed to go shooting :D
Love,
Sister Petersen
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