It has been a busy week! Last Tuesday we were blessed to get to go to the Columbia River temple. I love the temple! I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has given us temples--a refuge from the things of the world, a place where we can find answers to our questions and feel peace in our souls.
This week we...
-continued to help paint the inside of someone's house blue. Mostly we were just painting the walls, but a few other things ended up blue too...
-got sooo many bug bites (a number comparable to when I was in Nauvoo, which is really saying something--don't worry I bought some bugspray)
-had a man show up out of nowhere at the church on the night we happened to be there for home evening! We grabbed our branch mission leader (because he's a big scary looking guy) and another woman and taught him the restoration, because that's what missionaries do!
-when the same man failed to show up for his lesson the next day, we all got in a car and drove to his house. Just as we were knocking, his dad pulled up in a pick-up and said that he was walking around nearby in a black hoodie. We found him!! And taught him a lesson standing on the side of the road under an overpass. Don't worry, we brought our branch mission leader. Because that's what missionaries do!
-we went looking for an address...it turned out to be in, like, a campground, where it appears that some people have parked their trailers and never left (I mean, the campground had a great view of the Blues, so who can blame them?)! People had set up fences, and chairs, and gardens around their little trailers. We knocked around, and it was pretty fun.
So yeah, it was just another ordinary week here in Walla Walla! There are roses blooming everywhere here, and it reminds me not to forget to stop and smell the roses. Heavenly Father wants us to be happy! Enjoying the little things in life--like smelling roses, or really good burritos--makes me happier, and helps me in my quest to "endure to the end".
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