So, Monday we headed up to Waukee for Zone p-day! It was pretty awesome. Sometimes, Osceola gets a little lonely, sitting in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. But we got to go hang out with 15 other missionaries and play basketball and even some soccer! The weather has finally started looking up! (knock on wood)
After p-day ended, Sister Back and I went on exchanges with the lovely Waukee sisters, and I got to spend the day with Sister Norwood! But, she is new in the area, and had no idea where she was going, so we ended up driving around town telling funny stories :) But, we headed back to their house and played games with Sister Harmon till almost 11.
The next morning we got up early and took a journey to Indianola for interviews with President Badger, and for district meeting. Because our interviews were earlier, we had to wait for the other district to finish before lunch. So, one of the elders pulled out a game they brought - coup. For those who don't know the game, you basically lie to each other and try to get the most tokens haha! Good missionary game! Then we played ping pong as a zone. It got intense!!
Then we finally headed back to Osceola... Until 9 am Wednesday, when we traveled north to the land of the Hermanas - Perry. I went on exchanges with the beautiful Hermana Esplin!
We snuck into the guys yard cuz there were like 100 lawn mowers just lined up on the grass, and we thought it was funny!
Awesome camera filter that reminded us of snapchat!!
Anyway, we had a lot of fun, and it was hard to say goodbye when we left Thursday morning. But, we made it back to our area just in time to prepare Rita for her baptismal interview! As you can tell... SHE PASSED!!!
Friday we finally got a normal day! Just full of awesome missionary work and sharing the light of Christ with all we met :)
Saturday was a day of preparation! But, it finally happened - Rita was baptized.
It took 5 tries, but it happened!! She was glowing! What made it better was that Sister Short got to come all the way from Clinton (4 hours away). We taught the Restoration together at the baptism, and I wanted to cry. I have missed her so much!
The little girl on the end by me is Hannah. Sister Short and I started teaching her back in February, and her baptism is this Saturday (May 5th)!
