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Letters can be mailed to:

Sister Melanie Renee Girvin

219 High Ave E Apt 1

Oskaloosa, IA 52577

Emails can be sent to: melanie.girvin@myldsmail.net

Monday, April 16, 2018

Transfers!

This week has been insane!! So, I was correct in my guesses of hints! Sister Short took her journey to Clinton to be a Sister Training Leader, on the opposite side of the mission, and I got a new companion, Sister Back! She's from Eagle Mountain, Utah and about 5'11'' and so I feel... Very Short. (Haha, sorry, I just thought that was punny) But Osceola is still good!! We have four people on date for baptism! Roy and Rita are trying for April 28th this time, and our 10 year old investigators, Lexy and Hannah, are on date for Cinco de Mayo!! We are super excited for them!


Iowa reached it record low for April this past week. Weather has been all over the place! On Friday, it was pouring rain like no other, and then that night there were tornado warnings. Of course, us missionaries were 'grounded' to our towns. Thankfully, Osceola was just windy. But, in Truro, a town just 20 minutes North, the roof got blown off of a Casey's... Scary, but cool at the same time!!

Then, just because it is Iowa, it snowed on Sunday. We only got a couple inches, then it was sunny this morning so it all melted. This week is supposed to be in the 30-40s though, so we are excited! Maybe it'll warm up!


But, before transfers, Sister Short had a bucket list item... To pet a cow. In my opinion, it's not too exciting, but to each her own I guess. But, we went with a member, Sister Graves, to her pasture to see a little calf. And, well, that was exactly what I expected Iowa to be like. She had a 50s pickup (I think. It could be older...) and we drove down dirt roads and saw cows. Intense.