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Sister Melanie Renee Girvin

219 High Ave E Apt 1

Oskaloosa, IA 52577

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

Monday, June 25, 2018

Grounded as a missionary

So this week has been.... Yeah haha!
So, I still had bronchitis all this week, and Sister Dalton was still sick, so we were told not to go out for the entire week.
So, of course, on Tuesday we went out. But, it was to Zone Conference, and there was no way we were missing that! It was legit my favorite!
me and Sister Dalton at Zone Conference
Afterwards, we went home and 'died' And Sister Rath went on a week long exchange with the STLs so that she didn't have to die with us, because she isn't sick haha!

Then, Wednesday through Saturday, we stayed inside. And slept. But, soon, sleeping got boring, so we...
re-arranged our bedroom, and made a 'Jesus Wall'


Went and took pictures with corn #cuzweinIowa


And took other pictures. So, here is the story behind these ones... Sister Dalton's boyfriend is also on a mission, and he and his companion take all these pictures, in which they looks like 'punks'. So, we started recreating their pictures, but making them funnier.


​And we read the entire Book of Mormon. I would encourage it! Super good book, with lots of action and advice on how to live a fantastic life like Jesus would!
Then, we were asked to give talks in Sacrament Meeting. Which was cool because none of us had ever been asked to speak in Sacrament before. But it went great! Not a big crowd like in Utah, because Story City is a branch, so there was like 50 people there max. But we love it. It is so much more fun! For instance, as he was conducting, our branch president, President Billings, confirmed our plans to eat dinner at his house that night. Like, in front of the entire congregation. Which is normal because it is so small haha!
And, Erick came to church! Erick is our super awesome investigator who LOVES the Book of Mormon already! After church, we asked him again about baptism, and, I am happy to announce that his date is set for July 15th!!! The, later that day, I got word from my beloved birthplace of Osceola that my investigator David was also getting baptized in July!!! It is going to be a good month!