Business as usual here in the ABQ. We
tried to plan on Monday... but due to visiting sisters and running errands and
more meetings... it didn't happen. So that of course threw off our week a
little. Tuesday was p-day... so basically, a more stressful day than I would
like, but not unbearable.
Wednesday is when the party really
started. Haha. So Tuesday night some sister came over and we started an
exchange. I went to their area, and it was a lot of fun. I actually really love
being able to go and teach and train, as well as learn a lot from the different
sisters in their areas. So I was with this sister in the area, and..... I was
in a bike area. We spent the better part of the day inside doing training and
planning. But it was when we finally went outside that things got crazy. IT was
SUPER cold and SUPER windy this week. (Lots of snow starting Thursday.... and
this morning was only 10*). So you can maybe imagine what it's like to bike
several miles to houses that you're not sure if they're even going to want you
there. It’s freezing, we're in skirts, and we're dying. At one point I realized
that I wore the wrong shoes... the gear slipped a little, and my shoe went
flying! So I parked the bike and went to save my shoe from traffic. I of course
parked my bike in front of the one car that wanted to pull into the driveway.
THEN, we were riding, and as the other sister tried to go from gravel to
sidewalk.... she crashed. In an attempt to not run into her, I slammed on my
break. And then, not being an experienced biker, I only hit the brake for my
front tire...... you can see what happened next. I had a small wire fence to
one side of me, and like 4 lanes of traffic on the other side. As I unhooked myself
from the fence, a car stopped and asked if we were okay. I cut my thumb pretty
bad, but that was all I could see. We got right back on and kept riding! haha I
later found bruises all over my legs and arms.... but I figure, you can't be a
true missionary until you've gotten into at least one bike accident right? Haha
So Wednesday while I was gone, Sister
J got a phone call from president. There was a sister down south that went home
early, and so she was needed as a companion in El Paso the next day. I got
home, and we were up LATE packing. then all day Thursday was MLC (our big leadership
meeting), and then running back to pick up Sister J and taking her back to the
mission home to catch her ride south. It was SO hard to say goodbye, but she's
doing great things down there already :) AND, Sister C and I are tearing it up
here in Albuquerque!
Friday and Saturday were more of the
same. Meetings, we attended a baptism, had a lot of fun, did a lot of planning.
Friday night we went to another stake's Christmas party. It was a nativity
display, local artwork, and a performance of Handel’s Messiah. It was fabulous!
And then Saturday night we had our ward Christmas party... nativities, and then
some readings, and congregational singing. It was great :)
Sunday we contacted a referral for a
lady named Jackie. As it seems with many others, her life is crazy tough.
sometimes I’m super shocked when people tell me about their lives... it's
amazing to me the way that Satan works to destroy families and ruin lives
spiritually and physically, emotionally... everything. Anyways, Jackie is
really great, and we are seeing her again this weekend.
The baptism that we had originally
planned for this weekend on the 14th got pushed to the 4th.
Everyone else is moving along just
wonderfully. I am SO excited for Christmas and really getting a cool chance to
focus on the reason for the season this year.
Love y'all so darn much!!
Love,
Sister Brown
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