Sister Lyman and Sister Morell in front of the Johnson Home! Read Tori's email to get the jest of what these two sisters where doing and thinking of doing!! haha
The Johnson Home where Joseph Smith preached after he was tarred and feathered
The Johnson Farm in Hiram Ohio
Sisters and there District leaders
Outside of Tori's apartment......they thought winter was over....haha no such luck!!!Sister Houston's email
March 16, 2011
HELLO Family!
So... I attached some pictures. Sister Lyman let me use her memory card reader so I hope they work for you! Its been quite an eventful week! but first I have to say Yay for Mitchell!!!! The papers are finally in! Wooohooo!!!!! Now we just have to anxiously wait and see where your going....my guess....the OHIO CLEVELAND MISSION! heehee i wish :) but really though I'll pray that those papers don't get lost in the mail....with your luck they just might (i know, i know i shouldn't laugh about it....its just a little funny)
Ok now on to my week....
Thursday the Solon Ward Relief Society put together a little b-day party to celebrate the "birth" of the Relief Society program. and guess what?? Marlayn and Felice came! Shock i know. It was a stress to get them there and by the time they finally showed up it was almost over. There were about 20 sisters that came. Sister Taylor, the RS president, had started her spiritual thought so all was quiet when Marlayn, Felice and Jayden her 9 month old son walked in. At first I think they felt really uncomfortable. Remember this is their first time even to the church building. Toward the end of the night, you could tell they were easing up a little. Some of the sisters were so great and came to welcome them and said hello. Over all by the end of the night i think they had a good time. They didn't come to church on Sunday
:( but on the brighter side, Marlayn finally read the first chapter of the book of mormon!!! Woohoo!
On to the next great thing of this week.....
Every week we have a training meeting at Kirtland with all the sisters and the Edmans, the site directors. In Remembrance of the tar and feathering and the revelation of D&C 76 that happened in the months of February and march, we went to the Johnson Farm. We woke up bright and early Monday morning, 4:30 am, and traveled to Hiram. All the Senior couples and the sisters came. We split off into groups, took a tour of the farm, took lots of pics and then ate breakfast. Although i was a zombie missionary the rest of the day, it was an awesome experience and we had a lot of fun! One of the pictures attached is me in front of the Johnson Home. That is where Joseph stood to preach the next morning after the tar and feathering. After I took a picture of Sister Lyman standing up there too, next thing i knew she was bending down feeling and smelling the concrete!!! heeheee i was cracking up! After I asked what in the world she was doing, this is the conversation between sister lyman and sister Morrell:
sister lyman says, "you cant really appreciate something until you've touched it and smelled it."
sister morrell says, "yeah i agree. and lick it!"
sister lyman says, "yeah and lick it! its how you immerse yourself in history."
heehee oh goodness. Luckily there was no licking involved :)
Well its been a great week! I could go on and on but i better stop. I love you family so much! I hope you all have a happy st. pattys day! Make sure to write me too!!!!
Love,
Sister Houston
PS Yes i know elder richardson! he is my district leader. he is the one on the far left side next to elder baxter. this was our last district meeting last transfer....it was on valentines day if you couldn't guess from all the pink :) Tell his mom hello for me and that her son's an amazing, dedicated missionary! he's doing great work!
PSS the picture of the parking lot i took outside on our balcony. a couple days previous to this there was zero snow on the ground! Sister lyman and i were excited because we had thought it was finally over. The next morning this was what we woke up to! Through out the night it snowed more then a foot of snow! crazy! I cant wait for summer!!
So... I attached some pictures. Sister Lyman let me use her memory card reader so I hope they work for you! Its been quite an eventful week! but first I have to say Yay for Mitchell!!!! The papers are finally in! Wooohooo!!!!! Now we just have to anxiously wait and see where your going....my guess....the OHIO CLEVELAND MISSION! heehee i wish :) but really though I'll pray that those papers don't get lost in the mail....with your luck they just might (i know, i know i shouldn't laugh about it....its just a little funny)
Ok now on to my week....
Thursday the Solon Ward Relief Society put together a little b-day party to celebrate the "birth" of the Relief Society program. and guess what?? Marlayn and Felice came! Shock i know. It was a stress to get them there and by the time they finally showed up it was almost over. There were about 20 sisters that came. Sister Taylor, the RS president, had started her spiritual thought so all was quiet when Marlayn, Felice and Jayden her 9 month old son walked in. At first I think they felt really uncomfortable. Remember this is their first time even to the church building. Toward the end of the night, you could tell they were easing up a little. Some of the sisters were so great and came to welcome them and said hello. Over all by the end of the night i think they had a good time. They didn't come to church on Sunday
:( but on the brighter side, Marlayn finally read the first chapter of the book of mormon!!! Woohoo!
On to the next great thing of this week.....
Every week we have a training meeting at Kirtland with all the sisters and the Edmans, the site directors. In Remembrance of the tar and feathering and the revelation of D&C 76 that happened in the months of February and march, we went to the Johnson Farm. We woke up bright and early Monday morning, 4:30 am, and traveled to Hiram. All the Senior couples and the sisters came. We split off into groups, took a tour of the farm, took lots of pics and then ate breakfast. Although i was a zombie missionary the rest of the day, it was an awesome experience and we had a lot of fun! One of the pictures attached is me in front of the Johnson Home. That is where Joseph stood to preach the next morning after the tar and feathering. After I took a picture of Sister Lyman standing up there too, next thing i knew she was bending down feeling and smelling the concrete!!! heeheee i was cracking up! After I asked what in the world she was doing, this is the conversation between sister lyman and sister Morrell:
sister lyman says, "you cant really appreciate something until you've touched it and smelled it."
sister morrell says, "yeah i agree. and lick it!"
sister lyman says, "yeah and lick it! its how you immerse yourself in history."
heehee oh goodness. Luckily there was no licking involved :)
Well its been a great week! I could go on and on but i better stop. I love you family so much! I hope you all have a happy st. pattys day! Make sure to write me too!!!!
Love,
Sister Houston
PS Yes i know elder richardson! he is my district leader. he is the one on the far left side next to elder baxter. this was our last district meeting last transfer....it was on valentines day if you couldn't guess from all the pink :) Tell his mom hello for me and that her son's an amazing, dedicated missionary! he's doing great work!
PSS the picture of the parking lot i took outside on our balcony. a couple days previous to this there was zero snow on the ground! Sister lyman and i were excited because we had thought it was finally over. The next morning this was what we woke up to! Through out the night it snowed more then a foot of snow! crazy! I cant wait for summer!!
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