Feb 24, 2011--2 more weeks!

Hi Mom!!

 

Yes we got the pie :D  My comps and I enjoyed it.  Unfortunately, I am too much like you and we left it sitting there and it got moldy :(  But what I did eat was delicious!! Thank you! I also got the fruit from Tammy.  It was good, and I sent a thank you letter to her.  ummm... tried to.  Not sure if I got the address right...

 

I have seen a few sisters going to Italy, and seen that their tags say "Sorella".  I also met someone (she was older, a worker here, not a missionary) who was from Italy.  She helped us out with purchasing some clothes, so when we were finished, I said to her "Grazie" or however you spell that.  She looked delighted, and said "Prego"! Lol it makes me laugh.  Made me happy too

 

The accompanying on the piano went really well, I have really got a hang of playing that song!  With the Lord's help, of course... I really can't take much credit for it.  But I am glad I get to help the Elder in my district.

 

They are really cracking down on the dress code for sisters! And things are changing a bit.  Like they are allowing more colors and variety, and the length of the skirt can't be too short OR too long.  It needs to be between just below the knee and mid-calf.  And they are helping me out so that I have all the stuff I need, and won't be in want when I get to Switzerland.  You know, all that stuff that we didn't buy ;)  And by "they" I mean the wives of the zone leaders.

 

I'm so excited!! Just two weeks from Monday, and then I'm gone!! Can't wait can't wait... Unfortunately I shall have to wait.

 

So they did this really awesome song at one of the firesides!  It was the speaker who is really musically inclined, and she said she was going to make us into a 2000 (more or less) voice choir.  She accompanied us on the piano.  It was "Called to Serve".  She started out playing a note repeatedly, like a steady drum beat.  Then she played some fanfares.  That was when we (The choir) came in, singing the first verse very quietly, imagining that we were a huge army (like the stripling warriors) just over the hill in the distance.  She did more fanfares between the chorus and the second verse, and changed keys and got a bit louder. We sang louder.  The chorus was loud this time, and at "King" we all stood up and repeated the chorus at full voice. At the end of that, we repeated this, slowing down a bit: "God our strength will be, press forward ever called - to - serve - our - King ---------------------!

 

I hope you can imagine that a bit, it was so amazingly fantastic!!  We sang it twice, once on Sunday, and again on Tuesday.  Laugh my district wanted to show our teachers, so we did a mini version for each of them.  Not quite the same, but still awesome!

 

We got snow this morning!! I love it!! Wish I could shovel... After gym this morning, Soeur Echols and I went up to a tree, and she kicked the trunk hard. Snow fell on us! A lot!  We went to another tree, and she did the same thing.  I love the snow!!  It makes me happy.

 

Anyways.  I had better get going.  Love you lots!!

 

Soeur Bartlome

 

P.S.  6 sisters going to France or Switzerland arrived this week!  Yay more sisters :D One of them is Marissa Worshim.  I say the name for those of you who will know her.  She recognized me, though.  Said she played the cello with me in Granite Youth Symphony!  Wish I could recognize people better... As it is, I randomly say hi to people and talk to them ONCE, then they remember me every time they see me after that!! And I don't remember them... Makes me feel bad :( Wish I could remember people better.  Ok I'm finished :)