I made a list this time so I wouldn't forget stuff to tell you.
1. Baby blessing. Okay. So, we were knocking doors, trying to visit some people we haven't seen for a while, and Hermana Maama's like, "Let's try to get back into that building." This apartment building is one of those annoying ones that you can only get into with a code. So we go over, and we see two ladies standing outside with a couch. We were like, "Hey, do you guys need any help?" and one of them was like, "My husband's on his way. We're trying to get this couch into my son's apartment before he gets home." and we're like, "Well, we can help!" She was so happy, because her husband was being grouchy, so she called and told him no to worry about it, and we helped her carry this couch through the front doors, into the elevator, out of the elevator, and into this apartment.
Then, of course, we tried to contact them, even though they were white. And they were like, "We're Jehovah's Witnesses." We were like, "Oh pues!" and left before they tried to bash with us. J Dubs. For real.
So we knock on the two Hispanic doors in the building, and the first one was totally home, but didn't answer, and the second one, this woman, bien embarazada, answers the door, and was like, "I am so glad you're here!" (Hermanas Maama and Martinez had contacted her before) "I wanted to call you guys, but we accidentally threw away your card with the bills."
So, she's due seriously soon. And she wanted to know if she could have a baby blessing in our church. We were like, "Somos Mormones," and she was like, "I know, it's just that we just moved here, and we don't know where any churches are, and we like to have our children blessed the first domingo after they're born."
We didn't know if that was allowed, so we told her we'd find out and let her know. So we went and sat in the car and asked the district lider if nonmembers can bless their children in sacrement meeting, and he didn't know, so we called the zone lideres, tampoco sabian, but they told us to call the branch president. So we called President Waite. He didn't know, either, but he made some phone calls and told us that that is not allowed because (who knew? Not us) the Naming and Blessing of a Baby is an ordinance. Not a required ordinance, but an ordinance, nonetheless, and if the baby were to be blessed in the church, its name would have to go on record, and so they don't like to do that if the parents aren't members yet.
2. Lyman. Remember Hermana Lyman, my companion a couple transfers ago? She's going English today. President just called them the other day and told them that he needed Hermana Lyman to go English, and that Sister Simentel is going Spanish. What?! (Sister Simentel is fluent in Spanish).
3. Conference de Zona. Otra vez. We're having another zone conference! Actually, they said it was just a zone meeting, but the weird part? It's from 8am to 8pm. Why? I don't know. We're either going to get chewed out really good or get iPads. That's all we can figure.
4. We have exchanges tomorrow with the STL's. I'll be going to Mukilteo with Sister Sinclair in English for the day.
5. Herbert Family. Aw, man, I love them. I'm sure I've told you about them before. Well, we're thinking that we're going to have to let them go. ): We think they'll progress more in the English ward. ):
6. On the 20th, I'll have been out for 9 months! That's crazy!! It feels super weird, because after I'd been in Virginia 9 months, I went home. That's kind of distracting, because I got a letter from a friend from Virginia this week, and now I'm like, "Man! All I want to do is go back to Virginia! I love Virginia!" But I'll overcome this, no worries.
That is all the things on the list. (: Love you all!
Hermana Miller
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