This week was nuts. I'll give you the schedule part, first, then the spiritual side. For some reason I have noticed that I have trouble remembering stuff. I need some sort of reminder. Which makes remembering what I learned in studies hard, because I'm terrible at keeping a scripture journal. Writing is just so slow, and breaking away every other verse to write down a thought or insight takes a long time. I'd probably remember a tone more, but for now, I think I will just stick to reading. Sometimes I use sticky notes, but I used all my small ones, and don't want to use the massive normal sticky notes I have, since I want them for other stuff.
Anyway, the funnest part of this week that I'm still recovering from was Thanksgiving. Wednesday we went over to our members house to help her clean & bake to prepare. We ended up just baking for a few hours. Went to our dinner appointment, came home, and started baking so we had the rest of the stuff for dinner at 1 the next day. We made rolls, a pie, and a turkey. Getting it all prepped. It was fun. I got some videos and pics that were pretty funny of us playing with the turkey, and just being silly as the night went on. Yes, Sister Lyman and I cooked our first Turkey. We had to get up early to get it in on time, and then it ended up finishing about 2 hours before we thought it would. It actually turned out pretty good :) we were quite proud of ourselves.
I missed Dads stuffing, and Turkey, and the pink Jell-O stuff. And Danika's pies. Sister Lyman and Sister Wagner are both really good cooks, but neither of then can beat Danika, especially with her pumpkin pie. That's my request for when I get home: Danika's Pumpkin pie, and Dads Stuffing.
Aside from that, we've basically just been helping people clean and get organized. That seems to be a trend here in the military ward, with everyone moving all the time. But it's fun. Tuesday, we ended up folding laundry for 2.5 hours straight. This was for the family who's daughter ended up hospitalized for diabetes. So they've been in and out of the hospital, and trying to ECS (get out of the military), and she just didn't have time to fold clothes. For about a month. So we did it :) needless to say, we were exhausted by the end of the night.
This week in Personal, I've been focusing on finishing the Book of Mormon, because President Stoddard challenged us to do so. I've been skipping around, but today I read Jacob 5. It was really interesting to read it all the way through in one sitting, because I don't think I've done that before. But, this time I tried to figure out which group was which branch, and the only one I got was the Nephites/Lamanites with the tree that half died. The others are still a complete mystery to me. I've also learned a lot about trust, and how it goes hand in hand with faith (they've become basically the same thing in my mind), and I've been working on expressing my gratitude for things, especially trials, and hard times, because they are a time for us to learn and grow.
-Sister Montgomery
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