Today we got permission to go to Washington D.C. and do a little sight seeing. We took the metro into the city and went on foot from there. It was really fun, but I'm pretty pooped. We saw the Washington Monument, of course (You can't really miss that one). Then we walked over to the World War II Memorial. I got a picture next to the Utah pillar and guess what...we met some people from Salt Lake. We took a picture of their family for them. They seemed pretty excited that they met some sister missionaries while taking a tour of D.C. Then we made a loop over past the White House and then back to the Museum of American History. They have the actual C3P0 costume from the "Return of the Jedi" movie. Don't worry Jaren, I took a picture. We also saw a very big, very old train. Got a picture of that for Dad too, but we didn't have time to read what it was all about. We were with a member and she had to get back to work. So after that, we headed back to the Metro station for the ride home. We got in Jhoane's (the member) car and she was going to drive us to the church. We were stopped at a red light and a man in another car had us roll down the window and he told us that our tire was flat. Uh-oh. We pulled off the side of the road and Jhoane called her boss while I got to work:) That's right...we finished the day by getting our hands and skirts dirty. It didn't take long to get the tire changed and Jhoane was really grateful that Dad had taught me how to do it. Haha! I guess living in Fillmore really did prepare me for a mission. Thanks Dad!
I'm glad to hear that Connie is doing so well! She's so amazing. Does she plan on getting back to work pretty soon? The weather here is GREAT. I just wish that spring could last forever. It makes it so much easier to want to get out and get to work when you don't have to prepare yourself mentally to go swimming in the snow while you're wrapped up in fifty pounds of clothes. There are lots of blossoms out all over the place too. You can smell the flowers when you walk by. Yummmmm!
As for the companion...don't worry. I am deciding to just enjoy every minute that I can because I know that my mission isn't going to last very long. Whenever I start to get annoyed by things that she does or says, I just make myself remember that it will only be for about 6 more weeks (more or less) and that I am helping her have a good experience. After all, her proselyting mission is way shorter than mine. I started trying to serve her more. One day I polished her shoes while she was in the shower. She came out and started doing them again and said, "Wow, they already look shiny...weird." Haha. Oh well. I guess I did a good job at the service if she didn't even notice that I did it. Just keep praying for me. It's still pretty hard to keep my patience in check sometimes. I guess that's what I need to learn this transfer.
So you asked about the investigator whose coffee we took. Yeah...he's not our investigator anymore... We went to visit with them one day and after visiting with his girlfriend for a few minutes, we asked if he was a little late getting home for his lunch break. She told us that he wasn't going to come and then added, "You already know why." I never realized how hard it is to lose an investigator until these last few weeks. I wanted to cry. Well, I hope everyone is having a good spring. The work is moving forward here and I'm enjoying all the work, good parts AND not so good parts.