Week 8 May 17, 2011

Top Ten MoBatt

Hey Family!

Here is my top ten you know you are a Mormon Battalion Sister if...

10. Every day you see someone that knows someone else that knows you, your family, or someone from your hometown.

9. You are constantly asked where you live and if it is close. Response, "Yes, somewhere around here!"

8. Your mission consists of dressing people up as soldiers and panning for gold.

7. You watch at least one church movie every single day.

6. The picture frames talk to you AND you talk back.

5. You constantly have to remind people that we don't normally wear pioneer dresses.

4. You spend every other week at the San Diego Temple Visitor Center that consists of two lawn chairs and an umbrella.

3. You'll find pictures of you all over the world because everyone wants you to be in their picture.

2. You have a sisterhood of 22 that you see every single day.

And 1. Everyone tells you that you are on vacation and not a mission. False.

Sorry, I can't ever think of anything to write and yes mom you are correct. You probably won't know about the majority of my mission until I get home! :) There are a lot of things we just don't send home... You'll find out one day I promise! Today it has been raining a lot and it's the first time I've actually seen a full out rainstorm in San Diego. I'm learning that May is called May Grey for a reason. The mornings are really foggy and wet but it warms up by the afternoon. I've actually gotten cold a lot here but I'm afraid that I'm just getting used to perfect weather so 50 degrees is cold now... Logan is going to kill me when I get back! I'm ending this email with three really funny stories involving the same family and person. We were going to teach our new investigator Renato and when I was backing up the car a man started running at me. He was making weird noises like "hihck hihck hihck hihck" over and over again. I honestly thought he was going to attack me and I think I almost peed my skirt. But then I looked down and saw a... CAT. So basically he was just chasing his cat and I lived. Crisis averted. While we were teaching the lesson, Renato's sister Ruth kept getting really sidetracked and was all over the place. When I looked left I noticed that she was recording our whole lesson on her computer to post on facebook. We were meant to be the District 3 it would seem but when her brother noticed he swore really loud. Coneviently, the recording messed up and didn't work so our movie career was put on a hold. We were laughing so hard. Last story, when we went to teach Renato a third time he stood us up and we were talking to his sister Ruth again. She was on her video cam talking to two other guys she had only ever met on the internet. We attempted to teach them and to have them get the missionaries where they were at but apparently they only liked to look at us. They even had a friend join our chat to look at us and then get off. The funniest things always happen at that house and I love it so much. This place is the best. I love the work and we are working like crazy. The church is true so keep spreading the word!

Love,

Sister Haggerty