Letter to Missionaries... Snow and Halloween
Dear Hannah and John,
How are things going? John - I forgot to ask last week, but did you manage to finish reading the Book of Mormon by your deadline? How are you enjoying Osasco? How do you like teaching the gospel in the real world? Hannah - how are Adriano and Sueli doing? Any new investigators? I looked up everywhere that you served on the map, and discovered that your areas form a line that points almost directly toward Osasco, where John is.
This week started out with snow. Seminary was cancelled on Monday, and school was delayed by two hours. It was nice to be able to sleep in a bit, and by 9, the streets weren't too bad and the boys got to school okay.
Tuesday morning, Seminary was held as usual, even though it was actively snowing pretty hard. We made it there safely. During seminary, I stayed in the car, turning on the wipers occasionally to clear the quickly accumulating snow off the windows. When seminary let out though, I went to turn on the engine, and nothing happened. The battery was dead! We had to get it jump started before I could take the boys to school - which started as normal in spite of the heavy snow. The snow continued to fall and around 11am, I got notice from the school that they were letting the kids out early and that all after school activities were cancelled. By the time they let the boys out, the snow had eased significantly, and they were able to walk home.
Tuesday night we received notice that seminary and school would be cancelled on Wednesday. Wednesday morning dawned clear and bright, although super cold. So yes, the boys did get a snow day from school eventually. It would have been nice if it had been Tuesday rather than Wednesday, but apparently no one can accurately predict the weather here in Colorado.
Thursday was Halloween. Peter dressed up in his vampire kid costume. Josh kind of dressed up as Peter's responsible adult, and Dad drove them to the Ellis / Gailey/ Mission President's neighborhood to Trick or Treat. We actually got two groups of Trick or Treaters here at our house that night!
The time changed last night, so technically we could have had an extra hour to sleep last night. Unfortunately, Peter woke up at about 4:30 AM and we heard him racing to the bathroom to throw up. This has been repeated several times since then. I don't think he will be coming to church with us.
I think that's it for this week. I love you both, and I'm so glad that you've both chosen to serve the Lord. You are in our every prayer!!!
Love,
Mom
How are things going? John - I forgot to ask last week, but did you manage to finish reading the Book of Mormon by your deadline? How are you enjoying Osasco? How do you like teaching the gospel in the real world? Hannah - how are Adriano and Sueli doing? Any new investigators? I looked up everywhere that you served on the map, and discovered that your areas form a line that points almost directly toward Osasco, where John is.
This week started out with snow. Seminary was cancelled on Monday, and school was delayed by two hours. It was nice to be able to sleep in a bit, and by 9, the streets weren't too bad and the boys got to school okay.
Tuesday morning, Seminary was held as usual, even though it was actively snowing pretty hard. We made it there safely. During seminary, I stayed in the car, turning on the wipers occasionally to clear the quickly accumulating snow off the windows. When seminary let out though, I went to turn on the engine, and nothing happened. The battery was dead! We had to get it jump started before I could take the boys to school - which started as normal in spite of the heavy snow. The snow continued to fall and around 11am, I got notice from the school that they were letting the kids out early and that all after school activities were cancelled. By the time they let the boys out, the snow had eased significantly, and they were able to walk home.
Tuesday night we received notice that seminary and school would be cancelled on Wednesday. Wednesday morning dawned clear and bright, although super cold. So yes, the boys did get a snow day from school eventually. It would have been nice if it had been Tuesday rather than Wednesday, but apparently no one can accurately predict the weather here in Colorado.
Thursday was Halloween. Peter dressed up in his vampire kid costume. Josh kind of dressed up as Peter's responsible adult, and Dad drove them to the Ellis / Gailey/ Mission President's neighborhood to Trick or Treat. We actually got two groups of Trick or Treaters here at our house that night!
The time changed last night, so technically we could have had an extra hour to sleep last night. Unfortunately, Peter woke up at about 4:30 AM and we heard him racing to the bathroom to throw up. This has been repeated several times since then. I don't think he will be coming to church with us.
I think that's it for this week. I love you both, and I'm so glad that you've both chosen to serve the Lord. You are in our every prayer!!!
Love,
Mom
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