Dear Maren,
Actually our transfers are on Wednesdays, but we have P-day on Tuesdays when a holiday is on Monday. Yes, Elder Chapman have a Russian accent. Sometimes it’s a little hard to understand him over the phone but that’s fine. Maren, he is from West Linn, the rival of Oregon City, but he is a pretty nice guy. We were playing uno last P-day and Elder Anderson said uno is racist because the 2 full Americans always won and the others were born in Russia and Canada. It was pretty funny. Elder Packard and I have a lot of companionship inventory. We are very different people. Elder Packard's family moved around a lot but the country is still his favorite.
So, your missionary dinner calender is full? Darn, we still have half the month open. So unfair! At least you give the elder treats. Do you make it for them or do you have treats around the house? Wait Maren, aren't you in primary? Here is a trick I have learned, if you want to sign up for dinner, ask the elder if they would like you to print out a calender for that month and sign up before you give it to them. That's what we do with the Grilley's. Or, find them before it goes to Relief Society. You can suggest it be passed around primary during Sunday School so primary workers can sign up. We have one sister who wanted to sign up but she is in primary and never gets a chance to.
All week there has been thunder. Usually you can only hear the thunder, but you could see it this week. It rains 3 times harder over her than in Pullman. Plus, Elder Packard has been sick, which sucks because that means I get to spend many hours alone in a very small apartment. He final called Sister Higbe (the mission nurse) and hopefully she will get back to him today. The humidity is so bad here. I walk out of the air conditioned house and my glasses instantly fog up.
Braden is so cute. Did he get himself unstuck? Why isn't he wear any pants? I haven't taught Mike about tithing yet. We are waiting for him to commit to be baptized or set a bcd. Then we will have to bluntly, but nicely, set him straight. The first thing we will set straight is that it is called the Book of Mormon, not the Mormon Bible. That's what he calls it. It annoys me but I can deal with it.
Elder Forsberg