27 June 2011

AHHHHHH!
I'M STARTING MY LAST TRANSFER!!!

Mom said it best, that's kinda a big deal, right? Yeah, I think it is.
It seems like I should be feeling something special related to that, but I might be in shock still.
We had a very interesting week, I'll try to remember everything but I forgot my planner, so I'm bound to forget the most important thing, right?

First off, I LOVE YOU ALL! VOLIM VAS!
I heard from every single one of you this week. Good job! Keep up the good work! I need some extra love and kisses these last two months, I'm probably going to get very trunky. And very weepy. OK, maybe not weepy. But it will be a race of endurance. Or a sprint to the end. Or maybe I just won't be able to describe it.
OK.
To answer questions: no, my companion didn't receive a package to the house. Someone from the mission office delivered it to us. So mom, you can send the one you have to wherever you're going to send it. I know the senior couple in charge of the office has been in Zagreb a lot lately organizing etc. So they are around.

And... yeah. that was the only question. No it wasn't. What do I want to do? Talking about living at home or not. I think I would rather live closer to college. So probably not at home. But I don't know, has anyone found me a job? I'll go where a job is. haha. If there's a job at home that would be good with me!

So last Monday, we spent the day at the church with all the missionaries. The other sisters made cinnamon rolls, tasty. And we played card games and ping pong. I love ping pong! And we exchanged pictures on the computer. Pretty low-key day.
We finished it off with teaching our last english class for the transfer, and we wanted to do individual interviews with each student, and not make them come back an extra day, so I did that and I made Sister Creager teach the whole class! haha! It's a beginner's english class so they don't really know english yet and she doesn't really know croatian yet. She was probably a little mad at me. But it was good for her. And that was it for Monday.

Tuesday, I don't recall anything exciting... We had our last district meeting... oh yeah! We made "quivers" - little paper pockets that we put compliments to each other in. Since half of our district was leaving. That was fun.

Wednesday, nothing. A holiday, so there weren't a whole ton of people around. Which is funny because this city has a million people, so you'd think that no matter what day it is there would be a lot of people. But no, everyone disappears on holidays.

Thursday, we had a party for all the english classes and the spanish class. We played ping pong (I played a 2 out of 3 doubles game with three of the elders, really fun) and we played UNO which the students really liked because they've never played before. And unfortunately this was another holiday, so by the time we thought about buying treats or drinks for the party all the stores were closed, because everywhere closes early on holidays! So it was kinda a lame party, but I think everyone had fun.

Friday, was sister Hači's last day. And her and Sister Nelson had closing interviews with president in the morning and then we took Sister Hači and her stuff to the bus station and sent her off to Rijeka (it's like a two hour, three hour bus ride) so we spent the rest of the day in a trio with Sister Nelson. And we went out to dinner with two of the senior couples, that was fun. Sister Erickson is so great. She is amazing.
And then Friday night we went to one of the squares in Center and some BYU folk dancers came and performed. They are doing 3 weeks in Europe and Zagreb was one of their stops. So they performed in center because their real performance, like in a venue, got cancelled. It was really cool and one of the members here got permission from the government for us to proselyte. So all the missionaries went and walked around talking to people. It was pretty cool. Actually one drunk man, older, talked to me and Sister Creager and he was trying to ask something in English, his words were very slurred, and I kept saying like, I don't understand what you're asking. So he finally asked in Croatian, if sisters in our church were allowed to get married. And I was like, do I tell the truth here and risk this guy proposing to Sister Creager? or do I lie? And I said, No. We don't get married. And he said, oh that's the same way here, they don't get married. And I was like, yeah, we're like nuns. We don't get married. And he said to Sister Creager, you're very beautiful. And I said, we gotta go. And we walked away. It was really funny. I hope that was the right thing to do. I think it was. haha.

Saturday morning we met Sister Nelson's parents and passed her off, they came for about 10 days or so. They went straight to Zadar because they had a baptism there that Sister Nelson wanted to go to, but we'll be seeing them again at the end of this week. It was really fast, we basically only had time to say hi and goodbye, because they wanted to catch a bus. Kinda weird! Then we went right to the church because the BYU dancers were performing there for members. And we had lunch, too. It was pretty fun and entertaining.

Sunday, the most exciting thing. The Zadar sisters, meaning Sister Dillender and Sister Milius came to Zagreb, so that the assistants could pick up Sis Dillender and take her to Slovenia so she could fly out on Tuesday. Missionaries leaving always have a last pday with the mission president. So they came into town and we made dinner for them. And the assistants came later than they were expecting (they showed up at our apartment at 10 30 pm) and so we got to spend lots of time with them! And then we sent off Sister Dillender and now Sister Milius is with us still. So that was really fun to have a last night with my good friend Sister Dillender. SO MUCH FUN! And so I got to see all three sisters leave. That's weird, I just realized that.
It's been pretty strange to watch them go, because that means I'm the oldest sister and I'm the next one getting the caboot, and all of my previous companions have now left me. AND so. really weird.
We had a great week by the looks of it. :)

Thanks for writing to me ya'll! I love you!

Happy Birthday Sophie this week! That is the same day, july 1st, that we are getting our new mission president. So this next week should be pretty interesting, too!

Amelia, good luck finding a job.

Kelsey, your kids' stories were especially funny this week. Mom said to me, something about when you haven't seen a kid in a while and then you see them and they aren't kids anymore. And then, that will probably happen to you with your nieces and nephews. but I am glad to hear so much about them and see pictures of them! hopefully it's not too much of a shocker!

Jesse, have a great week with water babies! that's pretty cool sounding.

Michael, good job with basketball. You are a winner. It has been three years and a month since we've seen each other. Hang in there.

Parentals: you are the best! love you bunches! Have fun with your upcoming travelings.

Love,
Sister Laws