TOAST
Why do awkward things happen to good people? Sis Taylor and I have been doing good work and trying so hard, and still the awkwardness descends like manna. At least 3 times this week Sis Taylor and I have been talking in our car outside someone’s house before getting out to go up to the door. There isn’t anything unusual or awkward about that, except when they drive into their driveway. I don’t know why, but it’s super awkward when you’re sitting outside someone’s house and they come home. Sis Taylor has now started slowly reclining her seat until she is out of sight.
No one warned me that missionary work is awkward. This brings us to my first line above. TOAST stands for Thrive On Awkward Situations Today. A returned missionary in our ward said that’s what they use to say on her mission and since it is so applicable, Sis Taylor and I are bringing it back.
I’m not going to do a day-by-day run through like I usually do cause I honestly don’t remember what happened on what day. It wasn’t a very exciting week so that’ll make this email pretty short too. We’ve been going to the park with the 1st sisters every morning this week and it’s actually been a lot of fun. Sometimes we work out, sometimes we walk, and sometimes we just play on the playground. Last week Sis Taylor was the only one who tried on leg day and she walked like a grandma the next day. I’m a little scared for this week because it’s been getting colder and since this is the desert the nights are freezing which means it will be cold when we go. I guess we’ll have to work out now to stay warm.
Some sad news from Ridgecrest is the several of our peeps are not doing great. Diana has been having some health issue and Larry has been in and out of the hospital and ER for several weeks and he can’t use his legs any more. So that’s been kind of stressful cause we aren’t really sure what’s going on with either of them so Sis Taylor and I have been pretty worried this week. Thankfully they still have a good attitude and they are still their happy selves.
The most exciting thing that happened to me this week was that I got to go to Trona with Sis Crowley! It’s such a weird place and I will never live there (even though I picked out a house). Half of the houses are abandoned and have broken windows and boarded up doors and the other half aren’t in much better shape. The best houses though are probably the ones that burned down, and the mutilated appliances are sitting there amidst the rubble. It’s not sketchy at all. Thankfully the people we visited were really nice and I had a fun time. Sis Crowley and I went with the Relief Society president in their ward and she was hilarious. And now I can say I’ve been to Trona (I’ve just been hearing about it for the past 4 months)!
Well, that’s it for this week!
Ciao,
Sister Schroeder
Photos:
My Trona house (it’s turquoise and I saw a fox go in there so it was the obvious choice):
Sis Crowley and me with our shakes:
Sis Crowley and me with our burgers and fries (it’s the only place in town so they have everything, but we decided burgers would go well with our shakes):
The reason why Trona is a thing (they mine minerals):
