“But there’s shuffleboard!”
(Sis Flitton didn’t understand why Sis Ottley didn’t like being aboard the ship while she was on a cruise.)
Happy Veterans’ Day, everyone! We had an activity on Saturday where people in the ward who served in the military told about their service and then we made care packages for people who are deployed. It was a lot of fun and interesting to hear the stories.
The most exciting thing this week was Sis Ottley going to the hospital. We were walking around one night in a slightly sketchy area (which is honestly the majority of our area) when these guys started walking toward us. We decided not to talk to them because we’re two girls walking alone at night. We looked at the ground and walked past, but as we did so one of the guys grabbed Sis Ottley’s bag and started running. Well, her bag got caught on her arm so she started to get dragged along with the bag. She had to start running with him so that she didn’t fall, and of course I couldn’t just leave her so I ran after them. The other guy tried to stop me from chasing after them, but by some miracle he missed me and I didn’t trip. I grabbed one of Sis Ottley’s hands and planted my feet. The guy jerked back and tripped, which caused Sis Ottley and me to trip. He landed on Sis Ottley, and Sis Ottley landed on me. He then jumped up and ran off with his friend. I got up and helped Sis Ottley up. Her wrist was at a weird angle and definitely broken. We called President to tell him what happened and then called the nurse to know where to go to get Sis Ottley fixed up. It was a crazy night.
I’m totally kidding though. Sis Ottley just thought she had pinkeye and the nurse wanted us to go see a doctor.
We went and had lunch with Moises this week and it was a lot of fun. It didn’t end very happy, though. Moises reminds me of Larry, who was a member from Ridgecrest. He was the one I always used to say looked like a happy troll. Well I looked up a picture of him on Facebook to show Larry, and I found out that he passed away recently. I’m not sure when, because I only saw a few posts from the 5th and another from the 31st, but I just handed my phone to Sis Ottley and started crying. I never had a chance to say goodbye because he had to be emergency transferred to a hospital in another part of California. I was excited to see him again when I visited my mission, but I guess I’ll have to wait a little longer.
That was pretty much it for this week. I hope y’all have a fantastic almost Thanksgiving week!
Ciao,
Sister Schroeder
Our selfie from today:
We rode bikes for a day for fun:
Lunch with Moises:
The Whitmores showed their snakes to Sis Ottley and this is Ginger (she’s 12 feet long)
At the hospital:
My açai bowl breakfast:
The Christmas ornament I made:
