3/18/2013
Sorry...this is going to be a lame email....
I got sick sometime about a week ago with a sore throat, and it
knocked me out a bit. I had a bit of a nasty cold. My throat was super sore and
it hurt to swallow and I was coughing up a lung every hour. Well, if that
wasn't enough, I managed to catch pink eye some how. But it never got that bad.
I got some eye drops from Elder Winters and they took care of the pink eye. I
got some sort of cough medicine pills from a pharmacy here....it didn’t work so
well. My throat doesn't hurt anymore, but every now and then, I have weird
coughing fits. Like right in the middle of church yesterday....
Speaking of church yesterday, we had one person there, V,
the member. We started and it was just us missionaries, which was kind of
weird, but then V showed up during the opening song. So that was good.
We had church in English yesterday and even sang in English. It had been over a
year since I had that. It was kind of nice.
So one more thing about being sick. Elder C and I were
planning for something the other day around 3 o'clock pm, and I just couldn't
do it, so I told him that I needed to lie down for a few minutes....He was nice
and let me sleep. I woke up at 7....and went back to bed at 10:30 without a
problem. I actually felt kind of awake the next morning.
That bites that Mollie was sick during spring break. I hope she
feels better. Tell her that I can wait a week to hear from her.
So that's pretty exciting for the Greer family. It feels like that
was a fast pregnancy on my side over here......sorry. I had to try and rub it
in ;). I hope the baby is nice and happy.
That's cool about the mission calls. Brent is like freakin' Hannah
Montana. He's got the best of both worlds....Foreign and English speaking!!
So on Tuesday, we had a Mormon Night at the church (room). Since we
keep religion out of our English classes here (no spiritual thoughts or
prayers), we decided that it would be a good idea to talk about what we do here
as missionaries and talk a little about the church and stuff in a manner that
we could invite students and other people without it being weird. So we had an
hour meeting where we talked about ourselves, the importance of families, the
Winters' humanitarian work, the Book of Mormon, our missionary work, and we
watched the 20 minute restoration movie. It was really good. We had questions
and answers at the end, and people were super curious about temples and why
they couldn't go in. It was kind of funny. We got some good responses though.
One kid who's like 18 was really impressed and wanted a Book of Mormon and
wanted all of us to sign it. He just really liked the way we presented things.
The other elders are going to be meeting with him.
So the weather here has been nice, until a few days ago when it
started snowing. We also had a cold front, so it stuck. It was in the teens
here. We got about 6-8 inches, but it's all pretty much gone now. It was a mess
walking through town. And freaking cold.
Another exciting thing from this week....We had to get medical exams
for our visas here. We had to get blood drawn, do a urine sample,
get a chest x ray, get blood pressure done, and then have an "evaluation"
from a psychologist and a psychiatrist. The mental exams were the worst part.
All they did was ask if everything was fine, and if you say yes, they just sign
it. As a mental health professional, don't crazy people usually think they're
fine?
So to answer your questions:
1. Do the
missionaries have to pay for detergent and fabric softener?
When you go to the MTC, you receive an id card that gets $5 a week
for elders and $7 a week for sisters....Everyone always said that the two extra
dollars was for "makeup and stuff....." (the words of Brat Johnson.
We were just kidding when we asked him why girls get more money than the guys)
And that's plenty. Since she's only there for 12 days, I would suggest just buying the single Tide
boxes from the vending machine in the laundry room instead of buying a box of
detergent. It's like 50 cents per "serving" or whatever you want to
call one load's worth. So ya. You can usually just find fabric softener
in the laundry room. Other people just leave what they have when they leave, so
if you're a good scrounger, you can find stuff.
2. Do the
missionaries have to pay to do laundry?
You slide the card, but it doesn't charge you. So no, you don't pay
for laundry.
3. Do you
really need to take hangers with you on a mission?
You can buy them at the MTC if you don't take them. That's what I
had to do.
4. Does the
MTC have hangers?
Ya, for sale in the bookstore, but I didn't get to go there until
day 3, so it was kind of annoying without hangers, so I would just suggest
taking them if you can fit them.
5. Any
advice for us getting Bri ready for the MTC?
Sleep while you can. Eat while you can. Be glad it's just for 12
days. It'll be great. Be ready for tons of missionary cheese. You'll be just fine. Take your
scriptures. If you want a new Preach My Gospel, you can get one. Study a lot,
because you'll be teaching a lot. I wish you luck!
I'm trying to think of other good things from this week. People
weren't the nicest this last week while tracting. Last night, we decided to do
one more floor before we went home, so we rang a doorbell, and heard a little
baby shriek and cry, and some one yell what translates to
"really?!?!?!" Elder Compton and I looked at each other and realized
that neither of us wanted to be there when the door opened so we got the heck
out of there. We took off running and covered 6 flights of stairs in like 20
seconds. It was a little terrifying.
So we have zone conference in Sarajevo on Thursday....or Сарајево as
it is in Cyrillics. I find it funny because it's all Latin letters, but with
different sounds. So ya, back to Capajebo. That'll be cool. I will hopefully
get my package then. It's killing me that I have to wait this long. We should
also be getting transfer calls this weekend. Although I would be absolutely
shocked if I move, since I've only been here for 6 weeks or so. But we'll see.
We found some super good burek the other day...the meat pastry. It's
always exciting when you find a place with good food. Elder C made bagels
from scratch yesterday after church. They were so good! It was the first time
I've had a bagel in over a year.
On a side note, what happened to Brett's blog? It's not online any
more, and I'm just curious why. I just want to know what's up with him.
Love,
P.J.
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