Dear Mommy,
Here are the answers to your questions:
1) Where do you officially live, Hackettstown or Ledgewood?? Wi-fi? Washer and dryer? General posh-ness? Also, please send me your new address!
I officially live in Stanhope, a little town about 10 minutes away from Ledgewood. We are staying in the old Spanish elders apartment, and it is absolutely lovely! Very posh. And very clean! With all the good things (namely, washer and dryer, and Wi-Fi). We are very grateful for our apartment. Especially after taking a trip to the other apartment to collect the English supplies we needed. The English elders apartment was a lot older and they didn't bother to clean it before they left. So we threw out their food that was going to rot and stole some kitchen appliances while we were at it.
New address: 134 Ashland Court. Stanhope, NJ 07874
2) First impressions of your new areas? Bigger town or smaller country? Did the Elders leave you a list of any investigators they were already working with? Have you met any of the members yet?
Our Spanish area is huge! It stretches all the way up to the New York border and touches my old area in Middletown. It completely encompasses our English area, which is much smaller. We have lots of people to teach in English, and just picked up two new people in Spanish. :) Also the members of both wards are REALLY excited to have sister missionaries. We walked away from church on Sunday with a meal appointment set everyday for the next month straight.
3) How do two wards/branches work? Do you go to both each Sunday or trade off weeks?
Sunday was busy, but fun. The two wards (technically, it is an English ward and a Spanish branch, but it is far too much work to type out "wards/branches" all the time. Therefore, going forward, when speaking of both units, I will either refer to them as "wards" or "units". Not that I really needed to type that all out for your benefit, because I'm sure you would have figured it out anyway, but now that it IS all typed out, it seems a shame to just delete it, ya know?) meet in the same building at the same time. We have decided to go to Sacrament Meeting in one ward, and then attend the classes in the other, and then switch the following week. That way we get to see both sets of members and anyone else who comes every week. This Sunday we had people we are teaching come to both wards, so the members really had to step up and help out when we weren't there. We think it will be good for them. :)
4) What do you think of Sister Wahlquist? How long has she been out on her mission? I’m assuming she an STL also?
Sister Wahlquist is an STL, yes. She actually used to be companions with H. Kim, so that is kind of fun. She only has one more transfer after I leave. She is a VERY good missionary, and speaks Spanish VERY well. So that's nice, cause no hablo muy bien el español. This whole Spanglish thing is really weird for her, but she is used to being doubled into new areas. So we balance each other out.
5) How much snow did you get this past week? I heard it was quite the storm!
We got enough snow to convert our 20 minute commute home Thursday night, into an over 2 hour adventure through alternate routes to get back to Stanhope. But with H. Wahlquist and Jesus at the wheel, and H. Croft occasionally getting out of the car to back her up down snow-covered highways, we made it back safe and sound. It also didn't hurt that we were driving on all brand new tires, just replaced Wednesday morning to fix the flat we got Tuesday night. Divine design. Little did we know God was protecting us when H. Wahlquist hit that curb our first night together, or why the auto shop insisted on replacing all four tires instead of just the one, but we sure were grateful come the snow on Thursday.
Side note: the first members we met were the deacons the bishop sent to come rescue us Tuesday night when we told him why we were going to be late to the meeting we had set up with him. Fixing our tire became their mutual activity! And when all was said and done, we were still able to meet not only the Bishop, but also the Branch President. Success!
I love you!! Happy Thanksgiving! I am very thankful for you. Tell everyone I love them!
Hermana/Sister Croft
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