We finished the Sociable! It happened! I didn't even realize how much stress it was causing me until it was over. But guess what? It worked out!! I really feel like it did. It was so shaky there (our, the narrator people's parts) for a while. We really were working it out to the last minute. It wasn't until the middle of our dress rehearsal on Saturday night that we fully got it together. But it went smoothly, and I feel good about it. I'll send you the recording of it, when I get it, even though it will be really really embarrassing.
Transfers are this week. I think I'm changing companions. Mostly because of some things I've heard from the assistants.
Sister Wood came this weekend (and actually she's still here) and it was so wonderful. I am so so glad. Really, we've had several good talks that I feel were necessary and I love her so much. Blessing from heaven, I was stationed in Pioneer Pastimes that first day she was there and so I was actually able to talk with her a for a long time, where I wouldn't have been able to anywhere else.
Most of my big and meaningful moments here have largely been with the other sisters, resolving problems and talking through life issues. So it's kind of hard to describe but entirely meaningful. I love being here and I know so clearly that I am meant to be here.
Ok, now I'm going to try that new thing where I hit the highlights in my journal. It worked ok up until Thursday. Then for several nights in a row I totally had no time.
Tuesday:
--Sociable practice. Not going well. Sister Hall, Hansen and I are the main narrator people and we're acting out this skit thing, and we need to get it together. It's not together. I'm trying to avoid panic. I feel weirdly calm.
--There was this cute group of young families with cute tiny children. We sent them on their lovely way out to the women's garden but I had this feeling I needed to follow them out. But that would be weird and there would be no reason. So after a few minutes of avoiding the prompting I dragged Sister Kupfer out with me to the garden assuming/hoping I would figure out why I had this prompting. Well, I saw the gardening ladies and they were pulling out all the tulips, so I ran to tell the young families that if they wanted they could take some tulips. And they did! And later the mom walked by and said, "Thank you. That made their day." (They were all young girls.) So it was a cool experience of going out on a tiny limb and there being legitimate, clear results.
Wednesday:
--we had a three hour long training with Melanie Cottam, the big woman on campus in charge of in field operations for all the Visitor's Center and stuff. We (Sister Kupfer and I) gave her a tour yesterday.
Thursday:
We did service planting flowers and stuff in the women's garden. It was actually a lot of physical exertion and fairly painful.
And then things happened. Sister Wood came. Sociable practice. Talking through ideas and concerns with sisters.
I love you all!
Love, Rachel
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