It's kind of a good thing we lost our place to stay in
Davenport with all the fog that's been going on. Ritzville has been clear of it
for the most part, but in Davenport the fog has been around so much that ice
has collected in huge quantities. On some things the ice is thicker than what
it's on. We weren't there for it, but apparently the power has been off and on
all over the place, mainly due to all the ice being too heavy for the lines,
although I'm sure problems also come from ice being too heavy for tree branches
and they fall on the lines. We have seen countless limbs lying on the ground,
and trees bent over from all the ice.
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| All these branches fell off of trees because of fog. |
We had zone conference this week. After lunch we were all in
the gym to watch a security video (we always watch a cheesy missionary safety
video--they're unintentionally funny). We all gathered around the TV, but it
didn't go loud enough, so they paused the movie and we all had to move our
chairs up. When I picked mine up it must have folded partially, so when I went
to sit down I missed the seat and crashed to the ground, smashing my fingers
under the chair. I was embarrassed, but it was pretty funny, even with my
hurting fingers. Suddenly I heard the same "smack!" sound I had just
caused and another missionary was on the floor on top of his chair. The first several
minutes of the movie I couldn't pay attention because the sister missionaries
behind me were laughing quietly among themselves, and that made me laugh.
Afterward I asked one of them if they were laughing because of me; she said she
was but also because I wasn't the only one to fall. You probably had to be
there, but it was really funny; I laughed all the rest of the day whenever I
thought about it. I also slipped on ice twice later that day, which have been
the only times I've slipped this winter. That's surprising because for a day
Ritzville was extremely slick. Walking on the roads occasionally I slid down
into little dips for grates in the road. It was like I was trapped, because I
couldn't go up. I might have slipped the day before because of my no-traction
shoes. I've been too lazy to switch my insoles. When I do, I'll have two pair
of shoes, but that still won't solve my traction problem. I'll probably have to
wait for new bottom soles until I get transferred to Spokane, Moses Lake or
Coeur d'Alene, if that even happens.
I do have a request. I have one of those expensive scripture
marking pen things with all the different colors. I am running low on green
(Joseph Smith Translation). I may or may not have enough to finish my mission
(or the JSTs). If I need any other colors, it would be yellow and orange, but I
may have enough of those. Can I have a green refill?
We didn't have too eventful of a week. We count the number
of "quality gospel invitations," or QGIs, we extend in a week
(basically, the amount of people we talk to about the gospel whom we haven't
talked to before). We had thirty-six this week, which broke the record for our
area.
I don't know what I'm going to do about my laundry now that
we don't stay with members. Our complex has a laundry room, but that costs a
dollar a load--in quarters. I may be having to wear a lot of dirty socks.
I can't think of anything else right now I need to tell you.
Love,
Elder Melville
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