Abby's Mission to Orem

From Abby - I'm Dreaming of a White Boxing Day Hello ALL! Here are the thrilling events of December 23rd-29th! Currently sitting in my huge tie dye shirt and trying to contemplate what I should eat for breakfast. The ambiance is a cold kitchen light and "Lead Kindly Light" by the tabernacle choir at temple square playing.  LAST pday AT Walmart as we literally exited the checkout line and started heading for the door I get a TEXT from walmart stating simply that my film was ready (Get it I guess walmart film). Best believe we made our way over to the electronics section. Film always fills one with anticipation and excitement to behold pictures taken a month ago and remninice on memories: payed $16 USD and got handed a package of 27 printed images and -1 USB, (Karyn mode activated) my heart HARDENED as the empty apologies came from the employees mouth paired with empty promises of the USB coming later. (I've been in customer service too long) #nodigitalphotosforme and n...

From Abby - Hybrid Christmas Heyyy  So all these holidays are absolutely criminal, we're doing the same thing we did at Thanksgiving!  This email will include dates December 16th through 22nd and then the email I send on Monday will be the 23rd through the 30th! I hope that is an apt description and that it will make sense  From Abby - Christ is Born HI  Aight.. Not me sending out the weekly much too EARLY. If you get another half sent email in the next hour (This one) Please forgive and forget! We'll say that you understand the gist of the last email.. This covers December 16-23rd December 16 marks TWO MONTHS since arriving in the field as a scared little mouse of a missionary I admit the hour to hour waivers between it feeling like an eternity and also at the same time a time-lapse version of my life. We went to the mostly constructed Lindon Temple for a Pday Picnic which I preface with the fact that its absolutely vial for it to be warm enough to lounge about on s...

From Abby - I'm DREAMING of a white Christmas Weekly email who? Hi guys, i'm currently curled up on my couch contemplating my life choices. (Scroll to bottom for what that looks like) I just ate a bowl of honey comb cereal and am wondering if that was the correct choice for the busy day ahead of me. (2g of protein  ) I'm not even sure if I'm going to finish this email as I anticipate not being home the whole day. And when I am home I will be calling my family! It feels wrong to neglect them for an email but sometimes It happens :D Anyways Last Pday our whole district painted eachother! I had to paint Elder Tacchi and his final commentary was "I look like a pilgram".  Elder Howard painted me and put two huge red bars on either side of me to symbolize the Canadian flag which was absolutely solid. It was fun to mix things up.. #notsporty This week I was eyeing the phone mount for my bike that my father sent me (Bless him) Sister Ortiz notices,looks at me and says...

From Abby: CRAY AND CREM (Sister Ortiz titled this) Hey. This week has left me wondering if starting your mission right before the two biggest holidays of the year is somewhat of an interesting undertaking  For I must assume that October-December are the months of the year that are wildly exciting and simultaneously extremely filled. Therefore after december I think my entire idea of what a mission is supposed to be will be ROCKED  Anyways!  I think I'll doublly preface this week by saying that it feels as though its almost parallel to Alma chapters 43-63 (Dramatic? Maybe.)  Last Pday we started the week wonderfully strong. Per the usual early morning laundry was calling my name, after the clothes had been in the dryer for much too long i felt inclined to determine the level of dampness and if they needed more time so help me.  Upon inspection of said laundry i concluded that 30 more minutes would apt. As I pushed the button that typically is associated with "Go...