It is 14 degrees outside with a steady onslaught of white, fluffy stuff from the sky. We are once again red-dotted. No car trips for awhile. We're so grateful that we were able to get a ride to the office to email!
I decided that snow is legitimately depressing. I mean, I'm great, life is great, missionary work is great, but shoveling and scraping and pushing snow and trying not to die while driving in it and getting blasted by icy particles every time you walk outdoors and having plans cancel on you because of incoming storms that add another couple of feet to your already knee-deep snow. . . not so great. Hehe. That's been a big chunk of my week.
We had to shop for food and survival stuff for most of Tuesday, due to the storm that hit Monday. At least we FINALLY got a push broom to clear the snow from the top of our Spaceship. I'll have to attach a picture of us clearing that beast.
Lets see, we did a lot of office work! :) I'm actually really excited. I worked really really hard on a email to all of the Bishops and Ward Mission Leaders in the mission. Crazy to think that I'm emailing each of them directly. I was introducing the Portable Visitors' Center more, telling them why it's such an incredible tool for them, and how they can best utilize us! English class just got real. :) I loved doing it. The email is sent to about half of the Bishops so far. . . I'm working my way through the list, personalizing it a little as I go, depending on how much they've worked with us in the past.
We went to Marlborough this weekend for a baptism. Guess who serves there? Sister Lima!!!!! It was awesome to see her and talk to her! I miss that Sister. :) I've been so blessed with my companions. The baptism was beautiful. It was this young man named Sean, covered in tattoos, glowing with happiness at the change that he'd experienced in his life and the covenant he was about to make. I love witnessing baptisms. :)
We switched out the English displays for our brand-new Portuguese ones (that takes a lot of effort. You have to manually pull out the fabric from each base and carefully slide in the new one. . .) for our event in Brockton on Sunday! That was my favorite part of this week! We were able to go to the highest concentration of Portuguese speakers, to the Brockton Portuguese Branch that became a ward yesterday! The Lord is truly hastening his work! Everyone was delighted, everyone loved the displays, there were a lot of visitors for the big event, and they even had a baptism right after the service! All of the Portuguese reminded me of my time in Central Falls. :) The missionaries are so excited to have us continue to come to Brockton for events and baptisms. That's exactly what we want! We see the difference the PVC makes at events!
We had a church tour scheduled for Boston that night, but it was a tender mercy that the President cancelled. Another snow storm was rolling in, and I was truly dreading braving the city and snow with the Spaceship. We headed home instead and hunkered down. The snow started coming, and it looks like it won't let up until Tuesday.
So that's my life! Lots of snow, great events. :) It's such a different role than what I had before. I love it, though. Making the adjustment. Trying to spread the gospel at a different angle. I'm so beyond blessed to be here.
I love you all! Thanks for everything, including the sweet notes I got in the Valentine's Day package! :D Enjoy Valentine's Day!!!
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM PVC Missionary
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