This time, I'm emailing from the mall in Cambridge. We're prepping for an awesome day in Boston, and then. . . guess what?? We get to go to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert!!!! They're only here for one day, and I'm so excited. We might even be able to set up the PVC, but I don't know yet. We find out if we have permission soon. Wouldn't that be the greatest?
We're right in the middle of the big mission president transition here. The Assistants gave us a call and asked us to house 3 of the brand-new sisters for a night. That was fun! These new missionaries are solid! And in the process, we were able to meet the new Mission President and his wife. President and Sister Miller. I like them. :) President Miller is really sharp. I don't know if I can describe him any other way. Sister Miller seems tired. I don't blame her. They have a 7-year-old, adopted girl named Bella. She's adorable.
Friday we had the welcome conference for the Millers. They told us about themselves and their vision for the MBM. I was so grateful when they said, "We don't intend to fill the Packards' shoes, but we can stand on their shoulders and build on what they've done." I know they'll be good for this mission.
We spent Friday night in Foxboro with Sister Cannel and Sister Harrington. They're awesome! We've never done an event in Foxboro, so it was particularly fun. The ward had us at the chapel bright and early Saturday morning, for a pancake breakfast to celebrate Independence Day! Wahoo! Happy 4th of July, everyone! I'm so blessed to be in Boston for the 4th. This is a sacred place. :) The pancake breakfast was fun. Mostly members took a look at the PVC, but that's good, because they really hadn't seen much of it before.
President Miller gave us permission to celebrate with each other for the 4th, so that night, the whole Zone came over to our apartment complex to play games and have a Barbecue. That was pretty awesome. Haha, we played girls camp games, which was actually super fun! Elder Wright, the new (returning, actually) moving Elder, knew them as well as I did. :D We have a great group. Missionaries are the greatest! I hope I can always hang out with missionaries. They have awesome, wholesome fun.
This is a shorter email because we didn't have as many events this week. But that's okay! Sister Cruz and I deep deep deep cleaned our house, which was wonderful! We live in a little piece of heaven, as she says. :) We're organizing and prepping to start going again, non-stop!
Thanks for everything! I love you all!
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM PVC Missionary
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