well this sure is a momentous occasion... i never thought i'd ever see the day when my mother would say woot.... but... that is pretty rediculously awesome. First my dad refers to events as gong shows, then mom says woot... what else could i ask for?! haha!!
While I'm at it... I might as well write my everyone email eh?? haha... well... First off. I was really excited to get the letter from dad telling me how the Elder Nelson Sunday went. That was really cool. It's funny that there's so much opposition though. It never really occurred to me that people would actually try to personally talk to an Apostle or give them home made self help programs and what not.. haha. That's kinda lame. But whatevs. If anyone could deal with those sort of people, it would definitly be the Apostles. Sis Zarbock was really interested in hearing about it too. haha.
Oh.. And also. Dad... The "pretty and green" here is still beautiful. I couldn't help but notice an overwhelming sense of spite when you told me to enjoy my "pretty and green" while you go and suffer through your cold and still snowing. haha.. This week has been especially beautiful because it was NOT hot at all. It was totally Canada spring weather. It's been awesome. I also printed out a pretty green tree picture to send to y'all. haha. That's right. I said it... I'm embracing the "y'all". Still working on fixin to though...
So. Today both Sis Zarbock and I got a haircut!!! WOOT!!!!! I've kinda decided to temporarily give up with the "i want long hair" bit... It was really driving me nuts. But that seems to be the story of my life. I tell myself that i want long pretty hair, but it gets to be semi long and i hate it and all i wanna do is chop it off. haha... So it's not necessarily chopped, but its back to the length it was when i left. but this time i actually think it looks better. It's kinda punk rock but still missionary appropriate. haha!! WIN WIN WIN!!!
also.. this weekend the ward here had a youth fundraiser. It was so fun. They had a ward auction, so the things they auctioned off were cakes, desserts and services. haha. So we were just gonna go for the free spaghetti dinner, but turns out that this member of the ward who's living in Paris temporarily, but is super loaded, donated $50 to each missionary to use to bid for things that night!! It was so awesome!!!! Now. You have to understand what kind of a ward this is... Basically it's full of doctors, lawyers, and rich folk... for the most part, all of the wives are stay at home moms and spend their days baking things they see in magazines. haha. so you can only imagine the type of things we had to bid on. hahaha. By the end of the night we'd won this huge pan full of icing covered, delicious homemade (but not as good as mom's) cinnamon... *monie.... ahem... HER SKIN IS CINNAMON.. HER SKIN IS CINNAMON..* rolls. Not cinnamon BUNS... cinnamon ROLLS... haha.. so yeah. But the ward members didn't know that we had money to use at the beginning, so people were buying these cakes and getting their kids to come up to us and give the whole thing to us. hahaha.... so by the end of the day we were going home with a brownie smothered in icing and snickers bar chunks, a plate of cookies, two free carwashes and a yoga class. haha.... it was awesome. The members in this ward are amazing. have i ever mentioned how much i love Maumelle?... because i really do.
So basically that was the fun highlight. But even better than that. Robin, the one who just got baptized is totally soaking up the gospel. Its so amazing. man. She's already getting her new member lessons, she has solid home teachers, and she's just GLOWING!!! It's amazing to see how the gospel can make people physically appear different because they're so incredibly happy and at peace. Man.. Robin is so wonderful.
Oh. and have i mentioned how much i love my new haircut. haha.. I just ran my fingers through my hair and remembered it was new. haha... random...
also... hahaha... i have a slight favor to ask... okay... so A) do you think there would be any way for you to send me my runners??... They're actual runners that i bought at home, but they're the one thing that i forgot, and i'm finding more instances where it would be better to have them... yeah... so there's no rush... but if you could get those to me at some point within the next year... preferrably before that... it would be great.. also... I'm running out of pomade, and i cant seem to find the stuff i love the most here in the States... its kinda sad... So if when you decide to send me my runners... do you think you could send my some new pomade too???... haha.. you can get it at Shoppers and it's Sheer Blonde brand... it comes in a little tin can, and it has a picture of a girl with short hair on it... it says something like it enhances blonde highlights or whatever. That's not really why i love it... it just seems to be the only thing that I've ever really loved to use in my hair. haha.. yeah... so it's pomade.. styling wax... something of the sorts... and the package is prolly only a cm thick-ish... yeah... hahaha... That's all the favors i need at this point... so thank you in advance..
one more experience.. So. Yesterday we were tracting and we talked to this man who was pretty mean... He was trying to get us to give him logical explanations for everything and was being lame and trying to catch us in our words. So Sis Zarbock is trying to come up with things and she was really doing a good job, but the guy just wouldn't give up... blech. So we were talking about prayer and Moroni's promise, and he's trying to make us sound like idiots, but i was so done with that. So i totally maybe slightly raised my voice... a lot... and more firmly than i ever have before in my whole life, bore my testimony with power. It was an incredible moment. The spirit was filling my mouth with words, and everything came out perfectly. I think that's what it's like to experience the gift of tongues... but the point is that after i bore my testimony, he calmed down, smiled at us, said thank you and that he might check out mormon.org and that was that. He was done fighting. It was incredible. It's so true what PMG says. "nobody can deny a heartfelt testimony." its so true. And I wish i could express how amazing it was to see this guy change from wanting to make us look like fools to actually respecting us. Seriously... The Church is true.
That's all for today everyone. I love you so much. Remember to thank Heavenly Father for all your blessings and try everyday to recognize the Lord's hand in your life. Its an amazing testimony strengthener. Continue to be awesome y'all. :P hahaha....
Sister Dyer
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Dyer <fivedyers@shaw.ca>
To: Alison Dyer <alison.j.dyer@myLDSmail.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:07:13 -0600
Subject: WOOT!!!
Hi there honey,
Just to let you know that we got you letter and pictures. WE LOVE
PICTURES!!! You are looking especially beautiful ... and happy. And I
would have run as far away as I could if someone dumped a tableful of
bugs in front of me to eat.
Love you lots! Looking forward to hearing from you live in a couple
of weeks!
Mom
