Naomi Slade also got her call yesterday... she is going to Hong Kong, China and is speaking Cantanese!! Let's just say that I'm so glad it's her and not me!!
Well, what can I say!? I am so so super excited that I will be serving in the Los Angeles California Temple Visitors' Center!!! It is a way pretty temple. It is way big too- 13 acres, there are 10 sealing rooms and 4 progressive-style ordinance rooms, and the total floor area is 190,614 feet! It is one of the older temples - it was dedicated in 1951. So, if any of you feel like coming to California, be sure to come to the temple and I will give you a tour, I hope you don't mind it being in Spanish though! I am way excited that I will be speaking Spanish- what a dream come true!! I think I seriously got the perfect mission though- I get to proselyte still and do the temple and still learn a language without having to suffer some un-ideal circumstances! I get the best of both worlds! I talked to a girl whose sister served in that exact same mission and she said every few transfers they go to the temple, so I won't even be there most of the time. My area also covers Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Hollywood, and of course LA- pretty ritzy areas! My mission President is from Mesa and he looks way nice. I don't report until September 6, but that will be good because I will get to spend some time at home after EFY. Anyways, I am way excited and I feel so good about it- I know that this is
my mission and is where the Lord wants me!
If you want to keep reading I will tell you about my day yesterday when my call came....
They told me the mail came at 1:30ish, so I checked it at 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, and lastly at 3:00. After opening the mailbox the 4th time and seeing it empty, I thought that I was going to cry. Instead of feeling the disappointment again of an empty mailbox, I decided to just sit and wait for the mailman! so I plopped down on the curb and patiently(?) waited for him. He came about 15 minutes later. Right when he stepped out of his van I approached him and told him that I had been waiting for him allllll day and was wondering if he happened to have a big white envelop from SLC for me. When I spotted it on top I got really excited!! So I got it hand delivered to me- that was fun! AND something crazy... while I was waiting between 1:00 and 3:00, I was writing in my journal and these are the
exact words I wrote. "My gut feeling is that I am staying in the states and that I will stay on the West coast... California, Washington, Oregon or Nevada- one of those"- Ya, so I totallly called it!! Mom and dad both guessed spanish speaking, so I guess they called it too! Anyways, it was such a wonderful day yesterday- a day I will never forget!!
I love this room! hope you all do to!! Thanks for all your help!
I'm going on a safari hunt......i'm gonna catch an......elephant! "
get wild at Roosevelt!! YEAH!! love lisa
well, Mom and Dad let me loose to decorate the "bunk house" and I put my crew to work!! Last weekend Mom, Reed, Tami and I spend all day Saturday painting the SAFARI ROOM! Mom and Dad have worked soo hard putting this room together! they're amazing.......put in a wall, bathroom, tile, cabnets, painting, plumbing you name it!!
We had a lot of fun. Believe it or not, our little brother Reed has quite the nack for decorating!! his wife is going to be lucky! He's good
It was hard work! HuH Tammers!?
Some of you have been asking about my condo situation. So here's the update. I bought a condo on Country Club and Brown. I felt really good about it and I got a pretty sweet deal. It's 1000 square foot, 2 bedroom and 2 bathroom. They are older condos but the new owner gutted them and replaced everything inside- the plumbing, electrical, floors, new appliances, countertops, and cabinets. I got it for 125,000 and compared to other condos listed for sale in Mesa this was around 20,000 dollars cheaper, and everything in mine is brand new. So I originally was going to get unit 101, but only because it was the last one. I didn't like how it was right out in the open by the sales office. I guess I felt vulnerable. So when I was signing the application for loan papers they sad two other ones opened up. Unit 143 is the one we switched into because it has all the stuff we wanted- cherry cabinets, charcoal colored countertops, black appliances, and the upgraded carpet. So I'm totally stoked about 143 as you can see cuz it has everything we wanted, it's already done, and cuz 1-4-3 means I love you! My estimated move in date is June 15th when the loan papers are approved. So I'm scrunched at Justin's house with 2 other guys in my room until then.
I was asked to go to the Play Les Miserables about a month in advance by a random boy named Aaron (short stuff- hee hee). The girls at work were all so excited I was going they all brought dresses and jewlry into work for me to try on through out the week before. I am in one of Karens dresses and all Anns jewlry. FUN! It was cute how they wanted to dress me up.
So here Aaron and I are in front of the cool sign. we couldn't get the top of the sign cuz it'd cut him off. HAA haa I'm kidding. but thats funny! He is a nice guy. Reminds me of Mitch Platt. The play was preformed at Gammage theater. I loved the play. The music was very good. The actors were amazing. I had a hard time folowing the story from time to time cuz I wasn't familiar with it. I want to watch it again. I think it will be even better the second time.
It felt like prom a little cuz I made my RM Erin take pictures. So through out the date Aaron kept trying to get me to sing to him-right (he'd asked if I was in choir)! well at the end of the date he was walking me to my door and he all the sudden stops, grabs my hands (I thought he was gonna kiss me and I was freaking out) and says "well you wouldn't sing to me, but I'm gonna sing to you. You said Phantom was your favorite right?" and then proceeded to sing a whole song from Phantom of the opera to me on the side walk outside my apartment at 11:00 at night with people walking around. I didn't know what to do. so I just smiled.He was trying so hard. He had a pretty darn good voice. K so I was dying to laugh. so picture that. How flattering. It was a very nice thing for someone to do. really it was sweet. just not my cup of tea. My reaction was "Wow! I didn't expect that. Thank you. you have a nice voice." GOOD TIMES!!
Naomi Slade also got her call yesterday... she is going to Hong Kong, China and is speaking Cantanese!! Let's just say that I'm so glad it's her and not me!!
