oopsie daisy: Welcome to Florida!

November 26, 2012

Dear Family,

Guess what?! The moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived! I am serving in Julington Creek, Florida. I live with a member. Her name is Sister Pearce, and she is so sweet! She has a son who left for his mission in California just a couple weeks before I came on my mission. Her house is the second nicest place I have ever lived in my entire life. -the first being our home of course. :) And Dad, guess what? I finally have a friend with a dog that I get to live with! I forgot to take pictures of her. Her name is Dakota and she is a husky mix. She is pretty old, but she is still a dog. :)

I just love living with Sister Pearce. I feel so good there and she just really takes care of us. If she ever sees anything that might be in the least bit uncomfortable for us, she fixes it. She has insisted that we have a space heater in our bathroom so that we aren't cold when we get out of the shower in the mornings. ...it may not be snowing here, but it does get cold in the mornings and nights. I have been told that I will want a coat. Especially, in January and February. I haven't decided what I am going to do about that yet...

We had Thanksgiving dinner with Sister Pearce and a couple other families in the ward who came over. It was really yummy. Banana pudding seems to be really big here in the South. And apparently most people here also have macaroni and cheese as one of their dishes for Thanksgiving. Of course they don't make theirs out of a box though. We also went over to the Bishop's house for pie. And we were also invited over to another member's house for Thanksgiving, but they had already cleaned up when we got there. Darn... So instead of stuffing ourselves even more, we just got to visit and share a message.

This area is a lot different from St. Mary's. The ward is full of a lot of strong members. Not that St. Mary's didn't, but there are just a lot more of them here. And maybe part of that is that the people here have cars and the money for gas. Apparently there has not been a baptism here in the past two years, and there haven't been Sister Missionaries in the area for the past four years. Sister Crowton and her last companion white washed this area. So both of them came into this area as companions when neither of them had been serving here before. So Sister Crowton and I are basically on the same page with trying to get to know everyone. So far I really like this area. We don't really have any investigators, and I think I have knocked on more doors this past week than I have my whole mission so far. oh my goodness. tomorrow is 5 months. crazy!

Sister Crowton and I were meant to be companions. She taught first grade for a few years before she came on her mission! She is incredible! I don't think I could knock on so many doors if she weren't my companions. She has been a great example to me and I really think that I am going to learn a lot from her. She loves cold cereal and running. She has a mormon.org profile if you want to see what she looks like and know a little more about her. Her name is Katie Crowton and I think you can find her if you look up St. Mary's. She was trained in St. Mary's too!

Wow! Walmart security sounds pretty adventurous. I'm glad that it wasn't super rough. I still think that you are all very brave.

As you were talking about playing the piano and singing it reminded me of something... Sister Sheffer signed me up to play "Where Are You Christmas?" while another Sister sings at the Christmas Conference we are having. I am still not quite sure how I feel about this... Is there any way you could copy it and mail it to me this week so I can practice?? ha ha not only practice, but so that I can perform it... Oh, Sister Sheffer. What has she gotten me into?

I love you all so so sooo much! Have a terrific week!

Love,

Sister Scott