Got some catching up to do.

So, I've been meaning to post again for a while now, and finally decided to postpone it no longer!! Hah. I've gotten a number of pictures from Emily, and I'm sure most of you guys have already seen most of them. I've asked Emily which pictures she does or does not want posted on her blog, but she never really responded. She's really busy being a great missionary and all, and seems to get distracted easily with other things-which is totally ok. :) It is quite entertaining sometimes, actually. I'll get great big long letters with deep in-depth stories, then a random change in color of ink mid-sentence-usually followed by "I got distracted and don't remember what I was saying anymore"...

Anyways, without further ado, here are some of the pictures I've gotten from Emily! These first two are from the Mission President, just after she arrived in Spokane! (Nov 15th, 2011)

This is Sister Baron. She is Emily's first and current (as of this writing) companion in the mission field.

The next ones came from Emily on Nov 21, 2011. The first one is from the MTC-The other sister's name is Sister Middleton, and if I remember right she was Emily's MTC companion.

Emily's first commercial airline flight! (She was really nervous about it but was brave and did it anyways)

Emily in Cheney, WA! With her new companion, Sister Baron.

These ones came from Emily on Nov 28, 2011. This one is of the Spokane Temple.

I'm not exactly sure what this is, but it's pretty so I thought I'd add it. ^.^

This was actually when Emily first met Sister Baron. This is what Emily said in her email about this picture:
"Cool story, Sister Baron said before we met, she was praying for me and about who I would be and What I would look like and everything. We talked for a minute and she said I was exactly the person she imagined when she prayed right down to my looks and my hair and everything. Pretty sure we were a match made in heaven. We've decided that we are spirit twins since we are pretty much the same person and have everything in common. Except she has an ulcer from stress and I rarely get stressed about anything."
Hah, it was kind of funny to go back and read that. I think Emily has been stressed out a number of times since then. In fact, this last week has been her most stressful week of her mission. She told me she spent hours freezing while digging her car out of the snow, missed a lot of appointments, had to deal with Sister Baron's health issues (She had surgery for a gallstone, but is now back on her feet and back to full time missionary work! Yay!), and lots of other things that I wont go into, hah! I think she's stronger than she realizes, though. She will be ok. :) The Mission President thinks very highly of her, too! He said he doesn't think any of the other sisters could have handled dealing with Sister Barons situation as gracefully as Emily did. Yeah, she's pretty much amazing.

 

Sister Reedy and Emily at the MTC. Emily said "She was sort of our MTC residence hall mom." about her.

The next several pictures are of the family Emily and Sister Baron had Thanksgiving dinner with. They seem like quite the entertaining bunch, haha!

This is "The Doll House". It's the house Emily stayed in immediately after arriving in Spokane. It's completely doll themed, and totally creepy if you ask me. I think the look on Emily's face suggests she'd agree with me. Hah!

I have a whole bunch of other pictures from Emily, but I think I'll stop for now. Otherwise this post will get very, very long. I'll post them at a later date, but hopefully not too much later! I have a lot more catching up to do still! Anyways, all in all Emily seems to be doing great! She's been teaching a lot of people, even though she's in a small town where everyone seems to be either already a member, or wants nothing to do with them. She's always been amazing at everything and missionary work seems to be no exception! Yay Emily!!