No, I have no story behind my email title other than the fact that I said that this week and Sister Coleman thought I was hilarious.
But here's one story before I begin:
Sister Coleman likes to mess with me. Like, really mess with me. One time she full on tried to explain to me that her family likes to eat boiled watermelon and I was like "What? No, that's not a thing!" Then a few weeks later we were eating hotdogs and she looks at me and goes "How are you eating your hotdog?!" I was super confused and looked at her because I was eating it normally. She turned her hotdog toward me and I saw that she'd been eating it sideways. We took a picture and everything, so enjoy! I swear, I can never take anything she says seriously 
This week we had a really neat lesson with a friend of ours and were simply planning on talking about our life on earth and the atonement of Jesus Christ. We started talking about our life on earth when Sister Coleman and I both felt prompted to talk about baptism. As we explained baptism and shared Mosiah 18:8-10 with her the spirit was so strong and she accepted a baptismal date in August! I'm super excited for her! 
It was a wonderful way to spend my LAST DAY IN MIAMISBURG!
Yes, you heard me right. After 6 months I have finally been transferred to a new area! I say finally, when I reality I never want to leave. I originally thought I would leave much sooner than I did, but I'm so glad I stayed as long as I did because it's such a special place to me now. But I'm now serving in Xenia Ohio, which I've heard is an amazing place, and I love it already. We live in a duplex as well, so we have two bedrooms, two other main rooms, two bathrooms, and a backyard. Definitely the best place I've lived during my mission so far. Other than the fact that we have bedbugs that we have to deal with. For those of you who don't know much about bedbugs, as I didn't before my mission, bedbugs are apparently a really bad thing to have and a big deal to get rid of. I'll keep y'all updated on that problem as it continues, but sometime in the next couple of weeks we're going to have to move out for a couple of days as they exterminate the place.
So today I realized that I officially have only about 4 months left of my mission. A short enough amount of time that when I asked an Elder who goes home with me "when do you go home?", his response was "I don't want to talk about it." It's also a short enough time that President Ensign has begun mentioning the end of my mission. Wow, I thought this time would never end I think!
Sorry for the short ramble of an email, but I'll end on a spiritual note by sharing a scripture that I've been really liking lately
1 Nephi 11:17
"And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the eaning of all things."
We don't know everything, and we're never going to know everything. But what we do know is that God loves us, which can get us through anything that we don't. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon because it has taught me so much about God's love. Nothing has given me hope and a knowledge of that love the same way that the Book of Mormon has, and I'm so grateful to be here serving a mission so that I can share that love with others!
Have a great week! My next Preparation Day will be on Monday again, so I'll be back on schedule for my emails.
Love,
Sister Bliss
PICTURES!
*Pictures of the Wright Brother's museum we visited last week, including a remake of their original house in Dayton
*Sister Coleman and I enjoying Hamburger Wagon for the last time 
*Ice cream to celebrate my last day with Sister Coleman!
*A cute Dayton Sign!
*Which way do YOU eat your hotdog?
*Me and Sister Lamarche! (my new companion!)
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| Me and Sister Lamarche! |
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