Well, I guess it wasn't exactly a lifelong dream. Just something I've been wanting to do since I got out here. Dunkin' Donuts is HUGE on the East Coast and they are everywhere here in Windsor and Windsor Locks. I was so excited to try the donuts, and after all the anticipation, I discovered they are just normal overpriced donuts. BUT, I have yet to try the hot chocolate, which is supposed to be really good. So I still have hope that Dunkin' Donuts can be everything it promises to be.
The second performance of our mission music fireside was last night, at the Bloomfield chapel for the Hartford stake. It went really well. Attendance was decent considering it was a holiday weekend. Speaking of holidays, Memorial Day is HUGE here in Connecticut. Yesterday when we went to do our grocery shopping we thought the town was deserted, until we saw that everyone was gathered at the center (that's Connecticut-ese for downtown) near the city hall, listening to someone give a speech.
We're moving to Windsor Locks today and the new address is 266 Main St. #213, Windsor Locks, CT 06096. Latest word from President is that I will stay in this area until at least August. Sister Haueter will be here one more transfer.
I forget if I've already mentioned this or not but I did an exchange in Rocky Hill a
couple weeks ago which was fun. Rocky Hill is a town south of Hartford—the area covers the towns of Rocky Hill, Cromwell and Newington. Sister Baird is more on the reserved side, like me, which was good because it required both of us to talk more in order to carry on the conversations. The Rocky Hill apartment is HUGE! Each sister has her own bathroom! I'm so jealous…Try being sister missionaries with only one bathroom. Then try having BOTH of you shower, dry your hair and do makeup in a half hour. I know I'm not the first sister missionary in the world to point out that this schedule is unrealistic for us, especially if they expect us to ook the message. What ends up happening is that you have a bunch of very tired sisters who got up earlier than the crack of dawn to get ready. Elders have NO RIGHT to complain about getting up at 6:30!
Crybabies.
The work is good planning on three baptisms in June and we have at least two more
investigators that are super close to scheduling baptismal dates. Forgive me for not
throwing out anyone's names. I figure since this is going on the Internet (and
apparently anyone can just Google it and find the blog! Not what I'd prefer but I
can't do anything about it except beg Mom and Dad to make the blog more secure), and I have no control over the security, I'd better not.
I've discovered that just like every other gospel topic in existence, I don't know as much about the Atonement as I thought I did. I've been studying it more in depth and trying to understand how to apply what I'm learning. Everyone always says, Use the Atonement! Use the Atonement! but no one seems to be able to explain to me HOW to do that beyond, of course, the obvious repenting and using the Atonement to be forgiven. I know that in some way the Atonement is supposed to heal our heartaches and our pains but I don't understand how that works. How do I use the Atonement to move past my own insecurities and become the kind of missionary I'm supposed to be? I know that I believe in the Atonement, but I don't know how to use it. Anyone with wisdom, please feel free to impart.
Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for the letters. Lots of love,
Sister Monson
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