8Sep09

We got the news not too long ago that we were getting a Temple Square sister in our
mission. (The sisters that serve on Temple Square get to go somewhere else in the US for two or three transfers at some point in their mission.) Then we found out she was coming to Fairfield! Sister Puhlam, from Lehi, arrived last Wednesday. I was nervous about being in a trio but it's been SO MUCH fun. It's like having roommates again. And I learn so much from both of my companions every day. They are so full of faith, and so positive. We're working on building up a teaching pool here in Fairfield. It goes slowly but surely.

Here is the explanation for some pictures I sent.

1. Saying goodbye to the Mazda 3 I drove in Windsor. (Well, my companions drove.) We have
a Corolla out here in Fairfield. Yay!!!
2. Sister Baird, me, Sister Darrington and Sister Thomas on transfer day.
3. Driving through New Haven for the first time!!! I was so excited.
4. More New Haven from the car window.
5. We got lost on the way to Fairfield and couldn't find a good place to turn around. Finally we found a place where we could pull in. And of all places, what was it? A Budweiser factory. Nice. :)
6. The random purple store we drive by on the way to district meeting every Thursday.
7. Sister Baird and I declared last Monday an official "Fight the Frump in Fairfield Day," which consists of sister missionaries doing their best to look like
twentysomething-year-old women that educated, wealthy people want to listen to, instead of something that crawled out of the dumpster at the crack of dawn. In spite of the schedule I still have the hope that I can look like a decent human
being for the rest of my mission. Especially here in Fairfield, it's very important.
Long story made longer, I bought some new clothes at Old Navy (it's so nice to have
actual stores! They don't have many in Windsor) and chopped the mane again—now I kind of look like a flapper. It's cool. Something different.
8. Want a pony? Or a castle? Here you go! Free toys for your children. All you have to do is move to Connecticut and you can get all sorts of free stuff. Just go curb-shopping. People especially like to put their old couches out on the curb. All part of a conspiracy to transport fleas and ticks into the apartments of naive elders, too eager to show off their muscles and cram their apartments with all sorts of stuff. (There was an apartment out here that was known for its spare bedroom, all full of hubcaps. Yes. Hubcaps. President Pehrson had to bribe the elders to finally get rid of the hubcaps and hang up some pictures of, oh, I don't know, the temple or something? :)

I am so blessed! Can't wait to see what fall is really like in New England.

Love you
all,Sister Monson


Saying goodbye to the Mazda 3 I drove in Windsor. (Well, my companions drove.) We have a Corolla out here in Fairfield. Yay!!!
Sister Baird, me, Sister Darrington and Sister Thomas on transfer day.
Driving through New Haven for the first time!!! I was so excited.

We got lost on the way to Fairfield and couldn't find a good place to turn around. Finally we found a place where we could pull in. And of all places, what was it? A Budweiser factory
Sister Baird and I declared last Monday an official Fight the Frump in Fairfield Day, which consists of sister missionaries doing their best to look like twentysomething-year-old women that educated, wealthy people want to listen to, instead of something that crawled out of the dumpster at the crack of dawn.




Want a pony? Or a castle? Here you go! Free toys for your children. All you have to do is move to Connecticut and you can get all sorts of free stuff. Just go curb-shopping.