Sister Pielstick and the Mission Visit

So I went and visited the mission. And I've decided that if I am supposed to go there, then I should find at least three things that I am looking forward to when I go on my mission. I thought I'd share them with you.

1. The tabernacle.
It's so small, and so big at the same time. I didn't get into the morning session of conference so I ended up sitting in the tabernacle. I forgot how much I loved that building--and that glorious organ. I remember when I visited the temple when I was little and I thought that they could reach the sky they were so big... they still hold some magic for me, either that or I am just a geek. I may or may not have spent the all of the musical numbers of the session trying to visualize the oscillations that the sound waves would have been making if that organ was the one playing the music, and trying to calculate the intensity that the sound would have if the tabernacle choir would put out if they were in the same room as me.

2. The people
There were so many people there; more than I could ever imagine with any of my trips to temple square in the past. All those people and they were practically lining up to hear messages from the sister missionaries there, including the other missionaries visiting there to go to conference. I imagine that in a given day I'll get to talk to more people reasonably interested in the gospel than most other missionaries will get in a month. that could be rather useful, even if I don't get to teach them all the way to baptism. I think that the people are what I am looking forward to most.

3. The awesome nametag.
Come on, I get a nametag complete with a flag of the United States. What other mission allows me to keep a totally unique nametag? It'll be like the Philmont hiking scouting patch that my dad loved so much. Not many are asked to wear that nametag, and out of the 30 odd sisters that I saw working today I only saw two sisters from the United States.