Transfer 2; Week 2; Cover Zone

New Zone, new companion... everything is different here. I am assigned to the Beehive House and I get to learn a bunch of new history facts. Which is nice/ hard at the same time. Now I know a lot more about Brigham Young... did you know that he had a hand in starting BYU and University of Utah ? I know that there was a reason the intense rivalry seemed odd... The tours are hard because they are supposed to be 20 min instead of 30 min and we have so much stuff we need to cover, including the restoration of the gospel and what items in the house are original to the time period. ( This hat, cane, and book of Mormon are original to Brigham young, however the painting of his family ....etc etc) The house is beautiful though, the clawed feet look is really cool...Sometimes I think that the chairs are going to walk away when my back is turned.

It's a little different to not have language tours anymore. I didn't realize how much I loved them until I didn't have them anymore. All the more reason to regain my French so I can give my own language tours. I have been able to study plenty these last few days because my companion has been sick. May I mention that being sick on a mission is hard/ weird? Especially for the person who is just sitting on the chair next to the couch watching her companion sleep through reading the Book of Mormon in French and reading the last conference Ensign.

I also am a little excited because Conference is coming and I realized that the sister missionary seats are in the front section for conference. My companion is already planning her outfits so she can get her picture in the Ensign, I am trying to figure out how to avoid having my picture taken for all the world to see. I am still getting over people wanting to take my picture because they associate me with their Temple Square vacation. I miss my organ music. I was giving a tour in the Tabernacle the other day and I wasn't mad at the organist for starting his practicing right as I was teaching about prophets in the Book of Mormon... mainly because it was Clay Christansen and I love listening to him play. My companion almost had to drag me out of the tabernacle. *sigh*

Hopefully my companion will be healthier next week so I have more exciting stories for next week. (and tripply hope that I do not get what she got... I am working hard to be healthy and drinking tons of orange juice)

Have fun.

Sister Pielstick