Welp, we just got fed for the week at Tucano's so I've lost the will to move. Anyhoo, life is just grand in the box on Temple Square. Sister Jardine and I have been a bit on the brutal side when it comes to talking to and teaching people on the square when we're allowed to leave the box. We try to talk to so many people but most start walking away from us while we're talking to them. So, we're working on our pick up lines. Feel free to send me ideas if you have any about starting conversations with people who look angry/judgy.
We had a nice young fellow fresh from the airport check his bag with us at the west gate last week. He didn't say much but I remembered his multi-braided mullet. His bag was left at west gate overnight and the next morning I wasn't on west gate duty but we found out that he made quite the rucus with security. Turns out that his bag was full of machetes... MACHETES! and he had a letter that he wanted to deliver to the prophet. MACHETES! He also claimed to be the angel Michael. Swell. Close call. The next day he popped up at my window again and wanted us to check his bag so that he could listen to music and the spoken word. Guhhhhh... He impatiently reminded us that he was the guy with the knives. Yes, I remembered. So we had security go through his bag and he was okay to go listen to MoTab. After the show he kindly took his machete bag and was gone from our lives forever. MACHETES, I say!
One of the many reasons why I enjoy my life on temple square is that I get to know so many different types of interesting people. We showed two youngish girls around the square. One girl was a member of the Church and the other wasn't. It was actually pretty depressing because we got to know them by how they answered our questions for them. They clearly had been scarred from a physically abusive environment growing up. We could tell that they weren't all socially there and one girl had cuts all up her arm and scars on her leg. She told us that she's been trying hard to be worthy to enter the temple. We got to testify of the power of God and how everything good comes from Him. Moroni 7:13. They have had hard lives but so much good is available to them in this life.
We get to exercise outside now begcause it's light out in the morning and it makes my life complete. There is an awesome little 3 mile canyon run pretty close to our apartments so we can run it if we get at least 8 companionships that want to go. It's amazing. I love running in a garage and all but I feel so alive now that I get to run outside like a real human. The only problem is that we can only run as fast as the slowest person so we literally end up running circles around the slow pokes. I'll take what I can get.
For Mother's Day I get to call mom and dad. If they so choose to figure out how to conference call the rest of the fam, I'm game.
Kyle family reunion 2013 sounds good anywhere with a poooooool and babies because I miss those.
I love everything and everyone.
-Sister Kyle
MACHETES!
Now for some pictures!!!
Running in the garage.
At East High
Brigham Young's hair bracelet.
Inside the Beehive house.
Sister Kyle and Sister Jardine in their box.
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