Undeniable Truth

An undeniable truth: we are all more alike than we are comfortable admitting.

I talk to people -- all day, every day. It's practically a full-time job (that I do for free). And I love to do it. Because the more I talk with people, the more I realize how similar all people are.

We all need love. We all need acceptance. And as hard as it is to admit sometimes, we all need each other.

I recently challenged myself to learn to like certain people that I didn't particularly want to have a picnic with.

For the record, I would love to have a picnic
with any of these lovely ladies.

It's been so eye-opening.

When I first came up with this goal for myself, Sister Snyder told me,

#sightandsound

Missionaries are assigned companions - another missionary that we do everything with. We stay together all day, every day. We're always in sight and sound of each other.

That sounds exhausting, right?

Amazingly, it's not. That may have something to do with the fact that I have a pretty great companion - Sister Annie Snyder. She's twenty-one years old. She's from Indiana (not India). And she's the BEST. We've been together for eight weeks, five days, four hours, and fourteen minutes. Not that I'm counting.

 

Things that I love about having Sister Snyder as a companion:

1. We always have an endless supply of breath mints. (That really comes in handy.)
2. We both have a great appreciation for Christmas. You can tell by our matching Christmas bows that we wear in our hair. And our abudant collection of Christmas CD's. And our two mini Christmas trees in our bedroom. And our peppermint essential oils that we like to use for perfume this time of year.
3. We accidentally talk in unison sometimes. And sometimes on purpose.
4. Sometimes we forget that God is watching us. So I have to sing about it so we remember.
5. We both love broccoli and ice cream. But not together. That would be weird.
6. We both quote The District, Napoleon Dynamite, and The Errand of Angels on a very regular basis.
7. We both really love to go running at six thirty in the morning. (That one's a joke.)
8. Sometimes we get lost. But it's always almost always a good experience.
9. When we are angry with each other... Wait, that never happens.
   
10. We help each other to improve and work on our appropriate goals.
11. Our bedroom always smells good.
12. We enjoy the small things. Like midgets, amoebas, and mini-golfing (on P-day of course).
13. Sometimes we forget that bad/sad things are happening around the world, and in our area, and we are happy all the time anyway.  
14. We are good at sharing cupcakes. Sister Snyder eats the frosting, and I eat the cake.
15. We are good at making fun of each other's hair.
16. We have so much fun with our investigators. We think some of them might like us, maybe.

Things that are less good about our companionship: