May 31, 2021: Liquid sunshine & a 3 dollar Alvacado

Last night at exactly 11pm, we had a 6.1 earthquake. We sleep in a bunk bed and I thought my companion was just being crazy! I yelled, "YO ARE YOU GOOD?". She didn't answer... then I saw the dresser move and the house started humming so I yelled, "SISTER HOLMAN WE'VE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE". I jumped down from the top bunk and we ran outside. I looked at her holding only her pillow and she looked at me holding only my stuffed fish. We had a good laugh and went back to bed after it finished. 

On Pday, we went king Salmon fishing at Ships Creek! Sister Durfee's brother Trenton was working there for a week so he taught us how to fish for the kings. We were waiting around at the bait shop and I saw a man harvesting Salmon Eggs for bait. I went over and asked him if I could help! He said yes and I began to help him. It was super cool and all the other sisters were disgusted that I would touch the slimy things. The guy gave us free salmon egg bait though! Score:)

Yes it's true:'( I sent Sister Durfee home! I dropped her off at the airport Wednesday night, had a sleepover with 2 other sisters, and received my brand-new missionary, Sister Holman! She is honestly the best person I've ever known and we instantly became friends through our love for frozen mangoes, hiking, and Justin Bieber. Our first night we went shopping, saw the avocadoes, and made an A line for them. We saw that each avocado was THREE WHOLE DOLLARS. We looked at each other sadly and walked away. Then we looked at each other and said at the same time, "We could split it!". This is how our friendship began. I love her!

While I was sleeping over with my trio on Wednesday night, we decided to wake up at 3am to see the solar eclipse! Alarm goes off, I grab my blanket, phone and walk outside. It was cloudy! We walked back to the door and it was shut and locked. No one had keys! It was 3 in the morning! It was FREEZING! We knocked on the landlords door at 3am and he wasn't home. The sisters were frantic! They then I realized that I had a phone and because he was in our stake boundaries, I had his number on LDS tools! We called him and miraculously he was awake at 3 in the morning!!! He gave us a passcode and went back to bed. HAHA exciting times. 

It's no longer a struggle to wake up at 6:30. The sun wakes up at 4am and so do we. I always think that I forgot to turn on the alarm everyday but nope! We try our best to sleep! 

We have to take vitamin D pills everyday to help us be happy when we can't see the sun. My Comp named it "liquid sunshine". So now we ask each other, "Have you taken your liquid sunshine today?"

Choose JOY,

Sister Rex

Pics

-salmon eggs

-baby moose outside our door 

-the miners & us

-Little O'Malley Peak

-fog cloud frolicking