July and August 2017 funny quotes

13 July 2017 3:33PM
Sister Aversa: "How do you spell 'queue'?"
Me: "Q-U-E-U-E"
Sister Aversa: *side eye glance of pure terror*

20 July 2017 12:51PM
Elder Hilton: *sitting*
Elder Larsen: *comes up from behind quietly* Hello!
Elder Hilton: whoa I just heard a deep voice from above. Is that you, oh Creator?

28 July 2017 4:51PM
"The Lord's train has no brakes." -Elder Chapman

10 Aug 2017 12:44PM
"Rule #1: never make a woman angry
Rule #2: never make an all-powerful woman angry."
-Sister Beck #wordsofwisdom

16 Aug 2017 12:20PM
"Falls down; goes boom." -Elder Hanson

20 Aug 2017 2:24PM
"If I know a person's name, they're probably not real (fictional)." -Matt Buckner from my ward

21 Aug 2017 11:15AM
"I bet if I looked at President Monson through these [solar eclipse] glasses then I would still see his eyes." -Elder Barfuss

21 Aug 2017 12:50PM
"They stopped putting the cantaloupes by my register because one time I threw one at a shoplifter. It was one of the best moments of my career as a cashier."
-Elder Hamilton

22 Aug 2017 12:16PM
"So if your CutCo knives have a forever sharpness guarantee, does that mean you'll never have a dull moment?" -Elder Jackson

23 Aug 2017 12:02PM
Me: Finishing a repair is such a cool experience. It's like you're baptizing an investigator.
Elder Madruga: You're helping the Gospel Library app repent of its sins.

24Aug2017
Sister Rademacher: "Trains can't stop fast enough for you to cross in front of them."
Elder Stradling: But they have to stop eventually to pick up the remains
Elder Stradling: I say remains because corpse isn't an accurate description of what's left.

27Aug2017
Brother Gary Jorgensen during lesson on addiction: And the entertainment industry is mainly led by whom?
Charles (Polish ward member): By Americans

28Aug2017 10:43AM
Me: Welcome to QRS. We are a hivemind.

28Aug2017 12:14PM
Elder White: When someone is crying in Dnd and you want them to shut up, it's best to just cast Magic Missile
Elder Stradling: Or you know, silence.
Elder White: Silence isn't as flashy.
Elder White: Plus Magic Missile discourages others from crying.

28Aug2017 12:30PM

Me: I'm sorry. I'm a horrible person.
Sister Horne: No, you're not!
Elder Broderick: Well, it is a Monday. We're all horrible people on Mondays.
Me: But I like Mondays.
Elder Broderick: *gasp* you're a horrible person.

29Aug2017 9:58AM

Me: *says something incorrect* wait never mind. Don't listen to me.
Elder Stradling: I don't listen to you anyway
#BOOMroasted  #YCSMquotes

13 August 2017

This month I felt like I hit the ground running because I started a part-time job with CutCo. Yes, I prayed about it. Yes, I am still a missionary. Yes, I can do both, and that is why I believe I needed to take this job. For a long time, I had decided not to work during my mission, but God had a different plan for me, so I'm following what He tells me to do.

Anyway while I was starting training, we had a new elder join QRS. His name is Elder Stradling and he is very bright and talented with computers and problem solving. He will be learning to program in a few weeks and he will help Sister Aversa until she is released in October (which I'm very sad about by the way). Elder Stradling also took four years of Spanish and since he just graduated, he still has a lot of his Spanish, and he intends to use it more and more. QRS is helping him to practice reading and writing in Spanish!

Gary and I also split the Intake process into 3 parts to help with training, since it is a long and difficult process. Intake now includes Information Processing, Communication, and Research. Information Processing brings the issue from FogBugz into WorkFront. Research checks channels and figures out more in depth details about the problem. Communication emails a receipt to the user, and also sends emails to translators to figure out the severity and the corrections for the problem.

Sister Wheeler started Thursday and she is our guinea pig with the new training system. She picked up Information Processing really quickly, and I'm very glad for that! She only knows English and she did not take another language in school, but she is already getting more comfortable with looking at pages in multiple languages. I'm very very proud of her and I feel a Christlike love for her so soon already.

Also, I'd like to talk about Christlike love that comes with serving the Lord. It feels like when you meet a person and you just "click" and become friends, but it so much deeper than that. It is my favorite thing about being a missionary because I already have a very deep love for humanity and people. I like most people, but sometimes it takes me a while to learn to like a person and appreciate their talents and actions and being.
As a missionary, even if someone and I don't get along too well, I still feel an instant spiritual love as if it was like a "click" with a new friend.

Anyway, God's great. Life is great, I'm getting busier and busier, but it's also making me so much stronger.