Creepy crawlies

Because I didn't email last week, I didn't get to update you on Paetyns baptism! Paetyn got baptized! Okay, that's it apparently, haha, but I'll include a photo so you can see how adorable she is. She's a 10 year old dancer and she is probably the most amazing 10 year old dancer that I know. Which, I guess isn't saying much. :)

Labor day we went ice skating as a zone and I killed it. I remembered how much I love ice skating and it reminded me of home. For those of you that are confused, Alaska is my home. Missionaries keep teasing me because my family lives in Idaho now and I lived in Minnesota before my mission, so to clear up any confusion, I AM ALASKAN. I may like to travel and change my life a lot, but I was born there and my roots will always be there. Any questions? Haha :)

This week has been insane because my companion is leaving on Tuesday. We've had many nights with multiple dinner appointments. many doctor visits (not for me,) and I had the opportunity to go with some other sisters while Sister Bulilan went to the temple for a departing missionary temple session. I'm going to miss her, but I'm kind of excited for things to go back to "normal missionary chaos" instead of "leaving missionary chaos."

On Friday we got the opportunity to go to the temple with Aimee, one of our recent converts, to do baptisms for the dead! It was an awesome opportunity and she loved it! I loved seeing the happiness joy that came from her being able to perform those saving ordinances. She is just the greatest, I love her.

We have another baptism scheduled for September 26th and I am so excited. We also got 3 new investigators this week, so that's awesome! Two of them are pretty golden so I think they will be ready for baptism in October sometime. I'm not deciding for them, but they are so awesome and I'm so glad to have been able to meet them and start teaching them!

So transfers are on Wednesday and that means I get to see Sister Schmauch! And all the other missionaries as well, but let's be honest, I'm mostly excited about seeing her :D

One last thing. This week has been disgusting for creepy crawlies. On Tuesday morning we had zone breakfast at the stake center and while I was holding the door open, a HUGE spider ran inside and ran behind the fridge. I had just been shown a brown recluse spider the night before (via picture) and I recognized it immediately. We all ran into the hall (all meaning me and my companion and the sr sister) and the elders corralled it and took it outside to kill it.

THEN Sister Catmull, the Sr sister screamed because there was one on the wall that she was leaning up against and she thinks she brought it in on her skirt. I am pretty terrified of spiders, and if you know me well, just imagine me times 100 and that is Sister Catmull. She is adorable and I love her, but she's terrified. The elders got that one too and took it outside to kill it.

IT GETS WORSE. Both spiders had about 1000 babies on their backs. The conclusion of the story is, if you hear about a Queen Creek chapel being burned down, it wasn't me.

I also saw a scorpion at Paetyns Kuntz house on Sunday. We went there for dinner and I got a photo before they killed it. Scorpions are disgusting.

Love you all! Hope you have a marvelous week!

Sister Linnea Holbrook

PS my address is still

3378 w. South Butte rd.

Queen Creek, AZ 85142