A Typical Day?

Today started out to be quite normal. But what is normal to a missionary. Well for us we filled 2 food orders. Around 11:30 two elders came by to let us know about a baptism at our building in our ward at 6:00pm. Could we please print up a program for them and could sister Ellett give the Baptism/Holy Ghost message? No problem. We filled another food order, worked out a program for the baptism on the computer, then went to Kmart to fill a prescription. The Doctor filled the script out wrong and only gave Doug three pills. He needs three pills a day for 3o days. No problem, they will contact the Doctor on Monday. While still in Kmart, we stepped onto the escalator to go down. 1/3 of the way down we hear this tumbling noise behind us. We turn to see a case of pepsi tumbling down heading straight for us as it explodes and sprays us all over. I bend down to keep one from hitting me and it explodes as I bend down. The lady who dropped them turned and left us there in a shower of "sweet N sticky". We then had to go back up the escalator to find the restroom with water and paper towels. I laugh now as I write this, but at the time it was awefull.

On the way home we get a phone call to let us know that the baptism has been called off. So we continue plans that we had before the baptism came up. To the subway to go down town to the apartment we located for the sister missionaries to pick up the keys so they can move in. Of course the subways has delays today. They actually are doing construction and we had to get off halfway there and switch trains. After getting off the subway, Doug's phone is beeping letting us know he has a message. (On the subway we can't get thru with phones) So as we are walking the 4-5 blocks to the apt. the message tells us that the baptism is back on. Speed walking becomes our mode of transport. We pick up the keys, check out the apt. which is on the 9th floor, then speed walk back the 4-5 blocks to the subway, to have to change trains half way there. We speed walk the 4 blocks to our place which is right by the church, we have two minutes to spare, we stop in there first before printing off the programs for the baptism, just to find out they can't locate the sister getting baptized and now it is off again. We could do with out a few of these days if they are "Typical" days in the life of a missionary.