If you are in Lancaster, California then you will be able to drive over a musical road that has been pock marked with special grooves that sing out a tune. However the residents want the road back in original tar because many drive past out of key. Made by Honda as part of an upcoming advertising campaign, the road plays "The William Tell Overture" (the theme from The Lone Ranger) and for best results the company advices you to drive over with a Honda Civic because the company says that the road was tuned specifically to the tires and wheelbase of a Civic.
(Listen for yourself kinda fun!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFGacuxcSM&feature=related
Hello Everyone,
Thanks to my Mom's amazing Facebook skills (OH DAT MA NICE), I think everyone knows I got transferred to Lancaster to be on a bike. I was DEVASTATED to leave. I loved my companion, loved my area, even more loved my ward, loved my investigators, was working on a fireside we had put together all transfer, loved my zone and especially my district, and the work was really taking off. I know there is always more people to love, but I still REALLY didn't want to leave since I just felt like I had gotten started.
1. My new comp is Sister Walton, we are really different but really similar in a lot of ways. It is going to be interesting because I feel a sense of real urgency to change the way that the work has been going here. Really no one is utilizing the members and many areas have never been contacted...so that is going to change, and change really fast.
2. I am actually in a pretty scary part of town hahaha...last night we went walking in the dark (also something that is going to change...Sister Walton is a little too trusting and it is definitely not safe. Lots of gangs, lots of drugs, and we are definitely in the Ghetto. For sure.) and there are not safe people out. There is Sister Walton out contacting them in her happy tone of voice with her flower in her hair from her safe part of Utah where she never knew alcohol and drugs existed. Good times...
3. You will never guess who I live with....ALTMAN. How I love sisters and all the issues that seem to come. Sister Madebueze and I get along really well so we will lean on each other.
4. I am loving missionary work still and just still trying to get used to everything. I finally feel pretty comfortable in what I am doing and how mission life goes. I still feel like I have been here forever and will be here for eternity. Sometimes I wonder, "And why the judd did I decide to submit myself to so many uncomfortable circumstances??" but then the Lord quickly reminds me of how wonderful the work really is. Give me 3 more transfers and I think I will be begging for time to slow down. As for now it could speed up just a little.
5. I wish I could tell you about any of the investigators we have here but I really didn't get to teach any. Yesterday was kind of a waste of a day and so we figured out a way to be more effective and today we have a full schedule again.Good thing because that is enough to give me a heart attack...having down time or no set appointments.
6. Some of my last investigators I had in my other area are doing really great! I set 3 more baptismal dates just before I left and was ready to set 2 more. It was sad to leave, but when they do get baptized I will go back down to see them! I seriously love mission hills ward and Sister Madebueze also had that area for her Greenie area and so we have agood time talking about all the old investigators.
7. Sister Griffiths got Sister Mackley (hahah) and a new greenie today. President laughed when he called and said, "Well, you have an interesting transfer ahead of you don't you sister griffiths!" She was like, "Of course you would. You would spread me as thin as you can, rip out my bestie companion, and try to pull a quick one on me for my last transfer!" She and I were both ready to hop on a plane to Scotland (where her parents are mission presidents and where she will be returning). We were bummed.
8. We went to say bye to Delmy's family and her little boy is the epitome of a mexican cholo. He wears long shorts, talks like a homie and is three. He will always say, "Peace out homie! hahah Peace out homie! hahahah Peace out homie!" over and over again. He also pretends he is a gangster and will say the funniest things and as I left he says to us, "I luh you homie! I luh YOU homie! I luh you Sissy!" So funny. I got most of it on film and soon I will send a memory card home. It is so funny!
Hello Everyone,
Thanks to my Mom's amazing Facebook skills, I think everyone knows I got transferred to Lancaster to be on a bike. I was DEVASTATED to leave. I loved my companion, loved my area, even more loved my ward, loved my investigators, was working on a fireside we had put together all transfer, loved my zone and especially my district, and the work was really taking off. I know there is always more people to love, but I still REALLY didn't want to leave since I just felt like I had gotten started.
1. My new comp is Sister Walton, we are really different but really similar in a lot of ways. It is going to be interesting because I feel a sense of real urgency to change the way that the work has been going here. Really no one is utilizing the members and many areas have never been contacted...so that is going to change, and change really fast.
2. I am actually in a pretty scary part of town hahaha...last night we went walking in the dark (also something that is going to change...Sister Walton is a little too trusting and it is definitely not safe. Lots of gangs, lots of drugs, and we are definitely in the Ghetto. For sure.) and there are not safe people out. There is Sister Walton out contacting them in her happy tone of voice with her flower in her hair from her safe part of Utah where she never knew alcohol and drugs existed. Good times...
3. You will never guess who I live with....ALTMAN. She is back, I knew that it would happen I just knew it. I will just have to stay far away and do breathing exercises to get through that one. She also hates my companion for some reason and my companion hates her so there is definitely some uptight feelings and much back lashing. How I love sisters and all the issues that seem to come. Sister Madebueze and I get along really well so we will lean on each other.
4. I am loving missionary work still and just still trying to get used to everything. I finally feel pretty comfortable in what I am doing and how mission life goes. I still feel like I have been here forever and will be here for eternity. Sometimes I wonder, "And why the judd did I decide to submit myself to so many uncomfortable circumstances??" but then the Lord quickly reminds me of how wonderful the work really is. Give me 3 more transfers and I think I will be begging for time to slow down. As for now it could speed up just a little.
5. I wish I could tell you about any of the investigators we have here but I really didn't get to teach any. Yesterday was kind of a waste of a day and so we figured out a way to be more effective and today we have a full schedule again.Good thing because that is enough to give me a heart attack...having down time or no set appointments.
6. Some of my last investigators I had in my other area are doing really great! I set 3 more baptismal dates just before I left and was ready to set 2 more. It was sad to leave, but when they do get baptized I will go back down to see them! I seriously love mission hills ward and Sister Madebueze also had that area for her Greenie area and so we have agood time talking about all the old investigators.
7. Sister Griffiths got Sister Mackley (hahah) and a new greenie today. President laughed when he called and said, "Well, you have an interesting transfer ahead of you don't you sister griffiths!" She was like, "Of course you would. You would spread me as thin as you can, rip out my bestie companion, and try to pull a quick one on me for my last transfer!" She and I were both ready to hop on a plane to Scotland (where her parents are mission presidents and where she will be returning). We were bummed.
8. We went to say bye to Delmy's family and her little boy is the epitome of a mexican cholo. He wears long shorts, talks like a homie and is three. He will always say, "Peace out homie! hahah Peace out homie! hahahah Peace out homie!" over and over again. He also pretends he is a gangster and will say the funniest things and as I left he says to us, "I luh you homie! I luh YOU homie! I luh you Sissy!" So funny. I got most of it on film and soon I will send a memory card home. It is so funny! Grandma cried when I left and told me we can go stay there.
Well the work continues forward and my testimony grows stronger and stronger each day. I hope all is well with each of you and that you know that you are always in my prayers! I can't wait to hear from some of you! Know that i know that this gospel is the true gospel of Jesus Christ. It amazes me how everytime I teach it how much stronger it becomes rooted in my heart. It is true, Christ lives, and Joseph Smith was a prophet. I love it! I promise.
Love Sister Sheltz
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