La salle de bain

This week, I found out something very critical.
La salle de bain is not the same thing as les toilettes. --side note, when i spell things in french the may be wrong, i just speak it correctly-- I had probably one of the funniest things happen to me this week. We were at my favorite members home, Soeur H, she is a very sad old lady but I have become very close with her and I love to see her smile, as we have been meeting with her she has become more happy. Anyway we had been out for a long time before we arrived to her home so I had to use the bathroom. So when we arrived i kindly asked in perfect french, Puis-je utiliser la salle de bain, S'il vous plait? She responded, Salle de Bain? and guided me towards the bathroom. I entered and sat on what i thought was the toilet. It looked really different, it didnt have a toilet seat, just the bowl and then it had a drain that looked more like a sink. I REALLY had to go so i proceeded to sit down and release the pain that was occuring in my blatter. As I was sitting i looked around for toilet paper and thought about what I was sitting on. How it looked and how confused I was. I couldnt find toilet paper anywhere, nor a place to keep it. I was genuinely confused, how could this old woman have a toilet that would not flush anything but pee and why didnt she have toilet paper. I quickly realized I was not sitting on a toilet. As i drip dried I tried to decide what I was going to do. Did she hear me pee? Did she know that I just peed in something that was not meant to be peed in? I had no idea what I was going to do. I just laughed to myself. I saw some disinfectant and a sponge so I cleaned the bowl, after i replaced my drawers, and washed my hands and walked out of the salle de bain. S. H needed to go get something at her neighbors apt and she had to leave for a second. While she was gone I ran to S. Lala and told her while laughing, Sr. H. doesnt have a toilet!! She was like what and ran to look in the bathroom. It was definitely not a toilet. I found a door next to the bathroom and saw a toilet. So she did have one but what was that thing i had just peed in. Sr. Lala started to tell me what i had peed in was a bee-day, in her cute french accent. I was so confused, a bee-day, what in the world is a bee-day. It took a second to click until i realized what I had just released my bodies toxins into. I peed in her bidet (french spelling, unsure of the english)!!!!! We laughed SOOO hard and continue to laugh about this experience everyday. Luckily I dont think Sr. H hearing is well enough to hear someone urinating, she still doesnt know the horrible sin i commited in her home and hopefully she never will. I have now learned that when i need to use the restroom to say, Les toilettes instead of La salle de bain!!
Now that we got out the giggles I will let you know how our wonderful amis are doing. They are just too great all of them. We are still working with Tatiana and Edouardo, who are being baptised on March 10th, Miryam, the mother of Edouardo, whom we love a lot. She is so great. She has great faith in Jesus Christ but wonders why her Heavenly Father could let such terrible things happen. We are working with her on this subject. I know that through many prayers she will soon be following the example of her son and preparing for the waters of baptism. We are also still working with Irene, but she no longer has a baptismal date because she still has not been to church. Tonight when we go see her we will be throwing out her cigarettes and her smoking paraphenalia. Please pray also that Irene will come to church and that she will be able to quit smoking so that she can make sacred covenants with her Heavenly Father! Those are the four that we are seeing consistently but things are a little bit slower with our other amis. We also are still seeing our less actives, including Sr. S. Its kind of funny all the less actives we are working with are sorry old woman, who are either divorced or widowed. Half of them have been coming to church and the other half make up excuses to not come to church. They are all wonderful though. We love seeing them and discussing our testimonies with one another. Sorry I dont have a specific story for this week. Like always I am pressed for time.
Something cool is that tonight I will be sleeping at the mission home, and having my first exchange. Tomorrow Sr. C. (from the MTC) and the office Elders and I will be going to france to get our French Legality. We have to leave at 6:30 AM so thats why we are sleeping there. Then when we get back we have another exchange with the other Soeurs who are here in Geneve. So I wont be back in my sweet bed until wednesday night. I know its going to miss me as much as I will miss it.
The picture attached (just kidding it is not working, maybe next week) are the cutest but most expensive little croissants that i ate a couple of days ago. I also have now tried falafells, which are SOOO good, when we come here as a family we have to go to the marchee on Saturday and get them, they were seriously so good. Also i have had pain aux chocolat, several times, and baguettes. I love it all. Its so good, the only thing I wish is that the bagettes were warm when we got them, but none the less they are good.
Sorry I have to get going but I love you all and hope you are having a wonderful week. Michael, good joke about "H.". Look forward to hearing from you next week.
je vous aime,
Soeur Kimberly Addis
P.s. Mom I got the letter with the pictures last week, as well as a letter from Jill Kelly, Sr. Couillens, and Hermana Wadsworth (the last two were actually two weeks ago but i forgot to tell you last email). Also, please get Allie Campbell Merrill's email for me and Whitney Kelly's new address. Thanks. I love you and will be praying strongly for Grandpa and Uncle Biff. Send them my love.