Happy Monday morning!
And Happy Halloween! I hope you have a fun day today! I expect lots of photos
of Jackson in his dragon costume and photos of the little M&M in her fat
unicorn outfit haha. Next year I expect McKinley to be a fat llama.. actually
all of us! We will be one big happy llama fam.
This week was great! I
decided I am just going to write mini summaries/”a day in the life” for each
day this week.. it might be a little random but here ya go!
Monday: P-Dayyy! Today
we cleaned and studied in the morning, then went to the sketch internet café to
write the fam.. it was cut short though because I had to go to the bathroom SO
BAD.. So we went on an adventure to try and find a bathroom and ended up finding
one.. that was quite disturbing and had a cat.. I think he was stuck in there.
After that we went to good ole Subway! I met some travelers/hobo hikers from
Cali! They were chill. Then some missionaries called asking if we wanted to
play some soccer and we actually said no to soccer for the first time ever
because we were to the point of not being able to function properly from a lack
of sleep haha so we took a good nap! I have not slept on a P-Day EVER in the
mission I think. So I was a happy camper. At the end of the day we had a Noche
de Hogar! It was super fun. Sure grateful for P-days.. Now off to work!
Tuesday: Today jumped
out of bed/half fell out of bed to get away from a spider.. I’m not going to be
comfy in my bed for a month or 2 now (shivers). It’s your worst nightmare…invisible daddy
long leg. They were like clear.. But they are there. I’m not crazy you can see
them! Wanna know the worst part? I don’t know where he went.. He said howdy do
and ran.. waiting for the next opportunity. Moving on.. Today we had district
meeting which is the best! I love hearing peoples’ tips and experiences! Plus I
get to see Hermana Mujica and Tyack! They got moved to open an area in Central
so they are in our district! We talked about how to receive more references
etc. We talked about how you shouldn’t just corner people haha! That’s creepy..
Look for ways to help them or compliment them and then talk to them and if they
aren’t interested ask if they have a friend or family member that would be etc
etc… Also, we always do an English study at the end and my comp bore her
testimony like a boss! (In English!) Oh also Elder Turner brought us all beef
jerky that his mom sent! The smell always reminds me of the terrible moment on
the dirt road on the way to the ranch where I am already trying not to throw up
and Dad and Mom open the beef jerky and the smell fills the car. Bleh. After
district meeting we had our lesson with our new fam bam investigators! We got
to their house and they weren’t home L UGHHH (Head on
keyboard) But we rescheduled for tomorrow. Fingers crossed! We passed a market
on the way back and decided to buy some fruit and veg and ended up giving every
stand Restoration pamphlets. We met some awesome people! Later we had some
great lessons, we met a lady doing a crossword puzzle on a bench and taught her
and she is a new investigator! And finally, we had a lesson with our sweet
darling investigator and practiced interview questions for her baptism this
Saturday! Whoohoo!
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| This morning with the sistas |
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| Look who I saw in a taxi |
Wednesday: This
morning we went on a run! We decided to run every day! It was super fun haha
and I had this cute dog as a running buddy the entire time! He was so so cute
and wouldn’t leave our side.. except sometimes he would cut through the park to
finish.. Cheater. After I made banana shakes for my comp and Lita (the grandma)
was up so we made extra for her! In the morning we went to visit a less active
who just got surgery and tried to cheer her up. Oh, later in the day we met
this lady who was gardening so we helped her and got all muddy and it was great
haha I love the smell of wet earth and plants! She showed us her entire garden
and it is equivalent to what we could imagine as the Garden of Eden.. Complete
with animals! But no baby lions or elephants.. maybe but I didn’t see them.
Later this guy started arguing in the street with us and we were nice to him
but it made my comp extremely sad.. I told her to shake it off and that it
would be okay and taught her the “Tree, bush, spaghetti, confetti!!” with that
one kind of plant hahaha.. That cheered her up a little. As we were walking
back to dinner we saw from a distance Lita’s husband (grandpa) reading the Book
of Mormon in his chair in the sun. It made us smile. :)
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| I usually hate bunnies..they are smelly and mean..But he was ok..still ugly. |
Thursday: Today was
the best day ever because I got a postcard from beautiful Teresa!! It made my
entire day! Also it was Carly’s birthday! I miss Mufasa (her nickname during
her entire mission haha) I shared stories about her to my compie all day haha
all about how every single night growing up I ran to her room during thunder
storms, or how we would write stories, our adventures in Utah the year I was on
my own, and how we ate at Harmon’s almost every single night etc etc. I really
need to write down all of our adventures. Charley we will have a blast next
year with our famous pumpkin chocolate-chip cookies and go to Soldier Hollow
for the sheep-herding contest!! That’s my favorite tradition. One day we will
bring our own dogs to be IN the contest!.. I can see it now.. except your dog
will be really obedient and mine will probably just stare at the ball in the
water at the jumping contest and do an awkward belly flop baha. Ok sorry moving
on! I can’t remember much about Thursday.. We had a lot of lessons! That’s a
blessing in this area. We always have a full schedule of lessons. But yeah
Thursday was a blur.. every Thursday is.. It’s not the beginning of the week or
the end. People don’t like Mondays.. but I don’t like Thursdays.
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| Also this morning. |
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| Not even sure how to explain haha we were trying to be cool but not |
Friday: Today started
with a district language study! (Sorry I don’t feel the need to say every point
like we ate food, etc.) The language study ended up being a game of Charades in
Spanish and the Elders just making fun of each other.. Elder Babble acted all
love struck and trunky drawing a picture of the Lima Temple, and it turned out
to be Elder Rayes because he has 2 months left haha. We all laughed super hard.
Poor guy. Our zone leaders also surprised us with ANOTHER postcard from Teresa
and a letter from Riley! It made me so happy and is such a fun way to start the
day. :) Thank you thank you! The day went great!
We went to visit the woman who had surgery again and it was probably one of my
favorite lessons of the week. We sat by her bedside and sang hymns and talked
with the sun coming through the window listening to the birds outside… Usually
the neighbors are playing Regatone music or there is construction or something
and we have to practically yell, “Jose Smith fue un PROFETA..” We also had a
very interesting lesson with this super sweet lady and her family. (Think the grandma
on “The Proposal.”) She kept trying to offer us food haha. Her soon to be
son-in-law was extremely serious, very blunt, etc.. We asked him his name and
in the most serious monotone voice says “Juan de Dios..” “Oh that’s cool! Juan
de Dios.. do you believe in God?” “Well..my name is Juan de Dios…” You can
imagine how it went.. I need not say more.
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| Found this on my door one night from cute Naty.. Hahaha!! |
Saturday: Today was a
very big day! We had a baptism! Oh it was absolutely wonderful. I was so
grateful for the members who came to support.. Our sweet investigator doesn’t
have much family. She got so excited to see that people were there just for
her! When she looked in the room she turned to us and asked, “Who else is
getting baptized today?” We said, “Just you! They are all here to support you!”
She was extremely shocked and had a huge smile saying, “Really?!” She said, “I
love my new family!” I am so so happy for her and so grateful for her example
of faith and love! We also had our pensionista and her daughter come and it was
so fun to share such a great moment with them.
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| WHOOHOO! |
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| Me saying I ruin every picture not looking...as I am ruining a picture not looking |
Sunday: Our longest
day in the world… But a great day. Sundays are a very good day. J
Monday: This morning
we had a P-day with all of the other Hermanas! I saw Hermana Torres and she
told me the amazing news that our investigator and her little daughter that we
were teaching are getting baptized… With the ENTIRE FAMILY!! Her husband and
their parents! I started crying so hard as we both hugged. Family, I can’t
express to you how much I love this family. This is a miracle. I don’t know
what else to say because just writing this I am tearing up again. This week
before Halloween last year was the week I officially decided to serve a mission
and started my papers. It is the greatest decision I have ever made. The Church
is true!! The book is blue!! I love you!!
--Your kid in South
America
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