YIPEEEEEE!!!!! I finally got my packages! And lots of letters! BIG HUGE thank you
to Alton and Debbie, the Whitakers, Nicolee, and Cynphony! You all are the BEST!!!!
I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED, the letters!
SO I with my packages I finally got my credit card, yipeeee!...and thus I bought a new
camera today...SO I have a camera again YIPEEEEE!!! With the birthday package stuff
:)(cake mix, frosting, streamers, birthday hats) I think we are going to have a
mini-party in the house today and next week I can start sending pictures!
WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
So cambios [transfers] are tomorrow, but we found out Saturday night that I GET TO STAY
WITH HNA IRRAZABAL!!!!!! :D :D :D :D La voy a matar! [I get to kill her off] (in the
mission of course). lol Initially I WAS SUPER excited because those who are in their
last cabio [transfer] get to go to the TEMPLE with their companions, BUT it turns out with the new
mission president, the "dying" missionaries all get together and go to the
temple and leave their companions behind. FOME [darn]!!!! I miss the temple A LOT! haha
I LOVE THE TEMPLE! but all's good, my time will come lol. :)
How cool we have bears in the yard [at home in CA] again! haha Practice up! ;) ;) ;)
This week has been a good one, except that we found out that as foreigners, we can't
actually be testigos [witnesses] in the wedding, BUT we will be able to be there, and
THAT is the important part... actually the important part is that they're GETTING married
lol, but we are super happy to have the opportunity to be there, AND to be together for
this cambio [companionship transfer] too!
This week we had interviews with our mission President. Man, he is SO inspired. It's like
he's called of God or something that like... weird ;) lol
He told me EXACTLY exactly what I needed to hear, for example that I am right where I
need to be at this point in my mission. It was a huge relief to hear that because I'm
always worrying too much lol. He also explained to me that this time in my mission it's
normal to pass through this phase where thoughts of home/family creep into your mind more
because as missionaries we start really adjusting to the mission life and get into a
rhythm so we don't need to think quite as hard all the time and with this teeny little
extra space in our mind, other things start creeping in. But that it's completely normal
and it's just a phase, just don't dwell on it, it will pass and you'll get a 2nd wind
that'll carry you through to the end.
OM GOSH that reminds me, tomorrow I officially have SIX MONTHS in the mission! HOW CRAZY
IS THAT?!?!?! ¿Como que tengo 6 meses? No lo puedo creer! en serio! [How can it be that it's been 6 months? I just can't believe it! Seriously]. Time really flies in the
mission!
¿Que mas? ¿Que mas? [What else? What else?] We decided to leave our investigators to
come to church by themselves to see what would happen and measure their growth etc.
(instead of passing by their houses to make sure they were up and getting ready/help them
if they needed something/walk with them and wait with them for the bus to pass). It was
scary! lol We were sitting in sacrament meeting tapping our feet. The meeting started
and we had 1/8 that had arrived. But little by little (one family/pareja [couple] at a
time) they started trickling in until we had 6 of the 8 investigators and their children
there. The only 2 that didn't come were Viki and Waldo una pareja [a couple] with 3 little
kids. They had called us the night before with some excuse I didn't quite catch for why
they couldn't come. I think what really happened is they didn't have money to take their
family in colectivo or bus to the chapel again (it's about a 15 min bus/colectivo ride
away). We were SUPER stoked though to have the investigators and Menos Activos [less
actives] that arrived there because they did it all by themselves. We were SO proud AND
we really just felt the love and mercy and blessings of the Lord being POURED/DUMPED out
in very large quantity over us. It really is amazing to me, incomprehensible the love
and mercy of our God. It fills my heart with joy and peace. It's memories and faith
building times like these that I will FOREVER be grateful for and will NEVER be able to
forget. I love the Lord! I feel so very blessed to have the OPPORTUNITY to serve this
time as His representative and share His gospel. It is SO SO SO true! I just love it!
Querida [Beloved] familia, I love you all SOOOO much! thank you so much for your emails, your love,
support, and your PRAYERS. They don't go unanswered!!! Sigan adelante, crezcan sus
testimonios. Lean como familia, oren siempre. [Keep moving forward, grow your
testimonies. Read together as a family, pray always]
I LOVE YOU! XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Hermana Davis
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