Hello!
Thank you soooo much for the package! Everything arrived safely, and I'm excited to try the apple butter! (I figured i should wait until we go to the store today to try it, because I don't think that apple butter would go well with the tortillas I have...haha so I'll grab some stuff today to try it on!) And the photos arrived on the same day, it was better than Christmas! :) haha they're fun photos to have, thanks for sending them!
This week was a little crazy. Remember how Hermana Hansen is going to be opening up an area in Gainesville? Wellllll, we usually have transfers Wednesday morning at 9 at the Hurst Stake Center (where we meet every sunday), and we got a call at like 7:20 that morning from our Zone Leaders, who had just talked with the Assitants to the President and they said, "well, Sister hansen's apartment in Gainesville isn't ready yet. She's living with members on their property in a side house and they're still working on the carpet and cabinets and appliances, so she's not shipping out till Friday" so that was crazy. Then they called us Thursday morning during our weekly planning session and said "actually, Sister Hansen, we don't know when you're leaving." SO she's kind of in transfer-limbo right now, which is hard because she doesn't know if she should unpack or just live out of her suitcase or what so that's been a little hectic. But a fun adventure!
I learned some Spanglish during Relief Society this week. Every Spanish verb un-conjugated ends in -ar, -er, or -ir. (for example, caminar=to walk. venir=to arrive) so this Hermana was talking about "textear, facebookear, and chatear" that was pretty dope slash super funny.
This same hermana, however also said something really profound: "si hacemos 5 minutos cada dia para lear de las escrituras, este nos traera un eternidad de gozo" which basically means, if we take 5 minutes every day to read the scriptures, this will bring us an eternity of joy. So true. And I read in Alma 37: 35 this morning and I'm so thankful for you, Mom and Dad, to have been such a great example to me of having habits to read and pray every day and make time for the gospel in your lives. You have taught me wisdom in my youth. :)
This week we talked with B y A, who are our investigators de oro! B is always super firm in her faith and belief, she's consistenly reading the Book of Mormon and just all around angelic. A is hilarious and loves B soooo stinking much it's adorable, but he's a bit of a flojo when it comes to keeping committments like reading and praying. So B will probably get baptized this Saturday (we have faith! She wants really bad to get baptized with Alberto, but we're pretty sure he's gonna need a little more time than she'll want to wait...) And we'll keep talking with A about not praying to his saints....:)
The weather here hasn't been too bad. low 90's is a usual, it rained the other day and that cooled things down. But the traffic is HORRENDOUS. Super feo. Everything is under construction so we never even take the freeway anywhere anymore. But we survive and we're (mostly) on time to our appointments!
here are some pictures of the party! We had a blast, and it was way fun! The last picture is of me and mycompanions being goofballs in our matching shirts... :)
I'm glad to hear that nat's tearing it up on the football field! and that Mom got to sit next to Ms. Wang at the game. And I'm glad Garrett's homecoming was good! But not so glad to hear about UT winning...silly utes. We need a cougar win! next year will be the year, I'm sure...
I love being a missionary!!!! Thanks for the love and support. :)
Love,
Hermana Sangre
(p.s. B offered the closing prayer at our lesson and she prayed for each of us by name, and she called me Hermana Sangre. That may or may not have been the coolest thing ever.)
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