June 2, 2014

OH MY HECK THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TELL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK!!! AHHHH!!!!

okay people LISTEN UP!!!!!! this week was great and i have GOT to tell some good stories.

man. where to begin....

first of all.... BAPTISMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Lucrecia, i haven't talked much about her, BUT! we have been teaching her a lot. she is the one that is taking care of grandma Ornelia, the one who has Alzheimers, and is really sweet, but sometimes tries to bite me... good things she has no teeth. hahaha anyway. this last week everything fell apart for her baptism, she got sick, the whole family involved with her got sick, the font had a sewage back up for the SECOND TIME in a month, and it was nasty my friends...... it.... was nasty...... she couldn't come to church cause grandma was acting up and wouldn't leave, the guy baptizing her (who was in the sick family) was going out of town this sunday, so unless we got permission from president do confirm her on saturday that would be a problem, ETC!!! so we just planned to move it to the next week because it just wasn't happening....
BUT! MIRACLE!!! we saw her on thursday, and she was just, ready. she just knew that it was true. she was all better, everything was great, and she just, was READY! so we got it all together, amazingly and LET ME TELL YOU, AMAZINGLY, the font got fixed and cleaned in time, the whole family got better as well, we were able to figure it all out with president, we got a bunch of people to do the service in spanish, (thank heavens for return missionaries from spanish speaking missions) (speaking of, it was really cool doing it all in spanish, cause ya know, almost no one could understand what was happening, but the spirit was still strong, and everyone could now empathize with her on what it's like every sunday coming to a ward of people who dont speak her language. man!)
anyway, IT WORKED OUT! she was SO HAPPY! we brought the jumpsuit to her that morning for her to try it on, and she was giddy, i have never seen her smile so much. at the baptism, she was so nervous, but so excited. she got in the water and just prayed while they got ready, when she got baptized her and willy just hugged eachother and she thanked him for bringing her to this church. she got out and we brought her back, and she just started sobbing, because she had never felt like so many people loved her before. she had felt so lonely for so long, and she was just shocked at the plan that God had for her to bring her here :) MAN!!! she went to change and me and Hna perez hugged eachother and just stood by the font behind the door while the waiting music was being played, we just soaked it in. may have teared up a little, haha, and just felt the spirit. it was so awesome. SO AWESOME! anyway, it was really cool :)

ALSO I WAS A FOOL AND VOLUNTEERED HNA PEREZ to sing a musical number for the baptism, not realizing that being her companion i would be dragged into it.... so we sang a musical number!!! luckily the other sisters sang with us :) WHO WOULD'VE THUNK!!! that i would ever sing in public, well i did. i did! and it wasn't even bad! they want us to sing it in sacrament now..................................

anyway. OKAY OH MY HECK! I AM SO TIRED!

let me tell you why. we moved into the other sisters apt because our lease is up and they aren't renewing it, because it has so much gross mold and water leaks and everything is breaking. SO! their apt is tiny and i love it cause it's cozy with all of us! haha i love small! anyway, in our room...... the wall by my head is where the furnace heater cooler thing is, and i don't know why but when it's on it will make this incessant continuous clicking noise that gets louder and faster and more annoying.... and if you tap or hit the wall it'll stop, they warned us... but i didn't believe them..... THE FIRST NIGHT it woke me up like 50 times. the second night, the same. by the third night I LITERALLY WAS PUNCHING THAT STUPID WALL SO HARD EVERY TEN MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i get so angry and i'm tired so nothing stops me and i just punch it or slap it! hahahaha hna perez laughs.... but one of these nights i'm gonna punch a hole through that stupid wall..... anyway last night though i decided not to punch it cause it wakes hna perez up, so i just would put my hand on it softly, and say, peace, be still! and it worked!!!!!!! i slept better too! so..... anyway.

okay here is something SO AWESOME.

the Guatemala family that moved here are still awesome. we love them so much, and Flor, the mom, her english is very little, and very broken, but this fast sunday, we saw her walk up to the podium, and we FREAKED OUT!!!! we looked at eachother and almost died, she got up, and very slow and broken english started bearing her testimony (her husband isn't a member, remember) and man the spirit was so strong, it was so simple, and so brief, and so broken, but we all understood, and we all felt it. we both teared up, just happy seeing her up there. we were so proud of her, she comes to a new country, knowing no one, not knowing english, but is so strong in her faith and knowledge that this is the true gospel, that she still bears it to everyone, and isn't afraid to do so. it was an awesome example to me, I LOVE HER SO MUCH. she is so sweet, i'll send a picture. anyway, it was just cool.

okay so there is this house we pass every week... and it is so cute, adorable! man i hope i didn't already tell this story. but anyway! it has a Gazebo, however you spell it, and a nice cute red barn, and cute shutters and flowers and everything. it's adorable! we realized though one day while admiring it, that it was a witches house..... it was... TOO.... cute.... it was... TOO... perfect..... and it was TOO.... inviting........ the perfect location for a witch to catch and eat children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! every time we pass it we go slow and stop our conversation and just watch the house...... and then carry on once we are passed. haha well ONE DAY.... we saw the owner... oustide..... he had white fuzzy hair, sticking out on all sides, and was doing yard work.... HERMANA PEREZ WAS CRAZY AND PULLED OVER!!!!!! so we talked to him, luckily, he figured out real fast that we have special authority and he could never kill us or anything, so he was really nice and didn't even try to invite us in, he didn't even accept a video or email or anything cause he knew the light of christ would destroy their witchery....... otherwise, he would've taken the lessons. haha BUT! we are still waiting to see the wife, that will be a big day....

anyway. we got new elders in our ward, they are whitewashing... poor things.... on full bike. POOR GUYS. man. seriously it is HOT. one just got here and is being trained, and he said on his first day that it was really humid.......

HAHAHAHA OH MY HECK JUST WAIT YA FUNNY KID! ..... just wait.......... l:(......... not looking forward to this summer. it is already death! MY MIND BLOCKED OUT THE MEMORIES OF SWEAT AND DEATH LAST SUMMER!!! SO I AM NO LONGER PREPARED TO HANDLE THIS ONE!!! AHHHH!!!

okay well.... i have more to say but i shall depart, cause i am out of time. i had a really big thing happen this week... i don't have time to tell it though now, i'll write about it next week. lots of tears, big miracle, tender mercy, etc. 

and i am not purposefully trying to leave you all hanging! hahaha sorry!

anyway, THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!! man i know it. i am grateful for this gospel. and man, the Book of Mormon, is way more powerful than any of you think. read it over again, and again, and again, study it deep. there is so much more in there than you can imagine, but we have to work our way up the ladder of understanding. 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!

OH! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY AARON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
give them big hugs for me everyone :)

WOOO!

There's a good reason to move out.

We literally saw a tornado!!!!! There was a huge storm and we looked
and saw it forming comes towards the earth!!!! AHHHHH it was so
scary!! And cool!!!!!