RICHMOND!!!
Hello Hello Hello Familia :) :),
Oh my goodness I don't have any clue where to start. There are so many things to talk about right now! Haha but I'm going to start with the news I just found out. I don't know if you send this to people, but some people like Linds and Kenz Tags and maybe the Fab will die! I got an email from John today I get on my and he got his call, andddd he's coming here! Richmond, Virginia. WHAT IN THE WORLD?! Uhh... this could be awkward. I'm dying right now! I'd be laughing so hard if I wasn't in a library! Anyway... ya I seriously am in shock. Now on with the rest of the letter.
RICHMOND! It's GORGEOUS HERE!! Sara you would absolutely LOVE it! There are trees everywhere :) It is SOOO humid I can't even believe it. My towel doesn't even dry because the air is just wet. My letter are even a little soggy. I'm in an area called Woodbridge, which is like 10 minutes away from DC! Kenz Tags I'll be so so close to you girl! Actually DC South got split, so my companions are from there and they loved it! I'm so jealous of you, that temple is gorgeous! We're so so close... but we aren't allowed to go unfortunately. :( I'm super excited for you though!! :)
Ok, so starting with day one in the actual field since I already told you about our first night. So Thursday we had our transfer meeting, and then we headed to Woodbridge which is about 2 hours from Richmond. We went straight to a less active members house to teach a lesson. IT WAS CRAZY! They were so so nice! I did not understand anything though. I taught about faith :) The simplest way you can imagine but at least I said something! They were smiling and I completely missed what happened and my companion said "they said you look like Barbie." How offensive! Funny funny. Then next we went to one of our contacts, and she let us in! That makes for a new investigator! :) I commited her to baptism without a date, and also to do Moroni's promise! Cool huh?! The other sisters set it up for me, but I was still pretty excited :) They both said they were coming to church, and I really thought they would... but they didn't show. Hopefully next week though!
Friday... Friday is weekly planning so it's a little different than the normal schedule. Instead of having language study and 2 hours of comp study, we have a 3 hour planning session. It's crazy how much there is to go over. These first few days have been SO overwhelming! It's impossible to remember everything! Especially with a memory like mine... No bueno! Anyway, so we had that in the morning and then we went out to appointments. We have an AWESOME investigator, Luz Marina. She has three kids, and she is awesome! One of the kids is 10 and he gets so excited about reading the Book of Mormon! He's already in the 5th chapter of Nephi! The other is 15 and I haven't decided about her? But I think she really is considering! We had a great lesson with them on the Restoration, and after I got to say the commitment to baptism! They all commited to August 24th! Hispanics can be super flaky though... so I hope they stick to it! They're awesome. They were at church on Sunday!
Saturday! Saturday was awesome! We have studying for 5 hours in the morning, so we get out around 1. At one we had a walk and talk. WOW, I felt like I just took a bath! It was SO HOT! All I can do is embrace my wonderful genes I suppose :) Haha So the walk and talk was interesting... I definitely haven't mastered that. I didn't say a word. It was fun though! We didn't really find anybody that was interested. Anyway, then at 5 we went the the home of the ward mission leader. She spoke English to me! It was amazing! I actually felt like I developed a relationship with somebody! Hahaha she is SO nice! The Elders were supposed to go to her house on Thursday for dinner, but she wants us to come because she wants to show me this Argentinan drink... so she's going to make the missionaries food to go. Awesome. She's super nice and super fun! I'm excited to get to know her better! Ok next is the best. We got a call from a cute sister in the ward and she told us to come over because she had a friend that was interested. We ended up going over to give the first lesson. She was AMAZING! She had a 5 day old baby there that was absolutely ADORABLE! She is really quite interested, and I'm thinking things may end good with her! I recited the first vision and it was AMAZING! I felt the spirit sooo strongly in the room! I went for it and asked her if she would be baptized when she knew for herself these things were true, and she said yes! YIPEE! I'm super excited to have more lessons with her, because you can definitely feel her spirit. She needs the gospel in her life.
Sunday. First was church, and church was awesome! Lots of the sisters speak English, so I got to know a lot of super nice sisters! One couple served in Argentina, so they were telling me all about it! I'm super nervous for the food I might receive! Anyway, they were short teachers for the primary so we got to teach the 8 year olds! They were ADORABLE! I LOVEEEE being around kids again. It was so so fun! I just wish we could hold them! I'm almost out of time... so onto last night. I'll just tell you about one. They're a less active family. The dad is really struggling right now. The daughter started telling us about him and just started crying. It was super sad! We read Lehi's vision with them in the book of Mormon. I couldn't understand everything they were saying... but a little bit! I actually understand the scriptures! Anyway... I told them I don't speak much spanish but I wanted to bear my testimony, so that was a neat experience. The spirit is always so strong in these homes. They are such a loving group of people!
All in all it was a good few days, each day got better and better. Cuz it has been super overwhelming! I'm exhausted! In the mornings we go on walks, so I am at least able to run back and forth but only for like 20 minutes. Then I do a few abs, but that's it. I'm going to get SOOO fat! The serve your plate, and you wouldn't believe how much they put on it! Haha and they always offer sugar drinks, like Inca Cola! I asked for water once, but I probably shouldn't do that. They love to serve you, so you have to accept and you have to eat everything! No bueno. Haha I'm going to send this just incase it locks me out of the computer!
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