Happy 4th!!! :)
Hola familia! :) How're ya'll doing?? Before I forget I owe a big bday shout out to Whitney!! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY! Hope you have a swell day :) Thanks for the packages! I love getting the different packages! Enjoyed the random bag of cheetos in yours :) Haha and I always laugh at the things in heather's! Kristin and Kaden I LOVED those dried fruit things! Thank you thank you :) That was from a while ago but I don't know if I ever said that? Oh and Kaden your mom is the sweetest! I'm going to write her a letter but tell her THANK YOU SO MUCH! That neckalace was adorable! Haha so friday I went to the mailroom to get my 2 packages and then they were like oh I think you have more... and they brought out 3 more! I got 5 PACKAGES! I think it's a record! You guys are trying to make me fat! Sara sent cookies, Kim sent me chocolate covered strawberries and candy, mom sent orange rolls, and shellie sent no bakes! Mmmm super yummy! My zone loves you guys! :) Haha mail time is such a wonderful time of day! :)
Mom you asked me if I'm sick of the food... and surprisingly I'm not! I try to eat healthy in the cafeteria so that I can enjoy the treats I am sent... I have the same meal for lunch and dinner 5 times out of the week! Haha they have a salad bar, and I make the same salad everytime! :) And I feel like dad because everday I have a banana with crunchy peanut butter! :) I only have a few more days more! CRAZY! I leave in 10 days! I can't even believe how fast time has been going by now!! I'm going to miss this place so much!! Especially my district!! Goodbyes all over the place... not my favorite thing to do, but I'm super excited for the field! :)
Soo today is just a normal day, but it's our pday so we lucked out! We actually can't go to the field on pday unfortunately though :( We'll probably go to the gym though! Then I have a lot of letters to catch up on, so I'll do that hopefully! Then tonight we get out of class early to have a special program! :) Then we get to watch the fireworks from here! I'm so excited!! I heard the cannon of the parade this morning! Super weird that I'm not there watching Josh (Elder Wright) pull it! Haha I was thinking of you guys though! :) Hope you're having fun in Island Park! You'll have to tell me all about it! :) We should probably go to Island Park sometime when I get home as well! ;)
Well, every week is the same old same old. A great same old though! Every week I just can't stop talking about how much I LOVE it here, and how I'm going to miss it SO much!! This Tuesday we had a super neat devotional! It was Brother Matthew Richardson. He talked about the "What E'er thou art, act well thy part" stone. So any way you add up the numbers on that stone it adds to 18. So if we don't act well our part, the big picture doesn't work out. So if the 5 weren't a 5, then the other numbers wouldn't have any purpose anymore because they don't add to 18 without the 5. That probably sounds super confusing, but look at the stone and maybe you'll understand? Anyway, I wish I could give you all the quotes I wrote down but it was an unbelievable devotional! I'm ready to act well my part as a missionary. What would a real missionary do? What will I do? I will ask myself these questions for the rest of my mission. I'm going to do everything I can to be the 4th missionary! :) "A mission is a time to focus on one thing." Oh many I learned soooo much from it! So good! Another quote I love is "A missionary... someone who leaves their family for a short time so they can be with theirs for a long time." It really put things into perspective for me. It makes sense why homesickness is a sin. It's prideful. I thought I'd never get over it... but I am so happy to say that I am! The Lord can do miraculous things when you put all your trust in Him, and a mission surely requires you to do this!
I told you guys about TRC I believe? We had the best people ever this week! We had the cutest little old grandma that barely reached my chest! She was adorable! She served a mission with her husband in Uruguay and then one in Mexico after her husband died. She was adorable!! She taught us more than we taught her! :) The spirit was so strong as she was testifying of her faith in this gospel. On her feedback paper she said "I want to be just like them!" Too cute! Then we taught 3 siblings... 2 which had just returned from their missions! The sister went to Buenos Aires North! They were super nice as well! :) She told me that she ate alot of cow tongue there! GROSS! She also was talking about the language... and lets just say I'm basically starting anew there! Ha some guy said something to me and I had no idea what he said! Ohhh dear, we're in for a treat! :) Haha I just have to laugh about that language... but it's truly amazing how much I have learned! Ask me about the gospel and I know quite a bit! Have a regular conversation with me... and we have some problems! ;) haha It's been super fun learning it! Yesterday we spoke it the majority of the day! It wasn't even frustrating, so we definitely have some improvements!
Josh was playing volleyball and tore all his ligaments or something in his thumb? It was so swollen! He just laughs about it of course. He's so funny! It brightens my day everytime I see him, because he's SO HAPPY! He's doing so well! :) And if he's not then he sure has me and everybody else fooled! He's like 2 feet taller than his district! It's so funny to see him walking next to all of them! Pretty sure he keeps them laughing at all times of the day! Hahaha what a stud!
Well familia, I hope all is going well for you guys! I don't know what I'll do when I don't get a letter everyday! ;) By the way, I get travel plans this weekend... so I should have my reassignment next thursday!! Crazy! Lots of Argentina missionaries have been delayed with that though, so we'll see?? And I guess I don't even know for sure, maybe my VISA will be in?? I'll keep you posted! Have a fantastic 4th of July!! I love and miss you all very much! Wish I could write you more!
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