HEY FAMILY!
So for some reason it feels like FOREVER since I've heard from you guys! I'll be honest, this week was kinda rough haha. But that's the mission right? You know the times when you've got all these plans and then everyone cancels? Haha yeah it was one of those weeks. I think it's cuz its pretty cold here too. People don't like to do things in winter. It hasn't snowed yet but it rains almost every day. And it's super windy. But we ploughed through the week.
I think it was also stressful cuz we were anticipating transfers... sad news.. Hermana Benson got transferred. She's going down to Gerona and is opening an area. She's such a champ. I know she will rock it. We came up to Bilbao to stay with some other Hermanas last night and she left this morning. So me and Hernama Swenson (she started with me in the MTC) are here kickin it together till our new comps come in tonight. I'M DYING TO MEET HER. All I know is her name is Hermana Woodbury.. I don't think she's been out that much longer than me though, maybe a transfer or two.. so that could be interesting haha. It's weird thinking about being in San Sebastian without Hermana Benson, all the planning and figuring out is up to me until my new hermana gets the swing of things. Kind of a scary thought haha I better learn to be more decisive...? haha (see what I did there.. I was being indecisive)
Although this week was sorta rough, I learned a lot about tender mercies from God. He is so aware of our needs. One night we had all of our appts fire on us and headed to a relief society party. It was actually a pretty good turnout too. We had one investigator come, and a menos activo showed up too. It was cool because I thought to myself, if it wasn't for us, those two wouldn't be here.. we helped them to want to be here.. it's cool to see the fruits of your labors. It was a nice blessing from Heavenly Father.
Then on Sunday, we had a lesson with Samuel again. He's a toughie. He goes to some 7th Adventist church.. idk much about it but a lot of things are very similar to our church. He is SUPER knowledgeable about the bible so he's always giving us a challenge haha. But we taught the authority of Jesus Christ and totally cleared it up. I thought for sure he would be golden after that. But then he brought up how in the bible, the sabbath was on Saturday. (idk how much you all know about that.. but they had church on the seventh day (Saturday) until Christ resurrected and then they changed it to the first day) Anyway, he was asking super deep questions about that which I wasn't prepared to answer. Anyway it was just sort of a struggle haha let's leave it at that. So kind of discouraging, but I know we are so close with him. You always hear about converts that say they gave the missionaries a really hard time before it clicked and they were converted. I know he will be such an awesome member. I'm not ready to give up on him. Once he starts reading in the Book of Mormon more and more, he will be golden. Cross your fingers.
Anyway, even though his lesson was kind of discouraging, we went to visit Christina. She really wants to receive an answer about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. We re-explained how the Holy Ghost feels to her and it went really well! She told us she kept expecting something more than that... like the heavens opening and shouting down to her haha but she told us shes gonna start the Book of Mormon again with a new focus and really try to pray for and recognize an answer. Let me tell you, that cita with her was such a blessing. It was such a tender mercy from God to know that we´re doing the best we can. It's the best feeling ever to see your investigators progress. There are so many tender blessings from God in our lives every day, you just have to look for them. He is always there, it's so evident.
Sorry, not a whole lot to say this week. It was kind of a slow week. I'm sad that Hermana Benson is gone, she was kind of like my mom here haha, I'll miss her a ton, but it'll be fun to start a new adventure with a new companion. She gets in tonight and then tomorrow we will head back down to our area.. hope I can find the way home! I love you lots family! I hope you have a fun Thanksgiving! Eat lots of rolls for me!
love Hermana Fry
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
San Sebastian - Week Eleven
HEY FAM FAM!
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK SHANNONN!!!!!
Sounds like everyone had a great week. I LOVED the pictures of Makenna, what a gorgeous baby. She looks just like Tenlee did, with less hair haha. Super cute!
So my week was pretty good. So I've got a "personal progress Fras" moment if you wanna hear it. I ATE OCTOPUS AND ANCHOVIES YESTERDAY. Ok, I know that octopus is a food rich people like.. calamari.. or whatever.. but this was weird. It literally was round circular pieces like the size of a quarter, kinda looked like a banana. BUT it had PURPLE tentacles on the outside. Please, someone be proud of me for eating FIVE yes count them, FIVE pieces of purple, chewy octopus. It was pretty gross. But I did it like a champ. Haha ps the family is from Chile... gooooTtyson! I love them though, they are so sweet, one of my favorites here. The mom told me she will make us completos next time we come!
Also remember those slimy grey worms I told you about a couple weeks back? Yeah I found out that's eel.. I better get some real Fras points today.. winninggggg
Anyway we had a good week! Onome is doing so well! She seems so happy, we went back to teach the restoration again and helped explained some things, I guess she's been writing down notes shes been taking from reading the pamphlets and stuff so I was way glad! She came to church and everyone was so sweet with her. They told her about an activity were having this week and she could bring a dessert if she wanted and her face lit up with a big smile, she got so excited! It was way cute. I'm so glad she's doing so well. It makes me feel like I am doing my job as I watch her continue to progress.
K so I want to tell you about the ways of door knocking in Spain. So everyone lives in apartments right? But the main door is locked and you can only get in the building to knock if someone will buzz you in. Sometimes it's hard cuz you ring someones bell, tell them who you are, and they reject you right there before even getting in the building. Buuut something I've learned is the best way to do it is find a building that has 10 or more floors... so there's at least 40 buttons to hit.. then you hit all the buttons at the same time and wait.. haha everyone starts saying si? quien es? at the same time.. buttt if you're lucky, someone will just buzz you in the building without asking who you are.. then youve got free reign to talk to everyone once you're in. It's super fun actually. We find the strangest people knocking doors. The best is when they open the door and look at you with terror and say "oyyy!" (who would ever be scared of me, really, let's be honest) and then they hurry and shut the door before you can say anything. It's pretty funny sometimes. BUT the other day, we knocked the second door in a building and this guy answered. He told us his name is Max and he's from Russia but has lived here for years. (he speaks English) We got talking and he ended up inviting us in his piso (that's the first time we've ever gotten in a piso thus far haha door knocking isn't super successful here) We talked about the church a little and he said people always told him in his country that God wasn't important, but he knows it's something he needs in his life... so he told us we can come back to talk more. So cross your fingers! He really seems prepared. It's just cool how God always puts people in our path that are ready to change their lives. There are many people that are so against religion, like it's a thing of the past... but there's still hope out there, still people searching for the truth and just don't know where to find it, just like the scriptures say. It's way cool to see the words of the scriptures fulfilled in my missionary work here.
Yesterday we had another lesson with Samuel (18 year old from Colombia) he's always got super deep questions about doctrine. So we decided we were going to reteach the restoration and focus on where the authority from our church comes from. He had a lot of questions and some was hard to explain in Spanish haha but I managed. I honestly think he will be baptized someday. He is so knowledgeable about the bible. He's reading in the Book of Mormon right now, and maybe when he understands the authority more fully next time, we will start to make some progress with him. He's so good, he will be the best member someday!
Well, those are some highlights for the week. I know that God loves us. He is so aware of our every need. I know He is just waiting to bless us if we are willing to ask. I feel His love every day, I couldn't be here if I didn't. The Savior is our Redeemer. I love this gospel with my whole heart. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for helping me to get on a mission. It has changed my life and I am forever grateful. Some days are hard for sure, but I know God gives us challenges because He loves us. Its the only way to help us grow. The gospel is so true.
LOVE YOU FAMILY!
love Hermana Fry
ps next week is transfers so I wont email till Tuesday I think
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK SHANNONN!!!!!
Sounds like everyone had a great week. I LOVED the pictures of Makenna, what a gorgeous baby. She looks just like Tenlee did, with less hair haha. Super cute!
So my week was pretty good. So I've got a "personal progress Fras" moment if you wanna hear it. I ATE OCTOPUS AND ANCHOVIES YESTERDAY. Ok, I know that octopus is a food rich people like.. calamari.. or whatever.. but this was weird. It literally was round circular pieces like the size of a quarter, kinda looked like a banana. BUT it had PURPLE tentacles on the outside. Please, someone be proud of me for eating FIVE yes count them, FIVE pieces of purple, chewy octopus. It was pretty gross. But I did it like a champ. Haha ps the family is from Chile... gooooTtyson! I love them though, they are so sweet, one of my favorites here. The mom told me she will make us completos next time we come!
Also remember those slimy grey worms I told you about a couple weeks back? Yeah I found out that's eel.. I better get some real Fras points today.. winninggggg
Anyway we had a good week! Onome is doing so well! She seems so happy, we went back to teach the restoration again and helped explained some things, I guess she's been writing down notes shes been taking from reading the pamphlets and stuff so I was way glad! She came to church and everyone was so sweet with her. They told her about an activity were having this week and she could bring a dessert if she wanted and her face lit up with a big smile, she got so excited! It was way cute. I'm so glad she's doing so well. It makes me feel like I am doing my job as I watch her continue to progress.
K so I want to tell you about the ways of door knocking in Spain. So everyone lives in apartments right? But the main door is locked and you can only get in the building to knock if someone will buzz you in. Sometimes it's hard cuz you ring someones bell, tell them who you are, and they reject you right there before even getting in the building. Buuut something I've learned is the best way to do it is find a building that has 10 or more floors... so there's at least 40 buttons to hit.. then you hit all the buttons at the same time and wait.. haha everyone starts saying si? quien es? at the same time.. buttt if you're lucky, someone will just buzz you in the building without asking who you are.. then youve got free reign to talk to everyone once you're in. It's super fun actually. We find the strangest people knocking doors. The best is when they open the door and look at you with terror and say "oyyy!" (who would ever be scared of me, really, let's be honest) and then they hurry and shut the door before you can say anything. It's pretty funny sometimes. BUT the other day, we knocked the second door in a building and this guy answered. He told us his name is Max and he's from Russia but has lived here for years. (he speaks English) We got talking and he ended up inviting us in his piso (that's the first time we've ever gotten in a piso thus far haha door knocking isn't super successful here) We talked about the church a little and he said people always told him in his country that God wasn't important, but he knows it's something he needs in his life... so he told us we can come back to talk more. So cross your fingers! He really seems prepared. It's just cool how God always puts people in our path that are ready to change their lives. There are many people that are so against religion, like it's a thing of the past... but there's still hope out there, still people searching for the truth and just don't know where to find it, just like the scriptures say. It's way cool to see the words of the scriptures fulfilled in my missionary work here.
Yesterday we had another lesson with Samuel (18 year old from Colombia) he's always got super deep questions about doctrine. So we decided we were going to reteach the restoration and focus on where the authority from our church comes from. He had a lot of questions and some was hard to explain in Spanish haha but I managed. I honestly think he will be baptized someday. He is so knowledgeable about the bible. He's reading in the Book of Mormon right now, and maybe when he understands the authority more fully next time, we will start to make some progress with him. He's so good, he will be the best member someday!
Well, those are some highlights for the week. I know that God loves us. He is so aware of our every need. I know He is just waiting to bless us if we are willing to ask. I feel His love every day, I couldn't be here if I didn't. The Savior is our Redeemer. I love this gospel with my whole heart. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for helping me to get on a mission. It has changed my life and I am forever grateful. Some days are hard for sure, but I know God gives us challenges because He loves us. Its the only way to help us grow. The gospel is so true.
LOVE YOU FAMILY!
love Hermana Fry
ps next week is transfers so I wont email till Tuesday I think
Friday, November 15, 2013
San Sebastian - Week Ten
HEY FAMILY! First off, CONGRATS TYSON AND SHANNON! Those pictures and videos of Makenna are absolutely adorable. I'm sittin here freakin out. She looks so perfect! And shes got the perfect name. I definitely teared up when I saw her full name again. Gahhhh I love that she has my name so so much, WORK IT GIRL WORK IT. haha. I'm so glad shes healthy and that everything went well, I have been praying for you guys all week! What a blessing. Give her lots of love from me por favor.
SOOOO in other good news this week... We had a baptism! Onome got baptized on Saturday! Let me tell you though, getting all of it pulled together was super crazy. I wasn't sure if we were gonna make it through the week. So like I said, Onome wanted to be baptized in the ocean. Luckily we had some really sweet members that offered to look for a calm beach to have it at and offered to drive some people up there. At first, the Bishop wasn't super keen on the beach idea, but we won him over. Anyway, we had to do a bunch of planning with who could come and who could baptize her and who could drive and who would pick her up and drop her off and where she would change clothes.. Literally it was wild. Then we had to figure out everything with her interview and coordinating with the district leader and her interview and we were running wild all week.. But we got it all figured out! Saturday morning, a member picked us and Onome up at her house and took us to a beach that's close to France. It was pretty cold, but luckily not raining. It was only us, Onome, her daughter Johanna, the other elders, and four other members. She looked so gorgeous in her white dress. And she was such a champion for getting in that cold water.. in November haha. I don't think I could have done it. One of the elders baptized her. Elder Green.. actually he knows Cooper! He's from Gilbert, Arizona. Way cool. I forgot to mention that ages ago. Anyway, everything was way smooth. Once she came out we wrapped her all up in warm blankets and drove to a members house to change and go back home! She was super super happy. It was a really incredible experience. She couldn't stop smiling after. While I was there I was thinking, man, there is no where I would rather be than in Spain, (almost in France) at the beach, watching my sweet Onome get baptized. It was the best first baptism ever. When we were walking back to the car after her baptism, Onome told me how a while back she had been praying to God to be baptized because she knew it was important. But she didn't know what to do because everyone spoke Spanish. But then one day we showed up... what a blessing. The gospel is true.
Good news is, she came on time to church on Sunday to be confirmed and everything too! Everything literally couldn't have gone better. It was perfect. I am excited for her, she really needed it in her life.
Anyway, that was the highlight of the week. In other news, (haha I sound so weird and formal saying that..) Cristina (our investigator from Spain) is progressing really well. We talked last night about the baptism interview questions cuz she has a goal for a baptism in two weeks. She felt really good about all the questions. I think she was actually surprised at how ready she really is. Her only hesitancy is with whether or not The Book of Mormon is true and if Joseph Smith is a prophet. Which really, is perfect. She is so set with every thing else. I think it finally clicked for her that she's gotta pray to figure it out for herself. So that's just awesome. I am way excited for her. Shes really good at keeping up on her reading. So keep her in your prayers that she will keep progressing and will get an answer! Anyway, it was such a good week!
I love you so much family! I'm so excited we've got one more little munchkin in our family. She is so precious. Thanks for keeping me involved in the whole thing! I love you! The gospel is so true. Live it, and you'll find out for yourself. God is just waiting to bless us, we just have to ask. Besos for dayzzzz fammmm!
hermana fry
SOOOO in other good news this week... We had a baptism! Onome got baptized on Saturday! Let me tell you though, getting all of it pulled together was super crazy. I wasn't sure if we were gonna make it through the week. So like I said, Onome wanted to be baptized in the ocean. Luckily we had some really sweet members that offered to look for a calm beach to have it at and offered to drive some people up there. At first, the Bishop wasn't super keen on the beach idea, but we won him over. Anyway, we had to do a bunch of planning with who could come and who could baptize her and who could drive and who would pick her up and drop her off and where she would change clothes.. Literally it was wild. Then we had to figure out everything with her interview and coordinating with the district leader and her interview and we were running wild all week.. But we got it all figured out! Saturday morning, a member picked us and Onome up at her house and took us to a beach that's close to France. It was pretty cold, but luckily not raining. It was only us, Onome, her daughter Johanna, the other elders, and four other members. She looked so gorgeous in her white dress. And she was such a champion for getting in that cold water.. in November haha. I don't think I could have done it. One of the elders baptized her. Elder Green.. actually he knows Cooper! He's from Gilbert, Arizona. Way cool. I forgot to mention that ages ago. Anyway, everything was way smooth. Once she came out we wrapped her all up in warm blankets and drove to a members house to change and go back home! She was super super happy. It was a really incredible experience. She couldn't stop smiling after. While I was there I was thinking, man, there is no where I would rather be than in Spain, (almost in France) at the beach, watching my sweet Onome get baptized. It was the best first baptism ever. When we were walking back to the car after her baptism, Onome told me how a while back she had been praying to God to be baptized because she knew it was important. But she didn't know what to do because everyone spoke Spanish. But then one day we showed up... what a blessing. The gospel is true.
Good news is, she came on time to church on Sunday to be confirmed and everything too! Everything literally couldn't have gone better. It was perfect. I am excited for her, she really needed it in her life.
Anyway, that was the highlight of the week. In other news, (haha I sound so weird and formal saying that..) Cristina (our investigator from Spain) is progressing really well. We talked last night about the baptism interview questions cuz she has a goal for a baptism in two weeks. She felt really good about all the questions. I think she was actually surprised at how ready she really is. Her only hesitancy is with whether or not The Book of Mormon is true and if Joseph Smith is a prophet. Which really, is perfect. She is so set with every thing else. I think it finally clicked for her that she's gotta pray to figure it out for herself. So that's just awesome. I am way excited for her. Shes really good at keeping up on her reading. So keep her in your prayers that she will keep progressing and will get an answer! Anyway, it was such a good week!
I love you so much family! I'm so excited we've got one more little munchkin in our family. She is so precious. Thanks for keeping me involved in the whole thing! I love you! The gospel is so true. Live it, and you'll find out for yourself. God is just waiting to bless us, we just have to ask. Besos for dayzzzz fammmm!
hermana fry
Monday, November 4, 2013
San Sebastian - Apartment Tour
This is where we study. haha
Here's my bed.. dreams of dulce for sure.
Pretending to cook.
San Sebastian - Week Nine
HEY FAMILY! So just to start, sometimes me and my comp talk about our families (naturally duhh) ps she literally knows EVERY ONE OF YOU. Also I told her she's coming to visit us the summer after I get back home. So start preparing for her.
Anyway, we talk about our families and I realized something. I hope this comes out right.. so I really loved you all a ton before my mission, like as much as I thought was possible. But ever since being on a mission, somehow I have found that I love you guys all so much more than I even thought was possible, ya know? Like before, it was my arms stretched around my back (mom you know what I mean) but now it's like I have new inspector Frassy arms that are even longer. Haha that sounded so dumb. But for real, I love you guys a whole ton. I pray for you all the time. Gosh you're the best.
Anyway, we had some GREAT stuff this week. First off, we saw Onome again! We went over and she told us she found work for a couple days, which is good cuz she hasn't had any money. We decided to read with her in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 24 (basically one of my favorite chapters ever) and we read about how it talks about how God delivers Alma and his people from captivity after they are told they aren't allowed to pray and all that (read it, its the best) anyway, it talks about how God knows of the covenant the people made with them (baptism from a few chapters before) and totally delivers them from their afflictions. So we talked with her about how when we make covenants, we are blessed. God wants to help us all the time, and by making covenants, He can bless us more and more. So I asked her how she felt about baptism and..... SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED. Best day ever, for real. Here's the catch though.. she told us she wants to be baptized in the ocean though instead. My comp and I both looked at each other and I was like, well my brother was baptized in a river.. so I don't see why not! So how's this Saturday sound? She doesn't seem to mind that its November and that it'll be super cold.. so baptism on the beach it is! We were both so excited. Oh man. THIS SATURDAY.
So on Sunday we talked to our Bishop and our district leader to get permission for sure, and they were both fine with it. We have some super sweet members in our ward that are looking for a nice tranquillo beach to have it at so there won't be other people around. I am so so excited. Please pray for Onome though, every time plans come up for baptism, Satan works super hard to make it not happen. Pray for good weather haha. So this week will be crazy planning and all that. We're going to see her Tuesday and Thursday to run over everything and interview her and all that. She really needs this in her life. She struggles so much. It would be such a blessing.
Another sweet thing that happened is we got to see our Spaniard friend Christina again! We haven't seen her in so long cuz she went to visit her sister and then she wouldn't answer our calls or anything when she got back so we thought she fell off the earth. But the other day she texted us and said she was free to meet with us, she had just been busy. We saw her last night and read that same Mosiah chapter with her.. guess what? We set a baptism fecha with her too for the end of this month! My comp and I felt so blessed. We have been working so so hard to get people to progress, so it's nice to see good things happening.
Also just for the record, getting people to church is like trying to gather frogs, they are all over the place haha. Man, it's tough. We arrange for rides and to meet people places and remind and remind.. but sometimes, it just doesn't work out. It's kind of a bummer. But you just gotta do the best you can, right? We're workin hard.
Anyway, keep Onome in your prayers this week as we get ready for her baptism! I hope everything works out well! I LOVE YOU FAMILY!
love Hermana Fry
Anyway, we talk about our families and I realized something. I hope this comes out right.. so I really loved you all a ton before my mission, like as much as I thought was possible. But ever since being on a mission, somehow I have found that I love you guys all so much more than I even thought was possible, ya know? Like before, it was my arms stretched around my back (mom you know what I mean) but now it's like I have new inspector Frassy arms that are even longer. Haha that sounded so dumb. But for real, I love you guys a whole ton. I pray for you all the time. Gosh you're the best.
Anyway, we had some GREAT stuff this week. First off, we saw Onome again! We went over and she told us she found work for a couple days, which is good cuz she hasn't had any money. We decided to read with her in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 24 (basically one of my favorite chapters ever) and we read about how it talks about how God delivers Alma and his people from captivity after they are told they aren't allowed to pray and all that (read it, its the best) anyway, it talks about how God knows of the covenant the people made with them (baptism from a few chapters before) and totally delivers them from their afflictions. So we talked with her about how when we make covenants, we are blessed. God wants to help us all the time, and by making covenants, He can bless us more and more. So I asked her how she felt about baptism and..... SHE SAID SHE WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED. Best day ever, for real. Here's the catch though.. she told us she wants to be baptized in the ocean though instead. My comp and I both looked at each other and I was like, well my brother was baptized in a river.. so I don't see why not! So how's this Saturday sound? She doesn't seem to mind that its November and that it'll be super cold.. so baptism on the beach it is! We were both so excited. Oh man. THIS SATURDAY.
So on Sunday we talked to our Bishop and our district leader to get permission for sure, and they were both fine with it. We have some super sweet members in our ward that are looking for a nice tranquillo beach to have it at so there won't be other people around. I am so so excited. Please pray for Onome though, every time plans come up for baptism, Satan works super hard to make it not happen. Pray for good weather haha. So this week will be crazy planning and all that. We're going to see her Tuesday and Thursday to run over everything and interview her and all that. She really needs this in her life. She struggles so much. It would be such a blessing.
Another sweet thing that happened is we got to see our Spaniard friend Christina again! We haven't seen her in so long cuz she went to visit her sister and then she wouldn't answer our calls or anything when she got back so we thought she fell off the earth. But the other day she texted us and said she was free to meet with us, she had just been busy. We saw her last night and read that same Mosiah chapter with her.. guess what? We set a baptism fecha with her too for the end of this month! My comp and I felt so blessed. We have been working so so hard to get people to progress, so it's nice to see good things happening.
Also just for the record, getting people to church is like trying to gather frogs, they are all over the place haha. Man, it's tough. We arrange for rides and to meet people places and remind and remind.. but sometimes, it just doesn't work out. It's kind of a bummer. But you just gotta do the best you can, right? We're workin hard.
Anyway, keep Onome in your prayers this week as we get ready for her baptism! I hope everything works out well! I LOVE YOU FAMILY!
love Hermana Fry
Friday, November 1, 2013
San Sebastian - Week Eight
HI FAMILY!
Ok first off, those videos you sent were the freakin bomb. I literally have the best family in the entire world. Great goodness sakes. Alsoooo, yesterday my comp and i were talking about how in our pre earth life (meaning life before the mish) we were funny.. and how we hope were still funny on the mish. So ima try to spice up my emails more ya know? add some flava flavvve. Just so you remember that I'm still funny I guess. haha. Awko taco.
So here's some highlights from the week.
One of our investigators (Samuel... a different one than i have been writing about.. this one hasn't met with us for a month cuz he has this temporary job and no time) anyway, he called us just to check up and see how the work of the Lord was going. You know its a good day when that happens. Haha. He is done with this temp job in a few days so were planning on teaching him again. Hes got a baptismal fecha for the end of November. SOOO cross your fingers for him. I'm excited to see.
Oh so the other day, we called Erica cuz we had a cita with her and she was no where to be seen and she told me she something but i had NO idea what she said. i probably said que three or four times and she mumbled something back.. and then hung up on me haha. then she wouldn't answer when we called back. so idk.. still trying to learn the whole Spanish thing ya know? i guess the missionaries were teaching her a while ago and had a hard time getting her to keep commitments. but we will keep trying
Oh so we did some good door knocking one night. I love door knocking. I think its pretty funny. Everyone lives in apartments though so sometimes its hard to even get someone to open the main lobby door for you.. but we got in one building and knocked on this guys door. he looked at us through the peep hole and asked who it was. my comp told him were missionaries and he told us we were confused. haha. so she said it again, very slowly and clearly, and he told us we were confused again. way funny. then we went to another lady's door and she asked who it was, through the peep hole.. and when we told her and she shouts way loud "es que.. soy MUY MUY CATOLICO!!!" haha... alrighty then.. knocking doors isn't super successful here, so we usually try to find people other ways, but the times that we do knock doors, i love it. its always an adventure.
We had a ward activity this week and they played this game where everyone had to hold hands and squeeze the persons hand next to you a certain number of times and pass the signal. There were like 20 people at this activity btw. Anyway, somehow I got put right next to this guy from Ecuador with hair all the way down to his waist.. and his wife, with the same length of hair on my other side.. sometimes you just gotta laugh. its times like those when i wish you all could just see how funny life as a missionary is sometimes. I absolutely love it haha.
Oh one highlight from this week was that we finally got a hold of onome! we went to see her and shes really struggling. She has no work, she is about to be kicked out of her piso, she doesn't have residency, and shes out of money. I feel so bad for her. She is struggling to get a new piso cuz people wont rent them to her without work. She feels so alone, she was crying. She feels like God has abandoned her. My heart broke right then and there. We said a prayer together. I feel so bad that she feels like God isn't there. He is. I know He is. He lets us struggle to test our faith. But He never abandons us. I hope we can help her to see that more. She has such great faith, I know she can push through her trial. Shes such a sweetheart. I hope we can help.
Also we are teaching two Spaniards right now! Its a big deal, that never happens. One is named Asun, shes a friend of a member. The other we found in the metro. Named Rosa. I complimented her on her scarf and we started talking and so I'm excited to see where it goes! We have two other new ladies too from Nicaragua (Guadalupe... and idk the other ones name... the names are so hard to remember! if you think you struggle, mom, wait till you have to remember Spanish names! its tough!) anyway, we gave them copies of the BOM yesterday so we will see. We had a really good week, I'm excited to see where this week goes! hopefully more progress with everyone.
I love being out here, I learn so much everyday. There's no way i could have grown this much in this short of time without being on a mission. My testimony grows everyday, and we have such crazy fun experiences that just don't happen in real life ya know? I love this gospel with my whole heart. I love studying it. I love my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for this experience. The gospel is true. It has blessed my life so much, always cherish it. Share it all you can!!
PS I'm about to send pics of our preparation day today. this guy in our ward named Juan Carlos took us to his pueblo where he grew up to see the view and all that. its real close to France! it was way cool.. except it rained and was super foggy.. so the pictures are pretty hilarious.. I'll send them onward ever onward.. haha I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!
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Ok first off, those videos you sent were the freakin bomb. I literally have the best family in the entire world. Great goodness sakes. Alsoooo, yesterday my comp and i were talking about how in our pre earth life (meaning life before the mish) we were funny.. and how we hope were still funny on the mish. So ima try to spice up my emails more ya know? add some flava flavvve. Just so you remember that I'm still funny I guess. haha. Awko taco.
So here's some highlights from the week.
One of our investigators (Samuel... a different one than i have been writing about.. this one hasn't met with us for a month cuz he has this temporary job and no time) anyway, he called us just to check up and see how the work of the Lord was going. You know its a good day when that happens. Haha. He is done with this temp job in a few days so were planning on teaching him again. Hes got a baptismal fecha for the end of November. SOOO cross your fingers for him. I'm excited to see.
Oh so the other day, we called Erica cuz we had a cita with her and she was no where to be seen and she told me she something but i had NO idea what she said. i probably said que three or four times and she mumbled something back.. and then hung up on me haha. then she wouldn't answer when we called back. so idk.. still trying to learn the whole Spanish thing ya know? i guess the missionaries were teaching her a while ago and had a hard time getting her to keep commitments. but we will keep trying
Oh so we did some good door knocking one night. I love door knocking. I think its pretty funny. Everyone lives in apartments though so sometimes its hard to even get someone to open the main lobby door for you.. but we got in one building and knocked on this guys door. he looked at us through the peep hole and asked who it was. my comp told him were missionaries and he told us we were confused. haha. so she said it again, very slowly and clearly, and he told us we were confused again. way funny. then we went to another lady's door and she asked who it was, through the peep hole.. and when we told her and she shouts way loud "es que.. soy MUY MUY CATOLICO!!!" haha... alrighty then.. knocking doors isn't super successful here, so we usually try to find people other ways, but the times that we do knock doors, i love it. its always an adventure.
We had a ward activity this week and they played this game where everyone had to hold hands and squeeze the persons hand next to you a certain number of times and pass the signal. There were like 20 people at this activity btw. Anyway, somehow I got put right next to this guy from Ecuador with hair all the way down to his waist.. and his wife, with the same length of hair on my other side.. sometimes you just gotta laugh. its times like those when i wish you all could just see how funny life as a missionary is sometimes. I absolutely love it haha.
Oh one highlight from this week was that we finally got a hold of onome! we went to see her and shes really struggling. She has no work, she is about to be kicked out of her piso, she doesn't have residency, and shes out of money. I feel so bad for her. She is struggling to get a new piso cuz people wont rent them to her without work. She feels so alone, she was crying. She feels like God has abandoned her. My heart broke right then and there. We said a prayer together. I feel so bad that she feels like God isn't there. He is. I know He is. He lets us struggle to test our faith. But He never abandons us. I hope we can help her to see that more. She has such great faith, I know she can push through her trial. Shes such a sweetheart. I hope we can help.
Also we are teaching two Spaniards right now! Its a big deal, that never happens. One is named Asun, shes a friend of a member. The other we found in the metro. Named Rosa. I complimented her on her scarf and we started talking and so I'm excited to see where it goes! We have two other new ladies too from Nicaragua (Guadalupe... and idk the other ones name... the names are so hard to remember! if you think you struggle, mom, wait till you have to remember Spanish names! its tough!) anyway, we gave them copies of the BOM yesterday so we will see. We had a really good week, I'm excited to see where this week goes! hopefully more progress with everyone.
I love being out here, I learn so much everyday. There's no way i could have grown this much in this short of time without being on a mission. My testimony grows everyday, and we have such crazy fun experiences that just don't happen in real life ya know? I love this gospel with my whole heart. I love studying it. I love my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for this experience. The gospel is true. It has blessed my life so much, always cherish it. Share it all you can!!
PS I'm about to send pics of our preparation day today. this guy in our ward named Juan Carlos took us to his pueblo where he grew up to see the view and all that. its real close to France! it was way cool.. except it rained and was super foggy.. so the pictures are pretty hilarious.. I'll send them onward ever onward.. haha I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!
love hermana fry fry for dayz
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