So, I find out tomorrow who my new comp is! We got a call today and all I know is that Sister Martindale and I aren't together. I'm also speculating that I won't be Spanish-speaking anymore. ... I have mixed feelings.
I would
love to stay Spanish because our ward is amazing and we are teaching incredible
people and we've just gotten so close to so many of the families here.
But, also,
it would be really nice to understand everything that people are saying and
feel like I'm contributing more when we have first contacts. I'll let you know
next week what language I'm speaking and who my new companion is! :) I seriously
cannot believe it's already been a whole transfer.
This week was so sweet, though. We had one of the craziest
things happen. So, we come to the Battalion and Sister Vasi was like,
"Sisters! I have a new investigator for you!"
This guy and his
girlfriend had come to the Battalion, taken a tour, and given her all their
info. and said they wanted to meet with missionaries. Sister Martindale and I
got so excited and then we looked at the address the guy gave us. ... We
recognized it as this house that we had knocked on before but we weren't
exactly sure and so we went by on Wednesday and it is was the same house where
we had talked to this guy who reallyyyy wasn't interested.
We were literally
shocked because we were so bold at this door contact ... like very persistent. Then it ended up that this is the same guy who came to the Battalion and literally gave us his
email, phone number and address! We've only gone by twice and he hasn't been
home but it was just a miracle. I'll let you know what happens.
Then on Friday we had the best day. I was craving fish tacos
and so we went to Leonor's restaurant and got food. We had a little lesson with
her and then we went over to Jackie and Wilbert's! After our lesson with them, Jackie was like, "So what are you sisters doing for the rest of the
night?"
We had 2 other people we were going to go see and so we told her
that and she was like "Oh. I was going to see if you wanted to help me
make cupcakes for our 4th of July family bbq tomorrow."
We literally always ask if there's anything we can help her with and she usually says "nothing" - and so we changed our plans and made a ton of hamburger cupcakes with her! They sound disgusting, but we made vanilla cupcakes for the bun and then little brownie bite things for the patty and then dyed frosting red and yellow for the ketchup and cheese and then dyed coconut green for the lettuce (She got it off Pinterest - obvs.) They were so cute and actually tasted really good, too.
Fourth of the July was the best day, too. We had temple shift
from 10am-3pm and we had to be in our apartment by 6pm so we went out to our
area and heart attacked all the auxiliaries houses in our barrio and gave them
cookies!
Also, we had a big bbq at the Battalion and got to sit on the roof and
watch fireworks.
Then Sunday was our miracle day!
We were walking by Elvia's
and weren't planning on seeing her but we saw her husband in the front yard and
so we asked if she was home and she was! We had an incredible lesson. She told
us that she feels like she's "thirsting for God" and every time we
come over it's like she gets a little drink of water. We almost cried.
Last night I said bye to everyone. The Sanchez family I
will miss so much. They are so special. Carolina can understand a little English and I can only understand a little Spanish but somehow we just love
each other so much! And her daughters, Leslie and Brianna, are just sweeter than
sweet. I feel so blessed to have served in this area. Missionary work is just
the best.
I can't wait to see what this next transfer will bring! Can
you believe I'm in my 8th?? Crazy.
Love you so much!
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