i'm terribly sorry to all of you who have been sitting at your computers waiting for my email that never came last week. just kidding. only my mother does that.
sooo.. drum roll.. my new comp..... Hermana Villacorta! from El Salvador. who doesn't speak a word of english. but not to worry, i've been teaching her. now she knows how to say all the important things like.. ''i have to pee'' and ''that's awkward'' and ''holy freak'' and ''this food is nasty''. she's golden. love her really. except her sheets are pink.. ew. and she reads her scriptures out loud. and used to put her toilet paper in the trash can until i told her that was a no no. also is HORRIBLE at singing. i just want a comp who can keep a tune. that's all.
so my skin is weird. i always have pimples.. just on my upper cheeks. and i think i've finally figured it out.. i am fairly positive it's because EVERYONE here.. kisses your cheeks. so.. yep. zits on my cheeks from greasy faces. yum.
there was a chicken pox epidemic here and i thought i was gonna get it and die.. but american shots work like a charm i guess and i'm alive and well. no worries. unless the tick bites on my arms and legs are really chicken pox. but they're not. my bed has ticks. my life is glamorous.
had a crazy way catholic taxi driver with ocd who crossed himself and picked up his bible every time he stalled the car.. my comp invited him to church.
found out one of my investigators has a microwave and his daughter popped popcorn for me.. and burnt it to a crisp.
found pickles in the grocery store and nearly cried.
spilled a huge bowl of ramen noodles all over my legs and jumped up and was screaming HOT HOT HOT and my comp was real confused.. so i had to scream in spanish so she would help me.
oh my comp got a little mad at me the other day cause she says i'm always talking to the elders and not her.. oops. i've never really liked girls that much...
one of our investigators son, Diego, is obsessed with me. his mom says he only likes white girls... hahahaha. love him.
got to talk to JESS HOWELL on the phone cause she's in my mission! ahhh loved life. and she called me wilsynn and i've almost forgotten my name.
my new favorite member is Lesbia. mostly because her name is Lesbia.
my comp is kinda shy and doesn't talk that much.. so i've taken to singing taylor swift in the streets. really loud. i think she thinks i'm crazy.....
had a baptism last weekend, of an AMAZING single mother and her two kids. Lourdes, Noel, and Franklin. they literally have NOTHING. their house makes me so sad, but being with them in it, makes me SO HAPPY! they were sooo willing to follow every commandment and just wanted to serve the Lord with allll of their hearts. Noel told me he wanted to be baptized because he just KNOWS the church is true, he can feel it. life is good with them in it.
so this week in church we had an attendance of 96 people! this is unreal. when i got here more than 3 months ago.. we had just a little over 40.. i'm was SO HAPPY! it's awesome to see the Lord blessing us for our hard work :)
Yadira and Isaac are having really bad financial issues right now because they got robbed.. but Yadira on Friday said ''It's okay. It's much better to be rich in faith than in money.'' I DIED. they are amazing. and that is SOOO true.
i'm terribly sorry to all of you who have been sitting at your computers waiting for my email that never came last week. just kidding. only my mother does that.
sooo.. drum roll.. my new comp..... Hermana Villacorta! from El Salvador. who doesn't speak a word of english. but not to worry, i've been teaching her. now she knows how to say all the important things like.. ''i have to pee'' and ''that's awkward'' and ''holy freak'' and ''this food is nasty''. she's golden. love her really. except her sheets are pink.. ew. and she reads her scriptures out loud. and used to put her toilet paper in the trash can until i told her that was a no no. also is HORRIBLE at singing. i just want a comp who can keep a tune. that's all.
so my skin is weird. i always have pimples.. just on my upper cheeks. and i think i've finally figured it out.. i am fairly positive it's because EVERYONE here.. kisses your cheeks. so.. yep. zits on my cheeks from greasy faces. yum.
there was a chicken pox epidemic here and i thought i was gonna get it and die.. but american shots work like a charm i guess and i'm alive and well. no worries. unless the tick bites on my arms and legs are really chicken pox. but they're not. my bed has ticks. my life is glamorous.
had a crazy way catholic taxi driver with ocd who crossed himself and picked up his bible every time he stalled the car.. my comp invited him to church.
found out one of my investigators has a microwave and his daughter popped popcorn for me.. and burnt it to a crisp.
found pickles in the grocery store and nearly cried.
spilled a huge bowl of ramen noodles all over my legs and jumped up and was screaming HOT HOT HOT and my comp was real confused.. so i had to scream in spanish so she would help me.
oh my comp got a little mad at me the other day cause she says i'm always talking to the elders and not her.. oops. i've never really liked girls that much...
one of our investigators son, Diego, is obsessed with me. his mom says he only likes white girls... hahahaha. love him.
got to talk to JESS HOWELL on the phone cause she's in my mission! ahhh loved life. and she called me wilsynn and i've almost forgotten my name.
my new favorite member is Lesbia. mostly because her name is Lesbia.
my comp is kinda shy and doesn't talk that much.. so i've taken to singing taylor swift in the streets. really loud. i think she thinks i'm crazy.....
had a baptism last weekend, of an AMAZING single mother and her two kids. Lourdes, Noel, and Franklin. they literally have NOTHING. their house makes me so sad, but being with them in it, makes me SO HAPPY! they were sooo willing to follow every commandment and just wanted to serve the Lord with allll of their hearts. Noel told me he wanted to be baptized because he just KNOWS the church is true, he can feel it. life is good with them in it.
so this week in church we had an attendance of 96 people! this is unreal. when i got here more than 3 months ago.. we had just a little over 40.. i'm was SO HAPPY! it's awesome to see the Lord blessing us for our hard work :)
Yadira and Isaac are having really bad financial issues right now because they got robbed.. but Yadira on Friday said ''It's okay. It's much better to be rich in faith than in money.'' I DIED. they are amazing. and that is SOOO true.
Also, i have a picture of the salt lake temple on my daily agenda, and one of the recent converts saw it and asked me where it was and if i've been there. when i told her yes and that my parents were married there, she said ''your parents were married in the temple? your family must be so happy!'' ahhh. yes. happy family we are. the temple is AMAZING:) remember how blessed you all are to have a temple sooo close! go often y'all.
missionary work is so rewarding. sometimes i feel inadequate and rejected, but my branch president reminded me the other day that the best missionary on the earth was rejected too. and He died for me, so that i can return to live with Him one day. and i get the opportunity to teach people about that every day! how lucky am i?
LOVE YOU ALL
Hermana Wheat
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