How are you? i just finished reading your emails and i realized that i did not talk to you for long enough on saturday. haha. There's a sister that we're teaching here named Viviana, and she reminds me of mom so much. haha. since the houses here don't have heat, the people are kind of used to it. but we were teaching a lesson, and her son nicolas wasn't wearing a coat at all. so she went upstairs and got one for him because she was worried about him being cold. haha. i laughed because that is definely something you would do. :) i'm finding lots of things about lots of different people that remind me of you, mom. it's fun. haha
my companionn is a great trainer. :) we speak spanish almost all day long, and only in english when i get a headache from listening all day. haha. so it's coming. faster and faster. yesterday, at church, i could hardly understand anything in sacrament meeting because the people speak so fast, but by the end of church, i could understand everything. it's all about training your brain i think. i'm trying to force myself to think in spanish. it's going to take some time, but i'm working on it. haha.
k, to sum up my week... we have so much work. haha. we have 4 investigators on date to be baptized in june. viviana and jose espinoza, who are incredible. she's from argentina and works on sunday selling things from there. so she's having a hard time accepting that she needs to keep the sabbath holy, because that's how she helps support her family. but she has a lot of faith. and such a desire to be baptized. so we're going to continue working with her to improve her faith and help her to take a leap. her husband doesn't have quite as much faith, but he is still an incredible man. so so humble. these people are just kind. we talked to him about faith last night, and he told us that he is going to pray for more. we also have francisco, who is such a sensitive guy. our lesson with him last night was only a hymn and a prayer, but he shared some concerns with us and the spirit was so strong. :)
we eat lunch with a member every day. they have a calendar and they sign up for whatever day they want to feed us. so i haven't encountered a huge meal yet... but the food that i have had is delicious. they eat a lot of chicken and avocado. as far as i've experienced. haha. and all of it is good.
i have a very interesting story to tell you though... so remember how i gag when i eat bananas? remember how i vowed that i would not eat them here? yeah. yesterday, we finished our meal with the del santo family, and guess what was for dessert? a whole banana on a plate. i had to pray that i wouldn't gag, but i ate the whole entire thing. it wasn't very awesome... haha. but i did it. are you proud of me? haha
okay, my house has two other hermanas living in it. and they are awesome. one of them is named hermana tripinau. she's from chile and she speaks real fast, but i can almost always understand her. she's a doll. :) the other is hermana bates, and she is hilarious. absolutely hilarious. she's from st george, and she's going home after this transfer becasue she tore her acl. yuck. it's hard to think that we have like 6 week increments here. i feel like that just makes time fly by faster.
the weather has been cold, but i'm actually adjusting quite well. i think i've come into my mission really healthy, so i'm hoping that by exercising every day, and eating apples and carrotts for breakfast and dinner will keep me that way. it's definitely not as humid as everyone was saying it would be. it was definitely more humid in guatemala, and i barely noticed it there. so i'm doing great with that. :) i have everything that i need, and i definitely have enough money to buy groceries, so don't worry about that. :)
Well, family. I don't have a list of all the things I did this week, so I can't remember anything else that I've done. haha. But I miss you so much and I am so grateful to have such an incredible family. Please take care and please pray for me. I am always praying for you! I love being here, and my mind is completely submerged in the work. I absolutely love it. :)
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