Monday, January 5, 2015

Week #71 - Happy New Year

Hola familia!
 
Guess what! It is actually 2015! Say WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
 
Man, oh man, those little 4 years sound like angels! (you are a greater person than I, mom) lol, funny thing I just finished reading your e-mail, when Hermana Warner came over and said guess what! I already have a calling! I am going to be teaching CTR 4. I ended up reading that little snippet to her, she laughed, I think she is excited for the calling though. She is really good with kids. But isn't that crazy? She is going to have her homecoming party that Saturday. Give her Homecoming talk that Sunday and then go right afterwards to teach her new CTR 4 class! lol, that sounds like a crazy busy weekend (But then I think about how you actually have time to prepare for things like that when you aren't a full time missionary...)
 
I welcomed in the new year with food poisoning... that was pretty fun. Both Hermana Warner and I felt terrible. And it lasted for a couple days. But we finally made our recovery.
 
We went to the branch soccer activity on Friday. I don't know how I manage it. I don't even play and I STILL get hit in the head by the ball. (Yeah, don't worry, I've iced a couple of times...)
 
Then that same evening Hermana Warner discovered she had bedbugs....So Saturday we went up to North Little Rock to get permetherin and I left my bag in the mission office. (with my wallet, planner and scriptures...so I won't be getting that back until Monday). Then that evening Hermana Warner had to spray permetherin in our room by herself because I wouldn't go near it.
 
Sunday was actually pretty sweet. Derek Barrientos (the branch president's son) is leaving for his mission in the Monterrey Mexico mission this Wednesday. So there was a big farewell party for him. And 5 of our investigators came to church! I am super happy about that. The only thing that stinks in that as the only missionary in the branch that has piano skills I am automatically called to be the branch pianist. So, all the prelude and music afterward means it is really hard to help investigators feel welcomed and meet everyone they need to and to follow up afterwards. But Hermana Warner does a fabulous job of it.
 
Yup, it is finally getting cold here... I'm ready for warmer weather.
 
Love,
Hermana Ives 
 

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