OH MY GOLLY GOODNESS!!!! I am SOOOOOOO excited!
And
here is why. I absolutely LOVE my mission. Hermana Warner was fabulous
and I am so grateful to have served with her. Hermana Stevens is going
home which means I might get a letter in the mail besides trunky mail
(that is the so called dreaded mail that the mission office sends you
when you only have two weeks left and they like to remind you not to be
trunky while they have several things for you to straighten out for when
you leave.) lol. Also I get to stay in Little Rock (stake conference is
this Sunday and I'll be able to see people from WARREN!!! We had a
family of 6 at church on Sunday! And they seemed to like it even though
they were in a bit of a rush to get home. And we were able to set a
miracle baptismal date with the nephew of a recent convert. His name is
Orlando and he wants to straighten out his life and so he pretty much
asked us if he could be baptized!!! AHHHHH!
Plus,
after 15 months of waiting we are finally getting another Spanish
speaking sister! And I get to train her!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!
Hermana Reed is her name and she is brand spanking new from the MTC!
Yup, this has been a pretty eventful week! I am so happy!
As
for Temple going I am so excited! I got permission from Pres Wakolo to
go to the temple on Saturday before I come home. The only hitch is
trying to find a ride. But I'm sure SOMEONE will want to go. (I still
haven't checked the sealing time yet though)
This
week we roasted marshmallows this past P-day with the Rivera family...
in 28 degree weather... it was pretty cold. But it was yummy and fun! I
also got to try ponche for the first time! It was delicious! It is the
traditional drink that Hispanics make for Christmas and New Years!
I
love the tradition of 3 kings day. I think it is super awesome. We got
to have rosca! It is this awesome Mexican sweet bread and there are
little baby Jesus figurines in it and if you get a little baby Jesus,
tradition holds that you have to make tamales on February 2nd for
everyone! It was a blast! Also one of our recent-ish converts loves to
dance so he decided to hold a little dance recital for us... it was...
interesting to say the least! lol
Yup, I am
staying with Hermana Goudie (her companion was sister Stevens- who is
going home as well) until transfers on Wednesday! It is pretty awesome!
Lol, I am excited to do a lot of temple work with you mom! That sounds like a blast!
Can
you believe this is my last transfer??? Last Friday for weekly planning
was so weird pulling out my last planner on my mission. I have some
idea and yet none at all as to where all that time went!
Yup! I love you! I hope you all have a fabulous week!
Love,
Hermana Ives
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