Sooo...this week went by sooo fast. I'm glad
to hear you're all doing good! I read all your letters and you seem
happy. I'm excited to see the new dishwasher (haha...it'll be the first
one I've seen in 18 months!) ...I can wait a little longer though:)
This
whole week was just really good. I'm suuuper tired but I'm kinda used
to that by now. Everyday I wake up a little more tired than the last.
I'm not sure how that's possible. So...it's confession time. This week I
totally fell in love. Like HARDCORE. I was just sitting there one
morning and it hit me like a ton of bricks...Captain Moroni is a STUD! I
love reading the Book of Mormon. It gets better every single day! This
week I finished reading the book of Alma and started Helaman...I don't
really like the war chapters...but I loved reading about the kind of
leader and man moroni was. Que capo. My goal is to finish the book of
mormon again before the end of this transfer. I'm on track so far! How
are ya'll doing with your book of mormon reading?
Umm...what else what else what else! ....let's start with Monday...we
played ping-pong in the chapel and I beat one of the ward members that
always comes to play with the missionaries. He's getting ready to serve a
mission. His cousin, Pablo, killed me though. He cheats by making the
ball spin...you know how Matthew does it? Haha...we had lots of fun
though. Then we played futbol...er..soccer I mean. I loved it! I'm
usually the only Hermana that plays...the other ones play relief society
and sit on the sidelines chatting...one of them actually knits...no
joke! Hahaha...no but for reals they're awesome. I love them all!
They're super great...they just don't really like sports much:)
On Tuesday
we walked sooo much. Across the whole city of Caleta and back.
Literally. Over an hour walking both ways. Good times. Plus it was hot
outside!! That's my "love from above" :) For the last 6 months I was
never comfortably warm (except for nighttime in my sleeping bag!) I love
the sun! Send me moooore! I'm super excited for summerrrr. I'm starting
to get a good tan...ya buddy.
On Wednesday
they leaders went to Comodoro for a conference so we were in a trio
with Hermana Julio. She's great! She's from Chile and she definitely
talks like one:) It's always interesting to meet new latino missinoaries
cause they all have such different ways of talking...I can usually
guess where they're from just by hearing them talk. Hermana Julio has
like 4 months in the mission so it's even easier to guess cuase she
hasn't picked up the argentine accent much yet. We had a really good
time together though...we're gonna be friends!! She's from Viña del
Mar..you know where they do the HUGE music festival every year? Cool
beans. I'm gonna go visit her there someday. Later in the afternoon
Elder Alvarez called me from Elder Kern's phone in Comodoro... we got to
talk for a minute which was great. I was super happy to hear from him
and he told me Hermana Hundley's doing really good in Puerto Madryn
(apparently she's praying really hard that I get sent up there next
transfer! Haha...I can't say I'm praying for the same cause I don't
think that's allowed...but I'm not gonna tell her to stop and I
definitely wouldn't object if that prayer get's answered!! ;) BEST
COMPANION EVER!! :)
On Thursday...nothing
exciting happened. Or at least if it did I dont remember. Oh wait! I
caught a lizard that day!! Well...caught is a loose interpretation of
the word...but we found a lizard and I picked it up!! Pictures to
come...we named him Pancha:) It's a slang word they use here in
Argentina that means to be relaxed or calm. Totally reminded me of all
those family trips to southern utah...matthew and I would always work
together to catch the lizards...one would be the distractor while the
other would pin it down...hahaha...good times.
On Friday
we had zone conference!! Yahooo...all the missionaries came so we were
20 in total. We had an awesome zone conference (zone leaders are the
BEST! Such capos! :)) and then we did a zone street boarding activity.
We invited EVERYONE to general conference. Hermana Xoj Baj and I did
like 78 contacts in 2 hours...it was suuuper fun! Then on Friday
night President gave us permission to do a zumba class!! Hermana Xoj
Baj from Guatemala taught it. IT WAS SOO FUN! It was almost like
dancing...almost! Haha. All 8 of the hermanas and several ward members
came. We had two hermanas staying in our pension all weekend. They just
left today.
On Saturday
we got up and went to general conference!! We got to go to all four
sessions. I even tried switching name tags with an Elder so I could stay
for Priesthood session...no such luck. I don't know why I was so
excited for general conference..I don't think I've ever been so excited
for something in my life...maybe the mission is making me molly mormon
or something. Who knows? We actually watched the conference in a
separate room here with all the gringos..in other words...we watched it
in ENGLISH! For the spanish talks though we just switched the channel
and listened in spanish..it's annoying to hear the trasnlators when you
can understand just fine:) Mom I did think about you during the
cantonese talk...I had like a weird moment where it hit me that you
talked like that on your mission! :) Mind-blown.
Sunday
was just as great. I loved Elder Bednar's talk. I loved how that guy
prayed for my FAMILY! I loved the spirit I felt...I just love
conference. I love being a missionary. I love the gospel. Life is good!
:)
Today we went to the coast and played
basketball. It was super fun. Then we played in the chapel...ping pong
again...Hermana Heath dominated...as expected! Haha. Then we ate
hamburgers for lunch...homemade!! Oh...and right now in the ciber
they're playing all of Enrique Iglesias' songs...spanish and english!
Hahha...sometimes I think Heavenly Father gives us little rewards like
popular music in the ciber when we're doing the things we're supposed
to:) Hahaha...God is good!
Hey friends...the
church is true! Keep doing the little things..remember the talk about
the four things we need to do? I don't remember who it was by... Elder
Scott maybe? Shoot I don't have my notes! But there were four
things... 1) prayer! 2) scripture study! 3) FAMILY NIGHT! 4) Go to the
temple!! Ohhh...and side note...Maxi went to ALL FIVE SESSION OF
CONFERENCE. What a stud. I love him soo much. I wish you could all meet
him...maybe one day! :)
I LOVE YOU ALL SOO MUCH! You're in my thoughts and prayers:)
Hermana Heath
Hey...one more funny story...this morning in the Anonima a gypsie tried to buy me. Not cool! We were standing in line and she turned around and started talking to us...she pulled a "do you have the time?" trick...please...I'm a missionary... I saw right through it...she proceeded to ask me where I was from...how old I am...how long I'm here for...where my family is right now and if there are other people that "miss me" along with lots of other things and then she just kept repeating "WOW YOUR EYES ARE SOO PRETTY!" Good times. Gotta love the gypsies! If you dont' hear from me next week I probably got kidnapped. No big deal. I'm lovin' my Argentine adventures!!
Have a great week!! I love you all!!
Hermana Heath
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