Thursday, December 8, 2011

EMAIL CHAT 12/7/11……….

…… sounds like an INTENSE week!! Mine was too. LOL.

So I am totally ready for a vacation too.  LOL ..... (I’m looking forward to time off at Christmas.)
1. I actually fasted 3 times in four days that was intense LOL..... 24 hour fasts too.  (Later she said……)   and fasting for that long is actually against the rules.  (and again later……… )  and yeah we did our fast from Friday 12-12 Saturday - then we ate lunch and food until 8pm, then we fasted from 8pm Sat-Sunday 8pm and broke it with our investigator Zory (woot woot she fasted the whole time) then we made Mexican meat tacos. Then we had a day to breathe on Monday... then Tuesday we ate breakfast and started our fast at 11am until this morning at 7:30-8 am. We fasted for the conference today, crazy eh?

2. We have some good potential investigators right now... they’re still kind of hard to get going full blown, but they are getting there. We have Elia who will be baptized Dec 23 and Michelle who will be baptized on the 23rd as well. We are trying to find full families, but it's hard here because the family system is complicated. They are great women and we are excited, please pray they will really take these steps and actually be converted as well. We are still working with Jose and Janet it's been challenging because of their situation, but good news JANET CAME TO CHURCH!
3. We just finished a conference with almost the whole mission with the Caribbean area President. It was good and interesting. It's was kind of funny because all of us went to the bathroom before because we can't leave during, and then three hours later after the hall was filled again because everyone had to go again. LOL. It was kind of funny...

Here I will write more in a little, I'm getting kicked off this computer we are in the office so I’m using one there, so I'll have to wait to use a different one... 
(a little while later………)

4. This has been an insane week with choral practice and we have had everything change on us... every reunion and meetings are never organized. I have never had anything the exact same, every transfer, meeting, conference, interviews everything has been totally different every time. Yikes.
5. We have our interviews this Saturday in our house and white glove checkups, it's been crazy cleaning in the house.

6. I think I found the weight loosing trick... fast more than your body should physically fast. LOL, jk (just kidding)
7. I found MINT M&M's so happy...

8. We are not having a Christmas conference sad story, we are having something after Christmas, but don't know if it will be fun.

9. We get to perform this weekend...
10. I'm ready like you for a seriously amazing vacation. LOL.   (We’re planning/hoping/dreaming to take a vacation as a family when Jessie is released.   It’s a big trip and, as a family, we really need it.)

and that's cool about Harry Potter (we’re planning on going to the Harry Potter area at Universal Studios on our trip and I was telling her that they’ll be opening something similar in the Hollywood Universal park)...
I was thinking I have a lot of movies to check out.   (I then told her about the new Fast and Furious because she’s a huge Paul Walker fan.   It has AMAZING stunts in it.    I was totally blown away.)

heheeh you’re so funny about the movie... wow mom with Fast and Furious heheh that's funny... I'm excited I've seen signs and quick glances shhh. LOL.  jk
………I need to buy a white long sleeved shirt for the singing conference.... the songs are pretty.... and the only place you can send is the mission office....  (she’s talking about mail)

(I was telling her about some amazing sales I found for Christmas.)   oh my gosh that is some incredible savings..... wow!!!!!!!! and mom I told you not to worry about me, you have already given me way too much this year.  LOL (NEVER!) and thank you for sending for my roomies and Hermana Rodriguez... stop worrying about me, we need that vacation and we don't have space to pack everything. LOL... so many goodies.  (Don’t let her fool you…….she LOVES getting packages!!!)
……guess what! I can talk to you soon :)  (Christmas!)
 
I LOVE YOU TONS and tell Kyle that I hope everything goes well and love and miss him too!!!!! BIG HUGS AND KISSES

(Kyle was in the school play. He did extremely well and I am VERY proud of him.)

Friday, December 2, 2011

EMAIL CHAT 11/30/11…………

My week has been all right.... my day horrible.

(Why?   What’s wrong?)   Just little things that are accumulating one of those kind of days.....

So this week has been pretty good....

1. We have two baptismal dates: Elia (which we can't really attend the wedding, sad story) and Michelle. We still have to make sure that Michelle is really ready, but she seems promising.

2. We found Jose and Janet. They had split for a few days and there was drama and all sorts of things. We hadn't heard from them in a little and we didn't know what was going on. Well we finished with a lesson and it was 8:30. We were just going to head back home and plan, but I felt hey we have time, let’s go to Maria (recent convert who is allowing Jose and Janet to stay in her house.) She lives next to us. So we passed by and they were there. And Jose was glad to see us. We ended up teaching them and you could feel the spirit was there and they were thinking and listening. Then before we finished he asked if he could speak. He knelt down and said some nice things to Janet and then asked for forgiveness. She accepted and then he had mentioned after that he wants to get married in our church. So we are hoping that soon they can get married and then get baptized and get their lives straightened out. It was a nice experience for me to see this. I felt I had helped someone finally for a long time.

3. We found out that we are going to have our interviews at our house.... uhhhhh???/?

4. We have mission goals now that we need 23 member present lessons every week, for every companionship. We are lucky if we get 3 a week, and 25 new investigators a week... we are lucky with 6. Please PRAY HARD for us too. Also we are fasting on Friday, eat lunch on Saturday and fast again. Almost 48 hour fast. Our zone is fasting so we can make our goals and try to help Puerto Rico get a temple.

5. Good news we visited one of our investigators that we are trying to help get married. It's hard because they don't have sufficient money to pay for a good wedding. They have been investigating for a long time and Zory has a strong personality, but we get along well. She said that she will fast with us this Saturday and pay her fast offerings... THIS IS HUGE. Pray that she will also do that for real and see the blessings of her sacrifice and faith.

6. I got something cool for you for Christmas, but don't know what to get for Kyle.

7. Hermana Ghersi had Denge (fever) which means we have diseased mosquitos in the house.

8. I'm worn out from this mission.

9. Hermana Miller wrote and it was great to hear from her!!!   (Jessie’s trainer.   She went home in the spring.)

10. Thanksgiving went well. We ate with Hermana Taylor first (we ate pork and rice) and then we went to Elia's and ate the best turkey in the world that she made. And the rice tasted like stuffing, It was great! I wish I wasn't full when I began I wanted to eat more.

(Wow!  On the fast……)   Yeah I can say I have never fasted for 48 hours and it will be rough... trial of faith, huh?

... I want you to know I am trying to learn how to cook PR so you can have good home cooked meals.   (Yummmm)

Well I have to go... I LOVE YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH AND YOU ARE TRULY MY ANGEL!!!!!!!