(I commented on the fact that she has 8 months left on her mission……) I just read your part about eight months. I almost have 7 months this 6th of Sept..... I'm almost done with the eighth. LOL.
I then commented on how, as far as we know, her release date is the end of April, which if you count it out means she has 8 months to go ……even though she entered the MTC on October 6th, she’ll be on her mission 3 weeks past her exact 18 months.I thought my release date was the 24th.... oh my gosh didn't even think about that.
I asked if she was getting a chance to play on her PDays………Heck no! This mission does not believe in that. LOL. jk (just kidding)... we have some fun in conferences and that's it. LOL.... no we are exhausted because we have not had a car this week..... because we have limited miles and 3 different conferences that took up 300 miles and counting.... I didn't know they counted because 300 miles is a ton of miles..... well they made up a new rule that if we hit our limit we park the car until the beginning of the new month.... so we parked and we walked and biked... poor Hermana Jimenez. These last two weeks have been a disaster and miraculous at the same time.
I then asked if she told Hermana Jimenez………..”Welcome to the Puerto Rico Mission”. JOh yes, I tell her that everyday... this has to be the craziest mission in the entire world. LOL.....
Okay I will try to do the points and remember everything....
1. We ended up having our time inside the house for the hurricane warning and it didn't rain really when we were inside... but when we left to work it rained. The next day we drove in floods.
2. The office tells us we need to have our emergency bags ready... mine was almost, I went to look inside and I used to have 40 dollars inside and couldn't find it. I don't remember spending it all and I don't (know) if it were a possibility someone stole it... so we had to use the money we had in the bank. We took out what we had, leaving us with nothing. Then not just that but Hermana Jimenez can't change her Mexican peso for dollars... making it super hard.
3. Then we get a call that we need to go to San Juan for a meeting with the new missionaries. We were like okay, then the assistants asked us, how are you doing in your miles... and I was like we're over because of the conferences, but they don't count right. They were like oh they count, park your car and we will see what we can do. So they had Hermana Garcia and Hermana Christianson drive over her at 5 am for the 8 am meeting. I felt so bad, but it was great cuz I could be with Hermana Garcia one last time. After the meeting we rode a van with a senior couple and a bunch of elders for Ponce and Mayaguez. But as we were returning I was terrified what Hermana Jimenez and I were going to do about getting to our area. We live in the opposite side of everything and to leave our area the only way out is the highway.
4. We finally had the guts to get going with our bikes on the highways the long distance. (YIKES!!!!) Then we realized that Hermana Jimenez didn't have lights for her bike and it was getting dark, and I hadn't put mine in. Then we had the problem of no money to buy the lights or batteries for mine. We also had a cita that was about 6 miles away. So we realized we had our emergency money and we took our bikes and rode on the freeways. Hermana Jimenez knew how to ride a bike, but not well but miracle she was riding really well, and it was so exhausting. So we got to Walmart used our cash and stood outside of Walmart for an hour trying to set up our lights. Finally we set up a few and started our journey again. I made us go one way that seemed safer and I thought quicker, but on bikes much longer. Basically we made a huge circle and the elders were calling us about the cita. We explained that we were still super far and we probably wouldn't be able to make it..... so we returned all away around and drove back in the dark on the highways.
5. Next day we had our ward activity (it was okay, not many investigators and different than we thought, but worked) and we were like how are we going to make it. So we decided to call a hermana and she agreed to pick us up. We walked about 1.5 miles to meet up with her at a gas station, walking on the freeways.... and she drove us to the activity. Then we were able to find another ride to go visit the cita we had to cancel the day before. She is a menos activa named Yaditza and she has two kids and she's young. She has such a desire to return back to church and change her life. She's great!!! So she lives in a place called a casarillo which is like projects.... the elders were scared to enter but all of us hermanas (members and us) were confident. LOL. (That’s my girl!) It was interesting cuz after someone on a bike in the dark asked us if we were with the elders and why they were skittish because he wanted them to feel welcomed and not scared. Anyways we taught Yaditza and then Evitte and Sara (love them) brought us home. The next day we received a ride to church and the whole time during the activity on Saturday we were fasting until Sunday at lunch. We were so parched. Then we received a ride to church and it was a loco Sunday and we were basically running around with kids because our ward doesn't have a nursery.
6. On Sunday we had a baptism of Ismael... I don't know if you remember me talking about him? He lived in coto laurel and was an investigator of ours that we gave to the elders. Well he finally got baptized and his wife who once told us that we need to convince him first before we can convince her came to the baptism and liked church. It was great to see them there and to finally see him baptized. This coming Sunday he'll receive the Holy Ghost.
7. We then worked her a little and took an elders contact on the street (that was funny we were just contacting and we found a family and contacted them). Later in our district meeting the elders explained they saw a family walked up to them and showed the elders the cards we handed them and said we already passed by. LOL... I was cracking up. Then we had the bishop of Ponce 4 and his wife give us a ride to villa de carmen and we did contacts, found a menos activo who shared something extremely sad to us... then we walked a mile to another urbanization, where one of the members who we just wanted water from, ended up giving us dinner, juice, and a ride back home.
8. Then we asked the elders if we could drive the car only to the church to pass the highways then ride our bikes, we received permission from our zone leader thinking he received permission from president... well we learned there was miscommunication and ended not supposed to use the car still.... and the miles were higher. Horrible.... but we rode our bikes all over the place.... my legs got beaten up with a few falls and our buns kill. We had a ton of thunder but received the blessings of not having rain.
9. Today the bishop’s wife has been giving us rides to our PDay things and really we have seriously seen and understood the importance of justice and mercy from our Heavenly Father,.... truly miracles and angels watching over us in every side...... it's been a trial of faith and diligence and our Heavenly Father is helping us in every step of the way.
(Response to my comments……….)
Well, I didn't plant any seeds for Ismael, LOL, but it was definitely a team effort, I think he received every set of missionaries. LOL..... and right now I'm okay with the things for the bike... and thank you so much for the make-up it was perfect timing and it’s perfect..... I kind of have a tan now cuz of all the sun. LOL.
I said, “Jessie”, when I responded to her about something……..
Wow, how weird it is to read my name. LOL..... yeah little by little I have found many weaknesses and I'm trying to make them strengths.... I think little by little I'm doing it..... it's funny cuz attributes I didn't think I had my comp(anion)s have told me I have them... like patience, humility and love.With Hermana Jimenez being so new as a missionary, I asked Jessie if she’d been giving her hugs. You may remember how desperately Jessie was missing hugs when she first started.
every morning after prayers
I told Jes that if Hermana Jimenez ever needed an extra hug, then she should give her one from me.LOL. Okay I can do that for her......LOL
and thanks you always know how to help me. Oh how I can't wait to see you guys...... and give you all a huge hug....
Thank you so much and LOVE YOU BEYOND MEASURE AND KYLE XOXOXOXoXoXoXoXoXOXOXoXXO Have fun and be careful!!!!!
JESSIE AND HERMANA JIMENEZ
Jess is glowing! I cannot believe she only has 8 months left!
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