After 3 and half days stuck in my house, I´m out!
Shout
out to the Riverside ward for getting me the mini version of all the
conference talks before I even got the Liahona! Awesome!
So much has happened! First on the list.... Miriam got baptized!
To
demonstrate the awesome, loveable personality my sweet Miriam is, I
wrote down some funny things she said leading up to the
baptism.
Tuesday-
We went over and she offered food and we said that we had already
eaten, but could we take it to go? She brought out this bag of tamales
and other things and then she said,
"I just feel like your mom and you´re my kids.... And look, I just
got another one!" Referring to Hermana J. I guess it was the way
she said it- we were dying laughing.
Wednesday-
We went over to her house with the ZL´s for her interview. We walked
back in the family room after it was over and she was looking down at
the floor. I asked what was up, and Elder B. responded that the
baptism was going to have to be postponed. I looked at Miriam and asked,
"Miriam, are you getting baptized tomorrow?" She looked up, threw her
hands in the air and yelled "si!"
And the other day we were at a members waiting for her to finish making
lunch. I looked over at Hermana C. and she was konked out! After
she said she was just studying Lehi´s dream ;)
Thursday- We had zone meeting and while we were
there we got a call from Miriam´s daugher, Sofie, telling us that Miriam
was making food for the baptism (yes, her own baptism) and how many
people were we expecting? "she has enough for about 60... should she
make more?" We said we´d call her back.
Well, then we went into panic mode. If one person is getting
baptized, there´s usually like... 25 maybe 30. At the wedding, there was
about 60. So we said that should be enough, and no she doesn´t need to
make more.
After lunch we invited all the members in our area then went to
Hermana J.'s old area because there´s no missionaries there right
now. We invited a TON of people and called and texted everyone we
could. Good news? We ended up with 50 and all the food was gone.
But something else funny happened... they went to
change and Jose hadn´t come out of the bathroom for a while. (oh yeah...
Jose baptized his mom! the coolest thing I've ever seen!) I sent elder
B. to check on him and he came back with the bad news... Jose had
forgotten his white shirt. No matter! We just made our Mission leader
switch shirts. It was hilarious, but it all worked out :)
It actually wasn´t too bad being stuck inside during elections. I had time to do Zumba for an hour,
personally studied for 2 hours (yes, I am turning into my father. But you know
what, I like it!), and actually had time to cook! some of the delicacies included: crepes,
french toast, stuffed peppers (made in the
microwave... thanks bee!),
baleadas, mac n cheese, chiliquiles (the
things from the picture at Tipico´s), hamburgers (hermana C.´s
choice!),
and we splurged and got ice cream. So yes, it was fun, but I
definitely have been feeling anxious to get out and work, especially
because I will most likely have changes in 2 days.
CHANGES: due to Hermana C. having 6 months in
this area, and Hermana J. only having 3 days in the area that she
originally came to, they will most likely be leaving.
Current prediction:
Hermana C. is going to head up to
Tatumbla or Dahnli. She already served in the south, now she´s been in the
city, and now she get´s to head up to the north. But everyone is joking
she´ll end in the south. We´ll see!
Hermana J. will probably stay in the zone, and the ward, but
back to the area where she was before her other comps left. So I´ll
still get to see her around.
I will most likely stay to show my new comp around for another change, then I will head out.
Vamos a ver!
Let's end with a random story...
We were walking home, and saw this nativity and she let us in her house
and we just chatted with her. She is amazing! She does this every year
and said she wasn´t even done!
Love you guys so much! Hugs and all the butterfly kisses in the world!
-Hermana Snelson
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