Wow... so... I am in the single digits now. The expression of having a rollercoaster of emotions is very very real! One second I am so excited thinking about getting to be with you guys and the very next second I am having a panic attack about leaving. Yesterday it really hit me how close it all is. I went to bear my testimony for the last time in sacrament meeting and I just broke down crying the whole time. It was hard. But, I am beyond words excited to see you guys!!!!!!
Let me tell you about my week.
So, Monday was so so so much fun! We spent it with members in the branch. We ate a ton of food, but it was worth it! We had the most amazing arepas! Then we got to help this wonderful family set up their Christmas Tree. Their kids are all moved out now and we don’t have family out here.. so we combined up and had a great christmassy time together!
On Tuesday, we were able to see a less active who is never ever home. I can’t tell you how many times we have passed by to see her. Well, one of our appointments fell through and I had the thought that we needed to try by, and she was home!!! It was so so awesome!
We had some fun times with una familia de la rama this week. We got to go by and visit for their daughter’s 7th birthday. This girl is obsessed with Hello Kitty. We bought her a doll and we sang her birthday songs all night. It was so fun! Then we also got to go to the temple visitor center with them and see the lights. Hermana probably took close to a hundred pictures. We showed them all that their is inside of the visitors center and they ate it up! They even took a picture with the pictures of Thomas S. Monson and the 12 apostles! haha! As we were leaving Hna Tuttle and I were being funny and taking some crazy selfies. Hermana and Hermano were making fun of us and then starting taking some selfies themselves!
Something crazy and new that happened this week is that for the Christmas season, some of the sisters in our mission have been asked to be DC temple visitor center missionaries. We are some of those sisters. It was super fun! We did it once last week and are going twice this week. We got flags for our name tags and we get to chat with people online. I have also been asked to and trained on how to drive a 12 passenger van. Don’t ask me why they asked me. But, tomorrow I have to drive all of the sister to DC on the crazy beltway in a 12 passenger van. Pray for me!!!
Thursday was S.’s birthday and she wanted to celebrate by going and seeing the lights. It was a lot of fun! I am drained though. We have spent like the entire week at the temple! S. loved it and so did J. We were able to have a really good conversation with them afterwards about what happens after this life.
L.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! L.! L.! L.!!! She is doing amazing!!! Last week at church, she signed up to feed us dinner! So, this week we stop by and her little son was waiting at the door for us with Santa hats! We put them on and they started taking pictures with us. We took one with my camera, but I accidentally left it at the house. Well, a miracle happened because of that! We went back to her house the next day to get it and her husband was there! He started asking us questions about the church and it was great! Then, their little son, and L. came to an activity last night and the branch members were awesome! They invited her to our Christmas party and S. is going to be in the nativity with the primary!
Missionary work is just A M A Z I N G : )
I love you all so much! I am so so so PUMPED to see you!!!!!!
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