Week 17

All is well here in sunny california! This week pretty much was a disaster but it was fun haha so its all good. Monday we went to swap meet for p-day and it was kinda of funny to see the random crap that people were actually trying to get money for. There were a few stalls selling new stuff though so I bought some skinny jeans for $10 which I am excited about... for a year and a month from now haha. Today we got tickets to go to the LA county fair, we arent allowed to ride roller coasters or anything but it should be fun, we are going with the Seanez family who I adoreee, they are my favorites.

Tuesday we had that mini zone conference where we got a pump up talk about finding and a bunch of new rules. We are no longer allowed to eat with members- its so that they see us less as friends and more professional relationship. President was also really excited about us each having the oppurtunity to learn to budget and cook haha, he was the only one excited about it needless to say. Its all good though, everyone was pretty upset but Im not too bothered because Im hoping that everything here in the mission really is inspired haha, fingers crossed that Im right. Also from 5-7pm every night is "finding time" (code for knocking and street contacting), including p-day so we lost an hour of p-day which is tragic because its now 10:30-5. So yeah, there were a lot of little new rules too being inforced so its all very.. interesting haha. I think there were a lot of complaints though because we got were informed that they are adding $20 to our monthly allowance which they werent planning on doing.

We just got a new ward mission leader a few weeks ago and he just informed us that he is moving to Utah... so that didnt last long. We have very little support from the leaders- I actually think the bishop thinks we are completely incompetant, not me and sister kang, but like missionaries in general haha, yikes. We got in trouble for a hand full of things this week, from bad fellowshiper to a family coming to church that we assumed were members that apparently arent... etc haha, the mission is great.

I ate pig intenstines this week... needless to say I was not a fan.

So Alejandra's baptism was yesterday- YAYYYY!!! On the negative side EVERYTHING went wrong hahahah, heres the lsit of things that went wrong...
- we asked a young woman to speak and she was in a room some where in the building but we couldnt find her so elder quintero had to give the talk instead, so it started late cuz we were looking for her
- the english elders didnt reserve the font so they planned their baptism 30 mins before ours and they took the TV to show a DVD while they changed but we were planning on using it but they didnt get it back to us in time so we looked like total iditos cuz they got it to us at the last minute but without the remote so by the time we got the movie to start alejandra was already changed- I know my face was bright red, it was really embarressing
- the hot water was broken
- Her dads first time baptizing and it took 3 times (and to be honest the 3rd one wasnt even right cuz he didnt call her by name... but they passed it soooo.. I guess its valid in Gods eyes haha)
... and to top it all off President Pike and his wife and his coucilor and his wife decided to come join us for the baptism... so it was awful. Sister Kang said shes never seen him come to a baptism so lucky us he came on the day that everything went wrong haha. Sister Kang and I drive home to eat ice cream after cuz we couldnt go to McDonalds cuz it was Sunday... she has never cried once on her mission but she said that was the closest shes come... haha poor us. Anyway.. ya paso.. its all good.

Tuesday we are having companion exchanges and I am going to Sierra Madre which is the only sisters area in east LA zone (but its not actaully in east LA), so ill be there with Sister Clawson... should be good!? Saturday night of this week we will get transfer calls and then Monday we will have transfers- pretty anxious. Im fine with whatever, some people have been saying that sister kang and I will stay together a 4th transfer, that would be fine but Im excited to progress so we will see.