OK so heres the good stuff.... I am still in Covina! Transfer #7 here! My new companion is named Sister Clawson from Utah. She is a breath of fresh air after the past few months. Today she took me out for my birthday.
So I had my doctors appointment this week and he confirmed that I do indeed have rheumatoid arthritis so that was kind of tragic news. He also said that he thinks we need to keep an eye out for symptoms of lupus as it showed up in my blood but said not to worry because as of yet I am lacking a lot of the symptoms –so yeah. So I am taking a drug that is helping and everything is good so no need to worry.
We were fortunate enough to find a literally goldennnnn investigator and his son, Fernando and Danny and they are super cool. Danny came to church in a suit and everything (only down side is that he smelled like weed.... oh silly Californians), but they are awesome. Fernando got baptized this Sunday so it was really awesome that he finalllly got baptized! I gave a talk and it turned out to be a great success..... funny cuz the font was soooo little so we were worried that he was going to hit his head! But luckily he went down just fine – no collision! Sunday night Sister Clawson and I had an awesome lesson with Karla, a less active who is coming back to church and the spirit was so strong that we totally lost track of time and when we got in the car we realized it was 9.45 and that our district leader had called us like a zillion times for numbers (cuz we report them Sunday nights). Karla is so awesome though and it was an emotional lesson for me because I've been so stressed and then to feel the spirit so strong – I was crying like a little girl. I love missionary work and I am going to work super hard and be the best missionary ever for the time I have left - which weirdly enough is only 8 months, wow. I am so happy because our new district is the bomb. The new Elders are legit so we are gunna have a great transfer, we were all at email this morning and we were talking about how excited we were.
1.31.2011
1.25.2011
Week 35
So in the year 2010 our mission had 557 baptisms! woot wooooot- I got to be a part of 12 of those so I feel pretty cool. This week I had exchanges with Sister Kimball- she was soooo cool and we had such a great time together. I am keeping my fingers crossed that somehow transfers leave me here in Covina with her- but of course because I say that- its not gunna happen. On Friday we had interviews with President which were good- he and Sister Pike came to our apartments to do it so it was kind of different.
We had a really cool tour with this guy name Fernando and he committed to baptism- super cool and the spirit was really strong. Edgar is a guy that I was teaching when I first got her with Hermana Kang and he randomly called this week and came to church on Sunday so we are hoping that we can pick him up again. On Sunday we had a meeting with the bishop where we went over the ward missionary plan- he is a really cool guy and that they were all making fun of me because this is the longest a missionary has ever stayed in this ward so they made me say the closing prayer since they said it was my last chance haha.
Today we have a zone activity where we are doing like a pot luck thing- we are doing it as a good bye party for one of the elders (our zone leader Elder Waller) who goes home next week.
I turn the big 22 this week- holllllla! I am super old huh!? We have transfer calls on my birthday so I am stoked about the whole day. We have also been invited to celebrate with like a zillion different people so I'm sure it'll be awesome. Sergios said hes gunna buy me an ice cream cake- hopefully he delivers haha.
Well everything is good here... I best be off to p-day adventures
We had a really cool tour with this guy name Fernando and he committed to baptism- super cool and the spirit was really strong. Edgar is a guy that I was teaching when I first got her with Hermana Kang and he randomly called this week and came to church on Sunday so we are hoping that we can pick him up again. On Sunday we had a meeting with the bishop where we went over the ward missionary plan- he is a really cool guy and that they were all making fun of me because this is the longest a missionary has ever stayed in this ward so they made me say the closing prayer since they said it was my last chance haha.
Today we have a zone activity where we are doing like a pot luck thing- we are doing it as a good bye party for one of the elders (our zone leader Elder Waller) who goes home next week.
I turn the big 22 this week- holllllla! I am super old huh!? We have transfer calls on my birthday so I am stoked about the whole day. We have also been invited to celebrate with like a zillion different people so I'm sure it'll be awesome. Sergios said hes gunna buy me an ice cream cake- hopefully he delivers haha.
Well everything is good here... I best be off to p-day adventures
1.17.2011
Week 34
Hey guys, so I had some awesome reading to do while I was waiting for my companion at the doctors. Actually I didnt really get to read them all there because I started talking to this elderly who are originally from Scotland and we got talking about the Isle of Mann as the lady spent all of her summers there growing up- so it was cool, we discussed Douglas beach, the laxey wheel and the fairy bridge, a those are all the landmarks that came to my mind on the spot haha, small world.
I heard that the Ravens lost to the Steelers- funny story actually, I was picking up pizza and there was a guy with a Steelers jersey and I said, "did the Steelers or the Ravens win?"... turns out he was deaf so I pointed at his jersey and did a thumbs up then a thumbs down then shrugged my shoulders so he knew it was a question.. he responded by pointing at his jersey and doing a victory dance haha... tragic for the Ravens.
Whats been going on this week? First, I tried to make banana bread for the first time- turns out that splenda and sugar are not the same thing! haha who knew!? So that was an ultimate fail haha, better luck next time. The other night I got a call from one of my favorite people, Elder Quintero singing me happy birthday- he was embarrassed to find out that he was off by about 2 weeks haha. He was in my district a few transfers ago and now serving elsewhere so it made me feel special regardless. Yesterday we had Stake conference so that was fun, Covina is the stake building so it was cool to see so many people there. There was a baptism after and as always I am the designated music conductor haha, it makes me laugh that they still haven’t noticed that I do it totally wrong haha. Our mission is all involved with the new mormon.org campaign- the church has a goal for getting 100,000 profiles made by the end of this year so you guys should go on there and do that. We get to go in the mornings to spend time to play around and familiarize ourselves with the website so thats fun, We have cool new pass along cards too- are they doing that in Baltimore? I found out that the next Spanish sisters coming in will be when we have transfers in April (I am still the last to come)- there are 3 Spanish sisters coming then so that will be cool. I am not sure what President is gunna do with me when we have transfers since I am senior yet the youngest- maybe Ill go back to junior haha, that would be funny/tragic but I really don’t mind whatever happens. We have interviews in our apartments this week with President and Sister pike- in my presidents letter I wrote and said that I was excited for interviews but that it will be the first time this transfer Ill be making my bed haha, I am always putting stupid stuff in my emails just to keep him on edge haha. Not sure if he loves it- he is very serious haha, but it makes me laugh so its worth it. Yep thats about everything going on with me I guess. I love and miss you guys, hope you have a great week!!! hugs and kisses. Laura.
I heard that the Ravens lost to the Steelers- funny story actually, I was picking up pizza and there was a guy with a Steelers jersey and I said, "did the Steelers or the Ravens win?"... turns out he was deaf so I pointed at his jersey and did a thumbs up then a thumbs down then shrugged my shoulders so he knew it was a question.. he responded by pointing at his jersey and doing a victory dance haha... tragic for the Ravens.
Whats been going on this week? First, I tried to make banana bread for the first time- turns out that splenda and sugar are not the same thing! haha who knew!? So that was an ultimate fail haha, better luck next time. The other night I got a call from one of my favorite people, Elder Quintero singing me happy birthday- he was embarrassed to find out that he was off by about 2 weeks haha. He was in my district a few transfers ago and now serving elsewhere so it made me feel special regardless. Yesterday we had Stake conference so that was fun, Covina is the stake building so it was cool to see so many people there. There was a baptism after and as always I am the designated music conductor haha, it makes me laugh that they still haven’t noticed that I do it totally wrong haha. Our mission is all involved with the new mormon.org campaign- the church has a goal for getting 100,000 profiles made by the end of this year so you guys should go on there and do that. We get to go in the mornings to spend time to play around and familiarize ourselves with the website so thats fun, We have cool new pass along cards too- are they doing that in Baltimore? I found out that the next Spanish sisters coming in will be when we have transfers in April (I am still the last to come)- there are 3 Spanish sisters coming then so that will be cool. I am not sure what President is gunna do with me when we have transfers since I am senior yet the youngest- maybe Ill go back to junior haha, that would be funny/tragic but I really don’t mind whatever happens. We have interviews in our apartments this week with President and Sister pike- in my presidents letter I wrote and said that I was excited for interviews but that it will be the first time this transfer Ill be making my bed haha, I am always putting stupid stuff in my emails just to keep him on edge haha. Not sure if he loves it- he is very serious haha, but it makes me laugh so its worth it. Yep thats about everything going on with me I guess. I love and miss you guys, hope you have a great week!!! hugs and kisses. Laura.
1.10.2011
Week 33
Something I was thinking about this Sunday was how cool it is that I've been able to stay in his area for so long and see the converts I was able to teach progress. Lorenzo is in charge of all the attendance sheets for Sunday school and he is such a simple humble guy so its cute to see him organizing the sheets for each class and putting them on the clip boards- he takes his responsibility so seriously, he literally melts my heart. Ernesto is 2nd councilor in the young mens. Those 2 are getting the Melchizedek priesthood this coming Sunday as we are going to be having stake conference! Blanca and her girls are awesome and Alexi and Oscar are set on getting married in the temple and I promised them I will be there for that- road trip after the mission! Its been a real blessing for me to get to know these people and see them better themselves by accepting the gospel. I love it.
Oh scary story. Manuela Silva is a lady I love very much, shes got a few screws lose but shes so nice. She recently kicked her crazy abusive boyfriend out of her apartment, he threatened to kill her etc. Yesterday we were at her house and he came and was pounding on the door, we told her not to answer but he kept knocking so she finally opened the door and went and talked to him outside while we were looking at the window all worried. Everything worked out ok, she came back in the house after a yelling match then locked the door, it took a while but he finally left. It made me grateful for always having such a stable home life. The more she tells us about her life the more grateful I am that I was born into a loving home and given so many opportunities and blessings. A lot of people dont have that- its sad to hear some of the things these people go through but its deff a good learning experience.
Overall the mission is super duper tough haha, for me personally I feel like it has deff pushed me to my limits and some days I very seriously just want to steal the car, drive to the airport and fly home haha, but its great- it feels good to be where you know you are supposed to be.
Oh scary story. Manuela Silva is a lady I love very much, shes got a few screws lose but shes so nice. She recently kicked her crazy abusive boyfriend out of her apartment, he threatened to kill her etc. Yesterday we were at her house and he came and was pounding on the door, we told her not to answer but he kept knocking so she finally opened the door and went and talked to him outside while we were looking at the window all worried. Everything worked out ok, she came back in the house after a yelling match then locked the door, it took a while but he finally left. It made me grateful for always having such a stable home life. The more she tells us about her life the more grateful I am that I was born into a loving home and given so many opportunities and blessings. A lot of people dont have that- its sad to hear some of the things these people go through but its deff a good learning experience.
Overall the mission is super duper tough haha, for me personally I feel like it has deff pushed me to my limits and some days I very seriously just want to steal the car, drive to the airport and fly home haha, but its great- it feels good to be where you know you are supposed to be.
1.03.2011
Week 32
2011 IS HERE!
Updates: Monday we had a zone activity, we are the only hermanas in our zone and the poor elders had to play volleyball instead of basketball to include us haha- it ended up getting pretty intense so it was fun. Afterwards I had arranged a white elephant gift exchange and that was a hit.. That night we went to Blanca's surprise birthday party and made the ugliest cake ever- we didnt want to wait for the cake to cool so the icing was super crazy then we tried to cover up the cracks with fruit loops... haha ultimate failure. We discovered a crazy huge catholic cemetery and it has a big museum with all these Jesus images on it. I always saw it from the distance so one day we took the adventure- I later consulted the map and realized I was wrong and it is not in our area (cuz its like a big hillside). haha whoops.
This week I have been super creative- on Monday I accidentally got bleach on my grey hurley sweater so I went crazy and flicked bleach all over it haha- my comp said its ugly but I think its fun. My lovely friend Rachel sent me an awesome christmas package and sent me a gingerbread house kit so I spent a good hour working on that. A family found out that I know how to sew so I did service for them going crazy on the sewing machine making curtains for their kitchen, they turned out good. Last night I cut my hair because I was feeling restless and took off a few inches- I regretted it in the morning- like always hahah, but its healthier so thats good. And last but not least- I played piano at the baptismal service this Sunday, yeah I know right- what were they thinking asking me!? hahah, just kidding, I didn't mess up- ultimate success. I also found out this week that my beloved ex-companion Sister Kang is dating Elder Montelongo- a missionary that left the same transfer as her from this mission- superrrrr crazy, I didnt believe it till a member showed me pix. Missionary hook up... haha, no comment.
Updates: Monday we had a zone activity, we are the only hermanas in our zone and the poor elders had to play volleyball instead of basketball to include us haha- it ended up getting pretty intense so it was fun. Afterwards I had arranged a white elephant gift exchange and that was a hit.. That night we went to Blanca's surprise birthday party and made the ugliest cake ever- we didnt want to wait for the cake to cool so the icing was super crazy then we tried to cover up the cracks with fruit loops... haha ultimate failure. We discovered a crazy huge catholic cemetery and it has a big museum with all these Jesus images on it. I always saw it from the distance so one day we took the adventure- I later consulted the map and realized I was wrong and it is not in our area (cuz its like a big hillside). haha whoops.
This week I have been super creative- on Monday I accidentally got bleach on my grey hurley sweater so I went crazy and flicked bleach all over it haha- my comp said its ugly but I think its fun. My lovely friend Rachel sent me an awesome christmas package and sent me a gingerbread house kit so I spent a good hour working on that. A family found out that I know how to sew so I did service for them going crazy on the sewing machine making curtains for their kitchen, they turned out good. Last night I cut my hair because I was feeling restless and took off a few inches- I regretted it in the morning- like always hahah, but its healthier so thats good. And last but not least- I played piano at the baptismal service this Sunday, yeah I know right- what were they thinking asking me!? hahah, just kidding, I didn't mess up- ultimate success. I also found out this week that my beloved ex-companion Sister Kang is dating Elder Montelongo- a missionary that left the same transfer as her from this mission- superrrrr crazy, I didnt believe it till a member showed me pix. Missionary hook up... haha, no comment.
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