Monday, March 27, 2023

I'm Never Saying Hola Again.

 Hello everyone!! I hope you are all doing well! I pray for you all every night! 

As for the title of my email: We were walking on the street and I said hola to a lady and she FREAKED OUT!!! She said, "do I LOOK like I speak Spanish?!" She was not a happy camper. She went off on a rant and we just sat there. It was so funny. 😂 

My favorite quote from these two weeks is from the Elders. Apparently they have been playing a lot of monopoly in their house and according to them they have to be "sophisticated" so they only play in British accents. The accents haven't really gone away though lol. They called us and at the end they said (in a terrible British accent), "goodnight, and may the Lord bless you in your sleep." 😂

Another funny thing was my companion and I were having an English fast on Thursday (we don't speak any English on those days) and we got surrounded by ducks at this park! One was walking past and all of a sudden just had an accident very aggressively right in front of our feet. 😅 We were both freaking out and couldn't say anything lol!

We were having a lesson outside the church and there was a man on a four wheeler basically tearing up the church grass because he was driving so angrily! Our friend just kept watching him and we would all laugh because he would leave and then all of a sudden he was back!

Then we were sitting in the car and there was a car that got very impatient with the light and started honking and then went over the median and turned left!!! It was crazy!!! 

We witnessed a car crash at 6:30 in the morning when we went on a walk and it was a hit and run! By our neighbors!! The other neighbor walked out and we told her and she kept calling them dishonest. 😬 It was awkward! 

We went to the temple and it was INCREDIBLE!!!! The new changes in the session are amazing!!! I encourage anyone who hasn't seen them to go!! You won't regret it! 

I ran into one of our friends (Olivia) at lunch one day and she has been coming to everything and LOVING it!! 

Now, the best 2 for last:

I GOT TO RIDE ROLLERCOASTERS LAST P-DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The fair came to Miami and it was so fun!!! 🔥 I did get mega sunburned, but luckily my mom came in clutch and told me to get a hat 😂 so I did and it helped. We also had to search a long time for our car afterwards... always remember where you park. Note to self.

We had stake conference this week and it was so good! Afterwards this man in our ward came up to us and said that our dresses were "very mormony, but in the best way" and then just kept rambling on and on and at the end was basically like "I just like your dresses! They look very nice! It's good that you're both wearing a lot of clothes. Most people here don't wear many clothes anymore" then goes, "man. I have lost my charm." 😂😂😂 We were DYINGGG

Miracle: A miracle this week was that we had some people come to Stake conference! It was awesome!! I think something that I've learned this week is that family is one of the most important things we have and also that God wants us to be happy. He never wants us to suffer. Sometimes we have to go through hard things and we don't really know why, but I know that God has a plan for all of us. ❤








Monday, March 13, 2023

So Chocolate Can Burn...

 Hello everyone!! Sorry I didn't write last week. This week was awesome!! A lot happened!! Here are some highlights:

I wanted to make chocolate covered oranges, so I put some chocolate chips in a plastic cup in the microwave... they burned... 😂🔥

We accidentally trespassed in a park! We were somehow on the wrong side of the fence and there was this worker that didn't speak much English and we were confused and asked if we were allowed to be there. He said, "No. Punishment!" So funny. 😂 

My companion took me to get my toenails done, so we did our contacting during that lol. It was pretty fun! 

The most interesting part of my week was the end of it... 

I noticed something painful in my mouth a couple days ago and I had some other symptoms.

Sunday: Church was WILD. This lady went up to speak and it was suuuuuuuppppper intense!! She was yelling into the microphone!! Then this man brought out this giant speaker and started harmonizing with a recording he had made of himself for a special musical number and it was so funny! Then we ate spaghetti at a member's house... I had just texted my mission doctor about the thing in my mouth and then I wasn't feeling great and I went to bed. I woke up at 3 am IN PAIN!!!! Let's just say I might have gotten food poisoning from that spaghetti. My favorite food is ruined for a bit... The doctor said the thing in my mouth is fine, so hopefully that will go away soon.

Miracles: SO COOL!! These 2 ladies walked right into church and they were literally sooooooo prepared!! They said they felt like they belonged! Our other friend Olivia came as well and she is just soaking everything in! It's so cool to watch! 

God will bless us when we do what we need to and ask for His help. We are never alone in this life. One thing I've learned in the past 2 weeks is that God truly does stay by our side even if we feel alone. He'll always find a way to reach us if we let Him.