FIRST OFF MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
24(Tuesday)
We had such bad tech problems trying to put a video on for a less active. If you know me, then you have heard me laugh like crazy and GUYS. I started laughing harder than I ever have. It made the less active, Paola start laughing and so that lesson went not how we were wanting it buttttt its okay! Haha I would just like to say that Paola was at church yesterday for the first time in forever soooooo! MIRACLES!! Haha!! At the end of the night, we were thinking that the celebrations would start later on the 25 aka CHRISTMAS! Well we were wrong. We had back to back DINNERS, yes full on meals haha! We were able to try Nicaraguan food and it was delicious! We went to bed that night getting ready to PARTY the next day and we got woken up an hour later to FIREWORKS like a crazy amount of fireworks. SO SO COOL!! WHO KNEW! Guys. In Peru they celebrate on the 24th and sleep on the 25th! Ha! Today was seriously such a good day.
25(CHRISTMAS)
WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!! Man today was so good. We had breakfast with our zone!! We played games and had a secret santa!! We went home and ORDERED PIZZA! Yes we go big for Christmas. We set up our room with stockings and our christmas tree (thanks mom!) and ate pizza while we watched Legacy on a very, very tiny DVD player haha! We went and talked to our families after!! After an hour of tech problems I was finally able to talk to my family!!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! After that we did a service project with another zone! We went to a big mall area and caroled! We contacted too. While we were getting started, a little girl came up to me and just hugged me. I looked at her and smiled and her grandpa came over and said thank you and that it had made her whole day. Being nice to people works!! We went home and opened presents and it was just the best day!!!!!
26(Thursday)
We had district council and I gave the spiritual thought! Hna Luke teaches the english class so I got to help yay! We met with our fav people Lucha and Karina and we made a goal to go to the temple and do baptisms with them for the first time next month!!! WOOT!!!!! We went and talked with a less active, Liz and we were teaching the 10 commandments. In the middle of the scripture, she stopped and asked if my eyelashes were real and how she could get some like them. Hahaha! We kept going and she did it again but then asked about my hair hahaha We laughed and told her it was allllll natural and she got up an got us free ice cream hahaha! PERKS! WOOT!
27(Friday)
We had our multizona and it was amazing! We had to wake up at 530 to leave our apartment..when we got to the bus stop and onto the bus (we had paid too), we realized we forgot our white elephant presents...so we had to get off and go get them! Long story short we met up with our zone again an hour later. The multizona was great!! We had a devo, decorated gingerbread houses, played games and did skits!! Ours was the best hands down. (President Strong recorded it so dont worry mama k) and then we ate!! YUM! I had apple pie for the first time and it wasnt half bad haha! We had a devo of Christs life which was the coolest thing ever!! There was musical numbers and everything! The Strongs are the best and they got us all matching sweatshirts!!! SO SWEET!!!! We rode a bus home but one of our elders likes to pick buses depending on iff they have a USB or not. He finally picked one and we jammed to some english church songs haha all the way home! WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!
28(Saturday)
Hermana Luke woke up and tried to smuggle cleaning supplies to clean the bathroom alone hahahaha she didnt make it too far. We cleaned and then had 4 hours of weekly planning! New goals with the new year takes time!!!! We had Lomom Saltado and WOW IT IS YUMMY! the food here is amazing! I had a feeling I should find some talks for Karina and Lucha! I found some and we went to meet with them again! We laugh a lot with them and I was explaining how I am usually 10 seconds behind in the conversations haha so they started counting to 10 and then expecting an answer hahaha oh how funny they think they are hahah 10 seconds is not enough hahaha! We got the call that we had to go to immigration on Monday morning so woot what a party! Hahahah!
29(Sunday)
I gave the prayer in ward council woot! And guys so in case you all were wondering, I am still clueless haha in ward council they had us go around and all say our thoughts on something..yeah I dont know what they were talking about so when it got to me I just had to start saying stuff..hahaha well let me tell ya, I dont know what was said but I got a few nods with what I said so woot! Haha! We got to Sacrament meeting and as the bishop was giving announcements I was asking hermana Luke who people were as they came in. I thought I heard my name announced so i asked if she heard it too but she said nope. So we sing the hymn and then time for the prayer and no one got up...welp I looked at the bishop and I pointed to myself and he smiled and nodded his head hahaha so I got up and said my 5 sentences in spanish and sat down hahaha! After the meeting he came up and asked us if we were ready with our lesson. Our what now? Hermana Luke forgot that 3 weeks ago he asked the hermanas to speak on responsibility hahaha so um she looks at me and said sorry and we said we could still do it! Hahaha! Again, I dont know what i said but there were some nods in the audience haha! Lucha is a less active like I said, and today her WHOLE FAMILY came to church. Hermana Luke said she has never seen her husband there but here he was!! MIRACLES!!!!! Our lunch cancelled and she gave us money and tried to convince us to go buy food on the way home ahahhah! We didnt and went home and made french toast with melted M&Ms on the top hahaha yup we are living pretty here. It was the best and such a good time! Haha! We had a family home evening with familia Sanchez. Another member stopped by, Bruno, we got talking and he asked if I knew JARED CALL haha! So seriously wow what a small world.
30(Monday)
Today started bright and early at 330 so we could get to the offices! We got there and met up with the group of missionaries that I came in with. We were at immigration ALL DAY! When we got back we did studies and then tried to use our internet cafe...it was closed so we walked around and had to call to go into another zone. As you could have guessed, we found one! Haha!
I will be on again on Wednesday because my mission president loves us so much haha! I will send pictures then!!
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!
Challenge for the week:
Think of a trial that you've had and write down how you grew and what blessings came from it! You will be surprised just how much God is really there!!
I have never been so genuinely happy and yet I have struggled more than I ever have. God can work miracles with helping our perspective on situations change us to see opportunity instead of circumstance!!
I love you all!!! You'll get pics on Wednesday!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!
Love,
Hermana King!!
