Hi peeps! No changes for me this transfer which is what we thought since we are
training. We went and visited this guy
this week who had had contact with the church as a kid or teenager and now he
is evangelical. I try to avoid confrontation
and usually just invite to church and try not to disturb the peace. J My companion likes to try and share but it
didn’t go well with him. Anyways, after
the visit with this guy, we ended up having 2 cool lessons with 2 newer
investigators that I am excited about. One came to church yesterday for part of
it so that was cool. Also at church all of the youth spoke about their
experiences at EFY that they had a couple of weeks ago. It was cool hearing
them talk and bear their testimonies and to know that they have those same
experiences at camp and youth conferences as we do. I was also thinking about
when I went to EFY and was a wreck and wanted to call every five seconds and
then went to girls’ camp the next week. I think it was Barb Layton who was our
leader and I remember her asking the question, “What was the hardest thing we´d
ever done?”, and I remember thinking it was those 2 weeks being away from
home. Yesterday I was thinking about how
far Alexis and I have come. There is
still stress and hard things in the mission but I am a lot better at handling
it all now. It´s amazing what 10 years
and lots of experiences and preparing can do. So we´ve had a good week. A few days we walked and walked looking for
people to teach but that happens sometimes.
Sometimes when we are walking I start to imagine the walk in Phoenix
when I will see you at the end of the terminal.
Then I smile to myself and think what a great moment that will be. Good news....avocados and mangos are back in
season! Yay! I have been enjoying avocado sandwiches at
night the last couple of nights! Elder Eickbush came in on Thursday with the
mail and he had like 4 packages and letters and stuff. One of the elders was giving me a hard time
and that it was probably all for me. It
turned out the packages weren´t but I did get some lovely dearelders and a
letter from Lexxy. Thanks for the mail
that I always know is coming. I had a
lovely exchange with Hermana Avery in Mendoza this week. I kind of felt like I was coming home,
walking those same streets I walked for so long and seeing the people I always
saw. One member said, “Are going to
finish your mission here?” and I said that I would like to but I don´t know ...probably
not. They had a baptism in Mendoza on Saturday
and it was great to see my dear Mendoza. Hermanas Ball and Domgaard came over
the morning I was there, to help with a service project. We were painting a school of a less active
sister. There wasn´t a lot of supplies
to paint with, so Hermana Domgaard and I ended up chatting and supervising. J Hermana Ball is the artistic one anyway. Thanks
for sending the birthday packages to them.
Anyways, it was great in Mendoza.
I didn´t visit all of my peeps since that wasn´t the point of the
exchange, but I did get big hugs from some of them. I even got to use the cup I always drank out
of in Mendoza. J ... gotta love that! I only have half of the time I was in Mendoza
left in my mission ...weird. Alexis has 16
months! Wowzers! Good times ahead. Well, I am about out of
time. I know you´ll get my other emails eventually. Lexxy, you are super cool! I will be with you ...well, 18 weeks from
tomorrow ...crazy. I have the best
family ever!!!!! ...until next
week. Love, ejc
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