Phew this last week was hard.... Everyone in the district was saying it was the worst week they've had so far. Really glad it's the temple today for everyone to kinda calm back down. Lots of fights and mean words between districts (there are 2 districts in the ward and the districts are mad at each other but we got things figured out hopefully.) I loved the temple though! It was kinda weird going back again. Haven't gone in so long that it was just weird! I can't even imagine how people feel like when they haven't gone for years. It was super awesome though. Being in the temple with you guys was my favorite things before I left too... Made me kinda sad today, but hey it's all good. This mission is passing by way too fast for me already. Dallin said we're 1/8 of the way done already... Crazy.
Since this last week wasn't so good we didn't really get too much teaching done. We didn't find anyone and our week was full of emergency exchanges to help other Elders out and lots of drama and cancelled planning things but we didn't know they were cancelled and stuff... You don't want to know it all. It's just a big mess. I'm way glad we can start over this week.
It has finally cooled down to like 80's which feels like heaven. I'm lovin it! Making me excited for Halloween and stuff!
I got the recipie for Flan the other day or whatever you call it. I need to try it sometime. The person I got it from is a recent convert and she had some. I tried it and it was pretty good! I can send it to you guys sometime if you want. There is an elder from Micronesia here who is waiting for his visa to go to Australia who makes Micronesian pancakes. I'm going to try to get that recipe from him too.
Man you guys are turning into farmer people while I'm turning into a city kid! Making stuff for the farmers market? That's crazy! Sounds pretty fun actually. :) Making Rhodes rolls and doing that? That's so funny! :) That's totally what half the people here would do! This lady actually wanted us to go to the food bank the other day and lie about our age and families to get free food or something. It was... interesting. :)
That's so cool about homecoming. :) It sounded like Rachael had a really good time.
Wow that's so cool that people still kinda remember me! Next time you see Morty tell him that I'm going to beat all his kids in a race when I get back because this running in the morning is really getting me fit again. I'm loving it so much. :) I am actually probably around a 5:00 mile again which is pretty cool. And then 20 more months of this and I'll be running crazy good! ;)
That's awesome about the Ogden temple thing. :) Sounds like a really good experience.
Well I only have a bit to talk about right now because I pretty much said everything about this last week... Don't want to dwell on it. But Gary and Debbie. Do you remember when I talked about them? They have the evil bird that ate my finger. Anyway they've pretty much adopted me. So yeah... Kinda awkward now but I may not be coming home. Just kidding. :) Seriously though they call Elder Petersen and I their sons. They have no kids so they just take care of us now and we go over every week. We can't teach them because they're english and we can only teach Spanish people. They're the nicest people on the planet and just all around incredible. They are people that I will for sure go by and visit again after my mission. But it's just fun talking to them and they tell us stories and buy us dinner every time we go over. (All you can eat buffet two weeks ago called Wood Grill. I think I already told you about that.) They are just incredible. So I am being taken care of. :) Everything is going good. I love seeing the Spirit working through me and with me. When on the mission it's so much easier to feel and see the spirit work on and in your life and in the lives of those around you. It's really incredible.
I miss you guys a lot but I know this is where I need to be right now. I kinda just have to push away the wanting to go home thing and ignore it and focus on what I have to learn next. I feel like I am so behind with learning and Spanish and everything. I am trying so hard though so I know that I will be rewarded. I can for sure tell that this two year experience will and already has changed me so much. I didn't think I would change all that much because I always considered myself a good kid but there are just some things that are different and that I can see will change before I finish.
I sure do love you guys though! Thanks for all your support with this! This mission would be so much harder if I didn't have your support and stuff. Whenever I wish that this mission would go by faster or that I could be done with it I just think on my patriarchal blessing and my mission is such a big part of it. It's a good 1/4 of it and I can't just let something that is such a big influence on that pass by like it's nothing. So yeah sorry just feel like saying that. I have to get it out somehow I guess. Sorry I feel like I'm just ranting to you. I'm so excited for General Conference though! Then the week after that is Zone conference where we will have President Tew come I think! I'm not entirely sure but we will see. And then after that is transfers again! This transfer is a short one only 5 weeks which means the next one will be 7 weeks so that's what's going on with that.
Also about this morning we had a temple sealer take us (4 in the morning! Woo!) and he's insane! He's probably like 90 and he drove faster than that too! He did this funny thing where we hit a stoplight and he didn't want to wait so he turned right and then did kind of a U turn to turn right and continue on the road we wanted to go on. I don't know if that makes any sense but it was so funny! We basically just did this big squiggly line to get around a stop light. I've always wanted to do something like that. :) Anyway I love you so much! I miss you! But it will go by quickly. Every month goes by a ton faster than the last. Especially this month... September it feels like is going by like a dream. I love this work. It's so cool to do and to be a representative of Jesus Christ. Or Jesucristo in Spanish I guess. :)
Anyway that's all sorry not much to talk about... Oh yeah I did the cinnamon challenge the other day. It was weak... Way over talked. It dried up my mouth for a bit and then I got spit in my mouth again naturally and swallowed it down. Easysauce. Anyway I love you! Have a good week! You're the best mom ever!
Diane
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