12-19-16
Its officially COLDDDDDDDDD
in Alabama. Cold and rainy and very wet. The craziest part was that one
day out of the freezing coldness it was 73 degrees.
CHRISTMAS
is in 6 days!!! I cannot believe it. This month has literally FLOWN by. 6
more days and I get to skype ma fam!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!
and
ROOOLLLL TIIIIIIDE!!
YES.
Alabama won the SEC championships. I think we'll have about 24387 baptisms
because of it. hahah You have no idea how much these people love football.
Everyone. and I mean everyone. Watches it. But, luckily for us..they won. Next
up is the national championships. so roll tiiiide!
This
week had The Christmas Zone Conference and Party! It started with a
mini devotional about truth seeking given by President Sainsbury, next we had
the Talent Show! Todas las hermanas sang Feliz Navidad and it was
so cute!. There were so many great talents shared and it was lots of fun. Next
we got to watch a movie (Zootopia)! And I couldn't tell if that was the
greatest movie ever, or I have just been out so long that all movies are great
haha. It was so cuuute!! So fun! But what really topped the whole day off
was getting to hear President and Sister Sainsbury read the Nativity Story and
getting to sing the beautiful Christmas Hymns. There was such a special spirit
about it all. I love Christmas time!
Then
we had exchanges with the STLs in Lorna and I went with Sister Anderson, my
daughter:) It was SO FUN. Just like old times. We taught a
few of their Spanish investigators and just laughed the entire day. We
had an emmaus experience and found a hispanic lady in a store whose daughter
was just baptized in Utah a few weeks ago! This woman and her family all grew
up in Utah around many mormons though she is a die hard catholic. She
invited us over to her home to make homemade tortillas!!! We ended the
exchange with going to their Spanish Branch Christmas party!! It was so fun to
see alot of the members there that I have been able to get to know! And I
know I have said this a million times but Hispanics know how to have a
party. There was music so loud you couldnt hear your neighbor and a giant
bounce house for the kids and so much food it could have feed the entire city
of Hoover, AL....not only that but both the Altadena Spanish branch and Lorna
Spanish branch came so there were SO MANY people it was wonderful.
Yesterday
we had church and it was kind of a bummer day that turned into an AWESOME
DAY! Remember how missions are emotional rollercoasters? Well
yesterday was its own emotional rollercoaster....haha all our appointments fell
through and it was FREEZING outside and raining and dreary all day. But
we said a prayer, asking Heavenly Father to help us to meet who we were
supposed to meet and have a successful and effective day. We were able to
have lessons with everyone we were planning to follow up with including our
awesome Spanish investigator, O****. He is SO ELECT. He has never once
missed an appointment and always meets us at the church. He has read up to
1Nephi 9 but has a hard time understanding. So we read with him and had a
great lesson about prophets. We LOVE O****, he is so funny and so
prepared. He has not been able to come to church yet because of work but
really wants to. So we are working on that. But the miracle is that
even though church is all in English he still wants to come and worship. WE
LOVE O****!!
Thought
I would include some funnies/Alabama classics! ENJOY
"When
I was knee-high to a grasshopper....." (talking about when you were young)
"I
didn't fall off a turnip truck yesterday!" (I wasn't born
yesterday)
Everyone
calls their Grandma, "Mimi", "Gigi", or "Nana"
*Sister
Danes at an ENGLISH speaking door approach*
"I
know this is the Plenitud of the gospel...."
(Plenitud
is spanish for "fulness" hahahahaha #spanglishprobs)
Instead
of "giving someone a ride" you "carry them" in your car.
Instead
of having your picture "taken" you have your picture "made"
Knocked
into a Jehovah's Witness*
Us:
Can we share a brief message with you, Sir?"
Him:
ohhh you know, we just have some diffagreements...
*Danes
whispers...does he mean DISagreements..? lol*
"I'm
drunk, so maybe next time." Me:"Ok, well we will be here on
Tuesday, so if you can prepare yourself and not be drunk next time, that will
be great. Bye." hahah
Just
a sneak peak of what we hear and experience on the daily. I love the
south with my whole heart.
Merry
Christmas everyone! Have a wonderful week and be safe.
Steadfast
in Christ
Sureloveyamolinesrockmissionariesrule!!!!
con
amor,
Sister
Mulan (what one of our investigators calls me)
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