10/10/2011

GOOD MORNING!!  UP SUPER EARLY THIS MORNING TO GO TAKE PAPER WORK TO THE ELDERS AT THE SUPER MARKET! THEN WE DECIDED TO BUY ALL OUR GROCERIES! WE DIDN’T HAVE TOO MUCH BECAUSE HNA VELASQUEZ IS LEAVING ME THIS WEEK! AFTER 4 ½ MONTHS WITH HER! IT IS SAD BUT I AM READY TO MEET SOMEONE NEW AND LEARN TO GET OVER THAT CHALLENGE OF GETTING TO KNOW ALL THE FAULTS OF A PERSON AS YOU REALIZE MORE OF YOUR OWN FAULTS! THIS WEEK WAS APSOLUTELY AMAZING! WHATS NEW RIGHT? I AM LOVING EL SALVADOR EACH WEEK MY SPANISH IS A LITTLE BETTER AND I HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE!  THIS MONDAY WE FOUND A NEW FAMILY, MARGARITA AND HER 2 BOYS, THEY JUST MOVED IN AND HAD WINDOWS INSTALLED INSIDE THE HOUSE FOR VENTS IN THE ROOMS WELL THE HOUSE IS BUILT OUT OF CEMENT SO WHEN THEY CUT OUT THE WHOLES CHUNKS OF CEMENT AND DUST WERE LEFT OVER ALL OF THEIR THINGS! THE PEOPLE DIDN’T PUT TARPS OR ANYTHING! AND OF COURSE THEY DON’T HAVE VACUMES! SO WE STARTED TO HELP THEM CLEANED FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS! I WAS COVERED IN DUST AND MY NOSE WAS FILLED WITH IT! IT WAS STILL A DISASTER WHEN WE LEFT BUT IT LOOKED A LOT BETTER! WHEN WE GOT HOME I MADE MASHPOTATOES OUT OF CAULIFLOWER, IT WAS REALLY GOOD I PUT SOME CHEESE IN IT TOO! SO RICO! YUMMY!  SO I HAVE TO SAY I HATE HAVING A GOOD DREAM AND THEN WAKING UP TO MY ALARM! I DREAMT THAT AUSTIN WAS IN MY MISSION AND WE WERE HERE IN EL SALVADOR BUT EVERYONE SPOKE ENGLISH! WHICH IS FUNNY CAUSE HNA ALWAYS IS TELLING ME THAT I TALK IN MY SLEEP….IN SPANISH!...DONT ASK CAUSE I REALLY DON’T KNOW! !! LOL! TUESDAY I COOKED LUNCH AND ANDREA THE BISHOPS DAUGHTER CAME TO EAT WITH US! SHE IS REALLY LIKE A SISTER! I LOVE HER! HER BROTHER IS SERVING RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA! I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY JUST HAVING TO LEARN SPANISH! WELL HIS MISSION HE HAD TO LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHINESE ON TOP OF THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH HE ALREADY KNEW! CRAZY! SHE BROUGHT ME A BOOK MARK SHE MADE OUT OF AN AUSTIN CRACKER WRAPPER! I LAUGHED! SHE TOLD ME HOW SHE WAS EATING IT AND SHE REMEMBERED THAT MY BOYFRIENDS NAME IS AUSTIN! SO SHE WANTED TO SAVE IT FOR ME!! ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS DANIEL IS DOING GREAT! HE STOPPED DRINKING COFFEE, HE SAID THAT BEFORE WE TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE WORD OF WISDOM HE NEVER KNEW THAT IT WAS BAD FOR OUR BODY! HE THEN SAID THAT IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD WITH OUT COFFEE, THAT HE KNOWS HE WAS ADDICTED BACAUSE HE HAS HAD SOME REALLY BAD HEADACHES BUT THEY FINALLY STARTED TO GO AWAY AND HE SAYS HE DOESN’T NEED THE ENERGY FROM IT ANY MORE! WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL PARTY WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION! IT WAS JUST OUR ZONE! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! IT WAS FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK, WE TOOK 2 BUSES TO GET TO THEIR HOUSE, AND HAD TO WALK ABOUT 15 MINUTES BUT THEIR HOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL! WOW! I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE STATES!  WE WERE TOLD TO BRING A TOWEL AND WE DIDN’T KNOW WHY, WELL PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A SKIT AND THEY WERE GOING TO RECORD US! WE PUT THE TOWELS ON OUR HEADS AND AROUND OUR BODIES TO PREFORM NOAH AND THE ARK! OH MY! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! PRESIDENT AND HERMANA GLAZIER DRESSED UP TOO!! WE WERE DAUGHTERS OF NOAH AT FIRST AND THEM WE CHANGED AND WHERE ANIMALS GETTING ON THE ARK! ME AND HNA WERE KANGAROOS! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! AFTER WE GOT TO WATCH IT ALL TOGETHER! CAN NOT WAIT TO HAVE A COPY! WELL AFTER WE HAD DINNER! IT WAS YUMMY TACOS WITH NATURAL YOGURT FOR SOUR CREAM,  HOW SMART IS THAT! AND IT WAS SO AMAZINGLY GOOD!! AFTER DINNER WE PLAYED A FUN NAME GAME, EVERYONE SECRETLY WRITES DOWN A NAME, PASS THEM TOGETHER AND THE NAMES ARE READ OUT LOUD ONLY ONCE THEN WE GO AROUND AND TRY TO COLLECT A TEAM BY GUESSING EVERYONES SECRET NAMES! IT WAS A BLAST! SO AFTER OUR GAME WE MADE BANANA SPLITS! IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE NONE OF THE LATINS KNEW HOW TO USE WHIP CREAM IN A CAN!  I STARTED TO HELP CLEAN UP THE PLATES AND PRES GOT ON TO ME SAYING THAT NO HERMANAS WILL CLEAN IN HIS HOUSE THAT IS THE JOB OF THE ELDERS! YEAH PRESIDENT! LOL! THEN AS WE WERE LEAVING HE GAVE US 2 BAGS EACH OF M&MS YUMMY! AND I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO TIE A TIE WITH MY HAND!! CAN NOT WAIT TO HAVE LITTLE BOYS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH! IT WAS SO LATE BEFORE WE LEFT THAT WE ONLY HAD TIME TO GO VISIT ONE MORE FAMILY, WHEN WE GOT TO CORTEZ FAMILY THEY HAD THEIR NEPHEW OVER, HE IS ABOUT MY AGE BUT I WENT TO SHAKE HIS HAND AND HE PULLED ME IN FOR A KISS…NORMALLY YEAH THAT IS THE CULTURE AFTER THE FIRST TIME OF KNOWING EACH OTHER BUT I HAD NEVER MET HIM BEFORE AND ALMOST EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MISSIONARIES CAN NOT DO THAT! WOW! IT WAS SO AWKWARD AS I DODGED IT! WAY TOO FUNNY! AS HE STARTS APOLOGIZING I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THAT ITS JUST A MISSION REGULATION! WOW! THURSDAT WAS MY 6 MONTHS IN MY MISSION! WHAT! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!! AND IT STARTED OFF GREAT WITH NO RUNNING WATER! WELL WE HAD A REUNION OF ALL THE MISSIONARIES IN OUR ZONE,  AND ELDER CHAVEZ HAD HIS MOM SEND ME A KEYCHAIN FROM GUATEMALA! OH! AND WE THEN WENT TO ADREAS HOUSE, I THOUGHT JUST TO SHOW ELDERS WHERE THEY LIVE BUT TURNS OUT THEY PLANNED A LUNCH JUST FOR ME! IT WAS AMAZING! I SAT AND WATCHED A MOVIE WHILE THEY ALL COOKED FOR ME! IT WAS SUCH A TREAT!!  THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAD PUPUSAS WITH THE CORTEZ FAMILY! AN AMAZING DAY!! FRIDAY HNA DINORAH WAS BAPTIZED, IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING BAPTISM I HAVE NEVER FELT THE SPIRIT SO MUCH! WE WERE ALL CRYING!  HNA MADE BALIADAS IN THE MORNING AND I MADE ONE OF MY SPECIAL DESSERT BALIADAS WITH CREAM CHEESE AND JAM! AND I TOOK IT TO HNO NELSON FOR ALL HIS HELP VISITING WITH US THIS WEEK! WELL HE LOVED IT AND SAID THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE A REALLY GOOD NAME FOR MY CREATION! LOL! SATURDAY I FOUND OUT THAT CATS HERE DON’T BRING HOME RATS THEY BRING HOME LIZARDS! LOl! SICK!! IT WAS THE FIRST DAY I HAD SEEN 3 GROWN MEN CRY! IT WAS AMAZING! THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE ARE JUST SO ABSOLUTELY HUMBLE! IT IS THE MOST SPIRITUAL TIME OF MY LIFE JUST WATCHING HOW THE TESTIMONY I HAVE CAN CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY!  YESTERDAY A FAMILY ASKED US TO PRAY FOR THEIR FATHER WHO PAST AWAY A YEAR AGO, TO MAKE SURE HIS SOUL GOT TO HEAVEN, IT WAS SAD THAT THEY DON’T KNOW THE PLAN THAT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS FOR US! LATER WE WENT TO SEE HNO ALEX HE TOLD US THAT ANTS ARE NATURAL INSECT REPELLANT, TO LET THEM CRAWL ON YOU AND SMUSH THEM ON YOUR ARMS! SICK! HAHA! THAT WAS MY WEEK! HOPE IT MAKES SENSE I KNOW IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE! BUT NOT A LOT OF TIME TO WRITE TODAY! GOING TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WITH SOME ELDERS TO EAT PUPUSAS! WOOT!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! HASTA LUEGO! BRITTANY