GOOD MORNING!!! WHAT A WEEK!!! I COULD SAY THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK!!! EL SALVADOR IS DEFINITELY TREATING ME WELL!!! EVERYONE ASKS ME IF I WILL MOVE BACK AFTER MY MISSION…SO LET ME CLARIFY…I LOVE EL SALVADOR AND WOULD NOT WANT TO SERVE ANYWHERE ELSE ON MY MISSION BUT NO I WILL NOT LIVE HERE! YA NO! LOL! ANYWAY I AM SUPER HAPPY BECAUSE I JUST GOT TO SPEND THE LAST 40 MINUTES TALKING OK EMAILING BACK AND FORTH WITH AUSTIN!! OH IT MAKES ME SO UNBELIEVABLLY HAPPY!! OK NOW I HAVE TO THINK OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK BEFORE I FORGET!!! THE DAYS HERE LITERALLY SMASH INTO ONE! THANK GOODNESS I AM KEEPING A VERY DETAILED JOURNAL!! I HAVE ALREADY USED ONE WHOLE JOURNAL AND NOW AM ALMOST THROUGH MY SECOND!! VERY THANKFUL FOR THE JOURNALS I WAS GIVEN BEFORE I LEFT!!!
MONDAY WE WENT AND DID OUR GROCERY SHOPPING LIKE NORMAL AND I BOUGHT A CHOCOBANANO!! YUM!! BUT THIS ONE WAS HUGE!!! LIKE 2 BANANAS ALMOST!!! OF COURSE I TOOK A PHOTO!! I WILL FORWAD THAT TOO!!
K SO I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO WORRY! I AM NOT SUPPOSE TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WOULD WORRY MY FAMILY BUT I THINK IT IS CRAZY!! SO I TOLD YOU THAT A MAN WAS MURDERED LAST MONTH, THIS MONDAY WE ARE WALKING HOME AND WE STOP TO TALK TO OUR BREAD LADY, SHE TELLS US THAT WE JUST MISSED A MURDER…WHAT!! ON THE STREET ABOVE OURS LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE WE GOT HOPE!! THEY SMASHED THIS GUYS HEAD WITH A GIANT ROCK!! WELL TURNS OUR THE 1ST GUY WAS HIS BROTHER AND THEY WERE IN THE SAME GANG AND BOTH TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT… WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THIS…DON’T JOIN A GANG WHILE HERE…LOl!! BUT SAD THAT IS 2 FAMILIES WITH OUT THEIR DADS!
TUESDAY WAS MY 5 MONTH MARK!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!! WOW!!! WELL ELDER CHAVEZ MY ZONE LEADER BOUGHT ME A CHOCOLATÉ AMERICANO! LOL! A MILKY WAY!! WHEN HE GAVE IT TO ME PRESIDENT GLAZIER WAS THERE AND HE ASKED ME FOR ONE I SAID THIS IS ALL I HAVE! THEN I ASKED HIM IF HE EVER SAW GOONIES!! NO HE HADNT WHAT A SHAME!! LOL!! BUT I EXPLAINED HOW THE BIG SCARY MAN BREAKS THE CANDYBAR IN HALF AND GIVES IT TO THE KID!! HE THEN ASKS ME IF HE IS THE BIG SCARY MAN!! HAHAHAHA!!! THEN I TRIED TO REVERSE OUT OF THAT ONE TELLING HIM THAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO OFFER HIM PART OF MY CANDY BAR NOT CALING HIM SCARY LOL!! HE IS LIKE A GIANT TEDDY BEAR!! LOL!! K 10 MORE MINUTES!! I CAN DO IT!! LOl!! MY NEW FAVORITE SNACK HERE IS FROZEN GRAPES!!! THEY ARE SO AMAZING AFTER A LONG HOT NASTY SWEATY STINKY DAY! LOL! SORRY LOTS OF LOLS! BUT I AM SO HAPPY! I CAN NOT WAIT TO TALK TO AUSTIN AGAIN! LOl! WEDNESDY WE WENT TO AN INVESTIGATORS HOUSE, DINORA, SHE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES MY DRESSES! YAY I LOVE HER!! BUT ANYWAY SHE WAS HAVING HER HOUSE PAINTED AND WHEN WE GOT INSIDE I MET A FAMILY FROM NEW YORK! THEY OWN THE HOUSE I GUESS AND THEY CAME DOWN TO FIX IT UP! THEY WENT AND BOUGHT US A BUNCH OF FRUIT AND RAW SUGAR CANES THEY WERE VERY INTERESTING, IT IS LITERALLY THE CANE AND YOU CHEW ON IT AND THE JUICE PART YOU SUCK OUT!! MMMM YEAH IT WAS GOOD!! BUT I HAD FUN TALKING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE LIVED IN NEW YARK FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY KNEW ABOUT THE CHURCH BECAUSE OF THE PALMIRA PAGENT, THEN ANOTHER INVESTIGATOR ALBERTO WORKS IN A CLOTHING FACTORY FOR ECHO AND AERO AND AMBERCROMBIE HE CAN BUY ANYTHING FROM THERE AND THE PRICES ARE FROM 1 -6 DOLLARS!! CRAZY!! HE SAID HE WILL HOOK ME UP WITH WHAT EVER I WANT BEFORE I GO HOME!! SWEET!! I LOVE HAVING FRIENDS!! AND HE IS GOING TO GET ME SOME DOLLAR TEES TO GO RUN IN!! I WAS LIKE WHAT THESE ARE ATLEAST 20 DOLLARS IN THE STATES!! NUTS!!!
THURSDAY WE HAD OUR DISTRICT MEETING AND I MADE FRENCH TOAST FOR ELDER CHAVEZ! HE WAS IN HEAVEN IT WAS SO FUNNY! I DID NOT THINK THEY WERE VERY GOOD THIS MORNING BECAUSE I BOUGHT DIFFERENT BREAD BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER HAD FRENCH TOAST! HE TOLD ME I COULD MAKE HIM FRENCH TOAST WHEN EVER I WANT LOL!!
FRIDAY I WENT TO THE PHARMACY TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE THINK ON MY FOOT AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVBER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE! WHAT GREAT COMFORT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH SOMETHING GROWING ON YOUR LEG! NO I THINK IT IS JUST A BUG BITE THAT GOT INFECTED BUT MY NURSE IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT TOMORROW!! I DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE ANY DRUGS FROM THE PHARMACY WITH OUT HER LOOKING AT IT!! HERE YOU DON’T NEED A PRESCRIPTION FOR ANYTHING, YOU CAN JUST BUY WHATEVER RUG YOU WANT!! CRAZY!! SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ANYTHING!! LOl!!
SATURDAY WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE TO VISIT IT WAS CRAZY!! IN THE MORNING I HAD AN INVESTIGATOR TRY AND GET ME TO MARRY HER 18 YEAR OLD SON!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN!! IF NOT!! YOU NEED TO!! IT IS JUST LIKE HERE!! PEOPLE ARE SO STRAIGHT AND FORWARD IT IS FUNNY!! BUT WE LITERALLY ONLY HAD TIME FOR A 5 MINUTE LUNCH! WE RAN TO THE HOUSE I GRABBED A TORTILLA AND AN APPLE AND WE RAN TO OUR NEXT VISIT! WOW!! TO TOP IT ALL OFF WE DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL 9!! WHY YOU ASK, WELL WE WENT TO GO SEE AMANDA A NEW INVESTIGATOR AND SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO CHURCH AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL…WELL SHE INFORMED US THAT HER NO GOOD MAN OF 13 YEARS WHO SHE HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER WITH, BEATS HER AND HE WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY ON AND OFF FOR MONTHS AT A TIME AND THINKS SHE IS CHEATING ON HIM AND IS THREATENING TO KILL HER! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE LOCO MEN, NO PIGS!! I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER, BUT WITH CONFLICTS LIKE THAT THE BISHOP DOESN’T WANT US GOING TO HER HOUSE TO TEACH HER!! ELDER WILLIAMS TOLD HNA V THAT I AM LOOSING WEIGHT FAST! IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD!! I KNOW I AM MY CLOTHES LOOK SILL ON ME THEY ALL ARE TOO BIG WHICH MAKES ME LOOK FUNNY!! SO ANYWAY BACK TO MY NIGHT I STAYED UP UNTIL 11:30 WRITING MY TALK!! BECAUSE YES SUNDAY I HAD ANOTHER TALK!! IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER VERY TIME BUT THIS TIME I CHOSE A STORY TO READ WITH MY TALK AND I GOT NERVOUS WHEN I STARTED TO READ IT CAUSE IT HAD SOME HUGE WORDS THAT I AM NOT USE TO SAYING AND SO I READ IT REALLY FAST WHICH JUST MADE ME MESS UP ON THOSE WORDS!! BUT I WAS ABLE TO STAND THERE AND JUST EXPRESS MY HEART WHICH FELT AMAZING!!! EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS GOOD!! I WISHED THAT IT WAS BETTER BUT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD FOR ONLY BEING HERE FOR 3 MONTHS!!
K I HAVE TO GO NOW BUT BEFORE I WANT TO WISH UNCLE BRYAN A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM EL SALVADOR!! IHOPE YOUR FAMILY IS ALL DOING GREAT!! XOXO!!!
AND MY INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT!!
“ IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO DO…ASK HIM – HE WILL GLADLY TLL YOU!!!” JAMES 1:5
I THINK THAT IS ALL!! LOVE YOU ALL AND SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR LETTERS!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO BRITTANY
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