No more whining!
That is my first thing I need to do! Haha I realized after I sent
my email last week that I think I sound like I was dying.. which I'm not
yet! haha all is well that ends well and this week ended very well!
Lets do a play by play, shall we?
Lunes! My compy and I found two new future members who
are SO ready for the gospel! They had a house keeper who was LDS for a
while and were very open to taking her to church at 9 am so obviously
that wont be a problem for them like it seems to be for a lot of people!
Muchas felicidades!!!
Martes! We had district meeting! yay! the sisters had a
baptism last sunday so we have begun the tradition of piñatas at
district meeting(: Best idea ever? I think yes. and they elders provided
it and candy. unfortunately the stick was a hockey stick and my compy
wanted to bring it home... after our district leader said she could
threaten anyone with it she didn't want it any more... (pray for me!!
haha jk!)
Miercoles! (not spelled write but i'm not sure!)
My compy
has been sick for a while. so I got to drive! yay and take her to the
elders apartment for a blessing. then they elders told us we had to find
her a babysitter so I could go out and work with the sisters. that was
interesting. we did have an appointment with our future member who is
getting baptized next week though so she was allowed to go to that and
she felt IMMENSELY better at that point in time! yay for blessings and
worthy priesthood holders able to give them! I love our elders! they are
wonderful!
Jueves!
This day was wonderful because it
ended in Nutella... (: Thank you to my wonderful sister in new mexico
for the awesome package! I definitely appreciated it more than words can
truly describe. So much happiness. We also found a future member this
day (: we were looking for some members in these apartments but found
her instead and honestly we are very much ok with that(: we are going
back tonight so i'll let you know how that goes next week!
Viernes! Today I received a new back pack in the mail(: it is
beautiful and red and perfect because we had apartment checks and they
checked our bikes. apparently you are required to have either a
reflective vest or backpack. my one I've been using wasn't reflective
but this one is! so I passed! haha I do love the bikes. so much fun! we
also had our interviews with president this day... oh man that was
intense. we got to the church and they had brought all the packages from
McAllen. guess who got colored pictures from the cutest girls in ALL of
stansbury?! yup! they are indeed hanging on my wall now. I've received
quite a few colored pictures from adorable children and I used them to
decorate my lame white wall. every day I now see a blue princess and
veggie tales. how could life get ANY better?! it couldn't! We also met
with another future member today and set a baptismal date for her!!! we
have seen her a few times but never been able to sit down so we got to
today and she is preparing for baptism on may 19! Yay!!! Im really
excited for her because I know the atonement is exactly what she needs
in her life and we couldn't have entered her life at a better time <3
so much happiness!
Sabado! I got a farmer tan today! yay for the sun of Laredo! and
also we were on exchanges. hahahahah oh man. please picture this with
me. Sister Kreis and I riding bikes through the streets of Laredo. we
taught two lessons solo en espanol! that was beastly. have you ever
tried teaching someone about chastity when you only really understand
half the conversation?! Yep. that was fun. but its good, because the
message got acrossed and she still came to church yesterday! Sister
Kreis had her first bike crash as well ): she just kind of fell over
when we stopped... literally.. it was very funny but sad because we were
very discouraged. so she stayed on the ground and we said a prayer and a
random guy drove up very concerned that she had broken her arm.. but
all was well (:
Domingo!
I saved the day today (: just
kidding. I just saved someone from their children for about 15 minutes.
we brought along our childrens bag (coloring books, crayons and candy
for those of little attention span like me). unfortunately we didn't
have our investigator but someone else's was their with three boys all
under the age of 8. they were WILD. I've never seen someone climb over a
bench so many times. so I swooped in with my toys and now have more
pictures for my childrens wall(: I love it!
I must say a HUGE THANK YOU to all who sent me packages this week
(: The Lord truly is amazing because everything I received was exactly
what I need and in the moment I needed it most(: thank you for your
thoughts, prayers, letters, and stickers(: my compy and I love the
stickers so much and you may receive some back as decoration for your
envelope! I love you all and wish you the best this week! Life is good
in Laredo!
Buenos suerte mis hermanos y hermanas!
-Sister Courtenae Nielson
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