Hola Familia!!!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It was such a great day
haha even though it was crazy because I completely forgot about it until
Sunday morning! I had mentioned it to my new hijita (companion) earlier in the
week and then forgot about it with all the craziness of the week- well my comp
remembered and she surprised me with little notes on the walls haha. I think
its only possible to forget your own birthday in the mission field but it was
such a good day anyway! We didnt have a cake so my comp piled some cookies on
top of each other and we sang happy birthday. I felt a ton of love from other
missionaries and some members who gave us lunch and chocolate haha.
I am officially a MOMMY! I love mi hijita Hermana Silva- She
is from Chihuaha Mexico ( VIVA MEXICO for Payton..) and the coolest person
I have ever met. She is a recent convert from just one year and a half, and she
is a spiritual GIANT! It's amazing how much she knows and feels for the Gospel
with such little time of knowing it. It was so exciting when all the future
trainers walked into the Presidents house and there they were- all the new
missionary victims lined up, and President Thurgood went about announcing who
was going to train who. Well of course we were the very last ones to be
announced haha that always happens to me! We were friends from the start. She
is so excited about the work and she has a lot of great ideas. The only real
problem we've had is teaching her to ride a bike. She was super scared about it
at first but after a BUNCH of practice runs in the back yard she has progressed
to riding in the streets! I am one proud mama! Haha I never thought that in the
mission I would teach someone to ride a bike! But it is so worth it because
every lesson that we have is amazing. We are super united and she is already
sucha great teacher. In fact, she's teaching me a whole lot more than I am
teaching her. I feel so humble to be her trainer or even her companion. Also
she loves Spngebob so that is a HUGE plus!
Funny moment of the week: We were running late to catch a
omnibus to leave for a meeting that night, and my comp was still learning to
ride on the bikes so we were going super slow. I saw the bus leaving in the
distance so I started to book it like a wild woman haha and as it was pulling
out I tapped on the window and begged for him to wait for us! Wasn`t to great
of an impression but what can ya do. We caught the bus.
I "re" learned this week that one doesn't need to
know everything about the gospel to be able to teach it. Hna Silva is new to
the gospel herself, but she has a testimony that burns so bright you
can't deny the words that leave her mouth.
Well the Hudson graduated? What are they going to do NOW?
Haha hope all is well in Snowflake (mini Zion) and that you all can pray for
more opportunities to share the gospel.
Con amor,
Hermana Flake
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