Hello from the HOOD
HAHA! My zone leader says that I am ghetto worthy so I guess
you could say I have finally reached my ultimate goal in life! haha He is a
Mexican who lives in LA, and later SLC so he only speaks the truth. He
knows the hard stuff. Now you can be proud that you are part of my
family!
Also, some other crazy news, my jeans still have a butt
slapping noise, so we haven’t hit rock bottom of obesity quite yet, but the
food is getting tastier and I just keep eating. Now the norm is that I
eat an entire pizza by myself for lunch. This makes my tastebuds happy,
but my panza (belly) is growing like Allisons. Yep, Ive got the gut of
Grandpa Grey.
I hope Hawaii was torturous and that you all hated every
minute. First you leave me behind for Peru, and now Hawaii, WHAT IS NEXT!
I hope every time you heard the sweet serenade of a ukulele, you wanted to
scrape your eardrums out because it put you in a coma thinking of me your
favorite daughter. haha joke. half joke. Glad to hear you were able
to have a fun time and enjoy yourselves.
bueno, this week. My companion is really sick and needs
surgury. Please keep her in your prayers and put her in the temple too. I
dont want to go into detail, but I will keep you updated. Sorry, this
email will be cut short because the hermana leaders are here with us so we have
to get to work instead of writing a novel! It is so fun to be with all 4 of
us. It is what I have been looking forward to ever since I got my call...
to work with hna Hill (Her dad Kent and Katelyn’s dad Spence were very good
friends growing up and still keep in contact) . And here we are together
all day, and I am with my mommy trainer too!! It is a great day to be alive!
These past weeks have been hard with the health of my compi, but to have a
better motivation to work hard gives me energy and satisfaction!
FUN STORIES WITH HNA VELA!
OK! Crazy weather! One day I was dying of heat and then the
next day, It hailed rocks the size of my fist or bigger! I was ssleeping, at
midnight, and my companion couldnt sleep because she felt sick. The power
went out, and she screamed waking me up. NExt thing we knew there was a
crazy lightning show, followed by a hail that could kill the wretched dogs
here. Finally it all wrapped up with a downpour that washed away the piedras(rocks).
We were screaming ARREPENTIOS ARREPENTIOS (Repent Ye Repent Ye) off of our
balcony. It was so crazy and For sure people the next day told us they
thought the wrath of god was being thrust down on them! hahaha
Also, we made Arroz chaufa (Peruvian fried rice) this week!
Peruvian food! it was tasty :)
Also, when the zone leaders left the area, we were able to
use their bikes for the day. What a terror. My skirt got stuck in
the wheel and I saw my life flash before my eyes as the bike came to an abrupt
stop! I screamed for help from my companaion, slash was laughing so hard, that
she hought I was crying and had gotten hurt! Nope, turns out all is well.
so a ripped skirt covered in black tire marks, but todo bien (alls well)!
It was a work out for my poor legs, I waas used to walking three thousand miles
not biking 6500 thousand. I slept good that night for sure!
ALSO; she completed one year in the mission so we celebrated
and had a surprise party. I felt like a rebel planning with the elders with
thecell phone in the bathroom so she wouldnt know I was talking with
them. She was appreciative for it after hahaha
bueno, que mas paso esta semana (ok what else happened this
week)... Oh President came to our area! WE were able to have interviews with
him, and he also spoke at the conference for the District. One thing
interesting that he said is that we can not live in our past successes.
Always prgress or you will be falling behind. There is a huge push right
now with the temple work and family history before the temple opens so i really
need some type of profile pic from each of those in my immediate family, and my
4 generations of grandparents! PLEASE!!! We have a super capo activity planned
and I cant wait to baptize the world with family history!! We also sang in the
choir, and the director cried at the end so I guess that means we sounded good?
who knows with these crazy argentines haha! But we will be having the
second part of the conference on the 26tth to be made into a stake... supposedly.
All is hush hush so we are not completely sure if it is the real deal or not!
Our investigator! PASSED HIS INTERVIEW YESTERDAY!
He will be baptized this coming saturday the 18th of october. He bought a
full pinstriped suit coat for the event and also told us that he will be
cutting his hair! Such an improvement. He is so prepared after workign
with him for almost my whole time here in bell ville (since aug 14th) and we
are blessesd now to see the change in him. He had made the decision and
nothing will change his mind. I may have already toold you this, but whrn
the JWs came to his door, he siad, "No thank you, SOY MORMON (I am a
Mormon)!" haha, casi (nearly), but he will be mormon for real this
weekend!!! :) :)
This week as I was studying I came across OMni1:26 agian, as
well as the story of feeding the 5000. So, I read the talk I gave for my
farewell and bawled. It is so easy to get down in the mission. Let
me tell you, but there is nothing like reading my own testimony and experiences
of finding christ in my life to lift me back up. I cried as I told my
companion about the story with alec and him sending me a message that said
"easy, do you know its true?" Yes, I do. Alec, I can
never give you thanks enough for that one small message. It has changed
my life, and it has chnaged my mission. Alec, Sabes que tienes un lugar
muy especial en mi corazon y no hay espacio suficiente! Primos y amigos para
siempre :) [know that you have a very special place in my year and there
is not a enough room for all of it! Cousins and friends forever]
Keep living righteous lives because not only is it worth it,
but it is impossible to continue living without it! Know I love you
all! It true, distance does make the heart grow fonder. You are all
my prime blessings in mi vida. this is embarrassing, I am realizing that
i may have spoken some spanglish in this letter but I dont have time to fix it.
Perdon [excuse me]. jaja. At least you know Im learning
something out here in the hot, humid, wild wild west (not really- more east,
but it flowed ok?)
I would love to read your moments of difficulties and your
testimonies of how the gospel helped you! Please send me your stories one and
all! young and old! JAckson and the neighbor down the street! This gospel is so
perfect and I want to share it with everyone forever!
Hurrah for Isreal!
Love,
Hermana Woolley
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