Iceberg straight ahead!!! BRRR... Hi everyone, how are you all? a cold front has moved into paysandu and i am halfway frozen at this moment. I HATE THE COLD!! i miss warm weather, blue skies, and not seeing my breath everywhere i go(even in the house). it rained a ton this week.. haha im not very cut out for this kind of rain either. when it rains here the streets flood and nobody leaves their houses. but its a good thing for us because thats when we know that they are home and have to answer the door! we did a lot of contacting those days. and my feet are perma popsicles. im thinking about investing in some hardcore boots that dont let the water in. haha it was funny also, on our walk to church on sunday my umbrella almost took off out of my hand becuase it was sooo windy. i felt like mary poppins! i wish i had an umbrella like she does.. itd be soo much easier. anyways, this last week was pretty uneventful really haha but still a good one. we worked a lot trying to find new investigators because most of ours are now baptized. we didnt have very much luck and that mixed with the weather was kind of hard. but the cool thing is that we read alot from Jesus the Christ this week and i never ever realized how amazingly blessed we are. the more and more i learn about our lord and his eternal sacrifice the more and more i want to be a better person and missionary. i read specifically about the days leading up to and the day of his death. it blows my mind to read the things that he had to endure and the trials that he had to face. when he suffered in gethsemane even his best friends didnt stay awake to support him. he had to do it all by himself. what love, what sacrifice. he provides us such a great example of how to live and what we should seek to be. i also read about his resurrection and the grand miracle that that is. he lives and will always live. he loves and and he will always love! of this we can never doubt! i encourage all of you to study more about his life and who he was while he was on the earth. it will increase your desire to become better. i know it has done that for me.
i love seeing our converts these days. they are all doing so very well. the giosas are progressing in their knowledge of the gospel so much each week. he is going to recieve the priesthood soon along with juan sosa and hector. they are all showing their devotion and desire to serve the lord. they all showed up to church yesterday when it was horrible weather. it was really impressive. i love them all very much.
as for the spanish... haha i kind of feel like ive taken a step back this last week. its kind of frustrating. i think ive just been having a hard time concentrating and focusing all the time. my mind is tired. but im rededicating myself to the cause again. its all good im going to be more dilligent. i made brownies in the microwave this week, for the sosas but they turned out burrrrnt! haha it was really funny! haha we still ate them anyway. also... funny uruguay tradition. when it rains they always make these things called tortas fritas. which are like scones. they fry them in all types of stuff, oil, butter, grease! oh boy! ok so on saturday it was raining intensely and we went over to the sosas to learn how to make them. well i ended up eating like 4 there and being stuffed. we had a lesson right after with another family and lo and behold they made us more tortas fritas! i about died! 6 tortas fritas in one day... KILL ME! haha i never want to see another one again. but theres another storm on the way. oh man! i can do it! hahaha
we also learned about our investigators courtship last night... haha ok so the giosas have a 13 year age difference between them. when she was 16 and had not talked to one boy ever in her life she met alfredo. he was 29 and determined to be married before was thirty. he saw her one day and decided that she was the one he wanted. well back in the day, her parents were crazy strict and after she had talked to him once he decided to go to her house and ask for her hand in marriage. after one random conversation! well her parents consented and they began their six month courtship in which they could never ever be alone and he had to come to her house to see her 3 times every week for an hour and always with her parents present. they were not allowed alone until they had been married the second time in the church. hahah they were married first civilly but still not allowed alone. they did not even kiss! hahah and now they are like the coolest couple ever! i love them! haha just thought id share that. i got a kick out of it! also, i guess i dont talk in my sleep... i laugh! haha my comp told me this morning that i woke her up last night because i started giggling! haha i guess i just love my life right now or something! i love waking up laughing! well i love you all! sorry for the randomness of this email but hey i am what i am! keep up the good work! GO JAZZ!! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!
love,
hermana amy crofts
pics...
1) see mom i do eat my vegatables and i am good at it!
2)edelbis at her baptism last week
3) match made in heaven.. the giosas and i during lunch
4) me and rocio after her baptism!
ps.. we had another baptism this week of a young man that we didnt work much with but awesome all the same! yay franco!
we also learned about our investigators courtship last night... haha ok so the giosas have a 13 year age difference between them. when she was 16 and had not talked to one boy ever in her life she met alfredo. he was 29 and determined to be married before was thirty. he saw her one day and decided that she was the one he wanted. well back in the day, her parents were crazy strict and after she had talked to him once he decided to go to her house and ask for her hand in marriage. after one random conversation! well her parents consented and they began their six month courtship in which they could never ever be alone and he had to come to her house to see her 3 times every week for an hour and always with her parents present. they were not allowed alone until they had been married the second time in the church. hahah they were married first civilly but still not allowed alone. they did not even kiss! hahah and now they are like the coolest couple ever! i love them! haha just thought id share that. i got a kick out of it! also, i guess i dont talk in my sleep... i laugh! haha my comp told me this morning that i woke her up last night because i started giggling! haha i guess i just love my life right now or something! i love waking up laughing! well i love you all! sorry for the randomness of this email but hey i am what i am! keep up the good work! GO JAZZ!! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!
love,
hermana amy crofts
pics...
1) see mom i do eat my vegatables and i am good at it!
2)edelbis at her baptism last week
3) match made in heaven.. the giosas and i during lunch
4) me and rocio after her baptism!
ps.. we had another baptism this week of a young man that we didnt work much with but awesome all the same! yay franco!
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