The World Cup has arrived

HOLA!!! como andan todos? todo bien? espero que si! bueno ahora en ingles. how is everyone?? i hope everyone had a wonderful week! its been pretty crazy down here in good ol uruguay! for those of you that dont know anything about soccer or sports.. the world cup has now begun!!! back home im sure you can get away without knowing this, but here you would have to live under a rock out in the campo with all the gauchos.. and even then you could still probably hear all the yelling and fireworks! haha it is absolutely insane. I LOVE IT!!!! they shut down all the shops and factories and the streets become deserted when there are games on. especially when uruguay plays! on friday when they were playing we were lucky enough to be over at the bishops house helping with a service project, having lunch and doing our laundry and so we got to watch a little bit of it. haha i have to admit, i didnt want to leave when it came the time! but a missionary´s got to do what a missionary´s got to do! it was awesome to even get to watch for a little bit. theyre playing again this week and im hoping we´ll be somewhere where we can watch a little bit. haha cuz its almost impossible to find during this time. vamos uruguay!! i heard that the usa tied with england! thats awesome too! go usa! hahah so fun.. i love it! you can talk to almost any man about futbol for hours.. its a good way to get in doors haha.

we found some pretty cool people this week! we decided to tract a street that we had never seen before and we found a bunch of cool people! there is an awesome older couple who had actually talked with the missionaries a year before and have already gone to church three times. we just need them to say yes and they can be baptized! i sure hope so! we are working with the son of alfredo and edelbis and his family. they are a young family and very interested. its just been hard to get them to come to church! we´re working on it though. their 6 year old son loves to say prayers. its really cool! the sosa family has been having some struggles lately. gabrielas family have all the sudden come out in opposition to the church. and have started to call juan a crazy person for being so faithful to the church. its no good! we are working on this as well! please pray for them!

oh and guess what!? i spoke in church yesterday! haha i know shocking.. i did it! i spoke for 10 min in spanish and everything! woo hoo! sorry im running out of time but also changes are coming up this next week. im pretty nervous! ahhh hahah oh well the lord will send me where im needed! i love you all! sorry so short!

love,

hermana amy crofts

6/7/10

Hola! Buen dia a todos! How are you all!? Thanks to all the fam for the wonderful emails that i recieved today! haha i loved each and every one of them. from alaska to tenessee sounds like all is well! things down here in uruguay are going well, and we having a lot of fun. last week we went to montevideo again, and this time we were able to actually wear our p-day clothes! haha it was sooo nice! i hope you all enjoy wearing pants everyday. i wish i could! but since the temple is closed there for cleaning right now we decided to take advantage of our time and go see a little bit of the city. i loved every second of it! montevideo is such a cool place! its very much like europe but dirtier. the architecture and everything is really pretty. we went and visited the college there that my comp had actually thought about doing a study abroad at about a year before her mission. before the thought had even entered her mind. im glad that shes here on the mish! we walked around a part of deo called ciudad vieja, its the nicer part of the city and it has a bunch of really cool older buildings and little artisan shops. and then we went out to the ocean and just sat there for a little bit enjoyed the ocean breeze and watched the old men fish. it was quite a fun day! (and even the dentist wasnt that bad :) haha)

anyways we got back to work on thursday and it was good to be back. we worked a lot with our recent converts this week and it was nice to see their progression. we had to work out a couple bumps in the road with a couple of them but other than that all is good. it was sooo cool on sunday because hector, juan and alfredo all recieved the priesthood. and they also all shared their testimonies with everyone! these men are so dedicated to the gospel! i love it! i kind of felt really proud of them. i know pride is bad but i just cant help it! haha

as for tracting.. its not my favorite thing to do. we havent had to much success with it lately, but all the references weve recieved havent been home when we go by to talk to them. any ideas from you ex missionaries? we´re kind of in a rut here. haha help! we started to teach english this friday! haha and its so fun! i really enjoy it... were hoping that it will help us bring more people to the church. and plus i get to speak english so woohoo!

well.. not much else has happened this week. sorry to be so boring haha but i can tell you that i am wearing mis matching socks right now and that our water heater has broken! BLAH! haha i hate cold showers especially when its cold! but the blessings really outweigh all of that! i love being here in the lords service! hope all is well and you are doing great like im sure you are.. i love you!!!!

love,

hermana amy crofts

ps.. i tried to send pictures but this computer is RIDICULOUS!! it took me like a day just to send this email. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!