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I can’t believe its
new year’s eve! Ahh the holidays here are sooo strange! I can’t really tell
they are holidays because we are so secluded. Minus all the fireworks. Also on
6 de enero is the celebration of the 3 kings so everyone puts notes on balloons
and then lets them go. We were thinking about doing that and then just writing
our testimonies on them. haha Who knows? People become converted in the
weirdest ways! Like being on missions...
I know that sounds strange but from the beginning they kept telling us
missionaries to convert ourselves first. I can honestly say that is happening. It’s
an incredible experience.
This week has been
pretty weird what with all of the holidays. Although other than the holidays
the days are all the same. haha We have like the same schedule every day. I just remember the day after Christmas it didn't feel like it had just been Christmas. We went right back into our daily
schedules, but it was actually really nice. Our P-day was Christmas Eve and
then we didn't do much studying and classroom time on Christmas so I felt
really slothful. IDK if that’s a word but it was nice to get back into the
flow. I just remember the day before and after Christmas we spent our gym time
playing beach volleyball. It was pretty nice. Also that day we taught one of
our investigators and near the end of our lesson when Hermana Dia was sharing
her testimony to Alberto, A BEE FLEW DOWN HER SHIRT!!! hahahaha It was so
funny!!! She didn't want to reach down because that would have been super awkward
so she just smacked her shirt where the bee was and like 5 seconds later this
crumpled up bee starts pulling itself out and up her hair. It was weird because
we wanted to laugh so hard but we still wanted to have the spirit in our
lesson. Luckily Alberto is really our teacher Hermano Mendoza so he broke
character for a little too.
I look at my journal
entries when I write these letters so I know what to say and what to bring up
and on diciembre 27 I didn’t even write half a page. haha The only news from that
day was that I saw my first cockroach in the computer lab while we were working
on TALL (a comp program that helps us learn the language) and it was like 2
inches long. Yes... I screamed... haha and Hermana Mansell smashed it in half
with a chair and IT’S STILL THERE! Blech. It was awful.
But Sunday night
my stomach started hurting really bad and I was having a lot of issues with
some other things and I went to the doctor and he said that he needed to send
me out of the CCM grounds and get X-rayed and get some blood drawn and some
other things that I will probably just save for my email to my mom because it
was like the most uncomfortable and embarrassing experience of my life...like I
had to do everything myself and I’m surprised I didn't have to draw my own
blood!! But it was nice because me and Hermana Day got to talk to some random
lady in the clinica in Spanish and were able to hold a pretty decent
conversation with the Spanish that we know! I’m supposed to get my test results
back today in like an hour. Don’t worry though; I really honestly think nothing
is wrong. I've just been munching on Tums and taking Pepto for my stomachaches
every now and then. I think it’s just like a 24 flu or something because I know
that’s been going around. They just needed to take all the precautions because
if it’s in the food they will need to know. But I’m the only one with my
symptoms so it’s really probably okay. I got a blessing Sunday night and
today so I’m feeling pretty okay about it. It was really my hermanas that
forced me to go to the doctor so yea, don’t worry. I just wanted to complain
about needing to get my blood drawn again! I hate that. haha
OKAY. Soo... Chase
leaves in two days!!! You have to tell me everything! When does he get set
apart¿¿ Ahh I’m so excited he is going to love it!!! Please tell him not to
worry about traveling, just stay calm and try to enjoy it. Look out the window
a lot! Ahh I can’t wait to write my baby brother as a missionary!!! Oh also, I
showed your Christmas photo to mi hermanas and you all look so stunning in the
picture! I love showing off my family to everyone here! Also my kitten. haha She
is so adorable.. AND SO BIG. Like stop her from growing por favor.
Also I apologize but I
can’t find my camera chord so I won’t be able to send any pictures this week. I
might just have to wait a few days til I get to Florida and then just get a new
one at Wal-Mart. So you will have to prepare for all the pictures I will have
to send!
Signing off for the
last time in 2013!
Hermana Halverson
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