Week 34

HOLA FAMILIA!!!

How are you all doing?! Wow. so many things are going on for you guys! Lots of trips and camps and summer school and visits! so fun!! 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! I hope you enjoy the party at the Broadbents and that is so fun that Nathan Andrea and Bailey are coming to stay with you!

Well today has been an exciting P-day... So this morning we had to be at tres cruces at 9:30 so that my companion could sign her residency papers, and our bus left at 6:40.  So we leave the house at 6 this morning and go to the ATM to take out money because we didn't have enough to get there and back, so we go and we don't have any money.... And well it turns out that our money pops in right at 6:30, so at 6:30 we try again, well this ATM was without money.  So we book it down a hill, the opposite direction of the bus station and take out our money and book it back, we get there and the bus still haden't left. We buy tickets and wait, and wait, and wait.  we wait until 7:30 and then we see some people returning their ticket and this nice lady was like this guy offered to take us to tres cruces so we are going with him.... so we went! And we made it just in time.So while my companion left I stayed and looked around in the mall, we printed off our letters, 

and then we got back and came straight here!

I have to tell you all something, and I'm not sure you are going to believe me, and I'm not sure I want to tell you either but I will. I have gained weight!! So me and my companion are working on losing weight and eating more healthy.  Though everyone tells me there is no way that I could have gained that much, it is true.  And it doesn't help either, that our members are the best!! Yesterday por ejemplo, we ate a huge lunch, and then that night our members invited us over for a snack, and then that night someone brought us a couple bags of rice, chips, mayo, sugar, salt, tuna..... but I think it was because someone said that the missionaries are starving, which ^^^^^ I'm not. But we love the food!

YESTERDAY!!! I gave my very first talk in church! Apparently the members that were going to give talks didn't show up and so they didn't have anyone, and he came up to me and asked, and right then I was playing the piano, and I almost said no.... but I said yes.  In my whole life I have given three, now four, talks in church, and I was so nervous.  But I really feel like the Spirit helped me.  I found a scripture that I had been looking for D&C 112:21-22 ( And applied it how we can all be missionaries but we need to be 1. Humble 2. Keep the commandments 3.Be worthy and follow and have the Spirit.) and quotes came into my head and I also shared what Heidi shared in here farewell talk, and though I was super scared, it ended up being ok.  We also had one of the little boys come again and he was awesome this time! He sat with the primary teacher and he didn't say a word and was quiet!

Well I can't think of anything else that has been happening, but if I do I'll hurry and write it.  Oh well apparently we had permission to watch the soccer games so I watched the last two! and Luis Suarez bit someone, so he couldn't play and he is one of the best! And then we lost in octavos :(

I love you sooooooo much! Thank you for the wonderful emails, your love and support. Stay strong! And enjoy summer!

Love,

Hermana Louder

#9 Luis Suarez.

Hermana Elena and the sweet girl, Daniela, that she watches over.