2015

Dear Family,

Here we are again?! How was your new year?!  Crepes? I still haven't gotten the letter from Grandma Burr, but I did get one from Marla!

Salinas B: two words. It's huge. WOW. We walk SO MUCH!! It is ginormous. Really though. And we don't live in our area so we have to start walking or running back to the house pretty early.  In the house there are four of us but it is a little more seperate. The other companionship is usually in their room and that is where they study and then we study out in the main room.  The house is normal kinda interesting because the ceiling is of wood so bugs are always falling for above ha, but it's good.  Hermana Dowdle is awesome! She is hilarious, and we are always happy, she has just barely began but she is working on her Spanish and really likes to start the converstations, ha it's great.

Yesterday it really hit me, from what you guys said on skype and also a member about Spanish.  So a member that just got back from her mission 2 weeks ago and is already engaged haha was talking to us and using her english and saying her companions that spoke the most spanish also had the best accents.  Ah and I know I have been really bad in that.  So this change I am putting a goal, that I am only going to speak Spanish, except of course to talk to you guys or a little on p-day, because I don't want to loose the Spanish I know right now, and I really want to get better.  I know it's going to be rough, but I really want this!

We have a lot of investigators and the bad thing is, is that none of them live close to one another, so we are always walking and talking to so many new people.  Apparently the bishop gave them some references, and so we went back and they were all really receptive so we will be visiting them this week, and also an investigator that came to church is the boy friend of a member that just had a baby, he came for the baby blessing and is really interested, so of course they need to get married! But I thing he is going to be really good.

Another investigator named P, wow.  So before changes they taught him on an intercambio the word of wisdom, but my companion wasn't there so we weren't really sure what happened. So we went to go check up on it and he was not very happy.  He doesn't want to accept the word of wisdom or law of chasity or tithing! But I think we just need to explain it to him, We were teaching him again the word of wisom and well I'll just tell you what happened.  Inspired questions gone wrong.  So I asked Hna Dowdle if I could share it and she said yes, we were talking about alchohol and how he doesn't want to give it up and she asks, do you think jesus drank alcohol or wine? and he was like yes.  In the scirptures and went on.... I just about died! Because then he was like, or do you think I'm wrong, so we had to dig our selves back up out of that hole hahaha...

Church! There were so many people, but all are so nice! And we actually have a couple that play piano so I don't have to! But I did bare my testimony.

  

Oh and we went to new years to our DOM's and had BBQ and could stay out again so they had so much food and it was soooooo good and then he and his wife drove us home and we watched the fireworks.

Things are going good, family, if you have any adivce or if anyone has advice for me, please give it to me! Don't be afraid to offend me, because I want to become better.  I love you all so much and hope that you start this year 2015 off well and have made goals! Love you!!

Love,

Hermana Louder

The picture I sent last time.. the shirts were a gift to the four of us for Christmas from a member.