This week has been quite interesting, to say the least. On Monday, it was 98 degrees outside. The next day the high of the day was 98 degrees and it was snowing. It is the beginning of September, it was sweltering outside, then the next day BOOM, snow. I love the weather here:)
Before it was snowy it was really smokey. That's been fun. Often when I walk outside it smells like walking into a camp fire. It sounds like I'm not the only one enjoying the smoke. It sounds like a lot of people are having fires and smoke. Yep, exciting times to be alive and serving the Lord.
Since both of my companions are reassigned from Spanish speaking missions, they have language study for one hour everyday. While they study and practice Spanish, I make little thank you cards for people who invite us over with little puns. If you have any ideas for other puns I can make, please email me. I'm starting to run low on fun puns.
This week was our District Leader's Birthday, so we decided to bring him chocolate chip cake muffins. Since we aren't allowed to use flames or candles, we made him a make shift paper candle with a little flag. He turned 20, but on his Facebook it says he turned 27, so we teased him a little about that. He was previously serving in Brazil, so we got a little creative with the Happy Birthday note. Thank goodness for the Google Translate app!
One perk of having Hermanas as companions is they teach me a little bit of Spanish here and there. Yes, I stink at it, but I can kind of sing a few hymn and I know a couple common phrases. It's actually been really cool. There is a friend we are teaching who used to live in Mexico, and they have been teaching him in Spanish. I understand almost none of it, but I do understand the feeling I receive from them teaching. The spirit is so strong in the lessons, and I can testify the things that they say are true, because they feel right. They feel warm, familiar, and welcoming. These truths are so profound you can spend a life time learning about them, but so simple that you can grasp them so quickly and even a child can understand. I love this church and all that I've learned in the few months I've been out. I'm so excited to see what the Lord has in store for me to learn from.
