HI PEE-POLE!
Its me- Lib!
Who even knows what happens during my weeks? Everyday has a novel amount of context to write about, but then we smoosh it into a week and into the small amount of time I have on the computer and forget it! Idk what to say!
So... as usual when I don´t know what to say ... I just say things and hope the things bring joy to others!
This weeks Highlights (according to the photos captured)
1.Hermana Santos gifted me a pair of Crocs because my flip-flops died... I am the tackiest and the happiest. I feel weirdly guiltly about how much joy these horrific foam-turtle shells people call "shoes" bring to me. I have strange guilty pleasures.
2. A month ago the hood-rats from the casa next to the church gifted us HUGE pomelos. We tried making a juice and... it was the most bitter cup I have ever drunk (Dranken? drunken?) ... anyway so we had these huge grapefruits just sitting in our house for a month when suddenly I decided it would be worth the while to make "Elder dummies", using the pomelos as heads and leave them at their house. We were at Rominas house when the idea struck me and as she does their laundry and encorages us in our macanadas , we had 2 white shirts at our expense. Maybe we were just due for a laugh, but for one reason on another it was the funniest thing EVER while we were preparing them and their dueños were watching us with expression of "Crazy Mormons" on their faces. hahaha. The Elders called us laughing and we all shared a chuckle... I think a prank war has begun but more on that next week. The best part was that Elder Benevante ate all 3 of the old bitter pomelos. hahahaha
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Also, I remembered the fisheye effect on my camera and the results made us almost pee our pants from laughing.
4.I made weird goolash...goolosh? I can't spell.
Thank you all for the birthday emails! (and future birthday emails from people who were planning on sending after and not before birthday emails)
I will let you know how the day goes. I have just been informed we have Zone Conference that day so... Presumably I will be in Pedro Juan on the day of. That means that if I have packages or mail I will recieve them that day! YAY! It´s just what any missionary would ask for on their birthday! I feel old and I'm going to be even older on Wednesday. I can soon legally drink and gamble... although I choose to do better things with my time. Last Bday I was in China and now I'm in South America. That's kinda cool but also weird.
Who Am I?
I feel like the news about the progress, or lack thereof in my area, is getting old, but ... here goes:
Yby Yau is the same. We clap at houses. People let us come in, sit down and speak, then leave. I try to desern what to say so they will REALLY listen...I try to figure out how to tell their hearts that THIS is the "something" that is missing in their lives! but so far nothing has worked. Words from my mouth go into their ears, but nothing is heard. Sometimes I plead with them to listen, REALLY listen... But, So far my pleas, as well as the message of Christ restored Gospel, go "unheard"... even though they hear my palabras (words). Honestly, it bums me out. I know that God has a plan, and it´s HIS gospel, not mine... So I`m all set to keep doing this for as long as He allows me to represent him. Patience is an attribute of Christ that is related to Faith. I just need to keep believing. Hope is never lost. I know that God lives and that He loves His Children, because of that love, He sent His Son. This is His Church and He has a plan. He has prepared a living Prophet to guide us by His word. That prophet signed the certifica I carry around everyday that says I am authorized to do this (even when I really don`t feel sufficient). So... Even if I`m bummed because of the lack of visible "fruit" of my labor... I can keep my head up knowing that I am called of and being humbled by the hand of my Father in Heaven.
There is always going to be opposition and rejection. People rejected Jesus Christ Himself, so likewise, to this day there will, be some who choose not to listen. That doesn´t make the truth of the restoration of His gospel any less important. I will keep opening my mouth and searching of hearts ready to hear. . .
I just really hope I find some soon :)
Until next week- (and for the last time as a 20 year old)
With X`s and O`s
Hermana Valenzuela
