Hi family! Thanks for the e-mail! Again, I always love hearing about your week. I didn't get the package yet but I should soon. Sometimes it takes a bit to get through the system. This week was good, flew by again. So my companion and I have an inside joke. There's a recent convert who always has a funny expression on his face. Whenever I imitate him it makes Sister Alvarez laugh really hard. Anyway, we wanted a picture with him with me making that face but of course we don't want anyone to know I made the face, so we came up with a plan. When we visited his family, we asked for a group picture and put the camera on timer. Picture one- I stand in the back and make the face. After the picture I said "hold on, one more!" And we did it again to get a good picture. Now my companion has a picture that makes her laugh so hard she can't breathe every time she sees it. :-) We have good times. I heard there was an earthquake and tsunami in Japan but not many details. These are the last days.
I love you all!!!!!! I'm so proud of you!!!!
Hi everyone! This next week is the last full week of the transfer. Transfers are next week. I have no idea what's going to happen. My companion leaves three weeks into the next transfer because her visa expires.
I was down for a day with the flu last week but I'm good now. It was pretty much a 24 hour thing. A lot of people are coming down with "la gripa" or the flu.
cool quote: "Failure is one of the greatest teachers if we have the faith to learn from it." That can be applied in so many areas.
We are visiting an inactive family where the grandma lives with several of her grandkids. It's usually pretty noisy and a few of the kids have an attitude so it's hard to teach. We were considering not setting a return appointment and just telling them we'll stop by if we're in the area but then the kids came over and sat down with copies of the Book of Mormon. We set a return appointment. If there is even a chance that I might make a difference in the life of a child then I want to come back. I might not do much but I will do my best. I have a strong testimony that children are precious and the raising and education both temporal and spiritual is a great responsibility that is not to be taken lightly. Families are ordained of God.
Taking the road less traveled by is good as an analogy in life but not literally as a missionary. This week we tried to take a shortcut by riding alongside train tracks. It ended up dead-ending and we had to wade through a field of weeds to find a street again.
There's always the stereotype of missionaries being chased by big dogs. In Madera the dogs we are chased most by are Chihuahuas and they actually don't chase you unless you're on your bike. If you're walking all they do is bark. They can be vicious though when you're trying to outrun them.
I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Sorry, I can't think of much to say. Life goes on. Every minute a new adventure!
Hermana Evans
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