Sunday, November 10, 2013

Crickets....Yep...I ate 2 of them!!! (week 23)

There is NEVER a typical week, day, or hour, or minute for that matter in the life of a missionary! Never. and this week was just FULL of nonordinary things. haha it was a really rough week but one thing I have learned is that I am so grateful for trials. If we have faith and turn to the Lord during our trials, He will carry us through them and helps us to get through them and then be stronger in the end! They really are blessings in disguise! This week had some really great parts to it though :) I am just so grateful to be a missionary! I love this gospel so much. Oh P.S. Going on transfer 5 this week! And I am staying in the same area!! No one in our district got transferred! And that means I will have been in this area for 7 and a half months! crazy! good thing i love it :)
Okay so onto this week!! So on P-day we had a zone activity and it was soooo much fun! We had a BBQ and carved pumpkins!! It was the most hispanic influenced bbq i have ever been to! Like big pieces of chicken and then tortillas and onions covering the rest of the grill! hahah it was the greatest thing ever. I love hispanic culture. Then we went to teach Janie. We had a Noche de Hogar with her and her girls and we played a game. It was super duper fun. We love games! And then we did the same thing with Paula, Hermano Miguel, and A.V. We played the game where we have something written on a sticky note and its on your forehead and you have to ask questions to figure out what you are. Its a lot more fun in spanish. Then on Tuesday we had district meeting. A really good district meeting. Our district is so great! So funny. Then we went to see Maria and read some scriptures with her. Then we went to go see Jocelyn, who is our new!! She is the daughter of a less active that we found a really long time ago! Jocelyn is so sweet and we invited her to be baptized and she said yes! She has a date for the 24th of november!! We are sooo excited about her! And she really just wants to know the truth! And we have it :) So great. Then we went to sugarland to help a member get stuff ready for the fall festival and we made a game for it! It was a really cool game! But that night was the hardest night. We get there to the festival like an hour late and Janie was mad at us. Like sooo mad! Because she thought we had told her that her kids couldnt wear costumes but we told her they could just not scary! (Hispanics really dont like halloween!) so she was so mad and mad that we were late. It was heart breaking. I was just standing in the parking lot bawling because I love her so much and I didnt want her to be mad. I was maybe too emotional but it was just really hard! We had a lot of people show up though! Maria and Janie and all the little girls, Karla (less active) and Carmen! Carmen even brought her friend! it was cool. So kinda bitter sweet!
Thursday was the best day. Well we had planning for most of the day and since it was Halloween we were supposed to be in at 7 if we didnt have any appointments. After planning we went to a members house to take her to an appointment with us. but before we were talking to her son and he started eating crickets!! WHAT?! apparently in Mexico they eat them like chips!!! I was soooooo scared to eat one but I had to do it. I had to be an adventurous missionary. So i did it!! Ah THEY ARE SO GROSS!!! i really dont like them. So then we went to teach the english class. We had asked the elders to help us and they said yes, only if we ate what they brought for us. Guess what they brought. CRICKETS. but this time with chile on them! ahhhh and i ate one of those too. sooo nasty! English class went well though! Antonio came! yay!
So then on Saturday, we helped Leonor and Karla move! We got there at 9 in the morning. It was awesome because we got to wear service clothes! And it was a super cold day! Anyways so it was us, the Elders, Hermano Rivera, and Hermano Miranda. It was super duper fun! Basically we were the designated house sitter and babysitter while everyone else packed and unloaded! It was fun. Its so sad to see them go though :( I am going to miss them tons!! Leonor is like a grandma to me! Shes so sweet! And SHE CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY WITH KARLA!!! miracle of the week!! we walked with them to church and everything! it was seriousl so great!!! and so amazing. I am so happy they came! There was lots of people at church yesterday!!
I  just love the members in our area so much!! We went to Paulas last night and Hermano Miguel came too and we told them that we were going to be getting transfer calls in the morning and he said he didnt want us to go because we are his "hermanitas!!". He said he feels like we are his little sisters and he wants to hug us but he cant. HE IS SO GREAT!!! I love the ward so much!! ANd I love being a missionary! We have lots of awesome potentials that we are going to see this week. Hope yall have a wonderful week!! Thank you for all your love and support!!! The Church is True!!!
Con amor,
hermana dorian

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