First I will start out by saying....I cant believe you are staying until May!!!! Is everyone in pleasant agreement, or did it take some time to warm up to the idea? Second....I cant believe how cold it is for you guys up there. Of course the one winter you spend up there happens to be one of the coldest on record. The fact that you are colder than the two north and south poles is insane. I dont know how your toes and fingers dont freeze off. The pictures were so fun to see.....it really is pretty! I cant imagine what it would be like to be there in real life though....so cold. Thats cool that you have such a close relationship with the mission president up there. He sounds like a good guy. They are probably so grateful you arent leaving quite yet....I bet the missionaries are grateful too (:
So....we are officially into 2014! How crazy! We celebrated the new years by going out for ice cream and attempting (I say attempt because we didnt have a recipe and they turned out strange) to make M&M cookies.
We had cooler temperatures for a few days too! The heat and humidity built up for about 2 weeks, and then the heavens just let down a huge down pour of rain. It was beautiful. On Thursday we were visiting a less active, sitting on lawn chairs out in her yard under a tree. It sounds kind of picturesque doesnt it? While we were out there, we could see huge, big, black clouds start to roll in. At the beginning of the visit they were way out in the distance and it looked like the storm would be here by that night....but after half an hour, the clouds were right above us and the rain and wind was about to break loose any second. We finished the lesson, and started to run. We were too far from our apartment to make it, so we headed in the direction of a faithful member who lived close by. In retrospect, I dont know why we didnt just stay at the first members house.....but oh well. It was pretty windy while we were running, but it hadnt started to rain yet....so we decided to go a little bit further to our next appointment with an investigator, and we made it just in time! It was a blessing indeed....because the rain was nuts! It all cleared out within an hour or so, but it cooled everything off for a couple days....which was such a blessing.
Yesterday at church we didnt have a single less active at church. Not a single one. And we only had Marissa, our investigator who is more faithful than most members at church....not any other investigators. It was kind of a sad Sunday in that respect. We feel like we work so hard, trying to new things to get people excited and interested in returning to church.....but yesterday there wasnt anybody. And the regular members are watching. Sometimes it feels like finals week every Sunday.....because all the fruit from your work for the week is usually seen at church on Sunday. But...thats okay. We will just try again this week.
On Friday Chad and I hit our 6 month mark on the mission. How crazy!!! The time is flying.
There really isnt much to write home about because I just barely emailed on Wednesday, so I think I will just start to send a ton of pictures that I have been meaning to send but have never had time.
Thanks for all the pictures you sent, I love seeing them! You all look so good! Keep me posted on the extravagant road trip you are going to have. Good thing Im not there to be a party pooper about it, you are all soo good at road trips now! I will have to develop a good attitude about those one day.
And yes, the DriLux. Everyone says its the coolest for the humid weather....and that carinessa is for winter. Thanks for doing that, and yes.....small A (I only need the bottoms....because I already have mesh tops, dont know why I didnt get bottoms). DriLux is the kind of material that Chad got for his garments. Thanks for sending the proactiv too, and the bag. You are all so awesome! We have zone meeting tonight, so I will get to see what mail has arrived!
Glad that Sam still has all of his cars and that he still remembers all of their names. And that Lauren and Valerie are doing well in school, and that work and life are going well in Minnesota. How is the bead stuff going? Is there a particular reason as to why they asked you all to stay? Cause youre awesome? (:
I love you all more than the number of Argentine kids who are given American names (Austin, Ashley Kevin, David, Jessica, and so on....they just prounce them with an Argentine accent so they sound a little different),
Hermana Withers
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