I love hearing from you guys. I just love the routine of reading your letters each week and knowing that all is well....that you are having fun experiences (like driving through all the puddles because youre all so happy they arent ice) and so on. Life is so incredibly good isnt it? We have so much to be thankful for and so many fun things to experience in this life. I forgot to send a little shout out to you mom and dad, but I thought about you guys March 6th and I hope you had a great day. I like the thought of the 3 mini missionaries in Minnesota.....its so true! I like the idea of starting up the piano/violin thing again instead of track, that will be great! Plus you will never have to travel very far, the chapel is always there!
About the debit card thing, thanks for the digging you have done. I suspected that the card got suspended for being used in a foreign country. Even though we told them I would be down here until this December, its okay. I dont think I can call though. Will they let you do it mom? Let me know what numbers or things you need and I will email it to you next week. If not, we can figure something out. The good thing though is that there really isnt a rush. I am doing okay with money, mostly because the mission raised our monthly allotment. Finally! We carefully budget everything, and I can still have a little bit left of extra from the church money. Maybe its just the way I grew up, but without a little bit of extra I go crazy and get nervous. Right now, all is good! And we are on our way to fixing the card to get that all squared away too. Thanks for doing all that.
Thats sweet that Borah made it to state again (even though we lost...boo) but way to go drinking the chocolate milk at half time! Good luck with school, and woods class, and checkers games, and work, and enjoying the 40 degree weather.
As for my adventures this week.....it was a good one! We had five investigators at church. FIVE! Every time one walked in my hear sang a little bit louder. Its so fun to have them there, because the members do a really good job fellowshipping them.
We had another lesson with Alfredo, and he is still so cool. He is reading the Book of Mormon lightning fast, and has the most admirable curiosity. He really is just like a child in that sense....very meek and willing to learn.
And we had a lesson with Marisa. Which went well, she is still letting doubts float around in her head instead of acting on faith with what she does know to be true. She is a good lady and is willing to do the Lords will, she is just getting confused as to what the Lords will actually is. We are working with her though, at least she is still willing to meet with us.
We had zone meeting this last week as well, which was fun.....I didnt get any mail but I keep praying and hoping that the Christmas package makes it.
Fun cultural note is that we are sort of stuck in the 90s down here......in nearly everything. In clothes, music (our neighbors are the worst in that sense.....they play footloose, and girls just wanna have fun, and so many more super loud....we sleep with the fan on the highest setting to drown out the noise and layer up the blankets....because its getting cold!)
I love that we experiencing changes in seasons together, you guys on your way out of winter, and me on my way into winter. Its so crazy. The time is flying by.
Today we got transfer new, and............Hermana Sainsbury is going to Parana to be with Hermana Haynes (my MTC companion!). Crazy. I am getting a cute Hispanic companion named Hermana Galan (I still dont know where she is from though, I get to meet her tomorrow!) She just finished the 12 week program program, and I am excited for the change. Ha.....Hermana Sainsbury is devastated though. She is going to a big city, and we have stayed at the apartment she is going to move to when we have to travel long distances.....and its a real dive. We will be buying ice cream this afternoon for sure.
Really life is good. I feel like my roots are firmly established here in this area, and it feels good to have a handle on the language. Having a new companion here will be good to change things up too, and I can keep learning and growing.
Just so you know.....I have been lousy at writing letters, for pretty much my whole mission. But I have a goal for Pdays to start writing people back who have made an effort to send me something.....it will take a while to catch up...but at least I have made a start. Dads has already been sent. (Actually I will send everyone in the family a personal letter, just so you can have your own thing from Argentina...but its going to take time.) Just know that something will eventually be coming, and I am trying to get back to people like Piper, and so on. I will do the family first though. Its slow but its going. Can you send me Chads mission office address or something? I think it would be cool to send a letter to Chile from Argentina, and also to get a letter from Chile.
I love you all lots! More than all the things that go up in price each day! I am actually not even kidding, everything inflates in price a little bit each day.
Hermana Withers
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