...Just Setting a Goal. For a Friend.

Ah Hermana Robbins. Put her with Weekly Planning and you've got something close to Pink Elephants.

Anyways, to finish my story from last week:
There he was, driving along. It was too dark to see, and so Merlin (aka Hno Gallardo -- the same who Hna Robbins is having a indexing contest with) blows through the stop sign. The policeman waiting right there, a local (of course) flashed his lights. Merlin knew he was toast. Pulling off to the side, all the members know something bad is about to happen. The window rolls down as the cop rolls up. He asks why a car full of Hispanics is blowing through stop signs after curfew. Merlin's asked for his license: it's not there. He's asked to exit the vehicle, and after a few more questions, they read him his rights (in Spanish, luckily) and take him away. He spent the night in an orange suit, surrounded by the roughest of characters. Yet, even though he's pushed up into a corner and quite out of place, he's not out of comfort; he knows that no matter what happens, the members of our ward will stop at nothing to get him out of there. Help is on the outside, and it's pressing relentlessly inward.
After 6 hours, they call him up front. They give him his clothes and a date in court, then open the doors. The clock strikes 12 times as he walks out the double doors. His co-pilot is waiting for him with lunch, ready to take him to service (hurricane clean-up). He hasn't slept a wink since Thursday night. He moves mountains of trash, trees dissecting houses, and boats on top of mountains (At least three of them said that, but I have yet to see a mountain in Florida...). Even while camping, that hermano slept good that night. He spends Sunday with the group (and not with us at church :[ ), then drives back late that night. He loves taking the missionaries out to eat, so we jump on the opportunity to hear the story when our actual dinner cancels. He looks exhausted, but inwardly strong. It's amazing what the true Gospel of Jesus Christ can do for you. What has it done for ... YOU??!?

But yeah, Merlin is fine. He even invited himself to a member's house for dinner yesterday, then invited us as we didn't have any. It was a little awkward because we had literally had dinner with her on Saturday evening, but she was super excited to have more company. That was really fun. They both worked together to make a lunch before we got there. (We got stuck in traffic; was there a parade or something in the downtown Orlando area yesterday?)

But other than that, this week was pretty normal. We had a Trunk n Treat for the kids on Wednesday, and since no one came to English Class, we got to help out. There were some really well done family costumes, like the Silva's being a bunch of Legos or the Mejia's coming as Darth Vader and the replacement of Luke Skywalker (who knows what her name is. All I remember is Po:). But the Rengel family took the cheese: They dressed up as the Incredibles, and as they walked in the door of the church, started playing the theme song on a portable speaker. They even LOOK the parts!! Attached photo's beneath.

We finally got back in with Victor. He's super excited to be baptized, but is working on legal papers. Please to be praying that all can be settled quickly so that he can get married quickly so that he can get baptized quickly so that he can have the Gift of the Holy Ghost quickly!!!

That's all the time we have this week. Why don't y'all wander over yonder to see the other Hna Baer's week. Coming to a Blog near YOU!!

Proof that all those summers working at the apartments paid off.

Prepare to meet your maker. You ICE maker. (It got a little excited, and our freezer had icicles :)

Our neighbors are so cute! We forgive them for smoking right above us!

Cachapas at Maracaibo Mia. (Don't worry, 3 of the 4 words were in Spanish)

The Mejias. Or the Vaders???

The Rengels. Play the theme song as you look at this picture and you'll get a good idea of how cool it was live!

We often joke that the English missionaries have no idea what it's like to be a Spanish missionary in Florida, and it's True! There are a lot of problems we deal with that they don't even think about. But there are also a lot of perks, such as everyone believes in God and they're all super friendly and want to feed you. But it's moments like this that really make up for all those hours and headaches studying another language!! heh heh heh!

Now that I'm thinking about, the Solano's had really cool costumes too. They're from Peru, and they hand-made everything there. Without a sewing machine. I <3 them so much!!

Whatcha Gunna Do When They Come for You?

What a week. I... don't even know. I'm shooting for Quantity over quality. So let's go to arrow points time!

> A dog ate my shoe (but unfortunately not my homework), and then the next day, a cat ate my hair. :(    #ponytailisnotacattoy

> I had been talking to a member more often (now that I know her name😅) and every time I saw her, I couldn't think of anything to say to get the conversation flowing, so I always complimented her skirt. Yesterday at church, she gave me the skirt.😖 Such guilt. such love. I dunno.

> As we went to the Walmart to buy a shirt that I could wear with my new skirt, we walked up to a worker and asked where the short sleeves were. She looked at us funny, then said she only has long sleeves. Short sleeves would be found only in the clearance section. It was a chilly 75 degrees this morning. Winter is upon us!

> We found the coolest, cutest mujer de edad mayor on Tuesday!! The second time we went over, she told us that she always feels so much peace! I just absolutely love her! ...And, typical of the mission whiplash, we got "the text" yesterday. We're thinking daughter 'Anti'-ed her. :'( But, the Book of Mormon is now in her house, and I doubt the feeling is out of mind. Apparently now is not the time, but later. But, there was a lot of time spent there this week so I know the seed is in good.

> Ok, the most exciting part, that basically has nothing to do with me. :) So, with the hurricane that hit up north, the stake president asked that all able-bodied members head up to pleasant coast (I don't actually remember if that's the name... heh heh) And so literally ALL of my favorite members went. RIP. Anyways, our Dia de Hispanidad got canceled, and so we had a very lonely Saturday. :( BUT!! We get a text from Hna Silva (whose husband went up but she stayed home with the kids) and she says something like "Please pray fervently for Brother Gallardo. A situation happened, and the police took him in." 0_o we prayed SOOOO HARRDDD!! Turns out, he had accidentally hit a stop light (because it was dark, and he couldn't see. Slightly ironic...") And for some reason, when the cops came, they took him in. He said they took his shoes AND his socks, then left him in the Jail overnight with nothing to sleep on/with. We're getting the FULL story from him tonight, but. It was a scary weekend/6 hours. Wow, it felt like a lot longer...
Anyways, that last story was a lot more exciting to live through, but I just thought you ought to know [ ;) ] what kind of people we work with here. JK!! They're fabulous, if a little crazy.

Ok. Picture time.
Wait, first Shoutout time!
>> Thanks Grandma for the letter you sent! I totally forgot to send you a thank you letter, but I really appreciated it and love you tons!!!

>> Thanks Hna Robbins Mom! This letter was all thanks to you. It would've been a lot shorter had my complaining not made it all the way back to you. Your daughter's the best!! LITERALLY!

Ok, that's all. Pics. Sadly, Quantity over quality didn't quite make it this far.
Thanks Again!!

Due to the cancelation of our Dia de Hispanidad, we took ourselves out to eat. Welcome to our Dia de Hispanidad party. Hna Robbins was currently on the phone and Batman vs Superman was definitely playing on the TV behind me. and Merlin was currently in Jail. It was a rough night.

Because there were literally no other pictures, I thought I'd send you my rendition of the last paragraph of the Living Christ. It's a good one. Makes me smile:)

Ok, CIAO CIAO ALL!!

Nuthin Good

15 October 2018 [So sorry, I didn't realize I hadn't posted this letter! --Mom]

This week went something like this:
Us: "Hello! We're so excited to be here and better your life!"
Them: "Oh... I'm not home right now."
Us: "... We're literally here at your house..."
Them: "Oh... I'm leaving. Right now. To buy food."
Us: *looking at the pot of food* "Oh... We see... Is there another time we can come back? Like, Tuesday?"
Them: "um, sure... I'll let you know."
Us: "Uh-Kay."☺

So... Until next Tuesday everyone!!
Highlights:
> Because all of our dinners went through the same process, I got to make Lemon caper Chicken! But, no capers. Who's got money to blow on that! Heh. Heheh...

> On our way to Stake conference, I broke. We went to McDonald's. Sorry mom. BUT!! I got this in my happy meal!! While it was a moral lose, it was a short term win!! He's called Grimlock. I think I'm going to change the name to Mecho-fuego-dino! Jury's still out on that one...

> We got so many new elders and they all want to play Gatorball. That's why this is such a bad email.

> While playing with Mecho-fuego-dino, I looked up and saw a Post office called "Going Postal." I geeked out.

> Hna Robbins and I are so one, we got the same fortune!

> Almost half our ward showed up for stake conference!!! I cried!!! #hispanics4thewin!!

That's all. Thanks y'all! Are YOU keeping up with the President Nelson challenge? Get reading!!
Hna Baer

If It Ain’t Broke . . .

...It ain't in Semoran. [We've lost our sliding door, our dryer, our washer, both beds, the bathroom sink, a burner, and 4 of the 6 fan lights. Our apartment is slowly becoming new!!]

First things first: Transfer News!: We're both staying!.. To be fair, I don't really wanna go anywhere else, and I don't really want to have to figure out a new companion... Maybe the Lord is just helping me overcome the natural man by keeping things the same until I want to have something change. I dunno. Mysteries of God.

But according to Amos 3:7, God is revealing the mysteries of the universe to his prophets so good thing I got the chance to listen to Conference this week!! But, (and this is the part where Noelle closes her ears) it was all in Spanish. So... I think I understood about 1 in 7 lines. 😀👍 We ended up having quite a few members come to the church to watch it, so we felt obligated to stay and listen with them. And frankly, it was really cool to try my very best and understand what they were saying. During every talk, I'd be getting fragments and bits, but whenever something that I really needed to hear was said, the Gift of Tongues kicked in. Those would be the sentences that I would understand completely. I think in the end, I wouldn't give up watching it all - all 5 sessions - in Spanish with members and friends. I felt the Holy Ghost, heard answers to my questions, and got a gold nugget out of every talk. But I still know that when I go back through them, there's so much more waiting for me. Like German Shepard jokes!! Jaja!

But other than that, it was a pretty long and dark week. It was one of the signs that I knew General Conference would be so good! AND IT WAS!! Even then Woman's session!! Frankly, especially the woman's session! I loved the challenge to study the Temple, for those who can't go too often, and to read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. I missed what I'm supposed or be looking for as I read, but I'm already on chapter 5! I'm so pumped to follow the prophet!! Are you??

Alright. Honestly, other than teaching early morning seminary (which was just like teaching a lesson but to young, "lively"(they're still more lively at 6am than some of the people we teach) jóvenes that generally really want to listen to and learn what you're saying. It was awesome!) And having to wake up at 4:30, nothing too exciting happened.

So let's go to pictures. :)

Conference Festivities!! Needless to say, I felt super sick afterwards :D

Sunday Morning Crepes!

We got dropped off at the church at 10:30 after the woman's session. Merlin, a member, was still there. He and Hna Robbins have been having an indexing competition. He started right at the end of the second and was still there at 10:30. #dedication

District! The only Spanish district in the FOM. There it is.

About 1.5 hours after early morning seminary. I took a nap. Hna Robbins did about 50 indexing records. (It was a blow to Merlin.)

T Minus 5 . . .

This letter was crafted to help prepare you all for the spiritual bomb that’s about to drop this weekend. Are you ready? Freddy!? [From the Indies to the Andies in his Undies!!] Mostly, I decided to copy and paste a lot of spiritual things I reported to other people. So, if it doesn't make sense... use your imagination.

I spent the week working on my prayers, trying to actually picture God near me, listening. It was really cool and helped me feel more loved and closer to my Heavenly Father. It's fun to watch the fruits and blessings of this labor slowly start sneaking in.😁

We had a pretty normal week. We spent much of it trying to contact many of the people we've started teaching recently. While the list is long, the number of days between teaching appointments is also long, and not something I necessarily like. But we know we are here to be tried in all things, so if that means holding many precious souls and not being able to talk to them, so be it. Upon reflection, I imagine this is what our Heavenly Father must feel like quite often! "Just talk to me!" ... Interesting that this all happened during my week of bettering prayers.

Also, studies were good! I was reading in Jesus the Christ and learned all about the temptations of Christ. I always thought "How were these temptations even tempting? After 40 days of not eating, you can wait 40 min for some free food to be handed to you. Also, why would you want to jump? That's dumb. Also, he just spent 40 days fasting and praying with God. WHAT WAS the adversary THINKING!?!? Silly the adversary."
But... James E. Talmage was all like "... oh honey." *reality slap* And I wuz like "oooooOOOOOOOOOooooooo........h. I get it."
But the first temptation was all about doubt and faith: did He really believe He was the Son of God? Try changing these rocks to make sure. But nope. He knew. And if He didn't know, He had Faith.
2nd temptation was all about using this power from God in a way that would help the Jews recognize that He was their Messiah. But nope. God does His own thing in His own time. (Jacob 7: ... like, 12 *page flipping* 14. Verse 14. Final answer.)
3rd temptation was... "diabolical." There's a good chance Christ didn't remember the premortal council and His key and pivotal role played. There's also a good chance that the adversary, thrust down to earth without a body, may have remembered that. So for him to go to the predetermined savior and redeemer and demand to be worshiped... is wrong! But again, nope. Christ overcomes. And one of the coolest parts is that if these temptations weren't actually temptations, Christ couldn't've been tempted and thus wouldn't have a choice and thus wouldn't have free agency. So we know it was not easy. But He still did it. Wow.
There was also good learning about sandal straps and hairy men and the phrase "son of Man" used only by Jesus Christ which refers only TO Jesus Christ. But. You can go enjoy that yourself.

And there it was. The most spiritual I'll ever be. It's all down-hill from here. Let's start that decent with pictures.

When we biked 9-ish miles through downtown Orlando. Ugh.

Us, biking away from the car dealership. We had to give them our car on our heaviest prosylitizing day. :'(

Also on the 9 mile bike ride. All of the power boxes are painted. I thought of Noelle on this one.

This. Is. BIRD-EEEH-MIC!!

...THAT trail that we blaze!

[References this scene from Road to El Dorado.] 

Don't worry mom, I was not the one with the machete!! I was Tulio. Hm... I don't know if that makes it better... This week was long only because a lot of interesting things happened:

> We went on exchanges! I watched my STL receive inspiration that we should go get Slurpees (I know! Why doesn't inspiration work that way for me!?) Then the lady behind the counter asked about the church. Wut??! Wait but really, I want that kind of inspiration! Mine always says something like "Quit complaining and bike faster." (Kung-Fu Panda 2 style: "Wait, can you not want to see me get killed?" "You're fine." *walks away*)

> We bailed water out of our spare-tire well. Frankly, I don't know how we even found that one. But it was sssSoppin'! See picture.

> We removed the Amazon from a member's backyard. No but really! It was bad. She had said something like "I need help cutting my in the backyard" and I heard and thus thought she meant cutting her lawn and so we were like "yeah sure we'll help!" How bad could it be? I've forgotten to mow apartment lawns for, like, 2 weeks before. (Don't look Grandpa!) I know how to use a lawn mower on tall grass! And she was like "Oh good! Let me go get the machete!" And then we were like, "... :]))) the what?" She took us out to where a backyard should have been. And we almost cried. But. I lived. And in the end, I learned a lot of useful things, like how to use weed whacker, how to use a lawn mower like a weed whacker, and how to use a broken sprinkler pipe like a rake.😀 What even is missionary work?

But I learned a lot about working hard this week, even when you don't want to or feel too tired. Odd how if you can just start, you always seem to find enough energy to keep going just a little bit more, then somehow finish with a little extra energy. Like, enough energy to bike home. That was probably the biggest miracle this week. Or the fact that we finally met with a "new investigator" after 6 weeks of not seeing him. And he literally said about halfway through the lesson, "Wow, I could be a Mormon!" He has all the same beliefs and has been living the Word of Wisdom without even knowing about it! It's been a long hard fight with addictions and I'm really grateful not to have to fight it in his case. But, he's just super busy. I:"


The good thing about Florida is that the sun is hot! We used it to dry out our car.

Hna Robbins bailing. It took a deceptively long time. :(

So when I said I learned how to do things even when I don't wanna, this is really what I meant. It rivals sugar ants in evilness. It's the bike I rode on exchanges. I love the sister who owns it, but jeepers mister: this bike is a sin. A wicked tradition of our fathers, one might say.

The battle of 5 hours. I think it actually only took us 4, but only because the member, Merlin, is a work horse! And he knows how to use a machete.  In the one with the rake, you can see a little of the foliage in the background. It was thick!

 

Never Were There Such Devoted Sisters

 There we were. Waiting for a member ride to church. (Because we share the car with the elders and they have it for Sunday. Hna Robbins refuses to bike to church *sarcastic shruggy eye roll*) It just came to me. Just popped right on in there. I may have hummed. Then, she may have sang. And to make a long story short, we both had a lot more memorized than we thought. And we can harmonize. 😀 *face palm*

Anyways, we had quite a few member lessons. One of which was SO inspired! She couldn't stop talking but just kept saying all the right things!

Also, in our lesson with Lorean, she felt like she just hadn't developed enough of a relationship with God to be baptized. We'll be staying close in case she needs us, but, with help from the spirit, we decided to stop teaching her. That was really sad:( But we're glad she wants to get to know God better, and in the long run, this will be really good. It's gunna be ok... *faith!
FAITH!*

And because I can't think of anything else, I'll not be dedicating the rest of this email to my mom. Because I've hit that point in the mission that I'm sure she's the only one still reading this. :D
Mom, you'll be glad to hear that I ALMOST made my goal of taking a picture every day. I think I got 6 if the 7. Now, there's no quality to this "quantity," but... that wasn't part of the goal. Baby steps.

And now to your questions.

> I'm not close to the hillbilly at all. The city is pretty diversified and it's rare to find anyone (who will talk to us) that's a native Floridian. They're all from Venezuela. Or Puerto Rico. Yep. We hermanas just aren't around enough southerners for me to really integrate the "finna"s or the "sure nuf"s or the rest of it into my vocabulary. But the Bumby ward, who shares a building with us, is littered with accents. It's awesome!

> I can tell you right now I don't miss the 1 floor houses and shoulder-less roads. But I do love how hard they try to keep all the beautiful greenery where it's supposed to be. The lawn guys come around 2 times a week. And there are lilac and magnolia trees everywhere. It's still fun to see turtles everywhere, and the squirrels and lizards seem to only grow in number.

> I did NOT die in the hurricane. Surprise. Frankly... we've been warned on hurricane safety, but haven't heard anything about any near Florida. One hit up north, like Virginia, right?

> Training probability: So we know that between the time Hna Robbins, Stowell (who's only 1 behind us) and I go home, there will be 2 Hermanas. We've been working out Transfer Predictions, and we can't find an unakward way for me tot train. So... who knows at this point.

> As for the temple: We're allowed to go as a mission 2 times a year; every September and... March I think. Hna Robbins and I nailed it: we'll officially have the least amount of temple trips possible for a missionary in our mission as we just missed the one in September as we were in the MTC. And in Provo, you can go every P-day. Mexico you have 2 assigned days, and ours were the first 2 P-days available. BUT! You're correct, and I am grateful we have a temple and can go. Also, if a recent convert goes within 30 days or for their endowments, we can go with them. :)

I forgot the rest of the questions you asked, so if I didn't get any, remind me next week and I'll get'em then.
Until then, I'm finna Dipiar!! (The elders told us that was a word, but... I think I don't believe them...)

Ciao!!

Dinner with a member on his car. Don't look at the clock!

Oh yeah! Zone Conference was this week. There's the rest of the half of the mission, and then Hna Robbins glowing with the spirit.

  

We were looking for a members house and... We missed. But now we know their neighbors!!

There was a frog! In an earlier photo he had just jumped into the bushes, so he’s not actually there, but if you squint really hard on this one, you can see him!

This was my best one. We've been memorizing the Living Christ in Spanish and I can tell every time she reviews it while we bike cuz when I look in my rearview mirror, she's just a speck. So I went around a corner but wanted to be obedient with sight and sound so I waited. And I used my time wisely. I'm sure she's grateful!

Nosotros Soy Uno

10 September 2018

So, there's this thing called Safeguards Against Technology. In it, there are some good points on how to use your technology unsinfully. One of them is Be One, saying that if you have a really good relationship with your companion, you won't be tempted to be doing weird things on your tablet (like try and download Nephi's Adventure). So, Comp Unity is something you strive for as a missionary. In Spanish, it's called Sea Uno. And let me tell you, buddy. WE HAVE ACHIEVED SEA UNO!! NOSOTROS SOY UNO! We just found ourselves saying the same things at the exact same time. We even read Presidents email at the same rate and made the same comments on the same part of the email at the same time. Pls. Send Halp!
But on other news mom, I made a goal to take a picture every day this week! So, I will send you the one picture I remembered to take😅 Sorry. We'll try again next week.

But this week was super great! With the temple on Friday and a good ZTM on Wednesday, we received a lot of answers to personal questions! Personal revolution at its finest! But we had a bit of a crazy Saturday and were booked, running (or rather biking:) as fast as we could from appointment to appointment. In the moment, it was rul crazy but reflecting back on all of it, it was really touching and inspiring to see the change that took place between when we got there and when we left. It's almost like we're helping people here...

Our Sunday was so almost as crazy, but we did our very best to serve ward council, members and nonmembers alike! We had about 45 min. to pull a musical number together. So, dad, as much as I would've liked swordfighting lessons, the piano lessons DID ACTUALLY pay off. I've played for a couple sacrament meetings and quite a few musical numbers (especially since Hna Robbins' talent of singing is one that is often asked for.) But it was really on Sunday that "things get... a-complicated". Saturday morning, we were nowhere close to meeting our key indicator goals. By Saturday night, we had reached 2 of the 4, and by Sunday night (due to a miraculous phone call from Oscar who asked when he could get baptized 0_o) we had not only reached all of our goals, but exceeded our finding goal, the hardest one! It was a fabulous testimony booster that this is the Lord's work, that He'll get it done no matter what, and that if we do the very best we can, He'll let us be worked through to touch others’ lives. We can see some of the glory, too. Wow. God's so cool!

On Sunday, we had a cool moment where Lorean, who is hopefully getting baptized next Saturday (prayers please!!), called with a lot of questions and worries. Now, whenever you're worried, you take it to the Book of Mormon, so we read with her where she was at: 2 Nephi 3. And wowser!!! All of her questions got answer, and we all felt better!
Guys.
The Book of Mormon is God's word.
Read it!
LOVE IT!!

Also, to end on a less cool spiritual moment, the other week in church, they announced over the pulpit that they're making a "Book of Mormon: The Movie" and they were looking for anyone who wanted to try out to be in it. As a Lamanite. I larfed as reverently as I could.

Anyways, watch for that soon! (And for all of the Spanish ward in the background! Including me;)

Ciao ciao all!

Hna Baer

Us having dinner without a (sick) member.

EL TEMPLO! AY QUE BUENO!!

Fruit Flies and Sugar Ants and Cocharoaches, Oh My!

Dear y'all,

I've decided. Sugar ants are my worst nemesis. (Nemesai? I dunno.) I don't wike it! This week there was a little too much jogging of memories of Washington and Dog Sitting. I, uh, CHOOSE not to, uh, take pictures... on purpose. 😅 Yep. Definitely DIDN'T forget... But I'm sure Mom has had too close of an encounter with fruit flies too recently to enjoy fully any pictures that would've happened. I will send you the one picture that happened this week. It happened at the end of the day. Frankly, it describes the week pretty darn good. Well? I dunno. Poor my English.

But, this week was full of a lot of us trying and others not being home. We texted, called, and dropped by many people, but it was not at all proportionate to the scanty number of lesson reports we did.
After reading and applying your weekly letter😅, I realize it was pretty alike to the image of Christ standing with His arms open, which, oddly enough, was a phrase or image I found myself sharing a lot this past week. Hmm. Peculiar...

But we served a long-lost member of our ward and if was really fun to see her smiling face and feel her love for missionaries and for the Book of Mormon! We even found an old Pass-Along card in a back corner of her house. Hidden treasure! It helped refuel and refill motivation.

I don’t remember the rest of this week. But I did do some really cool studies on character and integrity. Not... that I could... recall and share now... But Richard G Scott talks a lot about faith and  character. And it was cool. So go find and read them. Or the Book of Mormon. You'll find a cool answer there too.

That's all for now, Folks!
Hna Lauren Baer

This is it. My week in a nutshell. Also, the only picture between the two of us.

Groundhog Day

27 August 2018

And he's seen his shadow! It's 6 more weeks of Winter! Or rather Summer. Or RATHER, Semoran.
Yup. I'm staying, and the even weirder news is that so is Hna Robbins. 0.o
Whodathunk.

Um.... Stuff happened this week, but I'm just going to skip to my favorite part: Sunday.
The Young Women and us gave a pretty good musical number, and also,
EVERYONE CAME TO CHURCH!!!
The Parra family! The Albarracin family! Oscar! Angel (But not the investigator, the recent convert), Regla, the Orta family, and - probably only slightly best of all - Lorean!!! I've met with her weekly for 4 1/2 months! BUT YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY!! She came!! I cried! It was so good:))))))))
!

Also, we've spent every spare minute of this last week making a gift for Oscar. We gave it to him in Sunday School (cuz who even knows what's happening in there!) He loved it! ("Hermana, are you bringing cigarettes to church?!?")

That's all.
I read a really good talk called "The Atonement" from President Russell M. Nelson. But, many moons ago. Many.

Let's go for some pictures.
My district. We all speak Spanish; we're the only "Only Spanish" district in the mission. :)

He was playing basketball and texting. It made me larf. Sorry, back to focused pictures.

The gift for Oscar. He definitely carried around for the rest of church. Maybe slightly apostate.

ERMERGERSH! Sorry... I thought there was more. But I still love you. Y'all. Vosotros... awkward...