One More Minute!

Once upon a time, we were trying to cross the street with our bikes, but our needy Semoran Elders called. I was trying to fix their problem while also bike to the church as fast as possible to save the Relief Society activity (cuz they got locked out of the church I:" ) But I forgot that the left turn-ers go before the pedestrians. So I watched the light change, then I started walking, got about half a step before I caught on, then backed up. It was a pretty minor thing. Or so I thought! The second car in line rolled down the window and a very nice man (probably a member??) said, "One more minute! :D" as he drove by. What a sassy gent.

Anyways, we had a bit of a crazy week as we tried to meet with all the new people we found to teach last week. Yaira got sick (you invite to baptism and they get super sick. It happened to Victor as well!! #oppositioninALLthings ]:" ) so we haven't been able to talk or teach her. One more minute. But she had a dream and is now completely convinced God wants her to be baptized in a river. According to the 7th article of faith, I know that "We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth." But how do you respond to someone who comes to you and says they have had a dream of being baptized in a river, and thus are focused on getting baptized in a river? We're going to go back* and make sure she wants THE TRUE church, and not just church. But any advice on how to answer visions would be nice.

Also, I had a cool study about Aaron! When he was teaching the Old King (father of Lamoni) and converts him. But if the old King had not met Ammon with King Lamoni, and if Ammon hadn't gone to save his brethren, and thus if the brethren hadn't been stuck in jail; ALL of this!! wouldn't have happened. If Aaron & co. hadn't have spent time in jail, the Old King wouldn't've been converted and wouldn't've converted his people and thus no Anti-Nephi-Lehi's, and thus no mass conversion nor 2000 stripling warriors!! Think of all the good that DID happen, but that wouldn't've happened if he hadn't been imprisoned. It's almost like God sends us through dark tunnels so we come closer to the light and are converted a little more, and then he sends us miracles. You have to wait one more minute in the dark, and then, if you're patient, you can have a view to a miracle. (not a kill;) Wow. Stick with it!! You can do it!!

Oh, also, transfer doctrine: Hna Robbins is staying and I'm GOING!!! TO VALENCIA!!... That means I'll still be coming to the same P-days and the same district meeting. I'll see Hna Robbins 2 times every week. At least. Whaddamove. But a Hermana named Hna Perry is coming to take my place. My new companion will be Hna Robinson. 0.o #tonguetied

Also, bragging rights: the church is starting a new program called EnglishConnect. We heard more about it at Zone Conference, and we held our first session at our chapel on Wednesday. While there, it was announced that this was not only the first session for our Stake, it was the first session in all of Florida. AND! Not only was it the first session in all of Florida, it was the first session in the eastern half of the United States. :])) No pressure. But wait, there is no pressure. I got transferred. :}

Alright. I'm done. Have a great week all! Enjoy the snow!!

My bed after early morning seminary. It's official: I could live at the church.

The Ortega family. They're awesome!

Oh. That's it. No more pictures. Sorry! Have a great weak! Remember: Paaaaaatience.

¿Que hora es?🍮

To celebrate our finally having a Día de Hispanidad and the goal Hna Robbins and I have had for 2 weeks now to only speak Spanish, the remainder of this letter will be in Spanish. Gracias.
[Mom ran this through Google Translate. . . hope it's close.😊]

Hemos tenido una meta para hablar solamente español entre 8:30am -- 9:00pm. Y voy a morir. Estamos trabajando como districto para ser más unido. Y tenemos dos elderes que fueron crecido hablando espanol. Entonces el barro es bien alto. DEP. (Descansen en Paz)
We have had a goal to speak only Spanish between 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. And I'm going to die. We are working as a district to be more united. And we have two elders who grew up speaking Spanish. Then the mud is very high. R.I.P. (Rest in peace) [Or maybe la barra – the bar is very high.]

También esta semana, Hna Robbins y yo fijamos una meta para encontrar a 14 personas nuevas. Y me destruyó!! Cortamos todo el tiempo libre, y dsspues de una semana bien fuerete, habíamos encontrado a 10 personas nuevas!! Wow! Había muchas milagros en esto, como cuando Yaira, con quien hemos tenido contacto por como un mes, nos llamo "afuera del azul" y empazamos a hablar. Ella es bien linda, y es unos de las personas que no saben donde esta el evanjelio de Cristo, como la promesa de las escrituras. Estamos animadas para trabajar más con ella.
Also this week, Sister Robbins and I set a goal to find 14 new people. And it destroyed me!! We cut all the free time, and after a good week, we had found 10 new people! Wow! There were many miracles in this, such as when Yaira, with whom we have had contact for about a month, called us "out of the blue" and we started to talk. She is very nice and is one of the people who do not know where the gospel of Christ is, as the promise of the scriptures. We are encouraged to work more with her.

Otro milagro es que finalmente tuvimos nuestro Día de Hispanidad! Y fue FANTÁSTICO!! Cada pais hizo su propia mesa y presentación también. Me encanta que cada pais puede ser tan diferente, pero todavia tener cosas y tradiciones en común. Los elderes estaban tan orgulloso de nuestro mesa -- ellos y tambien Hno Sellers de nuestro barrio. El es el unico otro de los Estados Unidos en nuestro barrrio. El llevo una camisa de su mision en Chile. (Santiago; ya pregunté:[ ) Pero Yaira habló con nosotras durante la fiesta y dijo "Me quiero bautizar! Como lo hago?" Morimos!! Ya empezó a invitar amigas (ella ya tiene amigas en la iglesia??) a su bautismo! Todavía no tenemos una cita, pero eso va a cambiar MUY rapido! ;)
Another miracle is that we finally had our Columbus Day! And it was FANTASTIC!! Each country made its own table and presentation as well. I love that each country can be so different, but still have things and traditions in common. The elders were so proud of our table - they and also Brother Sellers of our neighborhood. He is the only other of the United States in our neighborhood. He wore a shirt of his mission in Chile. (Santiago, I already asked. :[ ) But Yaira talked with us during the party and said "I want to be baptized! How do I do it?" We died!! Already she began to invite friends (she already has friends in the church??) to her baptism! We still do not have an appointment, but that will change VERY fast! ;)

Ademas, tuvimos nuestro Programa de Primaria, y ellos pidieron que yo toco. 0_o Aprendí como 11 canciones en 2 semanas en el horario de un misionera. :P Estoy frito. Pero todo fue bien bonita, y de verdad, me encantó tocar. (Y a gracias de esto, fuimos invitado al "after-party" en la primaria despues! Fue bien loco :D)
In addition, we had our Primary Program, and they asked me to play. 0_o I learned about 11 songs in 2 weeks inside the missionary schedule. :P I'm fried. But everything was very nice, and I really loved playing. (And thanks to this, we were invited to the after-party in Primary afterwards! It was really crazy. :D)

No puedo compartir algo de mis estudios porque algunos dias, el tiempo de estudios fue llamado "tiempo libre," entonces, más que leer sobre la lepra, leí y me gustó el discurso "Un Verano con la Tía Abuela Rosa" de Presidente Uchtdorf. Por favor, Disfrútalo y aprender por si mismo. Bueno Suerte!! Tenga un buen semana!  
I cannot share some of my studies because some days, the study time was called "free time," so, rather than reading about leprosy, I read and liked the speech "A Summer with Aunt Abuela Rosa" by President Uchtdorf. Please, enjoy it and learn for yourself. Good luck!! Have a good week!

Nuestro pizza por la fiesta. Vive América.

After-party. Literally off the hook [Primary program]

Fiesta pics. Peru was the best! Mostly because it was all my favorite members. The daughter of the Serrano family came up afterwards the primary program and hugged me. 😍 FAVORITES!!!

I'd like to Apologize in Advance for What's About to Happen

So, the Zone Leaders suggested P-Day at a park (not at a church?????) and so we went and played. And played. And played. Much like the Pioneer children. But, fun. Just as hot and sandy. ANYWAYS,
Long story short, this is gunna be short.

> Exchanges: there were so many miracles in Tusckawilla ! Like when we got a call from a random number and she said she had a card in her door 3 weeks ago, and she wants to meet with us/them. Wut? Then some guy in a car flagged us down and asked us where the nearest church was. Cuz he's less active. hh-WUUT??? Anyways, I get back and Hna Robbins is like "We now have service on Tuesday! But, no bread... I mean car." So. Still am not sure if those are worth it.

> We got super soaked as we tried to attach our bikes onto our car. That was fun. Frankly, I still love the rain. Even if my skirt falls down!

> At Zone Conference, they told us to expect miracles in finding. So Thursday night, Hna Robbins is hyped up to find one person that night (we had about 1.5 hours and 3 hours of study and dinner still left to do, so of course we went out finding. #Konsicrated) and after searching for lost members (They moved. I have no idea what the language the new inhabitants speak.) We were walking back to the car, final moments, and a young joven pulls in (basically into us:) and Hna strikes up a conversation about bad parking and her companion. The joven says she's looking for a church and we smile. wow. Miracles. It's almost like God loves us!

Well, with that I'll share all that 1 picture I've got. I don't know how we made it through Halloween, Zone Conference, and Exchanges without taking pictures. Sorry.

Also, I hope you all are following the Prophets challenge! Reading the Book of Mormon on a search is super inspired!! DO IT!

Fin.

Service at Sundown! We cleaned a fence:)

My one exchange picture. There was a Squirrel, hanging from a tree by its feet, eating a nut. Heh heh. Funny.

I don't know if you can tell, but its raining. Hard.

Something tells me that You're All Wet!!

...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!