8-26-2011

Oops! This didn't post last week.

Hola hola hola!

Como estan todos? Todo esta muy bien aqui! Tengo solo una semana hasta salgo el CCM y voy a ARGENTINA! Wooo! Estoy TAN animada! Un poco temo.... pero mas animada! Ok... briefly here are the highlights of the week:

 

AWKARDS, INCOMODOS, CHISTES, and AWESOMES (yes all in one this week!)

• hosting! we got to host this wednesday because we are now the oldest district in our zone... so fun!
• missing class. hahaha. yes... I think between that last week and a half we have missed 5 or 6 classes? from hosting, having to get shots, and my companion was sick again (don't worry she's feeling better now!)
• the wonderful sewing ladies here. hahaha. while I was hosting they called me on the intercom like 6 times... apparently it was an emergency and I needed to go to the sewing room ASAP before they left for the day.  So I went, and the lady was very concerned because I wanted them to sew inserts into some of my v-neck shirts. A few of my shirts had buttons or snaps down the front and my instructions were the have the buttons open and to sew an insert in so I wouldn't have to wear an undershirt. Well... the lady was very concerned and she didn't feel good about sewing in the insert with all of the buttons undone because 'that is just very revealing and it's just almost screaming to look in that area' (her words)... she said she would feel much better sewing them with a few of the buttons closed and she had to make sure that was ok with me. Bahahahaha. So we went with a happy medium and sewed them with some of the buttons closed.  Before I left she also ironed the ruffles on one of my shirts and she went on to show me how much better and nicer and 'sister missionary' my shirt looked when the ruffles were ironed instead of bunchy.  My hermanas and I had a good laugh about her.... yes yes, that is exactly what I'm trying to do, look promiscuous on my mission. :)
• visas! we had our visa meeting this week and signed our paper in front of the Argentine consul... he flew in from LA. He was so awesome! He told us all about Argentina. Ahh I am so excited!!
• Our teacher Hermano Young... hahaha he is so hilarious!! I wish you could all meet him.  He is kind of sarcastic and just hilarious.  An elder in our district always asks questions that are way off topic and he is really smart but he speaks really slow so it takes him forever to ask.  Us hermanas talk and laugh about it all the time when we can tell that our teachers get a little impatient. The other day he said he had a question and Hermano Young goes 'ok as long as it's not muy extrana (very strange)' us hermanas all looked at each other and cracked up.  Stuff like that happens all the time! It is the best
• during one of our lessons this week we were teaching another missionary in our district. His investigator name is 'Tim' and we were asking him if he had a girlfriend. He said she just broke up with him so we were like 'oh we're sorry! is there anything we can do for you?' and he went on to say 'no... no creo. ustedes no pueden ir a citas, si?' which means no I don't think so... you guys can't go on dates can you? We cracked up and got super embarrassed... and couldn't stop laughing the whole rest of the time
• muddy buddies! yes you better believe it I made muddy buddies here in the mtc.  Mom gracias for the ingredients.. don't worry the butter wasn't completely liquid when I got it. :)  We had a good time ditching gym and making muddy buddies.
• the temple!! Today was our last temple trip for the next 16 months :( :( there's no temple in my mission and the Buenos Aires temple is under construction right now.  Super sad. But it was one of the best temple experiences I have had.  I have been praying this week that I would be able to really learn a lot and remember a lot from the temple today.  It was incredible!  I learned SO much and I know the spirit was teaching me the whole time.  I love that feeling when you know the spirit is teaching you... when your mind just wanders and you think of all these new thoughts and learn so much and it just rings true throughout you... so incredible!
• ok one last thought for the week... I have been thinking a lot this week about pride and humility.  It is so incredible how much humility has to do with life.  When we are prideful... or we have even an ounce of pride, we are hindered from any progression we can make.  We HAVE to be humble in order to do all of  the most important things in this life.  In order to pray, in order to learn, in order to repent, in order to recieve the spirit and follow the spirit, in order to have charity and serve others, etc.  It is SO important to be humble in order to return to our Heavenly Father.  Just like the hymn (and scripture in D&C) says... Be thou humble and the Lord they God shall lead thee by the hand
• ok ok I lied... a few more thought from our incredible fireside the other night.  "Total dedication is complete victory" --Ghandi. And a thought about missionary work... "Love is the way.  Obedience is the price.  Faith is the power.  And Christ is the reason."

Ok everyone have a fabulous week!  Next week I'll send my new address for Argentina.  Thanks for all of your support!! Love you all!!

 

Love Hermana Hunt

 

P.s. Elder Rose in my zone wants me to say hello for him.... so there ya go, hello from my favorite Elder Rose, haha

P.p.s. Lori if you're reading this... thanks so much for the dearelder!  I probably am not going to have time to write so I wanted to write ya a quick note here.  But it was so good to here from you!  And yes I am expecting a couple of pizzas this week over the fence k? Haha jk... but I'm so glad to hear that you and Brent are doing well!  You still had one of my very favorite weddings :) I'm so glad I got to get to know you 2!  Hope all is well, keep in touch! :)

 

PAZ! CIAO!