2-20-2012

Hola Todo!
How is everyone? Well well... a few major events happened this week. Here goes...

Wednesday: Hermana Green´s birthday! I put signs all over our apartment with cheesy sayings and little poems and inside jokes and stuff.. haha, I think she liked it.  I even made her a birthday crown! Look at me, so creative.  (thanks mom for your creative genes)  It wasn´t much... but it was something!

]-->Friday: Well, as if I wasn´t embarrassed enough last week falling down the stairs of the bus, I just HAD to have another great bus experience this week... only it was worse!  We were on this bus and it was packed full of people.  So of course everyone is just sweating and miserable because it´s so hot and humid and everyone is super close together.  Well, these bus drivers here are CRAZY, they break and go super fast and you basically have to be holding on with both hands if you don´t want to fall over.  So I´m holding my backpack on one shoulder and my other hand is holding on to the bar because there was nowhere else to hold on and we´re in the back of the bus so I´m by the door and my back is facing the back row of bus seats which were all full of people.  The bus of course does some crazy thing... I don´t know if he hit a ditch or just broke really fast or what, but I felt myself falling backwards and basically there was nothing I could do because there was no where for my other hand to grab other than onto a person! So I just tried my hardest to not fall and.. it didn´t work.  I fell COMPLETELY backward, I was almost sitting down/laying on the people behind me, and some guy beneath me sticks his hand out and pushes my back so I can stand back up. Hahaha, ohhh poor guy had to touch my sweaty back and push me up so I didn´t crush his family. hahahaha Hermana Green was laughing SO hard, and don´t you worry, I definitely got the whole back of the bus laughing. Ayyyy que vergüenza.... 

Friday afternoon/night: RAMONA AND LUCAS GOT MARRIED AND RAMONA GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!! Wow. Best day of the mission. Ever. I love them so much.  This baptism was a really big deal for me for many reasons... first of all, Ramona was one of the first people I really got attached to here.  Hermana Payne and I found her about 2 or 3 weeks into my time here in Argentina, so I have been there with her since day one through all of the ups and down.  Also, she´s been waiting for 5 months now for this to happen.  After going through MANY trials and obstacles, we finally made it to marriage/baptism day and everything went smoothly.  I don´t know how many times she had told us that that was her dream... to get married, get baptized, and have her family move forward in the church.  And now it´s finally happening! :) Also... it was my lucky number 7 baptism! And possibly my last baptism in Lavalle (or possibly not! We´ll see what happens with transfers this week).  So yeah... it was a really great day.  I am SO happy for Ramona and for Lucas.  We asked him about baptism the other day as well and he wants to be baptized and will be baptized within a couple of weeks now.  Also, Lorena is returning to the house today.  Wow milagros!! I am so so happy for them and SO happy that I was able to stay this transfer and be here for all of this stuff to happen.  This is a family that has totally changed my life and will always have a part of my heart!

Bueno... that´s about it! Transfers are this week so we´ll see what happens! I now have almost 6 months in this area (my first area) but I know there are a lot of hermanas who stay in one area for longer than that... so we´ll see we´ll see! I´m sure I will be happy with whatever happens.  I hope everyone has a fabulous week!! LOS QUIERO! Besitos

--Hermanita Hunt