Hello hello my beloved friends and family,
Ahh, I
think this week may have been one of the funniest weeks that I have yet
to experience here in Santa Ana. I spent almost all week laughing, and
also crying- because while I have grown in a lot of ways, I am still the
most emotional person that I have ever met.
Okay
okay. So my health is good. Kind of. I am feeling a lot better. Kind
of. I still have some difficult stomach pain, but we keep pressing
forward, and it should all pass soon. But, funny story. So one night
this week we were eating dinner at the house of a family who is always
really sweet with us. After I ate, I just had the worst stomach pain,
and I was trying to ignore it but it was absolutely terrible. So, the
Sister was trying to explain to me that the solution was to drink oil,
and I was trying to explain that I had medicine from the mission and
that everything was okay.. When all of the sudden she just yelled,
"Sientese! Le voy a dar aciete!" (Sit down, I am going to give you oil)
So with my passive personality and fear of offending others I sat down
and she handed me a huge spoonful of pure vegetable oil. My companion at
this point had tears running down her face from trying not to laugh,
and asked if there wasn't a different type of oil that I was supposed to
drink. All of the sudden the Sister grabbed my head and shoved the spoon
in my mouth. As you can imagine... Yummy. After, she brought me a huge
glass of Limeade, as if I wasn't already dying, and told me to drink it
because she made it with love. Also.. Yummy. You guys, I love everyone.
And I continue my trend of throwing up outside of members houses.
We
have 3 really amazing investigators who all have baptism dates! They
are wonderful! And progressing in the gospel! And also did not come to
church yesterday.. so now I am sad. All 3 were for logical reasons, but I
am still sad. So I will tell you more about them next week. If they
come to church. And if I am not sad... Missionary work.
Well,
I hope you guys know how much I love you. I hope that I am making you
guys proud. This week I will complete 8 months in my mission which is
unreal. I still feel like I got here yesterday. I am so thankful for my
mission. For the things that I am learning, and the ways in which I am
growing and progressing. It isn't anything easy, but it could not be more
worth it.
Loves!
Hermana Houston
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