Hey Mom, Dad, Family, and Friends, Nov. 4, 2013
Hello all, I´m
so glad to hear that everything is going well with you guys and that
everyone is safe, happy, and healthy! It´s so fun to get your emails and
especially the blog posts Linds!
Oh and first off: Feliz Aniversario Kelsey! I hope you have a great birthday this week and that you do something special!
Oh and first off: Feliz Aniversario Kelsey! I hope you have a great birthday this week and that you do something special!
Mom:
That´s so cool that they started reading the letters in YW. haha, it´s
good to hear that you always knew that I was cool haha ;)
That sounds really cool to have the chance to eat dinner
with the Mission President, his wife, and the other stake presidents. I
can´t imagine 250 missionaries, I think we only have a 100 something but
we´re going to keep receiving more!
Aah, tell Sister Sweeny that I say hi too and I hope she´s doing well!
So, for a lot of reasons, our baptisms fell through this week. Lucas didn´t progress at all and he lied to us and a bunch of other stuff. Also, Solange and her daughter Ingrid that we found while we were going to church last week weren´t baptized also. So we talked about the Law of Chastity on Tuesday and there wasn´t a problem and then on Thursday she decided to tell us that she actually has a guy in Rio de Janeiro that she´s had a thing with for a long time and they´re husband and wife, practically, but not married. But he´s going to visit in two weeks and we´re going to see if we can help him be baptized too.
So, for a lot of reasons, our baptisms fell through this week. Lucas didn´t progress at all and he lied to us and a bunch of other stuff. Also, Solange and her daughter Ingrid that we found while we were going to church last week weren´t baptized also. So we talked about the Law of Chastity on Tuesday and there wasn´t a problem and then on Thursday she decided to tell us that she actually has a guy in Rio de Janeiro that she´s had a thing with for a long time and they´re husband and wife, practically, but not married. But he´s going to visit in two weeks and we´re going to see if we can help him be baptized too.
That´s really cool about Sandra and doing the family
history work for your side of the family. I´m sure this will really open
up conversations about the church with her.
I don´t
know what the deal was with the package but I´m sure everything will be
just fine. Also, Heather Kern said that she sent a package about a month
ago so maybe it was the package that she sent. I don´t know.
Yah, I can´t believe Christmas is just around the corner
and its 90 degrees haha. Oh and thanks for sending the new package, you´re the best! So, we asked yesterday
where to buy a mosquito net so you don´t have to worry about buying one
and they´re really cheap here. One thing that I was thinking of for
christmas is that I would love an English copy of the Ensign from the
Oct conference. Also, probably just more candy (Reese´s cups, the peel
type twizzlers, umm really any type of candy haha) we really love that,
oh and PRETZELS! haha, i really miss pretzels for some reason with
nutella :) But really anything is great! thank you thank you thank you!
So, I don´t really know where I would get my hair colored
and really the sun is doing that just fine. haha, my hair is a little
bit lighter because of the sun and I should probably get my hair cut
soon but I don´t think it would be that expensive. But I´m not too
worried about, I usually wear it in a ponytail everyday anyways.
Dad: That sounds like a really cool meeting with the
other mission presidents especially in the visitors center. And you´re
not the new guy anymore, parabéns! Congratulations! haha :)
That´s
cool that you go to talk to a guy who served in Rio. There are a lot of
people here that were born in Rio or lived there, kind of interesting.
Bryan and Lindsey: LOVED the blog posts and all the
pictures, wow Norah and Alice are growing up so fast! So cool to see
pictures of them! And the rice cooker and the planets, HILARIOUS! haha,
Oh Norah, little Norah!
haha, well intersting news of the day, we don´t have
water in our house. There was a huge thunder and lightning storm last
night (water all over the ground in our kitchen) and I didn´t understand
exactly why but basically everyone here doesn´t have water because of
the way the energy works. I don´t know exactly but last night we took a
shower with buckets with the water that was coming out of the sink but
this morning we woke up and we don´t have water in the sinks
either.haha, soo it´s little bit like girls camp...hahah but the water
should return sometime today...we hope :)
This week was pretty hard, it seemed like almost no one
wanted to talk to us and the contacts that we did make, the addresses
were wrong or we got to the house for the first visit and they didn´t
want to hear anything more, I don´t know, it was pretty hard, and the
same thing happened for Sister Johnson and Sister Shirts. But something
that a lot of people said this week that I really liked was, lift up
your head, and just keep going.
A lot of times in life, we have trials or difficulties, but we just have to keep going, work hard, and have faith!
I love you all and I hope that you all have a great week! Share the Gospel with everyone!
I love you the MOSTIEST!
Lots of love and prayers!
Sister Hicks
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