Oh you don't even know how happy I was when iopened my email and saw so many people with words of encouragement! Thank youall for writing me and updating me, it was literally the best part of my day.Last night I spent the whole night over the toilet throwing up and such (iforget how to spell that word) and this morning as well. I think I ate some badmeat, we went to anroast on Saturday and I´m paying for it today. But that'sthe mission, gotta get sick sometime right? It was literally a trek to come tothe cyber today, but I knew I had to shoot an email. THANK YOU SO MUCH FORTHE EMAILS. It was a lot, so unfortunately I can't write backindividually. But I read and printed many of them. Millions and millionsof thank yous.
Minus today, this week was a lot better. We were able to teach more than 25lessons, and I love teaching, probably my favorite part of being amissionary. So it was a great week. We got to go to Rosario to have interviewswith the President, he is a really, really nice guy. Gave me a lot ofencouragement with this area. We talked a lot about Faith and really Trustingin God. It's a lot harder said than done. A lot of people say "ya Itrust God" but to really put 100% faith in absolutely every promise thatHe has said is tough. But I learned a lot and it helped me with how to handlethis area.
Right now we are teaching some awesome people. One lady name is Susanna. Herhusband is a member and the missionaries have been trying to get in her doorfor ages, and right before I got here Hna Reyes taught her lesson 1 (theRestoration). She loves the book of Mormon, read the Liahona of last conferenceand loved it, just struggles with believing the story of José Smith. We triedwatching the movies on him, reading the story over and over, but it doesn'tstick for some reason with her. Right now we just leave our testimony as muchas we can with her, because she even said "I know I'll get baptizedsomeday, but I want to know it is true like you girls know its true"She is in all of my prayers. My goal is to someday see wedding pictures of herand her husband sealed in the temple. I told her that, and she said"once I find out its true, for sure". They also love runningso I love talking about running with them.
One funny story. We live in a little complex thing with some pretty tranquilneighbors (very different from Paraná). One night we were trying to go in ourapt. and Hna Reyes got the key stuck in the key hole for putting it in wrong. Iwanted to turn on the neighbors porch light so she could see, so I pushedthe switch by his door. It didn't turn on the light, so I pushed it impatiently5 more times really rapidly. Then I realized why it wasn't turning on hislight, it was his doorbell! I had rung it so long for like 5 times!!! I said"Quick hermana! open the door open the door!!!" she was laughing superhard but couldn't get the key out, and then finally this 150 year old man comesto his door and opens it and stares at me. I explain "I'm so sorry, Ithought that for the light. Can you turn on your porch light please?" andhe said something back but he had no teeth so I didn't understand aword, I kept saying "huh???" and Hermana Reyes was just laughingand laughing, like almost peeing her pants. He finally went into the other roomand turned on the living room light...then the kitchen light...then we got thekey unstuck and just went inside. Oh I was so embarrassed. Now I'm thecrazy neighbor.
I love you ALL so much. Thank you so much for the support. Happy friend day!the 20th of July here is friend day, how dandy.
high fives (because I feel far too sick to beso anyone right now)
hermana collins
Minus today, this week was a lot better. We were able to teach more than 25lessons, and I love teaching, probably my favorite part of being amissionary. So it was a great week. We got to go to Rosario to have interviewswith the President, he is a really, really nice guy. Gave me a lot ofencouragement with this area. We talked a lot about Faith and really Trustingin God. It's a lot harder said than done. A lot of people say "ya Itrust God" but to really put 100% faith in absolutely every promise thatHe has said is tough. But I learned a lot and it helped me with how to handlethis area.
Right now we are teaching some awesome people. One lady name is Susanna. Herhusband is a member and the missionaries have been trying to get in her doorfor ages, and right before I got here Hna Reyes taught her lesson 1 (theRestoration). She loves the book of Mormon, read the Liahona of last conferenceand loved it, just struggles with believing the story of José Smith. We triedwatching the movies on him, reading the story over and over, but it doesn'tstick for some reason with her. Right now we just leave our testimony as muchas we can with her, because she even said "I know I'll get baptizedsomeday, but I want to know it is true like you girls know its true"She is in all of my prayers. My goal is to someday see wedding pictures of herand her husband sealed in the temple. I told her that, and she said"once I find out its true, for sure". They also love runningso I love talking about running with them.
One funny story. We live in a little complex thing with some pretty tranquilneighbors (very different from Paraná). One night we were trying to go in ourapt. and Hna Reyes got the key stuck in the key hole for putting it in wrong. Iwanted to turn on the neighbors porch light so she could see, so I pushedthe switch by his door. It didn't turn on the light, so I pushed it impatiently5 more times really rapidly. Then I realized why it wasn't turning on hislight, it was his doorbell! I had rung it so long for like 5 times!!! I said"Quick hermana! open the door open the door!!!" she was laughing superhard but couldn't get the key out, and then finally this 150 year old man comesto his door and opens it and stares at me. I explain "I'm so sorry, Ithought that for the light. Can you turn on your porch light please?" andhe said something back but he had no teeth so I didn't understand aword, I kept saying "huh???" and Hermana Reyes was just laughingand laughing, like almost peeing her pants. He finally went into the other roomand turned on the living room light...then the kitchen light...then we got thekey unstuck and just went inside. Oh I was so embarrassed. Now I'm thecrazy neighbor.
I love you ALL so much. Thank you so much for the support. Happy friend day!the 20th of July here is friend day, how dandy.
high fives (because I feel far too sick to beso anyone right now)
hermana collins
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