haha, ya i wish i could speak spanish...i don{t really know what i say most of the time....it is funny. not sure if i make sense either. some people just laugh at me....sometimes i just laugh too, but others it is way frustrating. but oh well, it is all good. every day is different, i never know what to expect. it is kinda amusing actually. oh i am forgetting how to spell english words too. so sorry.
no worries about the package! thanks for thinking of me!!! and tell sara hi for me. glad the recital went well.
tell camon i{m glad he thinks i am home when he sees my car! haha! i think of funny things he would do to be able to talk to people. camon has a gift with opening people up with one sentence or the first time he meets people... or by doing something funny to relate with people. haha
i am focused here...the little kids really love me, some adults too....haha. when people have time to listen to me, they seem to be touched. other times they just laugh at me. one man in the ward reminds me of grandpa. we talked to him and his family...cuz they fed us lunch--i started to share the scripture and he just got teary-eyed and was touched and i didn{t really say anything but the scripture.
it has been a turn-around with a new comp. i realized everything we were doing wrong.....haha it is so nice to be working though and to get down to business. it is amazing how different people are, i just can{t explain it. i have no idea what kind of person i would want to get married to...for forever!!! haha. the days seem to go sooooo slow, but the weeks pass so fast. almost two months in argentina already!!!! i can{t believe. i though i would be able to speak better, but it is all good.
we probably will have to drop the little boy leonel (the one that gave me a little kiss) because we have been working with him for such a long time and he doesn{t have a way to get to church on his own.....and the ward has tried to help and they are kinda frustrated. it is hard ! the bishop doesn{t want us to baptize all these little kids (there are so many kids that want to get baptized) that don{t have a way to make it to church without the missionaries. it makes sense, but is hard!
my companion is from idaho, moscow and she went to byu. she has 8 months in the mission. we both like to eat ...a lot! haha so it is nice cuz we both can eat anything and love fruit. we walk everywhere too which is so nice!
i dont think she understands all the spanish sometimes, so i am like (oh no! i won{t be fluent in time!) haha but God knows it is part of the process. I will just have to count on him and the Spirit...seriously! she likes to sit and ponder and plan and sit and ponder and plan, and it is hard for me cuz i just want to get out and go. so, it is funny, cuz i am not able to get out and go cuz i can{t really speak spanish and don{t know what is going on. people think differently and it is funny to see how things work out. i didn{t realize how little my trainer trained me. haha cuz i didn{t know a lot of things.
i have been having crazy crazy dreams though....so weird. i am constantly thinkin of the people here and have dreams with the people here. random story.
it has been hard too cuz our amulek (sebastian) that has been going with us everywhere and making sure we are safe and teaching, has been having a hard time and hasn{t really come with us. it is so hard cuz he feels like my brother and i know something isn{t right but i can{t ask him. saturday night he just told us he wasn{t going to go to church. so weird. he wants to serve a mission but doesn{t have support really anywhere. and, he says he has been having a lot of anxiety from being off drugs. so sad. i think he doesn{t want to learn more because he was talking about how the more you know, the greater condemnation, so i think he doesn{t want to learn more in case he falls. hopefully we can get to him, he has kinda withdrawn from us....so sad!!! we will see he has been hard to get ahold of...
anyhow, life is great!!!!! i can{t believe everything that is going on! love you mom! love you mom! thanks for the support in the mission and raising me and helping me! i love to hear from the familiy! not that i am getting distracted, but it is just a boost for the week! i am so glad p days are on mondays!
oh, and everyone loves my name....schneider! i get asked always....like the beer...schneider? and people ask me if i am from germany all the time too. i tell them grandpa is, but i don{t know how true that is, i just don{t know how to say great grandpa too. haha but grandpa use to be able to speak german right? haha, i always just laugh and say my name is the same as the beer, but we don{t drink in our religion...but if you think of a good way to tie it into conversation, i am all ears....
i love to hear about the family and everything! i heard there was a huge tsunami or something too...so crazy! i didn{t realize how little worldly news we hear down here without a tv or anything. we are just so focused on the work. it is good though!!!
love you!
hermana schneider
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