I AM BAWLING

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONEEEE for the birthday wishes. my email is still exploding!!! I freakin love you all!!! honestly, thank you so so much. I couldn't have enjoyed this internet time more!

I don't have a whole lot of time, but I read them all, but sorry if I didnt respond... which was to about 98 of the people out of 100. haha hopefully you all see this.

 Tomorrow I hope everyone is eating french toast for breakfast, olive garden for lunch, and smoked tri tip for dinner. cause I sure am not!!

anyways.... 

We went to the zoo today. you know how much I love them zoos. haha it was awful, but its good to be with my districts, our elders are hilarious. 

Funny story, we were talking to one lady about how nasty the world is now and she said, my mom use to tell us she´d kick us in the butt to heaven before we ever did something that would send us to hell. hahaha funny lady.

I am definitely learning a lesson from all those years I was a brat. sorry about that fambam. haha
but I honestly have more than I deserve. There are a lot of really poor people here and I feel so bad, because I am so so blessed.

I had a dream a couple nights ago that I went home. WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE... I'm staying here because I experienced hell in my dream. hahaha

So record, I've cried everyday for a month and I don't cry, a little emotional I think so!!

you can smell bad stuff in the air here... its nasssttt! its not illegal to smoke weed here, just to sell it, so there's a party on every corner. just sayin. 

WHOEVER TOLD ME I WOULD COME HOME SKINNY, LIED. 

I wish I could send pics of the place, but there are too many gangs around here. 

THE MEMBERS GIVE US TEA TO DRINK. ITS SO FUNNY!!!! hahaha im like, yup this is not the origional TANG the rest of the country gives us... hahaha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TROY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hey guess what, I eat like dad here. fast, sloppy, and don't taste the food. hahaha

We have an investigator who makes bread for a living. SCORE!!!!

I learned how to make empanadas today!! YOU ARE SO WELCOME FUTURE HUSBAND... or cats... whatever comes first in the next 5 years. hahah

We have a new family that we are teaching, and when we were ending a lesson, they were like, God is in our doorway, he opened our door for you, this is your purpose here. I like hearing that. 

We have a gringo old couple in our ward. the Lee family. they are amazing, and He reminds me of papa.... I started bawling when they asked me to say the prayer in english. and whenever he would talk to me I wanted to cry. I miss papa so much.... I know he is watching over me.

I told my comp how I feel, how I feel like she doesn't want to be my comp, and how she needs to talk to me more, and how we need to make our lessons more equal, and how she is rude... it worked, we are a lot better right now. I feel like I'm gonna be with her one more change till she leaves, but I'm ok with having a latino comp, it makes me learn spanish. haha 

Marylyn, a member works for comcast, she's one of those people that everybody gets mad at for not being able to speak english well. hahahah her english is coming though, so that gives me hope, but shes had 8 years of practice....

 
I wrote a letter to a member here, who reminds me of you, MOM. and her family reminds me of us. and she was crying, so I was crying.. hahaha 

We have a family of 6 adults that we are teaching, who have a problem with keeping their church attendance committments. We found one of them drunk in the street, and he told us that they are catholic because their  mom was and they don't wanna offend her dead spirit... ok. cool. thanks...

There was a couple from Utah at church yesterday, he served here, so that was good talking to his wife who knew zero spanish as well. hahah

wellllll, I think thats it for now!!! I can't send pics, but next week, I'll get them to ya!!

I MISS YOU ALL!!!

LOVE YOU!!!!!
xoxox

Week of July 8th 2013


just gonna start out the week first....
monday we went back home and cooked, then went to an inactive and she told usshe didnt want anything else to do with the church and to stop visiting her... yup, thats really nice to hear.
tuesday we had a district meeting. they are so so nice and so patient. the zone leaders are fantastic. from cali and guatamala. then we have the girl zone leaders in our district as well. i freakin love them. then we just went and did citas... and still cried myself to sleep.
Wednesday. i got a lecture from my comp about spanish. she said she can see that i can understand a lot. but i dont talk. and that i need to talk to everybody. ok first of all how can i talk when all you do is talk to the people. and when i ask a question she looks at me and treats me like she treats the 5 year olds. how am i suppose to feel comfortable talking around you.... and my back hurts real bad.... realllll bad.
thursday.. happy birthday america. i wish i was there!! cleaned a house for service. i wanted to throw up.....

I fasted to see what i needed to do.,.. bawled my eyes out the whole day...i am emotionally and physically drained. and i still have 14 months left. its not my obligation to serve a mission, and God left it up for me to decide what i wanted to do... im gonna struggle till i speak my spanish butt off. i can do this!


Friday. we had comp inventory... im full of problems for her. she said we need to communicate. ok she told me that she doesnt talk so whatever. and i need to be better in this and this and this and blah blah blah. ok cool. im just gonna blow this off... im gonna be the better person. and she points out to everyone that im stupid and dont understand them. thanks... shes just rude...

Saturday. i made french toast. wheat bread style. i hated it. haha so we decided to contact right.... we spent 2 hours trying to find this one lady... and she wouldnt try and get into anybody elses house. that will get us no whereeeeeee.

I bought 1 dollar shoes for the water. now i have 6 million blisters. no bueno.
Sunday. met 2 guys from BYU that are on an internship. one went to SVU for a year too!! it was such a tender mercy. im gonna marry one of them. im gonna bring back polygamy with all the men i wanna marry. hahaha

so the hermana zone leader came to me and talked and said everything i needed to hear. that i have so much potential and that i have such an amazing spirit, and my smile makes everything better for everyone. i love her, and of course i was bawling.... then we went to a members house with some of our investigators. we had food other than rice and beans. AHHH YEAHHHH. so delish!!
today we went to cartago to go climb a volcano... didnt happen. we have a bunch of girls that dont wanna do anything. so instead we went to the catholic church. the elders were to scared to take pics inside. so we just looked around as the spirit left. right when we walked out it was like a breath of fresh air. it was crazy how different we felt. haha
ok so read, come unto me by henry b irying. and beware of pride by ezra taft benson. super good!!!

 here they alwasy say gracias a dios when you ask how they are doing. i was like why are they saying thank you goodbye?? haha its not that. its thanks to god. and they always say dios a companion. like let god be your comp.

hey guess what. i flossed and wore my retainer this week. be proud. im the best daughter ever... and we have a rule in the mission. no sandals. cool. spent the money FOR NOTHING. hate that.... i hate wearing shoes.
everybody hear shares their feelings and their personal life... one lady has a son who killed a man this past week.  and another one has a son who is robbing people. so i feel really safe here ya know. and everybody says its dangerous here for me because im white and real bonita. haha but this whole weekend my comp was freakin out ...
so they kiss on the cheek here. and a man went in for it on my comp. she flipped. hahahah so funny. and then a drunk guy bought us a drink and then kissed us on our hands goodbye. she freaked again. hahahaha so i miss my country... where we say hell yeah and amen, yehaaa and yall come back again, when old glory flies we still hold our hands over our hearts, where theres more trucks than cars. hahah and i guess i miss my country songs....

honestly, im not ok. but i can do this. i have so many angels on my side. and i just need to have patience and work my hardest. i cant thank you all enough for the support. its hard. but i will grow from it.
love you.
oxoxox
yours truly
hermana boer

What a week....

hiiiiii. 

so ill start out with the week before i get to the good stuff...

monday we got back to turrialba and a man was killed in the park from a baseball bat while we were in the store across the street buying hair dye and food. once we got home, we forgot to pay the lights, so we had none, so we went to a members house. being disobedient, and not doing appointments in the 2 hours we had. we decided to make pancakes and dye hair. i dyed a little piece of mine. you cant really tell which is a bummer.

tuesday we had our last district meeting which was really good. they gave a cute lesson, those elders... hahah and said we can reach our goals with the thought process of working hard and YES WE CAN motto... 

wednesdays we went to lunch and rocios, a yw in the ward. she made THE BEST lasagna ever. and you know how much i love that. we are trying to baptize her boyfriend. then that night we went to the torres house with the elders. recent converts and investigators. they made us dinner and then we just talked and wrote in memory books. then once we got home that night, the zone leaders called us and told us about changes. only hna ixchajchal had tem. she cried. but not from going to miss her comps. hahaha

thursday we went to san jose to get our new comp, and the assistants asked if i had my stuff. well of course not  becuase i wasnt told i was changing. welp, surprise, you are. they lost the list... so i had to go back to turrialba get all my crap, and then come back to san jose and then go to my new area, 20 mins from san jose, called concepcion. i have a mexican comp, hna correon who is the same age as you, mom. 29. ok 28, but pretty close. she has had 7 months here in concepcion. she told me she is a boring person... which will definitely kill me. we dont communicate cause i dont know how... so we are silent in the streets. shes pretty judgemental, but a convert for 4 years, which i dont get why she is so judgemental.... i havent talked at all durning lessons. and we dont plan what we are going to teach people for the day. its freaking freezing here. all our area is, is hills. my calves are now cows. woot woot. i still eat way too much. its gross. they never stop feeding you... i really really miss turrialba and the people and hna tippetts... our area is huge and has no elders. we waste time walking all over, when i think each day we could stay in one area and get 6 appointments, instead of walking 3 hours out of the day to get to different areas... IM TRYING TO BREATHE DONT WORRY....

so we have to go to church in tres rios cause our chapel is under construction. we only had 65 people show up. the size of a branch. thats not suppose to happen... we have a lot of work to do. the members are hopefully going to help us this week. 

its beautiful here tho. freezing but its costa rica. rainy all the time. 

so some fun stuff now.

my BIRTHDAY IS THIS MONTH!!! hint hint....agua dulce is freakin delish. i dont know what it has in it but its good.  im finally taking my vitamins. be proud. i have pics of christ everywhere to remind me erryday whats up. its tough.... ive cried myself to sleep every night since changes. im way homesick, and the spanish sucks....  people here are way too honest and ask way too many personal questions. my zone leaders are nice though. im reading my scriptures everyday. be proud again...and writing in my journal. woot woot. right now, this sounds awful, but id rather  be on trek and girls camp over my birthday... nahhh im growing to love this. so fun facts... Boer in nicaragua, is a baseball game.the first baptisms in england happened on the 30th of july. im reading Our Heritage, and i cry everytime im reading it. the mish messes with the emotions, thats for sure... my comp says i can have lots of boyfriends here cause everybody hits on me, she thinks its funny.

PRESTON SHARP. buy crocs. they have some that look like sperrys. get them. you will need them. get a tiny spanish hymn book. you can buy that at the bookstore in the mtc. a big umbrella. not a little whimpy one from walmart. a blanket. not just sheets. cause it gets really freezing in some areas. plastic bags always to put your scriptures and planner and stuff in. it never stops raining. in the mtc drink the OJ you will be fine. but not the eggs. its like eating your gross farts and then farting them back out again. and use language study as study time. NOT CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT TIME. i would know. 

anyways.... so i remember one time Dave moms cousin texted me when i was at school in virginia saying. I SEE YOU. hahaha then he was like just kidding but that would be funny if i was just standing behind a tree watching your every move and you didnt know it. haha thats how i feel here. somebody is watching my every move, but im not scared. haha 

im just missing everybody real bad right now.... thanks elly for the dear elder!!! i sent ya a letter!!

happy birthday america in 3 days. celebrate extra hard for me!!! i miss you all. im praying for you. love you so so much. hope all is well..

love, your favorite hermana.