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.