Spring breaking it.....

but really, this past week was SO BORING AND SO AWFUL. so I'll tell ya
what happened. After emailng y'all last week, went to the church and
passed out infront of all the missionaries, how embarrassing..... and
so this whole week I was on bed rest, and had to go to San Jose,
freaking 5 hour bus ride, to go get my blood taken, cause I didn't have
an appetite and when I did eat, when people would shove it down my
throat, I would just wanna throw it up, and I'm pretty sure I would
only be awake everyday for 4 hours, yeah I slept the whole week away
as well. Come to find out, that I've got a developing kidney stone, and
a developing UTI. So that's gross right? uhh yeah.... anyways so they
put me on antibiotics, and a whole bunch of other crap to get my
appetite back, but now I'm good as new. After a WHOLE WEEK. I WANTED TO
DIEEEE... seriously, I was so bummed, and all I wanted to do was go
out and work, but nobody would let me, and when I did try to leave, I
would just get really tired just after lunch and would sleep the whole
day... I felt so bad and just sooooo frusterated, cause honestly the
only thing I want to do is work, and when I couldn't I was just really
sad.... but I learned a lot.... so lemme tell ya what I learned...
In the hospital, we were there for 5 hours, because my comp decided
that her feet don't feel right so she had to get an x ray... she needs
surgery on her feet, but she has to go to the states to get it. She
goes home in 4 months. but since she's sick of people telling her what
to do, and how to be a missionary and she doesn't like how the leaders
we have are telling her what she needs to do better, she called
president to go home. She said she didn't feel like a good missionary
and her heart isn't in it. and ya know what, I didnt stop her... I was
like yeah you should go..... but about an hour later, she was like, I
don't feel peace about this, so she called president again, and he was
like well put your heart into then. So she was like ok.
I told her the same thing, I said, if we want this companionship to
work, you have to put your heart into it, you aren't in Guanacaste for
vacations, we are here to work. and the whole week that I was on bed
rest, she didn't even wanna go work....
I FELT BAD. I honestly thought I wouldn't feel bad about this whole
situation, but the day after that, I just broke down, I was like,
CRAP. I'M AN IDIOT. I'M her companion, I'M the only one that can help
her. I'M with her 24/7, I KNOW her more than anyone right now. and I'M
supporting her in her bad decision... HOW SELFISH AM I?? really
selfish I realized, because I only want to see success in the area,
yeah that's great, but how are we going to have success if we don't work
well together? we won't.... yeah, sooo I studied A LOT about Christlike
attributes and stuff, and decided that I'm gonna say sorry. It was a
little tough, but not as hard as I thought it would be. I'm definitely
learning to humble myself and forget about myself and help others....
but I still told her straight up what needed to happen so that we can
see miracles here in Liberia. She's changed a ton in the past 2 days...
haha we will see what the next 3 weeks, or more, bring.
The elders wanted to talk to us to see how we are doing... hahah
it was crazy... they were all like, how can we help. blah blah blah,
yeah we get it! its frusterating to hear what they wanna say and it
all ends up being, you have to fix it... yeah I know, so why are you
asking me how you can help, if you cant?? Elders don't think
sometimes....but whatever, I'm over it. They're really great actually...

Yesterday, we were waiting for 5 investigators that said they would
show up... they never showed up, but thanks to the sisters in the
other branch, they gave us one of theirs because they think she's a
little crazy, but hey, we can still convert her, so she showed up, she
was a little crazy, but she was really sweet and innocent, but that's
what all the new people are like, they don't understand anything so we
just have to walk with them, step by step. like a baby learning how to
walk :) AND since its spring break, we had an over load of Gringos at
church, and I got to translate for them. I felt pretty good about
myself. :)

We also visited some less actives that I didn't know existed, which
is embarrassing because I would really like to get to know them all,
but we were talking with them, and I felt that I should bring up
temples, cause they were talking about how amazing it is to know that
we have a heavenly Mother as well, and so I was like we wanna help you
prepare to be sealed as a family, and they were like, that would be
great buttttt this guy isn't a member still.... (the dad, and husband)
WHAAAA. Ok after 5 years of them being members, he's still got doubts
about somethings in the church, so we were like, welp, we will work on
that with ya. They call him a dry mormon. haha yeah so I'm pretty
excited to work with him and help him, because this family is SO ready
to be together forever.

Today, we were eating with our district on one street corner, where a
member sells empanada things, and as you all know, or don't know, that
the Womens World Cup is here in Costa Rica, part of it is in Liberia
and the other in San Jose. so one of the vans for the teams that they
all have, drive up while we are just chillin. Yeah its the Barcelona
Spain van... we met a player called Andrea.... it's not cool AT ALL,
like it would have been if it were the Mens team, but it was still
cool, she's playing in the World Cup so she's gotta be good. and then I
remembered that I have seen the Mens Barcelona team in Seattle, so I
wasn't worried anymore... hahahaha yeah jealous anyone?;)

I'm praying and am very determined that this week will be a great one,
I can already see it from our work yesterday. thank you for your
prayers for me and also my companion, things are looking up. Gracias a
Dios :)
and a lil somethin somethin from Elder Holland "if the bitter cup
doesn't pass, DRINK IT AND BE STRONG, trusting in happier days ahead"
:)