March 6, 2016

Hello!

First off, mother that video of Kaden is hilarious haha!  I will take what i can get :)

Well first things first...  I HAD TRANSFERS!  Well kind of.  I am staying in my area in Los Ficus but i got a new companion!  Hna. Sandison went to Angamos (my old area!) and I am now with Hermana Nicho!  She is from Mokewa Peru!  I have only been with her for a few hours today but she seems awesome!!!  It is nice to have another Latina companion too!  But that means I will struggle with a few English words again at the end of this transfer haha but thats okay :)  Today has been a pretty chill day of just getting to know eachother!  I can not believe that this is my last transfer!  I have a good feeling about it though :)  She actually started her mission out in Argentina but had to go home because of medical reasons then got reassigned here.  She is the oldest of 4 siblings and they are all members as well.  She only has about 4 weeks in this mission. We are still sister leaders so I am excited to finish my mission that way! 

This last week with Hermana Sandison was fun though.  We had a few meetings and mostly she just went around saying goodbye to people.  So i do not have tons to report for this week haha.  She was pretty sad to leave but it was time i think.  I love her to death and know we are going to be friends forever!  I am now super excited to learn new stuff from Hermana Nicho! 

Okay this week it rained SUPER HARD!  We were in a lesson and it started raining and by the time we left there were rivers in the roads!  I have pictures but i forgot my camera!  I will send them next week!  So we had to take off our shoes and walk through the water.  Then we went out and tried to teach people but they were all trying to get water out of their houses or save their houses so we tried to help out for a little then we were advised to just go wait it out for a little in our room....  so after that it was kinda boring haha but the rain was CRAZY!  They say that until April it will be pretty rainy here so i am pretty excited.  I LOVE THE RAIN! :)

This week we have our Leadership Counsel and Zone Meeting.  It is my last of the two... which makes me super sad.  I CANT BELIEVE ITS ALMOST OVER!  

I am going to be honest mother... i have not been the best journal writer... but i have tried!  Haha i always put it as a goal.....  But i havent been horrible either :)

Also Hermana Rasmussen has some things she would like you to bring too if thats okay.  So far all she has told is:  Good vanilla and baking soda (for baking obviously haha)  the ingredients here are not the best for making cookies i guess haha :)

Alright well thats about it for my week.  Next week I will have a lot more to report!  I am glad everyone is doing good at home!  Tell me how grandmas party goes!  Love you all tons! :)

Love,

Hermana Lauren Jane Mitchell :)