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Easter

Hello Familia!

You will all be happy to see pictures from BAPTISMS!! So, I already told you about Edwin who is still awesome, and 11. I also think I’ve told you about Santiago before. When I was in Mesagrande Hna Falcon and I taught him the first 3 lessons, most of the commandments, and he got most of the way through 2 Nephi, but he would never commit to a date. Anyways, he finally committed to a date and he was baptized this weekend. Hna Lamb wasn’t feeling well so I went with Hna Tejada. It was really fun being back in Mesagrande, and really neat seeing someone else get baptized in that area. The work there is slow.  Anyways, Hna Falcon told me that when Santiago was getting his confirmation blessing he was promised he’d get to bring members of his family into the church, and that he’d be able to help and be an example for his grand kids. He also received the Aronic priesthood and he’s really excited to do the work for his son that passed away. Before he told me that when he would read the scriptures he’d read 2 pages for himself and then 2 more for his son.
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shooort

Rachel, how is your new companionship?   Where is Sister Lamb from?  What is your favorite thing about her?
Hna Lamb is from Panama, but her parents are American. So, she speaks both languages fluently and actually she almost never speaks to me in Spanish, but we’re working on that. Her Spanish was really hard to understand at first because she talks really fast and eats her S’s. I like her cause she’s super bold and we don’t mess around. Continue reading “shooort”

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Hey ya’ll

Why does getting married disqualify Rene for citizenship?
I don’t know. I don’t make the dumb laws, and I really wasn’t worried about any of them until David got deported and then all of a sudden it was an issue with everyone. Sheila found out this weekend that she’s pregnant so, that might change things? Continue reading “Hey ya’ll”

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Hola

Hey Family.

Not a whole lot to report this week, and I was planning on writing everyone letters but then Sis Falcon had a meeting yesterday and getting my hair cut took longer than I thought it would. Haha, I finally got my hair trimmed for the first time in 4 months. Oh missions make you so lazy about the most random things. I buy fancy shampoos now but don’t take the time to actually do anything with my hair. Oh well, hopefully it will be ridiculously long by the time I get back. Anyways… Continue reading “Hola”
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Oh so many tacos.

Questions:
Have you gotten your Valentine’s packages?

YES!! Thanks so much for the camera!  And also for the peeps. I put scriptures about love on all the Valentines and put them in all the sister’s cubbies in the vc. Sister Falcon also told me to tell you, “Thank you very much.” She was very grateful for the card 🙂
I was wondering what Valentine’s day would be like on the mission, especially because it was supposed to be my P-day, and they planned a mission wide meeting from 8:30-1:00 pm. The meeting ended up being watching 17 Miracles and eating lasagna. After which instead of being productive like I’d been planning on, I slept for 3 hours. So lazy. So good. Annd Sis Falcon gave me a box with Hello Kitty post-it’s, stickers, and pen. Woot! I was not organized enough to have planned anything for her… Ha, and she had to use the help of my mission “family”. Continue reading “Oh so many tacos.”
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FAMILIA!

Rachel is your Spanish improving with your new companion?
Uh? Probably? I can’t really tell to be honest. The members in the branch say I’m getting better because now when they ask how my Spanish is I say, “Mal.” And apparently before I couldn’t even understand that. Yeah, I’m a genius. Continue reading “FAMILIA!”
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wassup peeps

I really can’t think of anything to say this week. Dad will be pleased to hear I am currently attempting to burn you all a cd with pictures. Um… Well it was my first real transfer this week. My new comp Hna Falcon speaks Spanish ALLL the time. I also live with 2 other native speakers, over by the temple. They moved us permanently out of the White’s house (where the bed bugs live in the walls) and moved Elders in. Continue reading “wassup peeps”

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Feliz Navidad

THANKS FOR THE CHRISTMAS PACKAGE!
So, yes mom I did get the package. I think the mission kept them all for a while to make sure everyone got something, but they finally gave them all out when we had our temple trip on Friday.
Friday was an interesting day. All morning was spent on the temple trip (I wanted to say it was spent in the temple but I got rushed in and out pretty quickly), then we worked at the visitor center, then we had our branch Christmas party. The branch Christmas party was so great. There was a great feeling of unity, Continue reading “Feliz Navidad”