I See Crazy Things in Potosi

Mamasita!

Como  estas????? This week has been a crazy crazy week. Are you on your computer? Get on! I have a long time to write, and the internet at this place is soooooo niccccceeeeeeee.

Hmmmmm..... where to begin? Oh... I lost trainer on Saturday. ..aka she finished her mission. It was SO SAD for me. She was the perfect trainer for me. If she adds me on facebook, accept her. Her name is Hna Torres. I am a better missionary because of her example. We had a party for her on Friday night with pineapple pizza, this really really really good dulce de leche cake, and our whole zone. It was fun. She left on Saturday morning, and I have been with Hna Quispe and Hna Lee for the past couple days. They are so sweet. Hna Quispe made me pancakes one morning. Oh, and their house is SO NICE: Oh my gosh. I am in heaven. I have been able to take hot showers for the past couple days! It is so great. I dont want to go back to my house....

Last night, we had cambios. For us, it meant sitting by the phone, waiting for the lider de zona to call. I was going to find out my new companion, and if I was going to stay in Potosi. I actually was afraid that they were going to make me leave. There are a lot of missionaries in my ward, and I was afraid they were going to close my area. I love my area! It is so crazy, but the people are so amazing. Anyways, so Hna Lee, Hna Quispe, and I waited by the phone, eating popcorn and drinking mate until like 11 pm. It is an interesting experience. All the missionaries are calling each other, trying to figure out who is leaving and who is staying. I AM STAYING! And my new companion is Hna Francia. Everyone says that she is really nice. It will be an adjustment. I am nervous... Not many people have two different trainers... I hope she has patience with my spanish..... So yeah.... cambios.... crazy.....

What else is new? Oh... I was sick this week. I lost my voice for about 5 or 6 days. No fun. I sounded like a total idiot. I feel better, but I have a wicked cough. One morning, I woke up feeling like death. But this is the life of Potosi apparently. Don’t worry, mom. I am okay!

Hm......so this week was different. I love Hna Torres so much, but bless her heart, she was trunky. She had a hard time focusing this week. I felt bad, Such is life!

Oh! We actually got to go to an actual super market this week! It was crazy weird. They had Dr. Pepper and Snack Packs and all sorts of things. There is only one super market in all of Potosi. They have these little stores that you just stand outside and they hand you whatever you need through a window. Its raro.... But the supermarket looked like a King Soopers. My comp REALLY wanted to try Snack Packs, which cracked me up, but we had no money.

Hm.... I don’t really remember what else happened this week. We are teaching this amazing family, and they have gone to church every single week that I have been here. I am so happy. They all want to get baptized at the end of this month, they just need permission from their dad. They even when to church yesterday when I wasn’t there! I am in a different area with these sisters. I hope they get permission!

I´m gonna send this one off, and read some of your letters while I think about what else I want to tell you guys.

Mom... I just found out I have THREE MINUTES. Shoot dang. THe stupid place is closing. I´ll write next monday! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Pray for me... I get my new comp this tues and I am nervous.... I hope she likes me. Cambios are crazy and stressful.

Give everyone a huge hug for me, and tell the people that I didn’t write that I am SO SORRY. I love you. You are so amazing, and are such a great example to me. I pray for Kyle and Kayla every day. Missions are crazy. Sometimes I have to shake myself to remember that  I am here in Bolivia on a mission. It is a wild ride. And I cannot wait until I am fluent in spanish. It is the most frustrating thing EVER to not be able to say what you want to say or relate to people..... you have no idea how important language is until you are with a bunch of people and you want to relate to them, but cannot. Irritating. But I have faith. I have gained so much confidence and hope this week. I feel like I can do it finally. I have learned so much patience with myself.

Se fuerte, mama. We can do this together. We have to be strong. That is the only thing that is going to help us. Be strong together. I love you! We have each other, and we have the gospel. We can do hard things.

LOVE YOU!