Come and See!

FAMILY! FAMILIA! CÒMO ESTAN??????

How are you all????? How was your week???? Mine was good, but kind of hard. We have been searching and searching for people to teach, but the hard thing is that when we come back to teach them, they are NEVER IN THEIR HOUSES. Bolivians..... We have found some AMAZING PEOPLE! But they are never home. Saturday was one of the hardest days of my mission. We were really excited, because we had a day FULL of appointments with some really great people, but literally every single one of our appointments fell through. We ended up knocking doors and walking from house to house the entire day. I really just wanted to sit down on the curb and cry. I didn`t come on my mission to just walk around on the street. And I have been trying really really hard to be exactly obedient, but we still have no one. That night, we visited my convert, Valeria, who I haven’t seen in awhile. We taught her lesson 3, and seeing her faith and her knowledge of the gospel turned my entire day around. I finally understand that phrase that dad always tells me. HOW GREAT WILL BE YOUR JOY. Yes, we have very few people who are actually progressing. However, Valeria is my light in the darkness. I can find joy in my heart knowing that I have helped someone.

What else is new? Hmmmm.......

- We only have TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL CAMBIOS. Wut...... I am seriously nervous. I have no idea where I will be. And I know it will be so hard to leave my first area.

- WE ARE GOING TO UYUNI! Okay, I want you to stop reading this, and go look up photos of Uyuni RIGHT NOW so you will understand just how excited I am. We finally got permission from president to go. He is very proud of our zone, and so he said that we could go. We are going next Monday! I have never been so excited in my whole life. It is about 4 hours away, and it is the coolest place ever. MOM! I may not write you next week on Monday, because we will be traveling all day, but we will probably write on Tuesday. SO DONT FREAK OUT IF YOU DONT HEAR FROM ME. I will be in UYUNI UYUNI UYUNI! But we will write Tuesday... I think......

- KAYLA! I was talking to Valeria about you, and she says that she really wants to meet you. So you have to convince mom to let you come.

- Today I was reading in Jesus the Christ about His disciples. I love His invitation to His disciples to COME AND SEE. This should be all of our goals in life. If we really want to be true disciples of Christ, we need to come and see. We need to look for Him in our lives. We need to see His hand in everything that we do. We need to do our part to learn of Him. So I hope you all Come and See the miracles that He can do in your lives.

- We had service again this week at a school where we helped kids practice their english. It was so fun.

- I realized this week just how much I am going to miss all of the people here. I hope president lets me stay one more transfer.

I feel like I have other stuff to tell you guys, but I cannot remember. This week should be better. I am excited to teach a lady named Lucero this week. She is super cool, and I really think she will get baptized. I learned this week that you just have to keep working even when no one wants to listen to you. It is hard, but that’s just the way it is.

GOODBYE! I AM GOING TO GO EAT SOME SALTEÑAS!

LOVE YOU ALL

HNA ROUTSONG

Our Area

My Convert Noelia

Potosi

Some days are hard

Kayla.... Big Time Rush!

Valerie and Meredi

My life in front of the heater

This is why there are so many drunk people here

Tinkui

Pie de Pina

Kayla... When I feel sad I wear your elephant necklace