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| the beautiful sky of New Mexico |
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| my healthy breakfast |
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| a present from Jason |
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| Christmas Sweaters!!! |
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| look Mom I have bananas! |
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| I am scary with this knife |
Dear People,
This week was awesome. Slower cause it's close to
Christmas, but still quite a few lessons, so I'm grateful. We had our
Christmas party and I was on exchanges with Sister Tukuafu and Sister
Wood. We made ugly sweaters and it was hilarious. We glued Christmas
decorations all over goodwill sweaters and we looked fantastic. I will
include a picture but it probably wont do it justice. We played some fun
Christmas games with the zone. And yes, if you were wondering, I did
dominate at one game. The one where you put the oreo on your forehead
and wiggle your face till its in your mouth? Yes I am pro. Yes I do
practice daily (<joke).
I think I included a picture of a hotwheels (probably not actually
the brand) car. It's from a guy in our ward who is awesome and also
named Jason. He knocked on our door one night and we thought it was a
murderer so we didn't answer. We waited and checked the porch and there
were two cars and a card from Jason. He's super into cars and he said
the one he gave me is a model of one he saw when he visited California
once. (He's the one who served us sushi. Also he says he doesn't like
the beach so I question his mental health).
Good news! Jon texted us Thursday morning and said he wants to meet
again. Screaming commenced. I probably dribbled cereal milk on my neck
in all the excitement. You can imagine. Later that day we went and
helped Robbie, a less active, make biscuiochitos. Bissco... cheetos.
Bisqueocheetoes. Autocorrect thinks I want to say Biochemicals. Thats
not right. Regardless it was a good time. I went home smelling like
cinnamon and he sent us home with little bags to eat. Daddy would
appreciate.
That day we spent a lot of time walking downtown trying to meet
people since the Elders aren't keen on us tracting apartments that
they've already done. We meet a handful, including a half filipino, half
native, quite drunk old man with missing teeth. Just my type. We also
were prompted to talk to a young man we saw sitting in the hospital. We
set up an appointment to meet with him the next day, but neither of us
felt good about it. Very uneasy weird feeling about him. He never
showed. Weird. I don't get God sometimes, he asked us to talk to this
guy, then told us we shouldn't teach him the lessons, and then he didn't
even show up. It's weird not seeing the big picture but still having to
follow the promptings of the spirit.
I also had to teach about virtue in district meeting on Thursday. I
made probably five thousand different analogies and who knows if any of
them made sense and I probably confused more than I taught and also I
tripped over my skirt and the podium on my way up. Typical Sister Valdez
behavior.
Mother would be horrified to know that on Saturday night I had
FRITOS FOR DINNER. Literally these people made us like taco salad with
fritos.
Step 1: Pour fritos on plate
Step 2: Smother in Chili
Step 3: Add cheese
Step 4: Devour
I whispered
to Sister Heck, "My mother would be horrified at this meal." FRITOS.
FOR. DINNER. Awesome family though. We went to teach the young man,
Jeremy, and ended up teaching the Plan of Salvation to the whole family
with two RMs present which made me need to PEE MYSELF with nervousness
but the spirit was there so strong so no worries.
Sidenote, one of the RMs there was the SPITTING image of Christian
Bardales. No joke. Well. Slightly over-exaggerated but still. Totally
weird. Diabetic too. Freaked me out. OH! AND THEIR DOG IS DIABETIC. Yes,
thats a thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DIABETIC DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay now I realized I never explained the thing with the leaves in the last email but here goes.
There
was a service project the first week I was here and they had to clean
up leaves. They dumped what they cleaned up onto our front porch as a
joke. It was funny EXCEPT NOT because leaves are constantly all over our
apartment. Literally so many leaves we couldn't get to our door the
first night. Add the slush from snow and mud, and you get the picture.
Our Christmas wish is for the branch to come clean up the mess they
made.
Okay the LAST THOUGHT and absolute HIGHLIGHT of my week is that
Sister Heck said the word "Nuggets" when we were driving and she like
missed a turn or almost died or something. She just yelled it out
"NUGGETS!!" and I swear I could've married her in that moment. Not
literally but it makes me so happy when my weird phrases catch on.
Sister Heck and I are getting a lot closer and it makes me happier than
anything because it means we have so much fun on a daily basis. She also
keeps us working hard, and organized, and I need some of that to rub
off on me ASAP cause for all we know she could be transferred outta here
next week.
My revelation of this week is how much I have taken simple truths
for granted. Knowing who I am, where I came from, why I'm here, and
where I'm going is such a blessing in my life. And especially knowing
the role of my Savior in my life and how he can help me, strengthen me,
and comfort me on the daily is the best thing in the world. I am so
happy to be out here sharing it with others.
Be nice to each other, stay cute, and keep hitting Oliver!
Love & kisses & pinch the tum,
Sister Valdez
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