Week 10

Well, this cycle is flying by! it's pretty much half over already, that's nuts. where did July go!? this week was pretty crazy... here's why.

last week i meant to email you about this guy we ran into as we were walking to the church. he turned the corner at the same time as me, and we awkwardly made eye contact.. not to mention the fact that we were walking right next to each other.. so i had to say something! i asked him how he was and how his day was going... he said he just got done at the gym and he invited me to go work out with him. well, that's awkward. so sister white gave him a book of mormon and that was that. I didn't even get his name.

On Sunday we were sitting in sacrament meeting next to our investigator miguel (who is freakin awesome, btw) and this guy walks in... he looks sort of familiar.. and then it hits me! it's the guy from the gym! AND HE HAS HIS BOOK OF MORMON! I about died laughing. His name is Mario and he's way funny. We invited him to FHE on monday, he just left work without saying anything to come. While he was there he made some comment about taking us out on a date and things got weird.. but we turned him over to the elders real quick ;) He's 26 and he was born in the Congo!

Miguel pretty much just needs to get baptized right now. We haven't taught him the word of wisdom yet but he was telling us about how he told his friends he can't drink anymore. He really wants to get baptized but his girlfriend in utah is acting really hesitant about it (which is irritating to no end.. but oh well) I think for sure by the end of August. He has the BIGGEST heart and he really is one of the kindest people I've ever met!

Life on the mish is good. I am continually reminded about the scripture that talks about "a peculiar people" um, where else in the world would you find 4 white girls that WILLINGLY go out to talk to people in the sketchiest of places for 18 months? but  I love it.

anything else you want to know? I did get the recipe from Sister Filion, but she cooks like momma Toone.. which I can follow in English, but spanglish is another story. I'm going to try it out and then I'll let you know, but here's the gist of it.

2 cups uncooked rice
cinnamon
cloves
evaporated milk (2  cans)
sweet and condensed milk (1 can)
cream of coconut (1 can)

she uses whole cinnamon and whole cloves.. she boils it (in water, i assume) so there isnt any chunks of spices in her pudding.

Well.. I think that's about all I got! Love you all!


PS  how's dad? he's such a brat. Bishop Filion reminds me so much of him. When I get done being a missionary I will definitely be giving bishop a hug. he's so grouchy until you really talk to him. then he's SO sweet and has the biggest heart.

PPS I keep finding myself saying things that are only said in the bronx. like if you don't hear something they always say 'what happened?' I do that all of the time! It will be interesting to see how things are in about 15 months. is time flying by at home too? I hope so.

I hope you can tell that really, i am doing good. Sister Dalley and sister Jensen have been keeping me sane. Dalley is just like lindsey. seriously. It's such a blessing. OH! speaking of blessings.. we all should be VERY grateful for the equalized mission fund. our metro cards that we buy every month are 112 dollars! to ride the bus somewhere and back is 5 dollars and the train is like 5 dollars one way. things are SO expensive! tax is almost 10% and milk is almost 4 dollars a gallon. Just thought you'd like to know. :P


Oh, also google a bronx bug. I saw one today. i'll just let you imagine my reaction!