Cochabamba, Bolivia

Things I love: I’ve been teaching an english class in the Chapel. This week there were only 4 kiddos but it was so fun. We were learning how to say body parts. So I drew a person on the white board and labeled everything in Spanish and then in English. Listening to them try to pronounce everything made me laugh harder than it should have. For example: Eyes: A - yays. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I’m terrible. But they all laughat my pronunciation so it’s only fair, right? Compi has been trying to make me say things wrong. The other day I wanted to buy some q-tips so I asked her what they were called. She told me they were called something super strange. I didn’t believe her so when I got to the tienda I just described what I needed. Later I figured out she was trying to make me ask for condoms. COOOL. I can play this game too. So now I’ve been teaching her all sorts of great conversational words in english ;) This week one of the girls we’ve been teaching needed help with her homewor...

Things I love:   I love knowing that the message I am here to share truly can change peoples lives. This week was super interesting. But from all the odd experiences we had I love knowing that when we put our trust in God he can do more with our lives than we could ever do for ourselves. We’ve been teaching this 8year boy with his sister and every couple minutes Christian, the little boy, will say “una pregunta”. I LOVE THIS because I used to say that to my comp a few hundred times a day. Every time he says it I have to keep from laughing BUT he always has good questions. He’s always interested in Jesus and learning more about his life. Things I’m learning to love: The time it takes to plan for each day. OH MY GOSH. I stare at my watch and dream about sleeping. MER. Why does it take so long?!?!!? Ok. So we have been sharing our mini fridge with our sweet little grandma who lives with us, which is totally great. BUT. She puts her raw meat next to my fruits and vegta...

Eeeekk. I am so sorry for the TERRIBLE grammar and spelling... Things I love: I discovered a new vegtable. It´s like a mix between a cucumber and celery but it’s fuzzy on the inside. I think it’s called achocha. I now eat it almost EVERYDAY. Along with my ice cream sandwich… OH MY GOSH. We were introducing ourselves to a new investigator and my compi kept messing up the ladies name. She said her name was Mary and my compi said, ¨Mucho gusto Patricia¨ (Nice to meet you Patricia). We both just looked at her and then Mary said, ¨My name is Mary¨. Then about a minute later my comp asked, ¨Sooo Patricia, what´s your last name.¨ I couldn`t hold in my laughter. Oh my goodness. AND THEN, to change the subject, my compi asked what her daughters name was…. Mary just looked at her and said, ¨my son?¨. Yup, then I for real lost it and could not stop laughing. We’ve been trying to meet more people in the street instead of knocking doors. So we saw a group of people playing basketball in ...

I left my camera card in the internet last week. Gahhhh I could have cried. Every SINGLE photo from my mission. When I realized I had left it there it was too late. The internet cafe was closed. My compi told me she had done the same thing and her card had been stolen. WAHHH. I was so sad. I was scared to pray about it because I knew it was my fault. YEAH YEAH YEAH. I know. I'm crazy. But eventually that night I prayed about it. And right away it was literally like someone whispered in my ear, "It will be there   tomorrow :"  Right after I had that feeling I started to doubt. I thougt.. "No, I just thought that because I want that..." And so many other doubts. BUT WHY? I knew that voice wasn't my own. I told myself... "No, you don't want to get your hopes up.... blah blah blah" The next day I woke up early because I was SO SAD about my stupid camera card. I couldn't sleep. I kept doubting. Soooo eventually I prayed about it AGAIN. An...

Things I love: We were teaching a group of kids this week and THEY THOUGHT I WAS FROM SPAIN. They were shocked when I said I could speak English. Yeah, yeah… I know they were children BUT hey! At Least I could have a conversation with them AND they could understand me!! It’s great being able to talk with people and instead of looking at me like I’m crazy and turning to my compi to ask for help they’ll respond to me! WAHOO. This we were teaching a lady who seemed very sad. We talked with her for a while and she told us that her son had passed away at 7 years old – 13 years ago. I could see the hurt in her eyes. She was so sad but I was so grateful to confidently be able to teach her about God’s plan for us. That we are meant to be families for eternity – not just for our time here on earth. MY COMPI. She’s so scary and I LOVE it… most of the time. Ha this week an Elder asked me a question in English. My comp turned and snapped at him, she said (in Spanish obvi) “Do not speak t...