You never told me you were going to Maui!! That sounds like so much
fun! Did you get another hole in one Golfing out there? That bike ride sounds
great though, That would be sweet to start on the Volcano!
This week has been amazing though! We have had so many awesome things
happen! So on Friday we went on exchanges with the Crystal Lake zone leaders
and I loved it because I got to go to the suburbs for my very first time!! I
had gone up there just to switch and drop Elder Foster off but on Friday I
actually got to serve there! We had a blast up there, I got to go with
Elder De la Cruz and he is from California but he grew up in the Philippines!
He is one of the funniest kids and we were just laughing so hard the whole
entire time! My favorite part of it was that we went to dinner with the Bridges
family up there. Last week Elder Foster was up in the suburbs too and he told
me he had sloppy Joes and I started laughing because it's a classic white
person food so of course this family gave it to us while we were there hahaha.
But it honestly was the best! I forgot how good sloppy joes were and they had
baked beans and everything! It was weird though because I felt so much like
home there just because it was a bigger home and it was all nicely done with
nice hard wood floors and paintings in the bathroom and everything, it was so
great to be back in a situation like that! I now why I was serving in the city
now my whole mission because if I would have started up there I don't think I
would have ever gotten over homesickness! It is way too much like home! I
remember when I started I just prayed to get sent to the suburbs and of course
that was when they sent me to Chicago 3 which is in the heart of the city! I
just loved being up there for the day! I would love to go serve up there one
day!
Then yesterday was one of my favorite days of my whole mission. So
we started off just by going to church and I just felt happy yesterday! It was
so much fun to talk to all of the members and I just felt so happy to be there!
I loved being there and then after we went to President Woodburys house and we
had some transfer council so all of the sister training leaders were there and
we talked about each of the sister companionships and how they are doing so
that was fun! It's going to be a crazy transfer this time and also next because
there are so many people going home! All of the Hermanas that I came out with
will go home this transfer and the English sisters next transfer-- so it is
crazy! They all came out in the wave so we will have to close lots of areas and
change some of the sister areas to Elders. It is going to be a lot of
work but I am excited! Then we ate dinner and headed to a Book of Mormon
fireside. It was a musical fireside and the spirit was so powerful there, the
missionaries all sang I'll go where you want me to go. I loved being
there and it was with the whole Stake so I got to see lots of the members from
Chicago 3 and 4, but my absolute favorite part was that the Vazquez family
came!! I love them so much and I was so happy to see them!! I still think and
pray about them constantly and have missed them so so much but they came!!
Their family just has my heart because I love them so dang much!! I want you to
meet them so badly! It makes me so happy too because the missionaries there
right now are amazing and they have so much love for them too, They couldn't be
in better hands! I just loved seeing all of the members though!
Everything is great out here though! I love you so much Mom! Have a
great day today! Oh and today we are going down to Indiana to say goodbye to
all of Elder Fosters Peeps.
Here is the picture of Vazquez yesterday along with Elder Randall
(left) and Drebing (right). I'm kind of butt hurt that my suit coat was crazy
but it's okay!