Well this week has been pretty great!

We had a Fiesta a la capilla this Saturday and it was so fun- so Mexican. I loved it :) It was a blast.

La Fiesta a la Capilla

There were decorations and dances and food and mariachi bands and singing and all sorts of fun- they really do like to party! I got a picture with a lasso guy and Xochilt did a dance with the primary and I helped serve dinner which was CHAOS but it was so fun :) I love our ward and the people and the culture that I serve in :)  

What's A Party without a Mariachi Band

I love it so much that I accidentally walked into the "you should marry a Mexican!" trap like 3+ times this week! We'll be eating food with the members or whatever and they will be like,

"Sorry this is really hot! Mucho picante!"

And Hermana Toney is all like, "Oh, ella encanta picante!"

Member: "Oh, enserio??"

Me: "Por supuesto!" (funny thing, I practice speaking Spanish so much I hardly ever write it, so sorry if I'm spelling it all wrong :P)

Member: jafko djsfklsdj aflj dskalfj sdk

Me: "Si, este comida es muy rica!"

Hermana Toney: "Do you know what they just said?"

Me: "uh.... guess not?"

Hermana Toney: "They just said, 'if you like the spice, you should marry a Mexican;"

Me: "Oooohhhhhhhhh ok, that's why they are laughing..."

Haha seriously, that's happened more than 3 times this week alone. Still learning Spanish! :)

Lasso Guy

Zone Leaders with the Xochilt Dancer

We had a miracle first lesson this week- while we were looking for less actives last week, we met a family who told us that the person we were looking for moved away years ago. We asked the family if they would be wiling to hear our message, and they said yeah and just come by whenever! Great! Then this week, we were looking for some less actives around that same house, and I felt like we needed to go by. We did. The mom and her son were there and they let us right in! They are GOLDEN. Oh my goodness. She said so many things throughout the lesson that just screamed to us that she was prepared- she knew that the stuff about the apostasy was true, and she knew that the Book of Mormon was true. She said that some elders had come by a year ago and given her that Book of Mormon- she read the first page and they never came back! But we showed up just as she is starting a battle with cancer. And her cousin is on a mission in Mexico right now.. whaaaat? And she's really into her Aztec roots- we just sat there thinking, just wait til you read the Book of Mormon! It will blow you out of the water! :) It was great and we committed her to baptism at the end of the lesson. It was one of those 'too good to be true' kind of lessons that you think only exist in the Ensign. I sat there and asked myself a million times during the lesson- "Is this real??" "Are you really this golden?" etc. It was amazing, and we are so excited for her and her family :) I couldn't believe that we had found someone that was that prepared and that hungry for the living gospel of Jesus Christ. It was a miracle and I felt so blessed.

...BUT our area is getting kind of split, and it sounds like we will be loosing them to the Elders. That's ok, they will do great! But we are kinda bummed out we wont get to teach them anymore :P

Transfers are tomorrow! Whooo! And this whole week, Hermana Toney and I were thinking that we would get split and have to train (because with so many new missionaries, they have been stressing the fact that we need to learn fast so we can train!). But then we got a text saying we wouldn't get a transfer call. I had a sigh of relief personally, but it was rather anti-climatic. Ha :)

Our Zone Leader is leaving us...

But we are loosing about 1/3 of our area, and they are bringing in another set of Hermanas to our ward, and we are going to have to share our car so we will be on buses half the time. Hermana Toney and I are rather excited for another adventurous transfer together in the South Side Spanish :)

We have a blast together.

Well, that email was kind of short, but I don't really have anything else to say.. I know this church is true, God's hand is in this work every step of the way! Being on a mission is work, but it's fulfilling and worth it, especially if you are willing to put your all into it. These people that you come in contact are worth it. Even the slightly weirder ones... :) The Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith is a prophet, God is my Heavenly Father and Christ is my Savior. I love it! :)

Love you all, have a great one :)

Hermana Walton