March 20, 2023
Hey y'all!! How are you? Hope all is well over there and things are warming up!
This week in Uruguay things have been cooling down a bit. The week started in the high 90s and everybody was talking about how in the 50 years they've lived here, they've never experienced such a hot year as this has been. But then things cooled down and its been cloudier and rainier and more like in the 70s or 80s. (Im living in 20 degree celcius weather meanwhile my fam is in 20 degrees farhenheit haha)
The other day it was 100 percent humidity. Idk how that works. I thought that was impossible but maybe i just dont understand what humidity is. I thought if it was 100 percent, we'd just be breathing in water hahaha. one day i changed three times cuz we were just sopping wet from the rain. But the days that are cool and cloudy without the rain are perfect. I think today or tomorrow is the first day of Fall! Also recently all the kids started school so its fun to see them all excited. Just gotta say though i am so grateful we didnt have to wear the uniforms they do...kinda not the cutest.
Thought our legs would be sore after the hike last week but strangely i felt totally fine...i give credit to the stairs at thunder ridge keeping my legs strong...although that was like forever ago.
Anyways, not really sure what all happened this week, but it went by pretty fast. Thursday it dumped rain as we were walking home from lunch and the phone got soaked and instead of drying it off or putting it in rice, we forgot about it and then later plugged it in and bam ruined. Big brains. So we went a night and morning without a phone and then the next day the zone leaders brought us a nice new phone. Other than looking at us like we're dumb, which ya we were very unintelligent, we got no punishment and im kinda still waiting here to receive one cuz i feel like ruining a phone should be a bigger deal lol. ok well actually we did get a little punished because the phone still worked but not the screen so like when the alarm went off at 10pm to go to bed, we had no way to turn it off and had to stay awake and keep snoozing it until it finally stopped. same thing in the morning. twas a good night. Then the next day we walked to and from the church 2 or 3 times for nothing cuz we kept having reasons to turn back around and also the power went out as we were waiting for the ZLs to show up so we had no AC so we sat outside but then there were ants crawling all over me. todo bien i loved that day lol. Also the majority of our pictures were not backed up so we lost those. If you know me you know that i am ok about losing those becuase i dont care about pictures at all like really who cares about those 10 wks of memories? lol no i have all the ones that ive put in google albums and thats enough for me so all is well. really.
Yesterday I cried during a meeting we had because well idk why i just started crying. strange i know i was just as confused as everyone else. Long story short it is frustrating when people don't want to listen to you and when you want to communicate something but can't because you don't speak the language fluently enough to express it clearly. Good thing we can pray to have our hearts softened and we can calm our frustration. On a brighter note, a few of our amigos this week mentioned in lessons or after i had given a prayer, that its cool to see how much i have improved in my spanish since getting here. They said i am much more fluid. My castellano is coming along, slowly but surely.
Other than that we are just still trying to work with our friends and find new friends and also strengthen the ward members and reactivate the menos activos. Sorry not much new about our friends this week, we havent heard much from them either. All is well here in Pan de Azucar!
This week we will have interviews with president on Friday but other than that just working! Its the last full week of this transfer and my training. And today/ tomorrow is my 4 months as a missionary!! Wild!
This morning I scrubbed the shower and floors for like 2 hours. I have a blister on my knuckle, but it looks a little better now. i dont think that has ever been done in the history of missionaries in this house lol
Mosiah 4:9
Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.
What great hope it brings to our lives to believe in God. To believe that He has a plan for us that is greater than ours. Theres a song from veggie tales i love i think its called God is greater than the boogie man and its all about how God is greater.
satan is powerful and he has a lot of tools to get to us, but God is always greater! Greater than the sorrow, the temptation, the worry, the loneliness, the evil, the scary, God is greater than all. I know God is our loving Heavenly Father and is with us, if we let Him, every step of our lives as we work to return to Him again! We already know which team wins, so dont wait to join the winning team, God's team.
This week I had moments that i just thought man, i have zero idea how to be a missionary!! and while its true, i dont know a lot yet about how to be necessarily an "effective" misionary and yes there are ways i can and should improve, i can be tranquilo and know i am doing a good job as i strive to invite others to come unto Jesus Christ and represent Him well. Just planting a bunch of semillas here in Pan de Azucar!!
I miss you guys! Chow chow, hasta lunes! Love love love yall!
Hermana Bailey
Spider Count: yall aren't ready for this..or at least I wasn't! Just gotta say that God answers prayers cuz there are apparently things like these (pic) just down the block but because I pray every night there won't be any in my bed, I have yet to even see one like this in our house.
Pictures:
Storm clouds, beautiful sunsets, my face looking at the beautiful sunsets, lunch, st pattys day-green!, our homeless friend maria who doesnt want anymore of churches, another beautiful view, i bought a fanny pack!!
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