Hey everyone!
Our week was okay- nothing too exciting to report I feel like. I get to stay in Manvel for another transfer which I am excited about! We are staying together which is good because I get to stay in Manvel but we have some personality differences which are a little difficult but it's all good... I can survive another 6 weeks. Okay so its really not as bad as that last phrase made it sound but I'm learning patience... which is good, and hey! I'm sure I'm not that easy to live with either so Kudos to her that she hasn't killed me yet! ha ha There is obviously still more I need to learn and we should have a successful transfer so I am excited. So here is our Investigator Weekly!
De Hoyos: So Gabriel Jr. and David got the priesthood yesterday!! YEAH!!! Oh and also a funny story... so when the families records came we found out that Bryan (12) didn't have a baptismal date on his records... so guess who is getting baptized next Sunday after church! ha ha. They are so solid though and I just love seeing the change and progress in them. They haven't missed church once since we met them- including Christmas and New Years, which is more than I can say for most of our members! haha. Yesterday we didn't go to any of the classes because we were with Anahi (7) trying to get her to go to Primary. She went their first week and loved it, I don't know what changed but she hasn't wanted to go the last couple times. She cried pretty hard because she didn't want to go so we took some time and just sat on some chairs in the hall and talked to her about why we go to Primary and just kinda let her figure it out for herself. It was amazing to see the Spirit work within this little 7 year old to change her mind and make her want to go. We sat with her for most of it and then sneaked out of class and she ended up loving it - of course- so we hope that next week we won't have a problem.
RJ: So he had a birthday party on Saturday and we went by to help them set up before and it was really good. His dad was there and it was really good to get some face time with him so that he could feel more comfortable with us- he even invited us for dinner (which was BBQ) so of course we accepted. They didn't come to church yesterday though which kinda put a wrench in things because he needs to come once more before he gets baptized- so right now we are planning on the 21st. His mom has some concerns right now about it that we will work out tomorrow but I know that the Spirit will work miracles. He is such a great kid and his mom really does know about the gospel and she knows its true, we just need to help her realize that she has a testimony.
Well... thats about it. I wish people would come to church so they could be progressing. One of the hardest things as a missionary for me is the emotional involvement... I just get so emotionally involved with these people and they tell me they will come to church and they are excited to come and I just get so excited... and they no one shows up and you just get disappointed. It is very tiring to care so much about other peoples salvation... especially when it seems that they don't care. I can do manual labor all day and not really get tired... but when it comes to emotional attachments and emotional disappointments I just get wiped out every day. Such is the life of a missionary. Well we just got a flash flood warning from our Zone Leaders, no tornadoes yet though should be a good day! ha ha I hope y'all have a great day! Love and miss y'all! Go Cougars!
Love always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Letters from Kelsey - 54
Hey everyone!
So... ya know how a couple weeks ago I said it was the longest week ever... well I lied. That week was just destroyed by this last week!! ha ha I believe it was the longest week in the history of the world! I officially don't like holidays as a missionary :). My holidays were good but was really hard to do missionary work this last week with everyone on vacation. It was really hard to set appointments because family would suddenly show up or they would go somewhere so our appointments would fall through and no one wanted to come to church the last two Sundays, but that is all over now and people are getting back into their routines so it should be good and I'm looking forward to some success. I hope that y'all had a fun and safe New Year's weekend! We had a very non-exciting weekend and were in bed, like normal, at 10:30 and woke up, like normal, at 6:30! ha ha People really like fireworks out here for New Years though so there were fireworks going off all night. I guess they can do that when they don't have snow and when its still 55 degrees outside... ha ha.
We were super blessed this last week and now we are teaching this awesome little kid named RJ... which leads me into the... Investigator Weekly: 2012 edition!
RJ: He is the son of a less active member in the Silverlake Ward (English). Her name is Christi and her husband isn't a member and doesn't really like missionaries and doesn't want them there when he is home and they don't feel comfortable with her being alone with the Elders and the male member that they would have to bring so we got permission to teach them! We first stopped by Christi at the beginning of the month because a member in our ward told us about her so we stopped by to get to know her before we handed her over. Well when we found out that we would get to teach them we stopped by last Thursday and extended the date of January 7th to RJ because his birthday is the 8th! He accepted but we went by yesterday and we changed it to the 14th because they want to do a big BBQ after and invited family and friends (that aren't members) and so they wanted some time to prepare. We were all for it and it was great to see how excited Christi is for RJ. She is trying to regain her testimony after being out of the church for a couple years so it is great to see them progressing together and starting to read and pray as a family.
He is our only investigator that is really progressing but we hope that the end of the holidays will help everyone else get their act together. Well next week is transfers so we will see what happens... I really want to stay in Manvel but I just don't know... guess we will see! Well I love y'all and hope that 2012 is very good to all of you! Love y'all! Go Cougars!
Love always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
So... ya know how a couple weeks ago I said it was the longest week ever... well I lied. That week was just destroyed by this last week!! ha ha I believe it was the longest week in the history of the world! I officially don't like holidays as a missionary :). My holidays were good but was really hard to do missionary work this last week with everyone on vacation. It was really hard to set appointments because family would suddenly show up or they would go somewhere so our appointments would fall through and no one wanted to come to church the last two Sundays, but that is all over now and people are getting back into their routines so it should be good and I'm looking forward to some success. I hope that y'all had a fun and safe New Year's weekend! We had a very non-exciting weekend and were in bed, like normal, at 10:30 and woke up, like normal, at 6:30! ha ha People really like fireworks out here for New Years though so there were fireworks going off all night. I guess they can do that when they don't have snow and when its still 55 degrees outside... ha ha.
We were super blessed this last week and now we are teaching this awesome little kid named RJ... which leads me into the... Investigator Weekly: 2012 edition!
RJ: He is the son of a less active member in the Silverlake Ward (English). Her name is Christi and her husband isn't a member and doesn't really like missionaries and doesn't want them there when he is home and they don't feel comfortable with her being alone with the Elders and the male member that they would have to bring so we got permission to teach them! We first stopped by Christi at the beginning of the month because a member in our ward told us about her so we stopped by to get to know her before we handed her over. Well when we found out that we would get to teach them we stopped by last Thursday and extended the date of January 7th to RJ because his birthday is the 8th! He accepted but we went by yesterday and we changed it to the 14th because they want to do a big BBQ after and invited family and friends (that aren't members) and so they wanted some time to prepare. We were all for it and it was great to see how excited Christi is for RJ. She is trying to regain her testimony after being out of the church for a couple years so it is great to see them progressing together and starting to read and pray as a family.
He is our only investigator that is really progressing but we hope that the end of the holidays will help everyone else get their act together. Well next week is transfers so we will see what happens... I really want to stay in Manvel but I just don't know... guess we will see! Well I love y'all and hope that 2012 is very good to all of you! Love y'all! Go Cougars!
Love always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
Letters from Kelsey - 53
Hey howdy hey y'all!!!
Oh man, oh man. Well this is the... last... email... of 2011 from this little missionary! Craziness huh!! Yeah I think I made that word up- oh well. Anyway- I had a good Christmas and I hope y'all had a good Christmas as well! This was a little bit of slow week missionary work wise with everyone having family over and lots of parties, but it was also a good one. On Saturday (Christmas Eve) we had a mission conference and it was a super fun day. So it started at 8:30 and we had a little training in the morning- we need to be more focused on finding and we talk about how to improve our contacting. All things that I need to improve on and things that have been rough for me my whole mission. I know you will all find this hard to believe but I do not like talking to random strangers- I don't know why it bothers me because I have never had anyone be mean to me before in a contact but I very much have the fear of men every time before I talk to someone. The only way to make it get better is to practice, practice, practice right? So this little missionary has made a New Year's resolution to not let the fear of men win! We will see how it goes :).
So we had our training and then we got our present from our Mission President and his family. A couple months ago Sister Saylin asked us all to submit the story of a miracle and she put them all together in a nice hardback book! It is really cool and the miracle I submitted was the story of Nidia and her family. After that we were super lucky to watch the movie '17 Again'! Ha ha just kidding we watched '17 Miracles', which is a really good movie about the Willie/ Martin Handcart Company and their stories of crossing the plains. It was super intense and it was a nice little break. We then had an amazing dinner with fruit, steak, homemade bread, potatoes, chicken, sausage, and so much more! It was then time for a gift exchange and a talent show! To finish the night we watched a slide show of pictures from 2011 and then we went off into the night. It was lightly raining and there was low cloud cover, about as close to snowing as is possible in Texas! We then we to the Hironymous' house (our branch president and his family) and had dinner with them and did a little Christmas Eve program and then back to the apartment!
Christmas we woke up at 6:30 like every other day and opened presents (Thank you to y'all for the Christmas cards, letters and packages! Love ya!). After all that we headed back to the Hironymous' where we had breakfast and I had my Christmas call and then we went to church! There were only about 30 people at church and 10 of them were the De Hoyos! ha ha (the Chavezs were also there!) It was a good day and then we just spent the afternoon visiting members and investigators and just spreading a little Christmas cheer! I hope y'all had a good one as well!
Things are a little slow right now but we have some plans this week that we are excited for and we are looking forward to a strong week to start 2012 with a bang! No one really worth writing about this week but I promise to have people to write about next week! Well I hope y'all have a safe New Year's weekend and I will talk to y'all next year! (bahaha, I'm so funny) Love y'all! Go Cougars!!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
Oh man, oh man. Well this is the... last... email... of 2011 from this little missionary! Craziness huh!! Yeah I think I made that word up- oh well. Anyway- I had a good Christmas and I hope y'all had a good Christmas as well! This was a little bit of slow week missionary work wise with everyone having family over and lots of parties, but it was also a good one. On Saturday (Christmas Eve) we had a mission conference and it was a super fun day. So it started at 8:30 and we had a little training in the morning- we need to be more focused on finding and we talk about how to improve our contacting. All things that I need to improve on and things that have been rough for me my whole mission. I know you will all find this hard to believe but I do not like talking to random strangers- I don't know why it bothers me because I have never had anyone be mean to me before in a contact but I very much have the fear of men every time before I talk to someone. The only way to make it get better is to practice, practice, practice right? So this little missionary has made a New Year's resolution to not let the fear of men win! We will see how it goes :).
So we had our training and then we got our present from our Mission President and his family. A couple months ago Sister Saylin asked us all to submit the story of a miracle and she put them all together in a nice hardback book! It is really cool and the miracle I submitted was the story of Nidia and her family. After that we were super lucky to watch the movie '17 Again'! Ha ha just kidding we watched '17 Miracles', which is a really good movie about the Willie/ Martin Handcart Company and their stories of crossing the plains. It was super intense and it was a nice little break. We then had an amazing dinner with fruit, steak, homemade bread, potatoes, chicken, sausage, and so much more! It was then time for a gift exchange and a talent show! To finish the night we watched a slide show of pictures from 2011 and then we went off into the night. It was lightly raining and there was low cloud cover, about as close to snowing as is possible in Texas! We then we to the Hironymous' house (our branch president and his family) and had dinner with them and did a little Christmas Eve program and then back to the apartment!
Christmas we woke up at 6:30 like every other day and opened presents (Thank you to y'all for the Christmas cards, letters and packages! Love ya!). After all that we headed back to the Hironymous' where we had breakfast and I had my Christmas call and then we went to church! There were only about 30 people at church and 10 of them were the De Hoyos! ha ha (the Chavezs were also there!) It was a good day and then we just spent the afternoon visiting members and investigators and just spreading a little Christmas cheer! I hope y'all had a good one as well!
Things are a little slow right now but we have some plans this week that we are excited for and we are looking forward to a strong week to start 2012 with a bang! No one really worth writing about this week but I promise to have people to write about next week! Well I hope y'all have a safe New Year's weekend and I will talk to y'all next year! (bahaha, I'm so funny) Love y'all! Go Cougars!!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Letters from Kelsey - 52
Hey everyone!
First of all I hope y'all have a fantastic Christmas this weekend! I was a good week out here in Texas but it was an even better weekend! So Justin and Damian De Hoyos and Hno. Chavez were all baptized on Saturday!! It was so great to see them and to see how happy Hno. and Hna. De Hoyos were and Hna. Chavez. So we had their baptisms and Hna. Moser was able to come back and it was good to see her. So after the baptisms we had the ward party and it was just a really good Saturday and to see Hno. Chavez so happy... I haven't ever seen him like that before. He mentioned how now he feels like he has a whole new family in the branch and he was talking to everyone. It is amazing to see the change that these people go through. The party was good and we had 2 other families that we are teaching come to the party also and they got to know the members, which is always good. Then on Sunday they were all confirmed and after he was confirmed Justin (who is a kind of a wild child) came back to sit down and we asked him how he felt and he couldn't describe it, he just kinda sat there for a bit and was super calm all during sacrament meeting. Hna. Chavez taught the Relief Society lesson on Sunday and at the end bore her testimony about how our God is a god of miracles and how after 9 years her husband was finally baptized and the change that has happened in him... I almost cried... almost :).
We had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with the Chavezs last night and they are just so happy and so great... I wish I had better words to describe it but I don't... they are just happy and I love visiting them. We talked about dia de reposo (keeping the Sabbath day holy) and they participated and Hno. now understands why he has to go to all 3 hours of church. They are just so willing to learn and see the blessings- it really is great.
OH! Sunday was also fantastic because the De Hoyos are fantastic! Story time! So during sacrament meeting I was sitting with some of the kids and I pulled out my gospel art book to look at with the little girls during the sacrament to help keep them reverent and Gabriel Jr. (15) started looking at it as well and then asked if he could see it. After the sacrament he asked me what some of the pictures were so I started explaining the pictures and went through the story line of the whole Book of Mormon. He remembered some of them and it was great. We also talked about the power that he has as the oldest in his family and that his siblings do everything he does. If he wants to have family prayer and scripture study then the family will follow. I also talked to him about the priesthood and that when his little sister (6) turns 8 he could baptize her if he had the priesthood. He then asked me what he had to do to get the priesthood and I just said the basics like keep the commandments and told him if he really wanted it he should talk to the branch president and set up an interview to get on the path. Right after sacrament meeting ended he jumped up and went to talk to Presidente so he could work on getting the priesthood!!! AND!! They also paid their tithing on Sunday! I just love this family and I love the change that they are going through. They are such a great family and all 5 boys will make awesome missionaries one day. If I don't have any other success in the rest of my mission I will be fine as long as the De Hoyos continue to progress and grow in the gospel.
Oh we also had Sunday School in Portuguese on Sunday. One of our members is from Brazil and she has some friends staying with her but they don't really speak Spanish or English and they were the only people in class, luckily enough our ward mission leader's (teaches the class) wife is from Portugal so he knows Portuguese! So that was the class... I felt like I was a brand new missionary again with understanding a little bit here and there- it was cool though.
Anyway... We have some other great families that we are now teaching and I will tell y'all more about them next week. I hope that y'all have a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends and that you take a minute to remember the real reason for the season and the thing that Christ has done for us. I want to invite y'all to think of what you can give Christ this week, the week leading up to his birth. Who can you help or serve? It's totally a missionary thing to ask, I know, but I am a missionary so I do as a missionary does. My dear family and friends- I love y'all and wish you the greatest joy, peace, and happiness this week and as you celebrate this weekend. Love y'all! Go Cougars! iFeliz Navidad!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
First of all I hope y'all have a fantastic Christmas this weekend! I was a good week out here in Texas but it was an even better weekend! So Justin and Damian De Hoyos and Hno. Chavez were all baptized on Saturday!! It was so great to see them and to see how happy Hno. and Hna. De Hoyos were and Hna. Chavez. So we had their baptisms and Hna. Moser was able to come back and it was good to see her. So after the baptisms we had the ward party and it was just a really good Saturday and to see Hno. Chavez so happy... I haven't ever seen him like that before. He mentioned how now he feels like he has a whole new family in the branch and he was talking to everyone. It is amazing to see the change that these people go through. The party was good and we had 2 other families that we are teaching come to the party also and they got to know the members, which is always good. Then on Sunday they were all confirmed and after he was confirmed Justin (who is a kind of a wild child) came back to sit down and we asked him how he felt and he couldn't describe it, he just kinda sat there for a bit and was super calm all during sacrament meeting. Hna. Chavez taught the Relief Society lesson on Sunday and at the end bore her testimony about how our God is a god of miracles and how after 9 years her husband was finally baptized and the change that has happened in him... I almost cried... almost :).
We had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with the Chavezs last night and they are just so happy and so great... I wish I had better words to describe it but I don't... they are just happy and I love visiting them. We talked about dia de reposo (keeping the Sabbath day holy) and they participated and Hno. now understands why he has to go to all 3 hours of church. They are just so willing to learn and see the blessings- it really is great.
OH! Sunday was also fantastic because the De Hoyos are fantastic! Story time! So during sacrament meeting I was sitting with some of the kids and I pulled out my gospel art book to look at with the little girls during the sacrament to help keep them reverent and Gabriel Jr. (15) started looking at it as well and then asked if he could see it. After the sacrament he asked me what some of the pictures were so I started explaining the pictures and went through the story line of the whole Book of Mormon. He remembered some of them and it was great. We also talked about the power that he has as the oldest in his family and that his siblings do everything he does. If he wants to have family prayer and scripture study then the family will follow. I also talked to him about the priesthood and that when his little sister (6) turns 8 he could baptize her if he had the priesthood. He then asked me what he had to do to get the priesthood and I just said the basics like keep the commandments and told him if he really wanted it he should talk to the branch president and set up an interview to get on the path. Right after sacrament meeting ended he jumped up and went to talk to Presidente so he could work on getting the priesthood!!! AND!! They also paid their tithing on Sunday! I just love this family and I love the change that they are going through. They are such a great family and all 5 boys will make awesome missionaries one day. If I don't have any other success in the rest of my mission I will be fine as long as the De Hoyos continue to progress and grow in the gospel.
Oh we also had Sunday School in Portuguese on Sunday. One of our members is from Brazil and she has some friends staying with her but they don't really speak Spanish or English and they were the only people in class, luckily enough our ward mission leader's (teaches the class) wife is from Portugal so he knows Portuguese! So that was the class... I felt like I was a brand new missionary again with understanding a little bit here and there- it was cool though.
Anyway... We have some other great families that we are now teaching and I will tell y'all more about them next week. I hope that y'all have a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends and that you take a minute to remember the real reason for the season and the thing that Christ has done for us. I want to invite y'all to think of what you can give Christ this week, the week leading up to his birth. Who can you help or serve? It's totally a missionary thing to ask, I know, but I am a missionary so I do as a missionary does. My dear family and friends- I love y'all and wish you the greatest joy, peace, and happiness this week and as you celebrate this weekend. Love y'all! Go Cougars! iFeliz Navidad!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
Letters from Kelsey - 51
Hey everyone!
This week was a little bit faster than last week, which I was very grateful for, and this next week should be just as fast and great because we have a baptism this weekend! Damien, Justin, and Hno. Chavez are all set to be baptized this weekend! It will be great because we have their baptism and then we have the Branch Christmas party right after! We are having a menudo (cow stomach) and pissole (also animal stomach, but cooked different) night. They both are pretty gross, they are like a soup/stew thing, you don't really chew it you just swallow it. There will also be tamales (hopefully) and other food so I won't starve :), but Hispanics sure know how to throw a party and it is a great thing to get our investigators to so they can meet the members and just relax. All you have to do is tell people that there will be food and dancing and Hispanics are there- they love a good party. Special Christmas edition of the INVESTIGATOR WEEKLY!
De Hoyos!: My favorite family ever. So this last week we watched the Restoration DVD and then went over the baptismal questions for Damien and Justin. They did great and they are progressing so much it is just fantastic. On Sunday Hermana slept through her alarm and Hermano was at work but he called her to make sure they were going to church! So they were a little late but they came! The kids are slowly getting quieter and more reverent during Sacrament meeting and this week we are going to teach them about the sacrament and its importance which will only help them more. Hermana told us on Sunday that she has stopped drinking! This is a big thing for her because she told us that it was a weakness for them and all we did on Saturday was review the Word of Wisdom with the kids and that is what made her stop! They even went to a birthday party on Saturday night and she didn't drink- she was so happy to tell us... oh man I just love them!
Hno. Chavez: He is just great and told me that if I don't come back next year to go to the temple with them they won't go! Ha ha, then he said he was kidding and they would still go without me, but I promised them I would be there! He is great and is so ready to be baptized and free of all of his past transgressions its fantastic. I'm excited for him and feel so lucky to have been here at the right time to see him be this type of person and change. OH! AND!!! He went to all 3 hours of church for the first time in a long time! He has a little fear about being asked questions and not knowing the answer, so we just had to promise him that no one would ask him questions and then he would come, and it went well!
Gavino & Ana: They are still in McClellan (spelling) and won't be back until the end of the month but they are still reading, praying and have stopped drinking coffee and smoking! We are just waiting for them to come back so we can help them get married and baptized! We are also teaching their daughter-in-law and granddaughter now and they are awesome also.
Oh man- things are good now and I have never taught so many families at the same time as we are now. We also have about 2/3 families that we are just starting to teach that also have a lot of potential. It will be a great end to 2011 and a great beginning to 2012 as I can see these families entering the waters of baptism at the beginning of the year. OH! Funny story- so all the members think I am just this funny little gringa (white girl) because I can't eat spicy things and I try and translate English sayings into Spanish and they don't really translate. This week though I hopefully changed their minds! So we ate dinner with the Torres family on Thursday and Hna. Torres is probably the one who gives me the hardest time (she yells (not really yells... just tells me very loudly ;) ) at me to eat my vegetables when she sees me picking them out), especially for the fact that I don't like spicy food, but on Thursday she had this chili- it was green and was about an inch long- and she was kinda ragging on me a bit and so I told her I would eat it. Her 3 daughters were there also and none of them thought I would really do it- so I did it! When I put it in my mouth they all kinda started screaming a little bit (which is kinda normal, they all have high pitched laughs, its funny) and they were all looking at me like I was going to die or something. I couldn't really feel my tongue or mouth and it kinda made my teeth hurt but that was really it, so it wasn't that bad. I might still be a crazy gringa but now they can't give me a hard time for not eating chilies right?
Anyway- there is my funny story for the week! I hope y'all have a great week and get all of your preparations done for Christmas! I love and miss y'all tons! Merry Christmas! Remember the reason for the season! Go Cougars!!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
This week was a little bit faster than last week, which I was very grateful for, and this next week should be just as fast and great because we have a baptism this weekend! Damien, Justin, and Hno. Chavez are all set to be baptized this weekend! It will be great because we have their baptism and then we have the Branch Christmas party right after! We are having a menudo (cow stomach) and pissole (also animal stomach, but cooked different) night. They both are pretty gross, they are like a soup/stew thing, you don't really chew it you just swallow it. There will also be tamales (hopefully) and other food so I won't starve :), but Hispanics sure know how to throw a party and it is a great thing to get our investigators to so they can meet the members and just relax. All you have to do is tell people that there will be food and dancing and Hispanics are there- they love a good party. Special Christmas edition of the INVESTIGATOR WEEKLY!
De Hoyos!: My favorite family ever. So this last week we watched the Restoration DVD and then went over the baptismal questions for Damien and Justin. They did great and they are progressing so much it is just fantastic. On Sunday Hermana slept through her alarm and Hermano was at work but he called her to make sure they were going to church! So they were a little late but they came! The kids are slowly getting quieter and more reverent during Sacrament meeting and this week we are going to teach them about the sacrament and its importance which will only help them more. Hermana told us on Sunday that she has stopped drinking! This is a big thing for her because she told us that it was a weakness for them and all we did on Saturday was review the Word of Wisdom with the kids and that is what made her stop! They even went to a birthday party on Saturday night and she didn't drink- she was so happy to tell us... oh man I just love them!
Hno. Chavez: He is just great and told me that if I don't come back next year to go to the temple with them they won't go! Ha ha, then he said he was kidding and they would still go without me, but I promised them I would be there! He is great and is so ready to be baptized and free of all of his past transgressions its fantastic. I'm excited for him and feel so lucky to have been here at the right time to see him be this type of person and change. OH! AND!!! He went to all 3 hours of church for the first time in a long time! He has a little fear about being asked questions and not knowing the answer, so we just had to promise him that no one would ask him questions and then he would come, and it went well!
Gavino & Ana: They are still in McClellan (spelling) and won't be back until the end of the month but they are still reading, praying and have stopped drinking coffee and smoking! We are just waiting for them to come back so we can help them get married and baptized! We are also teaching their daughter-in-law and granddaughter now and they are awesome also.
Oh man- things are good now and I have never taught so many families at the same time as we are now. We also have about 2/3 families that we are just starting to teach that also have a lot of potential. It will be a great end to 2011 and a great beginning to 2012 as I can see these families entering the waters of baptism at the beginning of the year. OH! Funny story- so all the members think I am just this funny little gringa (white girl) because I can't eat spicy things and I try and translate English sayings into Spanish and they don't really translate. This week though I hopefully changed their minds! So we ate dinner with the Torres family on Thursday and Hna. Torres is probably the one who gives me the hardest time (she yells (not really yells... just tells me very loudly ;) ) at me to eat my vegetables when she sees me picking them out), especially for the fact that I don't like spicy food, but on Thursday she had this chili- it was green and was about an inch long- and she was kinda ragging on me a bit and so I told her I would eat it. Her 3 daughters were there also and none of them thought I would really do it- so I did it! When I put it in my mouth they all kinda started screaming a little bit (which is kinda normal, they all have high pitched laughs, its funny) and they were all looking at me like I was going to die or something. I couldn't really feel my tongue or mouth and it kinda made my teeth hurt but that was really it, so it wasn't that bad. I might still be a crazy gringa but now they can't give me a hard time for not eating chilies right?
Anyway- there is my funny story for the week! I hope y'all have a great week and get all of your preparations done for Christmas! I love and miss y'all tons! Merry Christmas! Remember the reason for the season! Go Cougars!!
Love Always,
Sister Kelsey Berg
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