wooooo!! changes are tomorrow! these first 6 weeks have flowwwwwwwnnn by. well, mabes not the first 3 weeks or so. heh... but after, yes. i think that the first 3 weeks in the field, i mostly just wanted to be on mom and dad´s red couch. sleeping and crying and watching movies and listening to music. but since then, i have been ON FIIUHHH(fire). im sooooo happy to be here and everything is going so great. yah--its hard. but it is for such a short time, and i just want to enjoy everyday as much as i can. rather than abhor the days like i was in the beginning. woopsies--confession!
you guys had no idea, huh?? hahahah oh man. it was bad. but every week goes by so fast, and i want to be sure that i really do the work i was called to do, and dont waist any time. yah.
sooooo ive heard from sooo many of you this week! alll of you, in fact. so thank you, thank you. and all of you said that you were praying for me to receive the gift of tongues and such a lot. and you guys--i´ve felt it soooo much. i dont feel as hopeless about learning this language, and people have been complimenting me on my spanish more. and i have times where me and my comp are talking, or she is telling me a story, and i think, hahaha I CAN UNDERSTAND HER. isnt that crazy??? speaking is more difficult, but i can understand spanish sometimes. that is always so crazy to me when i just stop and think about that. it´s a miracle, so thanks for the prayers.
so this week we had the baptism of reynaldo. oh you guys. it was just the cutest thing. his cousin who lives about 3 hours away came and baptized him. reynaldo is superrrrr ppooooor and he was all concerned about what he was going to wear to his baptism. and me and hna. c were like, dont worry about it. just bring a change of underwear hahaha thats all you need. but then on saturday night, he showed up wearing slacks, a white shirt, and a blazer-type of thing. i wanted to cry! he is just the sweetest. and he has had a really rough past. he told us this story about how when he had 10 years old his uncle beat him with a rod for like 6 hours straight. you guys--that explains sooo much about him. he is nottttt very confident in his abilitiy to learn and do things, and he just wants to be loved and cared for. thats alll we wants. and saturday, so much of his family came and supported him and it was just soooooooooo beautiful and cute. i will attach pics for sure.
but then he didnt show up for church yesterday to be confirmed. dannnnnnnng it. but next week. hah. oh man.
so, hna carazas has been a bit on the sickly side lately with a lot of stomach pain. anyway, we wnet to the doc this week, and she has some crazy stuff going on in her stomach. uh oh. and today we are going to the doc again and she is going to get an indescopia(i have no clue if that is what it is called for real...) where they stick a tube down her throat and it searches around in there... or something. anyway, she has to be put to sleep for that, and after, i am in charge of taking my drugged companion back to our apartment. YIKES. eeeeeeek"!!! im a tad bit worried about leading my drugged comp from bus to bus through the city hahahaha but it will be quite the adventure. ohhhh man.
well my fammy fam. hahaha not keeping that nickname for you guys. . .
i love and miss you A LOT. and i appreciate each of your emails and letteters soooooooo much. i love and miss you all and i pray for your safety all the time. please dont let anything happen to you guys while im gone. thanks. ahahha but seriously.
thanks for all the prayers. i love you!
love,
hna. jill frances
okay, so here are some pics of the baptism. also, my burnt neck. hahaha also a tamale. theyre my favorite. also, the banner for hunger games. in spanish. are you guys excited for that?? im worried for that movie. hopefully it isnt dumb.
also, there is a pic with a little chubby blonde girl and that is family to reynaldo. it is a joke that she and her brother are my sobrinos. haha i mean niece and nephew. it may look like i am going in to attack her, but im not. haha
annnnyway. i love and miss you all TONS. thanks for the love!
love, me
No comments:
Post a Comment