It Is Officially 2013!!

January 2, 2013

It is now officially 2013. Super weird right?!?! I can't really even believe it.

This year, New Years was AWESOME! New Years Eve was on P-day so we had p-day until 1:30 then Harlingen came down and we played soccer and hung out at the park until 4:30 when we went to the church and ate pizza and messed around until watching “Forever Strong”. It was awesome but it made me mountain trunky and made me realize how sheltered we are as missionaries. There was a part where there was a girl in a bikini and all the Elders giggled. I was like you have got to be kidding me. :) But it was super funny and I truly love everyone in the Texas McAllen Mission. We are all so united and I love that we can get together with another zone and we all know everyone and love everyone and it is just all so great! AH! I love it! I was having a sentimental moment about not having that for the whole year this year but the good thing is that once a Texas McAllen Missionary, ALWAYS a Texas McAllen Missionary and we are still just as united at home. At least that is what President Trayner says, I have no idea what goes on in the outside world.

We have been working super hard and God has been blessing us with some awesome families that are preparing for baptism the end of January and beginning of February. We are still in the very beginning stages but we know that God will touch their hearts. We went on splits on Sunday night with two sisters from the ward and me and A____ found a potential that has read the entire Book of Mormon and said you know, it's not a book you can just put down, you have to refer to it often. You are right there Mister! We are going back to teach him and his family tonight.

We also have some BIG plans for 2013. I know that God will bless us more than we can even imagine if we do what He wants. It is not our will that matters but His.

Okay mom--more mission stories....It is hard to just think of some. Well Sister R accidentally turned on her alarm on New Years for 12:00 and so I woke up to that and ALL the fireworks and gunshots and couldn't go back to sleep for awhile. I think I have become an even lighter sleeper than before the mission.

We had coordination meeting with the ward mission leaders today (English and Spanish at the same time, we just go on splits.) Then we all decided to come over and email right now so I was racing the other two cars of elders here. The other sisters didn't play. NO SPEEDLIMITS WERE BROKEN IN THE MAKING OF THIS MEMORY.

I am a bad sister missionary and forgot the S____'s info. :( I promise you that I will give in to you on Monday. PROMISE!

We were walking up the street on Saturday and a car drove past and it was one of our favorite members back here from California cleaning up her house to rent it out. That was a happy surprise! We helped her clean mom, don't worry.

We have interviews coming up at the end of the month but other than that, I don't think we have anything going on as far at the mission goes.

Brownsville is great. I love it! I love everything about this place. I love the valley. I love the mission. I love being a missionary. I wish I could just freeze time right here right now. Being a missionary is amazing.

Please forward me David's emails every week. I would like that.

Well, gotta get back to work. Email not on p-days is weird. No me gusta.

K-dawg