April 8, 2013
Yes mom, I am grateful for our family! HAHA! It's getting close! Crazy! I was just telling Dad that
my brain doesn't completely understand what is going down so I am still working
strong! It's great! We have so much work to do so I don't really have time to
do anything else. :)
Wasn't General Conference
just amazing! WE LOVED IT! We watched it at the church. We probably could have
watched it with members, but I really like watching it at the church now
because it helps you to focus. Plus, once you get the missionaries together, it
is ALWAYS a party. There were only 16 of us though. But we loved every second
of conference! Between sessions on Saturday we all went to the mall and grabbed
some food and then went up to a park right on the bay and sat on the sea wall.
It was really awesome and kind of the first time in a long time we just sat for
a second. It was AWESOME! I took loads of pictures! Then we came back and
watched another awesome session! Sunday morning session was my favorite! I
loved it so much! Then between sessions, some members fed us at the church but
we didn't want to miss the world report because we’re all nerdy missionaries so
we opened up the back and ate in the gym while watching the huge projection of
the world report. We know how to do things right up here in Corpus! Basically,
all of conference was amazing and I got A LOT of questions answered! For reals,
I wish it was conference every single week! Well, minus the same fact we didn't
have the sacrament, it was perfect!
The only thing about
conference that was just a bit lame is that both Sister Perez and I have NASTY
colds! Like coughing, no sleeping, sore throat nastiness! But, we have AWESOME
leaders and members and everyone helps us out! We both got blessings last night
from the ZL’S and that has seemed to help a lot! We're getting over it, but we
both sound like smokers and every time I sing, it is HYSTERICAL! Sister Estiva,
who lives with us, is sick too, AND our district leader, so we're just
basically all useless. HAHA! Which should be fun because we're going up to Portland
We are currently working
with some AWESOME investigators in our area! They are all so great! We are
working on getting someone married right now which is kind of difficult because
they want to get married and baptized and all but aren't willing to humble
themselves to ask their family for the money to get a marriage license. We're
still working with them but they will for sure get baptized! Then we have
another awesome joven that is from California
Working in the inner-city is
GREAT! Basically, our entire area looks like the valley! We have even had a few
Spanish lessons which is AWESOME! Our area is what some people would call
"the ghetto" but we love it! In fact, other missionaries kind of want
our area which is funny. I loved Flour Bluff a lot, but I love Weber too! And
because it seemed fit, we have named our car Peter Parker on account of the
fact that we are the Weber sisters. Get it? HAHA!
Our apartment is smelling a
lot less like boy which is great! They cleaned the carpets this week which was
much needed! I actually really love where we live because the Elders are so
close and whenever we need anything or they need anything, we can just run
over. Like this morning, we needed 3 eggs to make a birthday cake and so they
brought them over or like how we let them use our bike pump. It is just awesome
being so close!
On Wednesday we had
exchanges and Sister Dudding came to work with me! IT WAS AWESOME! We had so
much fun working together in Flour Bluff that a one day exchange was just not
enough. It was funny though because they put both of our greenies on the island
together. Two greenies together during the 12 week program...SUPER FUNNY! They
did good though. Sister Perez is on fire. She will do great things on her
mission, I can tell ya that. Of course she will! I'm her momma! O and Sister
Dudding and I are going to have a comedy show when she gets back. We'll be
called mullet because I'm all the business in the front and she is all the
party in the back. (No wonder we got so much stuff done!)
The closer I get to coming
home, the more I begin to reflect on what my mission has been. What I have
accomplished. What I still want to accomplish. How I can apply these things to
the rest of my life and I find it hard to even come up with words for all of
it. My mission has meant everything to me. I am still the same person as when I
left, but at the same time, I am 100% different. My testimony has become
unshakable. I have this weird sense of duty now to rescue and save everyone I
come in contact with. Even though in a few short weeks I will be getting
released as a full time missionary, I have taken the advice we learned this
weekend in conference to have my plaque forever in my heart. I will forever be
a Texas McAllen Missionary!
Well, I have to get going so
we can be on time to Zone Activity. Chapter 8 ALWAYS!
Sister Giles
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