March 17, 2015

Buenas Tardes! ¿Cómo están? :)

Yes, yes, there was a volcano eruption... And yes, it was raining ash. And yes I breathed in a lot of ash and I will probably die one day in like 60 years because of it... Oh well! Hahah The funniest part was all of the calls I got from Elders complaining about their burning eyes and throats and how they were too sick to work and were really scared, buy I didn't get a single call from Sisters! We are tougher! :) Some missionaries did have to go home and stay indoors and wear masks, but we stayed out and worked because it wasn't tooooo bad here. When we were up in the mountains visiting a family, you could look down on the whole valley. The skies were blue and beautiful in most areas, but there was a huge dark cloud of ash covering San Jose, like San Jose was being punished for something, it looked pretty cool! No, no lava! Just burning eyes and throats.

 

Oh and for now I did not have transfers! I am still in Escazú with Hermana Flores! They are doing transfers differently now, so I am not sure what will happen. We don't have transfers every six weeks, we have transfers when President calls and says we have transfers. So it could be this week, or it could be in 3 months! Who knows! But I am happy because I love Escazú. :)

 

We are changing email day again, so please write me Sunday night again! :) I should be getting on Monday mornings or so... We will see. :)

 

I was reading in Mosiah this week and I liked this part.... Mosiah 2:20-25, We are in debt to God. He has given us everything. And he continues to bless us. But all he requires from us to repay him is to obey his commandments. We are given families to help teach us obedience. And he can bless us even more if we are obedient. That is all he asks of us... We can show our love to Him by obeying Him and we can thank Him by obeying Him. :) Not always the easiest, but always the best.

 

I love you all!!! Have a great week!!! :)

 

Love,

 

Hermana Markle. :)

 

Cleaning up the ash from the volcano eruption

We love Denisse!

Planner covers I made for an Elder that is going home. It is a mission tradition to make a "Trunky" planner cover for missionaries on their last transfer. I was pretty proud of my skills. . .

This is our kitchen.

Liliana

The Monge Family. They are so good to us. Great people!

Monica - She is the Sister that took me to dinner on my Birthday.

Liliana gave me a Harley jacket! Don't I look pretty cool now?!?

Denisse! She is awesome!

My name badge with ash on it - it is raining ash constantly since the volcano erupted!

The other half of our kitchen. All of our appliances in one view: a blender, a hot plate and a mini fridge. (Dad asked if I have an oven in this apartment. Nope. - and no microwave and no toaster. We make it work!)

I was so excited to find oatmeal! I accidentally made it "floody" though!