July 6, 2015

¡Hola! ¿Cómo están? 

 

Guess what??? We got a new mission president! And he is awesome! His name is President Hayes from Idaho. His wife and his daughter Lizzy are also pretty awesome! :) President Hayes says that all everyone who speaks English will have to learn Spanish really well. And everyone who speaks Spanish will have to learn English really well. My companion stated to cry... Hahah she now reads the Book of Mormon in English every night and we practice words in the streets. :) Hahah little by little...

 

We went on divisions with Sister Hayes and Lizzy this week! Sister Hayes speaks a little Spanish so she worked with Hermana Ramirez and Hermana Piche. And Lizzy is still learning so she worked with me. :) They are both great and so excited to be here! :) While working with Lizzy I tried to take her to people that spoke a little English to help her feel more comfortable, but instead we met a man in the park that talked for one our straight in Spanish! We gave him a Book of Mormon and got his directions, but poor Lizzy didn't understand much.. We did end up finding one recent convert to teach that let us give the lesson in English. :)

 

The man in the park gave us his directions and we went back to visit him the next day with my companions. He is great! He already started reading the Book of Mormon and is now in 2 Nephi! He tried to come to church with us yesterday but he got lost trying to find the chapel, so maybe next week... :)

 

Oh! Guess what else?? People kept telling me I needed to wear my glasses, but I didn't want to because they fall off a lot and bug me... So we went to go get them fixed at an eye clinic... And they gave all 3 of us free eye exams! My companion is getting new glasses, and the other companion and I got free contacts! So now I use contacts! And the doctor made me cry when she tried to put them into my eyes... It took forever... And it still takes forever for me to do it at home too... I think I pinched my eye-ball... But.. I CAN SEE!!!! Its a mission miracle!!! I can see the leaves! And the spider webs! And now I can look into the eyes of my investigators and dicern their thoughts! Its pretty cool. They only gave me 1 month of contacts free, so I will have to buy the next ones, but still! Cool stuff! I CAN SEE!!!!

 

Well that is all of the exciting news for this week! Keep enjoying your summer! Love you all!

 

Love,

 

Hermana Markle. :)

Also! We decorated our name tags! Look! Its my family! (Dad will be happy)

I drank from my first coconut this week!!!! Yum!

Look at this cool flower! It is from a cactus! And it grows and grows and grows for like a year or years and then opens up and dies the next day... You can only see it for one night, that's it!!! So much work for such a short life!

Happy 4th of July!!! I made my companions dress up with me. :)

My companion puts Mayo on her pizza!