25 January 2016

HOLY COW that was a fast transfer!!!! seriously, this one has come and gone way faster than i was really ready for.. we were just talking yesterday about a dinner we had had earlier in the week when we realized wait, that wasn't earlier in the week. that was LAST SUNDAY... like what?? that was a week ago already?? i don't know where this time has gone and it's kinda scary. well, this week was a good one. we FINALLY set up an appointment with Tatiana and Juan!! We'll be meeting with them this Friday. we haven't set an exact time yet, but she told us Friday would be good for them :) we tried to set one up with Maricel, but she is still kinda putting it off and putting it off, so maybe we'll keep trying with her..? not sure, but we'll find out soon hopefully!! also, we went on exchanges on thursday, and we went by a member from an english ward who said she had a mexican student living with her, and we get there and it's just her and her son. well after a couple minutes, Abdula comes in!! he's from... somewhere that's Muslim, and she introduced us to him a bit, and we just kinda started talking to him. well, he started asking us a couple questions like "what makes you happy?" and just not too probing sort of questions. but he said he's been to like 100 something different countries, and everywhere he goes, he asks them what they like and what makes them happy about their church, etc., and he likes learning about other religions and stuff, and he wants to learn more about ours. So we told sister wight (that's the member he lives with) that we should maybe try and have the sisters come and teach him since he doesn't speak spanish and he lives within their boundaries, but she said how he is muslim, and the muslim religion doesn't think too highly of women, so she wants us to come back and teach him... So we have a muslim investigator!! haha! so, i have a HILARIOUS (well, i think it is) story to tell... haha! so there is a member, her name done be Lulu. She has some friends who will come over sometimes while we are there and they're non-members (not to mention these people be like straight from mexico haha). Well they have a daughter who is like 14 or 15 years old (stinkin young), and at some point, Lulu had moved the conversation to the fact that sometimes missionaries will fall in love with another missionary and won't tell them until after their mission, and then they'll start dating and get married, or they'll fall in love with a member in their ward and do the same thing. well, the daughter was there during the whole conversation, and when it came time to leave, we were giving handshakes to everyone and stuff and about to head ut the door, when that daughter came up to me because i missed giving her a handshake, and when she went to give me a handshake, there was a tiny little note in her hand that she tried to pass to me through the hand shake.... funny thing, it totally failed and fell on the ground and it was like "oops..." so i picked it up awkwardly and started walking down the hallway... awkwardly.. when we got to the elevator, i read the note and it had her phone number, her name, a little "shh" on the bottom, and a little thing in parenteses on the bottom corner that said "hablame cuando termines".......... WHAT THE??? so yes, that is my crazy experience this week with the latino peeps up here.. hahahaha welp, i love you fools, and i want to say that i know this church is true, and i love being on the mission more than anything else i could've possibly done. i know that i will never regret this choice so long as i live, and i couldn't have done it without the help of EVERYONE who reads this, because i know that in some way shape or form, you made it possible for me to be out here, and "i am eternally grateful" :) take care everyone, and i hope you have a fantastic week!! love, Elder Levi Windham p.s. the way transfers are now working is this " The Assistants will notify the Zone Leaders Tuesday night letting them know who will be transferred and everyone’s new companion and new area. Your Zone Leader will in turn call each one of you and let you know if you will be transferred and who your new companion will be and your new area. You will also be notified if your new companion is from the North or the South (this will help you know which meeting to attend). So, Tuesday night all missionaries will know who their companion will be and which area they will be serving. I ask you to please make no contact with anyone in the mission once you’ve been notified. This should happen anyway since we all know there never should be no contact with missionaries outside of your area." i'm too lazy to explain how it'll work, but what that basically means is you foos ain't gone find out what happened to me until next week... LOVE YA!!!