I won for the ugliest

This week was zone meeting and the Elders deemed that it was ugly tie day so all the Elders wore their ugliest ties--and I can't be left out of things like this....I may not have to wear a tie....but I do have to wear a suit coat:) needless to say I won for the ugliest and best part was that Sister Doll thought that it was cute :)

This day has been awesome. Me and Hermana Reyes live 7 minutes from the temple. We are the missionaries that live the closest to the temple and yet it is out of our zone but we got to go today as they will be closing the temple for about a month and a half for cleaning. We got to spend some good hours this morning in the house of the lord. And I got to see some missionaries from the city including the awesome Sister and Elder Beck. They actually organized a group of us to be able to do some baptisms this morning. And let me tell you. It was like seeing family again. I have really missed them and being in the city and it was like everything I needed to spend some time with them. The becks actually had done some family history work and had found one female who needed the ordinance of baptism done and gave me the opportunity to do it for them. It was amazing. Hna Reyes and I also did some other work in the temple and as I was sitting in the temple pondering and just breathing in the peace I realized that it had been one year like almost exactly since I had gone through the temple for the first time. I was remembering how I felt that day and how special it was to have my family there with me. It is just so crazy to think that it has already been a year. Man I miss you guys. :)
We then went out to lunch and now we are here! And after this its time to hit up the sand volleyball :)

As for things here--weather wise...its been crazy. We have had some pretty killer storms here. Power is still out in over 800 peoples homes including some of the missionaries who have been without power for over a week now. Thankfully I'm not one of those. The humidity is still something that I am not used to, nor am I huge fan, but better than the snow. waaaaaaaay better than the snow. I get to see and feel lots of bugs, lots of them.

I have also been learning how to be a Latina chef. look at all the things Ive learned this week: Guacamole, Pico de Gallo, Salvichi, and el Salvadorian Pupuesas( hope I spelled that right)---mwahahahahahahahaha get ready for some spicy food when i get home! :) I love Chile!

Miracles seen this week: Francisco is getting baptized this Saturday and Margarita will be having her wedding. We have also been trying an experiment with our members where we go to their house with a map of our area and we pray all together about where we need to go tracting. The members pick out the street or streets that they feel and we go knocking and then report the miracles that we have seen. We have had some really good conversations and gotten some new investigators...2 of which were actually being taught by missionaries like years ago and badabing bada boom now were doing it again. 

Also Sunday we had all of our investigators at church! Lupita came and she LOVED it. That woman, shes already a member. The hardest part is getting all the paperwork so our investigators can get married. I do have the faith that we will see more miracles out of this. Lupita and all of the investigators we have are getting baptized this month. I can just feel it. I don't know how to explain it. but I know it.

This transfer has truly made me be even more of a missionary. I mean not that I wasn't before but just like a missionary is who I am and not something I'm just doing....I love this work. It is hard but it is oh so joyful. I had set a goal when I came out on my mission that I wanted to go to bed so tired at night and so so so happy because I loved what I was doing and I knew that what I was doing was who I was and idk how to explain it but I feel like I have finally reached that. I mean I have been tired my whole mission-from the day I got to the MTC I have been exhausted. but never have I experienced joy like this in missionary work knowing that I am literally putting everything into this work. everything. If there is one thing that Hermana Reyes and I do well together is work. There is no awkward training to do or greenie things to deal with it's just like we've been out the same time and we know how things go and what were doing and we just do it. I mean not to brag but weekly planning we've gotten it down to an hour and half and we plan cause if there is one thing that Hermana Reyes is good at its planning. :)