Hola hola,
Wow, time really flies. It seems like just yesterday that I was talking in the living room with all of you! Things were kind of crazy yesterday, I'm sorry if I wasn't able to give my full attention to you at home, but I promise I had been looking forward to that for 7 months, and it came and went too quickly. But that's what the Lord's plan is at this time, so that makes me happy. I was having so many emotions yesterday that I just didn't know what to do. Just to name a few.... it was Christmas, I had to give a talk (and Saturday night and Sunday morning I felt prompted to not give the talk I had prepared, so that added to the emotion), we had the lowest attendance in the branch in over a year, of 12 people, Brother Beltran was the only member of the Presidency there and it was his first time conducting, so I was right there with him the whole way, obviously I got to talk to all of you! and then about the changes and saying goodbye to people.... I'm exhausted. We left at 6 this morning and are here in Pachuca. I find out tomorrow who my companion will be and where I'll be serving for this next chapter of my mission.
It was special though because we announced in Sacrament meeting that those who would like to come with us to give the Sacrament to an elderly sister and sing hymns with us for her were more than welcome to come. Chucho, our house dueño came along with the Beltran family. It was a different kind of Christmas, but it was so special. There are sooooo many things I would like to share, but my time is short, and I'm sure yours isn't much taller either. But someday I hope to share with as many as would like to listen all that I've learned here in Molango in the last 7 months. I love my mission with all my heart. I would never trade it for all that the world has to offer.
The quilt sounds really neat! I believe that the best gifts are those with some kind of emotional value with it. I look forward to seeing it.
The FHE idea sounds great! I know that all who will be in attendance will be greatly blessed. It is a special talk, which reminds me.... I haven't seen it in a few weeks. I'll have to sit down and watch it sometime this week.
No mom, thank you! I loved seeing you all yesterday, even if you've grown a bit blurry lately. I just loved seeing all of your personalities and voices and stuff. Although physically most of you have changed, you're all still the same people, and that makes me happy :)
Have a wonderful last week of the year! Enjoy every moment of it ha ha. I love you all! Travis, happy birthday tomorrow, Derek on Thursday, and Mom on Friday. Eat some real cake for me!
Elder Jordan Keele
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Hna. Jessica Keele- Dec. 26, 2011
Hola!!
Well, it was so good to talk to you all yesterday!! It was funny because my companion got to talk with her family a few hours earlier. Afterward, we left to have a lesson with a member in the ward who had asked us to come over to teach "his daughter-in-law" who is not a member. We had to run back to the Vezenyi house to be able to get there at 6:30 p.m. to call you. Here´s why...
We had just finished eating lunch with the familia Vezenyi (they are the one´s who were so kind as to invite us over to use their skype AND eat their food :D Plus they are friends of Sergio y Florencia. Anyway, we rushed over to go to the house of this other member to be able to teach his "daughter-in-law" and make it back in time for you guys.
We knocked on the door and his wife said she had no idea we were coming over and started cleaning up a bit. We figured he just must have forgotten to tell her since he had just invited us a few hours earlier. He sat us down in a room and said to wait there while he went to get his daughter-in-law. Later his wife came out with two plates of food!! haha
We were already full having just eaten, but we said thank you and started to eat quickly because I wanted to talk to you guys on time. Then he finally comes back, not with his daughter-in-law but some sort of health shake he had just blended for us.
We said thank you and then asked, ""where´s your daughter-in-law?"
He said he would go and see if she wanted to come... haha He also mentioned how he wanted to talk about the Word of Wisdom...
As he left to go "find his daughter-in-law" he just kept asking about the smoothie, if we liked it and all that. We said it was good and he said, "No sugar, no sugar". He told us it was a carrot and apple smoothie and he wanted to take care of us.
We just thought, okay, so he really likes his smoothie. haha
We kept trying to eat our huge plates as fast as we could and THEN he comes back out with the bottle of this powdered smoothie explaining all the good vitamins and things it has inside it.
There's more...
He pulled out this flip chart, sits down and says we're going to talk about the Word of Wisdom with her. I figured that´s a bit weird since we hadn´t even met her but figured we´ll just explain the Book of Mormon and see if it´ll lead into the Word of Wisdom if we need to.) But no, he tricked us!!! haha He went through this whole flip chart thing and at the end called his daughter-in-law when we said we only had 5 minutes left to be able to get back on time.
He kept us after a little bit longer as he pulled out some chart he needed to fill out and said, "Hermanas, I don´t want to forget your name, let me right it down. You, Hermanas, don´t have a land line, right?" We told him no. "Well, actually what about at home, that way we can always keep in contact. What's your address so we can write you letters and your number so we can call you sometime"...
Oh my goodness!! haha He wrote it down on his little Herbal Life chart!! Anyway, we gave it to him. Just so you know in case you get any calls from Herbal Life haha
After we ran for ever, we made it right back at 6:30, but then we couldn´t figure out how to get the skype to call you since you weren´t one of her contacts. And it said if I used a phone number it would make them pay or something, so that´s why I sent you the quick, ZUBAGOO email.
I´m glad you got it! :)
I love you all!!!!!!!
Hope you have a happy new year!!!
Love,
Jess
Well, it was so good to talk to you all yesterday!! It was funny because my companion got to talk with her family a few hours earlier. Afterward, we left to have a lesson with a member in the ward who had asked us to come over to teach "his daughter-in-law" who is not a member. We had to run back to the Vezenyi house to be able to get there at 6:30 p.m. to call you. Here´s why...
We had just finished eating lunch with the familia Vezenyi (they are the one´s who were so kind as to invite us over to use their skype AND eat their food :D Plus they are friends of Sergio y Florencia. Anyway, we rushed over to go to the house of this other member to be able to teach his "daughter-in-law" and make it back in time for you guys.
We knocked on the door and his wife said she had no idea we were coming over and started cleaning up a bit. We figured he just must have forgotten to tell her since he had just invited us a few hours earlier. He sat us down in a room and said to wait there while he went to get his daughter-in-law. Later his wife came out with two plates of food!! haha
We were already full having just eaten, but we said thank you and started to eat quickly because I wanted to talk to you guys on time. Then he finally comes back, not with his daughter-in-law but some sort of health shake he had just blended for us.
We said thank you and then asked, ""where´s your daughter-in-law?"
He said he would go and see if she wanted to come... haha He also mentioned how he wanted to talk about the Word of Wisdom...
As he left to go "find his daughter-in-law" he just kept asking about the smoothie, if we liked it and all that. We said it was good and he said, "No sugar, no sugar". He told us it was a carrot and apple smoothie and he wanted to take care of us.
We just thought, okay, so he really likes his smoothie. haha
We kept trying to eat our huge plates as fast as we could and THEN he comes back out with the bottle of this powdered smoothie explaining all the good vitamins and things it has inside it.
There's more...
He pulled out this flip chart, sits down and says we're going to talk about the Word of Wisdom with her. I figured that´s a bit weird since we hadn´t even met her but figured we´ll just explain the Book of Mormon and see if it´ll lead into the Word of Wisdom if we need to.) But no, he tricked us!!! haha He went through this whole flip chart thing and at the end called his daughter-in-law when we said we only had 5 minutes left to be able to get back on time.
He kept us after a little bit longer as he pulled out some chart he needed to fill out and said, "Hermanas, I don´t want to forget your name, let me right it down. You, Hermanas, don´t have a land line, right?" We told him no. "Well, actually what about at home, that way we can always keep in contact. What's your address so we can write you letters and your number so we can call you sometime"...
Oh my goodness!! haha He wrote it down on his little Herbal Life chart!! Anyway, we gave it to him. Just so you know in case you get any calls from Herbal Life haha
After we ran for ever, we made it right back at 6:30, but then we couldn´t figure out how to get the skype to call you since you weren´t one of her contacts. And it said if I used a phone number it would make them pay or something, so that´s why I sent you the quick, ZUBAGOO email.
I´m glad you got it! :)
I love you all!!!!!!!
Hope you have a happy new year!!!
Love,
Jess
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