RAIN,RAIN, GO AWAY!

> Familia! 

> Man, you know it rains a lot when you wake up to a rusty umbrella! Rain, rain, go away, come again another day! This week was really interesting. Rain every day and nobody opened their doors all week! No biggie though, because the work progresses! 
Okay, happy birthdays to Rebecca and Bill Fox and happy Birth to Rachel Stewart! Congrats!!! I received all of the dear elders anyone has every written this week and THANK you all so much. Big shout outs to Liz, Jess, Grandma Cynthia, Grandpa Hal, Teef, Andy, Halsy, Sierra Bear, and my repentent brother Mikey! Well done everyone. It was so great to hear from all of you. Grandpa, had no idea you had foot surgery...happy healing and grandma, YES I absolutely adore the calendar! It is so fun to look at everyone´s advice and pictures...I love it! Thank you! 

> Interesting experience, my comp and I woke up to mooing the other morning, only to find a stampede outside our casa. It was hilarious. Other than that, not much news. Dad, don´t´worry so much about stuff. My answers are yes, fun, and no. LOVE YOU! I love the work. Me and Hna. Alvarez have an awesome time together and laugh constantly at my awesome language skills. Speaking of awesome language skills…guess who gave her first talk in a foreign language yesterday? Emmy! People, it was hilarious. I walked up to the pulpit, talked for ten minutes (no idea really what I said) and sat down. I had some members of the Ward tell me they were impressed they ould actually understand me…not the powerful spiritual experience I would´ve hoped for but, meh!, you have to start somewhere! 
> This week was a really interesting one for us. Definately a bit of a downer slash great learning experience. This week I just felt so dissappointed in human beings. Why don´t the members welcome the converts more? Why don´t people want to hear the restored gospel? Why do people turn on their mouths and shut their ears when we say anything about ¨religion¨? Why do people say they are going to do something (like come to church or be home when they say they are going to) but then don´t? Why can´t people do what they know they should do all the time? How can someone receive their answer and then still refuse it? I had so many experiences with flakiness and lies that just made me feel disappointment in people. In my favorite book (besides the scriptures, of course), one of the characters says that ¨there´s only one kind of folks…folks.¨I love that. Because along with moments of disappointment, we had some moments of pure joy...like the baptism of Mariela and her confirmation or that one contact who treated us so kindly or a member showing up to help us out or the family we met who is MARRIED! We really are just all folks and we make mistakes. But that´s why the gospel is so great, because we CAN repent and be better. And although I´d love to make everyone make good decisions, the only person I can control is myself, so I´ve commited to being better.
> Sorry this is a little shorter this week. I love you all and hope everything is really well!
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