Yes, I know I know...this week was really tough on funds. I went to walmart last Monday to buy groceries and my missionary debit card wouldn't work, even though I know it had money on it. And so a big chunk of my personal funds went towards that...then we did eat out more than we should have this week... but I am aware of the issue and it was just a bad week for funds. :P That price is because I bought my companion food one day. Anyway, the zone leaders didn't get here yet with the mail, but I'm hoping I got some goodies! :) Yes, we actually have a Kohl's right by our house! I got a really pretty ring there that says faith and on the inside it says, "live by faith and not by sight." :)
What do I do to survive the heat? Um....good question. The other day it was 135 degrees... yeah. One of our investigators bought us a cooler, though, so we put water bottles in there and take it with us. Do you have anything fun planned for the 4th of July? I can't believe it's already July! Next month will be my 1/3rd mark...wow.
This week has been....an interesting one. Saturday was a particularly good day, though. We usually eat with this one particular part member family every Thursday, and the Hna. and her kids are members, but she just got married to a man about 2 months ago and he's not a member.. when I was still with Sister Franco, he would come out for a little bit and talk to us, and then go off to play basketball or something. The first Sunday I was with sister Holland, though, he was at church with his wife and the following Sunday as well. Ever since then, whenever we go to their house to eat dinner, he sits and eats with us the entire time and talks about god. We had a discussion over dinner one time about the Holy Ghost and he says he really wants the Holy Ghost with him all the time. We asked him if he wanted to learn more and take the lessons and he said yes. The next day his wife texted us and had already set up an appointment at her sisters house (Hna. Juarez is her sister - the Juarez family is super bomb and Hno Juarez is first counselor in the bishopric). And so we had the lesson on Saturday and taught him the first lesson - The Restoration. It went REALLY well and he understood everything. He even already knew a lot about the Book of Mormon and really has been paying attention at church. Can you say GOLDEN? We love him, though. He's Cuban, really tall, loves basketball, SUPER suave good looking man. He's the one who bought us the cooler. Haha.
Tomas has been having a hard time lately with his family. He's been sending us a lot of texts, just kind of venting and it's difficult because all we can really do is send him scriptures, encourage him to stay strong, that kind of stuff...and he's still solid as a rock in the gospel, but we've been trying to set up a time to meet with him and he complains about the heat...but we have a lesson with him on Thursday at 7pm when it's not so hot. He texted us this morning, though, and said he has a personal doubt that he will tell us about before Thursday because we're going to have the lesson in another member's home and he doesn't want them to know. Even though I think he needs to talk more with people in the ward. They can help him more than we can as far as personal matters are concerned. I hope he's okay.
I love you all very much and I hope you have a great Holiday! Tell Renee to write me and draw me pictures! I miss her and her art because she never writes. :(
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