Cudahy: Translado 4: Semana 3 / June 28, 2010

Hola Familia!

Melissa and Clarissa were just baptized yesterday! They are both so cute. Their brother Felix who was baptized about a month ago got to baptize them. It was a really incredible experience. I feel so close to their family.

Well, actually this week I realized that I probably feel a little too close, because I think that poor little Felix has a crush on me. He is 18 and just graduated from high school, so he is about the same age as James. We were focusing on him a lot this past week trying to help him feel comfortable getting ready to baptize his sisters, and also trying to get him motivated to think about serving a mission. He wants to be a doctor, so he feels like it wouldn't be smart to interrupt his schooling. We tried to show him how cool missionary work is by taking him out tracting and contacting formers for a couple hours the other day on our bikes. It was really fun, and I kept thinking "Oh, look at cute little Felix- he reminds me of my brother James. It would be so much fun to do missionary work with James." But then the next day he sent me a big bouquet of red roses, as a sort of thank you for helping him find the church, but it wasn't addressed to me and sister garcia, just to me. Plus they were like these beautiful red romantic roses. Poor guy. Sister Garcia thought is was HILARIOUS, and told me that she is never going to let me live it down. We're going to let the elders help teach him more now, and we're not allowed to take him out with us anymore. I'm not really worried about it, I just feel bad if he does have a crush on me. :P Man, and I thought that I was going to be able to come on my mission and escape from boys for eighteen months. I guess not, ha ha.

We had our last Zone Conference with President and Sister Blackburn this past week. We get a new mission president tomorrow, so it will be interesting to see how the dynamic of the mission will change. I loved the Blackburns, they were so dedicated to obedience and high standards for the mission, but at the same time so personable and loving. I wish I would have had the chance to get to know them better. Its hard though being so isolated from everything out here. I'm barely getting to know other missionaries in the mission, and that's because Sister Garcia knows everyone and is really cool and popular, so as she says I'm "guilty by association." I love that she is helping me break out of my shell, and that she is brutally honest with me and tells me when I'm awkward or being lame, or fake, or whatever.

I love the zone that we are in; everyone is really nice. We are the only sisters and so they always love to play sports. We played basketball today and it was so much fun. They have a rule though that sisters can only be guarded by sisters, and sister garcia couldn't play because of her finger, so they let me play but they couldn't guard me and I couldn't guard them. It was still fun though. It has been so long since I'd played, and I love playing basketball. Especially with guys that actually know how to play.

Well, that was my week. I actually really don't feel like writing very much today. I'm doing good. We're working hard trying to find people to teach, and spending a lot of time riding our bikes which I love. I hope you are all doing well and having a fun summer.

Love,
Sister Dansie