Hello everybody!
After reading through gramma and grampas latest blog entries, it
kinda dawned on me that I'm not going to have nearly as many cool
pictures to send home! Oh well, I guess you'll all just get really
familiar with the Houston suburbs!
This week we had our first temple trip. We get to go twice a year
(usually a few weeks after conference) and then on our last day in the
mission. The temple isn't actually in the mission, and the Houston
temple is one of the small ones, so temple trips are very scheduled and
very planned out. It's not like in Madrid when we could pick which P-day
worked best for us. It's a very pretty temple, and it was fun to go!
I've also noticed how different the P-days are here. We have to take
care of all the shopping and cleaning and what-nots, but we have managed
to find some time every week to write letters and relax. We never had
relaxing p-days in Spain, and sometimes they were the most stressful.
But there isn't that need to see all "the sights" here in Houston like
there was in Madrid. So P-days are just one of the many things that
changes from mission to mission.
It's fun to hear about all the wedding planning going on! I bet it
gets a little stressful, but I'm sure that everything will turn out
great! I sure that Brenna will love meeting Will's family. I haven't
heard anything about San Antonio yet, so I can't tell her what to look
out for. I just haven't met anybody who has lived there or has family
there.
I love hearing about the missionary homecomings! So much fun! I
feel bad for MaryAndra though. She spoke with Richie and me when we
left. I hope one day she gets to speak in a regular sacrament meeting
without too many extra people!
Well, we eat a lot of Mexican food. Fajitas and what not. It's
all pretty tasty! So we eat a lot of meat. Actual meat, not just
chicken. So if we've eaten with a members a few nights in a row, I can
tell that I'm still working on digesting everything. There are some
really good members here who are willing to help us out, and we are
still working through the list of referrals we got from the members last
week. It was a kind of potluck event, so there were some Tamales, a
Mexican soup (which I think is called Pasole...you might have to check
on that.) And some other pretty traditional food.
Ready for the cool contact of the week...? We were out just walking
around and talking to some people, when we came across two really tall
guys, so we started to talk to them. Turns out they had both been
professional basketball players, and one of them had played with the
Jazz the year they went to the finals. We had a little conversation with
him about what he remembered from Utah. I guess you never know who you
might run into!
We had another really rainy day this last week. And now I don't
even really notice the humidity. Although it does get a little worse
right before the big storms come in.
There are a lot more meetings here
than there were in Spain. At least that I'm noticing. It was so hard
to get everyone together that they would have to do their zone leaders
conference via Skype. But here everyone is much closer, so they come
together more frequently. This week we have zone conference. I'm very
excited! I love being able to take the time to learn and be reminded of
the little things that make the difference out here.
Well...I guess that's about it for this week!
Love you lots,
Amber
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