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| Us in our winter ensembles <3 |
My format is a rundown of each day this week since things were so hectic and crazy. Enjoy! :)
Monday: 1/2
- Bowling! Strike you're out! Or in... that is definitely the wrong sport reference.
- "Most awkwardly adorable thing I've ever seen." -Elder Ramos on my bowling. But my whole district agreed. Oh dear.
- Comparing bellies at the Perez' home... whilst eating pupusas (and learning how to make them!). Slightly strange but funny! Fabio likes us!
- Erika fed us quinoa with piña and is making little steps towards baptism one by one.
Tuesday: 1/3
- We drank birthday cake hot chocolate that was SO GOOD.
- Interviews: "what's the most challenging thing about your mission?" "The food! I have a legitimate fear of dinner appointments." President *eyes widen* *laughs* "really?".
It was interesting, I didn't feel like he counseled as much, he just asked what he could do for me. He asked me to teach Sister Ashford, be an example to her, serve her, and learn from her. We may be different and not get along like bread and butter, but we can still teach with the spirit and bring others unto repentance together.
Keep working hard!
My best,
Hermana Ally Voss
- "Sister Voss I just have to say thank you for the light you and your smile radiate. Whenever I ask missionaries about who has impacted them or who has that light they always mention you." -Elder Watson. Wow! What a compliment.
- We returned the cello - a bitter moment but sweet as well. I played God be With You Till We Meet Again as a final work. How sweet to even have it.
- We went to the fancy McDonalds! It was gorgeous inside, too!
- Hayddi at English class. #newinvestigator
- EDGAR IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!! He is entirely off of coffee and tea and is finishing working on smoking. He is willing to live all of the other commandments.
- Sister Ashford got hit on like 100 times at the Hempstead McDonalds.
- Oh my goodness. She has a cholesteatoma. The area medic said she would have to go home to have a surgery if it really is a cholesteatoma.
- Lots of doctors appointments in our future and maybe a CT scan for her. The exciting part is that I have a doctors appointment next Tuesday as well. Everything is crazy, but a lesson with Ana reminded us why we are missionaries. She wants to go to the temple before February 10th! Wow! What enthusiasm. She is so ready. I am excited to help her along the way. We will have to see her often and help her and oh my goodness but I am crazy happy for her. Families like hers' are why I love being a missionary. It fills me with ultimate and exquisite happiness.
- A blessing from Elder Corbett ended the day with words of comfort and an answer to Sister Ashford's prayers.
Us and our wonderful Branch President. 
The Epic Christmas Tree Battle. Moral of the story: Fake Christmas Trees are really hard to pull apart!
- Sister Ashford is leaving. Next week.
- We called the area medical specialist and the first thing he said was, "what do you think? When do you want to go home? We could send you home tomorrow but it might be best to line up doctors and such first." - Dr. Elder Sonkuns. Apparently it wasn't a question of if, but when.
- It gave me questions such as, "Edgar's baptism! What do we do?" And "what about Ana going to the temple before February 10th?" And, "what is going to happen to me? Where will I go? What will I do? Can I come back to Mineola?" I have no clue. I'm a bit sick to my stomach with uncertainty.
- On the bright side, Edgar's practice interview went almost smooth as butter. The only hiccup was that he is still trying to quit smoking. We need to get him off of that. Soon.
- We had lunch at Ana's. She made us lunch and a fruit plate and I eat really quickly which everyone made jokes about so I was supposed to let Sister Ashford eat some fruit since the plate was between us but I just kind of ate most of the plate and then it was down to an apple chunk and two mandarin slices and I kind of slid my hand onto the plate, grabbed a mandarin, and ate it really fast, which Ana saw. She began to laugh and said,"Yo te amo." And then she said that I was like Camila (spontaneous and a fast eater) and Sister Ashford was like Yamki (slow eater and thinks more before speaking). Oops.
- Also she said that she learned so much and that she has "ansiedad" and is "emocionada" to go to the temple!
- Lesson with Edgar at McDonalds. Also, Fanny is in the hospital! She won't tell anyone anything.
- She's leaving Wednesday. Officially. Oh no. What will happen? She's already packing and ready to go. "Sister Voss," she admitted,"I never knew how to tell you this but I just haven't felt like a missionary the past weeks I've been with you." I feel happy that she can go home to get the problem resolved so that she can come back ready to work.
Fancy McDonalds! Isn't it just gorgeous?
- It snowed! A lot. And we have many photos to testify to the truth of it. We enjoyed hydroplaning in snow many times and true-born Texan Sister Ashford screaming about how she didn't want to drive in the snow and it was her first time and how cars were honking at her to which I just silently turned on her flashers and people went around her... it was very amusing. Especially once we picked up Elisa Godoy and she was in the car hearing about how Sister Ashford had never driven in snow as well. We, awkwardly, got a call saying that president had asked us all to be parked at our apartments and doing service or anything around us during the snowstorm as we were driving to Long Beach, so we turned around and drove the forty five minutes home.
- Later we shoveled snow and cleaned off cars. A man poked his head out of his door and said, "you know you're cleaning off my car...?" , "Yes!" I replied. "Is that okay?", "Yes.... why?" At which point we explained the whole service and missionary thing. "You know you don't have to do that..." he mumbled as he went back inside. He was grateful. I just know it!
- Hot cocoa supplemented the snowy, blustery day and we went inside at the end of the night with pink cheeks and cold toes. A warm shower and pajamas were a blessing from heaven indeed.
Our iPads have filters! How great is that?!? 
Looking at the darling snow! 
I kind of was really enjoying the snow. A lot.
- We woke up, got dressed, studied, and went outside to de-ice the car. We looked at it, tried scraping the ice off, looked at each other, and decided it was better to just walk to church. Almost like it was in Brooklyn (except snow was everywhere) we walked the three quarters of a mile to the church and entered with pink cheeks and frozen toes. Luckily we warmed up at church, especially with the news that Edgar passed his baptismal interview! One week until his baptism!
- We said goodbye to several families, including the Perez family and the Reyes' and we ate lots of chocolate to commiserate. At night before planning my peace of mind for what would happen with Edgar's baptism and my area was disturbed enough that we called President Reynolds to see what exactly might occur in my immediate future.
- Transcription of part of my call with president: "So, I know Sister Ashford is going to leave on Wednesday, but... I was just kind of wondering... what's going to happen with me...?" At this point President laughed and laughed and then kind of trailed off. It was the kind of laugh that one normally has when they are lost in the middle of a four mile hike and don't know where the trail head is. He said that was actually what he and the Assistants were just talking about. "I think... we'll put you with the Sister Training Leaders so you can stay in your pool....the Assistants are nodding their heads in approval right now." Yes! Success! I could keep my pool! I thoroughly approved of this idea. Not only do I get automatic leadership training by staying with the Sister Training Leaders, but I am permitted to help Edgar get baptized and prepare Ana to get her endowments taken out!
Edgar came to church! His baptism is next week!
Keep working hard!
My best,
Hermana Ally Voss
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