Glad to hear you all had a good week.
This past week had a few ups and downs, but overall it was pretty good. The weather is starting to warm up and it feels SO nice! I think Hermana Winterton and I are gonna do a bike day sometime this week which I'm weirdly really excited about.
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| I love Hermana Hudman. We are great friends. |
So I have been practicing my Spanish a lot during language time and I try to speak as much as I can in lessons and dinners. I feel like I have been working really hard at it. Well, last Monday night, we were doing some stop-by's and we went to this one family's house and the mom is not a member. We talked with them and got to know their story and everything, and then shared a lesson. While I was speaking, she stopped me and told me that I really need to practice my Spanish a lot more (in a not very nice way at all). Hermana Winterton was like "No, her Spanish is really good, this is only her 3rd week here!" I was honestly so upset and frustrated. The husband looked at his wife and was like "you have been here for a year and don't know any English so she is doing really well" and then she was silent the rest of the time. I didn't really say much else the rest of the lesson because I was worried that I would say something wrong. At the end, I offered to say the prayer, and I gave probably the best, most heartfelt prayer that I have ever given before and I said it very smoothly. I know Heavenly Father helped me out with that one! When we left, I just started to cry because I was pretty frustrated.That night gave me more drive to practice harder on my Spanish though. I don't want to have anyone else tell me that again!
On St. Patrick's Day, we had breakfast, district meeting, and interviews with President! We made green crepes for breakfast and it was really fun. President Barney is such an inspired man and I really loved the counsel and help he gave me.
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| Our District and president Barney. I love these missionaries! |
We had exchanges this week, and I got to go to Bloomington with Sister Larsen for the day! It was very interesting to work with Americans. We had a really fun day and it was a good experience!
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Exchanges with Sister Larsen! She is really sweet. We went out to DQ for some blizzards for a fun treat after an afternoon full of rejections!
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Update on Flor: She came to church yesterday!!! AHHH! She got permission to leave the treatment center for a few hours if we found a ride for her, so we were so happy to see her there! We sense a date set comin up soon 😄 We met our goal on sacrament attendance this week so we were pretty darn happy about that.
I had a few firsts this week:
♡A few days ago I experienced my first bible bash. I hated it! The Spirit immediately left. I probably said more than I should have (as always ha ha) but I know better for next time. We were at the clubhouse doing language study and she came up to us and ranted at us for 45 minutes... ugh! No fun at all.
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| Another blurry pic, but Israel is a guy that Hermana Winterton taught in St. Paul and he got baptized yesterday so we got to go see it! |
♡I also had my first double dinner Friday night woohoo! We had an hour in between to let our stomachs rest before we had to eat again, so that was good at least. We literally get fed so much here, like it's impossible to not have a lesson or a visit without food involved. (I'm doing my best though mom to eat small portions!)
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We learned how to make tortillas at the
Matus' house Saturday night
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| Tierra is a sweet girl. She is the one that just got baptized a few weeks ago. |
♡I ate tinga for the first time yesterday. It's really good! Pretty much just this really yummy chicken on a tostada with all this stuff on top. I really like all the food we eat, except for this thing called elote that I had last week. It was corn, a bunch of mayonnaise, and the super super hot Valentina hot sauce (the black label kind) all mixed up in a plastic cup. Man was it gross hahaha.
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| I helped Neil make a "Pot of Gold" for our St. Patrick's Day craft. The Veterans are soooo funny. Whenever we play bingo, whoever wins that round gets a dollar. They always try to give us their money, and they are HUGE flirts with all of us girls! It is seriously the funniest thing ever. He is one of the Veteran's that I love. He is soooo funny. Always singing! |
I read a bunch of conference talks this week, and one of my favorites was "Raising the Bar" by Elder L. Tom Perry in the October 2007 conference. It applies to everyone, but I especially want Joe to read it!
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| Big ice skating rink in the middle of the park by our house. We had to go out and take some pics on it :) |
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| Blurry pic, but the city is gorgeous. I love seeing it every day |
Our investigators are doing well, and I finally feel like I am starting to connect with the people here. It's the best.
Have a great week! I love you!
Love Hermana Nissinen
(Or as I got called this week by an old white lady, Hormona Nissinen... jajaja).
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