Ya know, just the relatively awkward and/or random stories of a poor college student.
6.22.2013
6.20.2013
June 20, 2013
Mom!!
Super sorry! I havent read all the emails yet, i wanted to make sure I got an email to you first. We tried to email on Tuesday but the internets werent working and I couldnt type a darn thing. So im honestly just grateful they are giving us time today to write home because I wont be able to next week.
Ok, I'll hurry and give you my list and then read your emails. :)
(I actually read one of the emails... haha the one about the video) So im super glad you liked it! Hermano Guirola is the best. Were pretty sure that wasnt allowed, but he was a champ and did it anyway. :) I hope everyone liked it :)
Time flies. its insane. Like, I leave on TUESDAY!!!
Most everything is cheap here.. most everything.. but I did finally invest in some nice spanish scriptures. It took a lot of convincing but I did it. and i love them. fully equiped with sick awes scripture covers that hail from Guatemala.
DearElder works beautifully in the field, so I wouldnt be mad if I got them in the field too. :)
Elder Fulcher told me the other day that I am the 2nd most laid back/calm person he has ever met. The first one was actually a druggy...
Umm OK!! So I found a tick! A real life tick! Not on my cuerpo, luckily, but I did find one! It took a while, but I got him killed real nice. He is smeared across one of my shoes. Im going to keep him. his name is Pedro.
A while back we were walking back to the CCM after doing TALL or something, I dont remember and a van pulled up in front of us and men just started hauling bum out. Honestly I freaked out inside. but luckily they were just delivery men in a hurry at a gas station.
The lessons are getting way easier here, they flow much better and so does the spanish. I still am no where near fluent, but its coming.
We got to watch the Argentina Soccer team drive by the CCM with a police escort on the 14th! Pretty cool!
We went to walmart! have I not told you about that?! Holy mackerel! So we went to a church and played games for a while, I sat with some hermanas and rolled down a hill a bit, and then we tried to soak up some sun while others played ultimate frisbee... It was a party. then we went to the walmart and it was a game show. We only had 30 minutes to get everything and we obviously had to stay with our companions. Hna Blackmers list was the size of the Bible Dictionary (which is the size of Africa) and she was pretty stressed the whole time. But it all worked out. :) Then we went to the mall and ate lunch. Mom, I ate SUBWAY! And it was heaven in between two whole wheat buns. Thats really what it was. There are armed guards everywhere, too.
Fireworks or gunshots happen at least once every day.
Nate and Joe, you have a personality twin. His name is Elder Burt and he called me a sass basket the other day. Im sure I didnt deserve it either.
I got your package on the 13th! :) loved every bit of it! those letters made me cry! But i loved them so much! And I love the cadburry eggs! I eat a couple everyday so they last longer. This is the worst form of patience Ive ever had to have. I like eating them all at once. But no worries, Im being good and sharing them too...
OH! People here keep seeing family or friends!! Like a grandpa dropped by the other day, some girl saw her legit family, whats up with that?! So Im wondering, when does your plane land in Guatemala? How does lunch on me sound? ;)
Oh, this next part is for all the boys and Padre. (SING TO MOM ON HER BIRTHDAY!!! AND BUILD HER A CAKE!!! NOT A JOKE!!!)
Happy Fathers Day Padre!!! :)
I wanted to quickly share some scriptures with you. Alma 26, Alma 9, Matt 14, and Luke 15. Read them. Love them.
I also wanted to mention that im pretty sure Heavenly Father commands us to inherit His kingdom! Through repentance of course, but in a round about way, its a commandment. Thats straight out of the Book of Hermana Evans.
fun little thing i learned the other day. Growing isnt easy. Why else would they call them GROWING PAINS?
Hermana Erickson (former roommate here) looks a heck of a lot like Aunt Corey. Its crazy. I miss her! and Grandma! And all of you!
Oh, poor Elder Hunt got to talk in Sacrament meeting again.. We switched branches so he was graced with the opportunity to speak otra vez.
Hermana Merrell says, "I wish I could meet her (you) and I love her already:"
I was sitting outside in personal study one day and a woman came over to me, sat down, and told me she was an investigator, she will be having a baby in August and she wants to know about the gospel. Shes a teacher here, but out of nowhere she decided to let me teach her a surprise lesson. So I tought her the Plan of Salvation. WITH NO PLANNING!! WHA?!?!?! yeah, I talked to everyone else in my district and they said she didnt even talk to them. So i got to teach an extra lesson! It wsa pretty cool!
We got to sing Come Thou Fount with another district at a zone conference on Tuesday. WAY AWESOME!!
I get to be the keeper of the time in my bedroom. I also get to be responsible for turning the lights on at 6:30 and off at 10:30. Fun job.
We get to have a "how to get kidnapped" lesson tomorrow!! whoo! party!
It breaks my heart when people think they cant be forgiven. EVERYONE can come back. Heavenly Father loves each of us SO much. I want everyone to know that. EVERYONE!!!!
Ok, thats all for right now. Adios!
LOVE YOU!!
imma read the emails now. :)
Love, Hermana Evans
Group Photo - Received June 20, 2013
Updated Photo of Guatemalan Sister Missionaries - June 12, 2013
Hermana Robyn Evans is in the 2nd row from the top just to the right of center.
June 19, 2013
Excerpts from the letter we received from Robyn on Wednesday June 19, 2013
June 6, 2013
Mom, Dad, Nathan, Hunter, Isaac and Michael,
There was a couple of scriptures (more like chapters) I
wanted to share with you, Alma 7 and 36.
I love love love them. Over my
life I’ve slooowly learned that we genuinely have to humble ourselves before
God before He can work miracles through us.
He is waiting very patiently for us to come to Him, but we have to do it
the right way ….like the repentance process, all the steps count! Who knew?!
I KNOW that
Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I
know that He has already paid for our sins and that He is just waiting and
hoping we will do our part to access the atonement. I know that through Christ ANYTHING is
possible. He can heal a broken heart, a
guilty conscience, and the sick. I know
He can. His atonement is INFINITE! I love Him and I love all of you. I’m eternally grateful that I get to be
sealed to you for EVER! I wouldn”t have
it any other way. You are all too
precious to me to not be with you for the rest of forever. I love the gospel and the joy it brings!
June 8, 2013
OOOkay!
Today was pretty good. Why? Oh, just, ya know…Awesome food, awesome game
of volleyball, awesome maestros, awesome teaching experiences, awesome
companions, and awesome LIFE! We had
what I think was Chicken Cordon Bleu, rice, veggies… just the usual! Ha, they really feed us well here. Ok, enough about food. So today, we… oh dear… what did we do…oh! So we’ve been singing Come Thou Fount a lot
and Hna Merrell and Elder Christensen wrote a couple new verses for it. So of course we all sang it! And Hermano Guirola (our day teacher) videoed
us and is going to put it on the YouTube and email you a link to the video.
June 9, 2013
I love love love Sundays.
Honest tabetsy. So much
stuff! Honestly, Why didn’t anyone say
I’d learn this much in one day? I would
have brought more pens and paper!
Luckily, we’re going to Walmart on Tuesday.
Michael and Isaac, I LOVE YOU! Also, don’t forget to open the door for mom.
Hunter and Nate, I wouldn’t mind emails from you two! Oh, also, if I was you, I would start
memorizing D&C 4 and The First Vision.
Mom, I also love when I get to chat with you!
P.S I’m putting my mission home address on the envelope.
P.P.S I REALLY DO LOVE YOU! LIKE, LOTS!
P.P.P.S. MY SPANISH IS REALLY COMING A LONG! It’s rocky and not at all perfect. But it’s coming. It’s also very humbling to speak to natives… comprehension goes way down. But as soon as I get in the field my learning will sky rocket. I KNOW IT!
I LOVE YOU
Love, Hermana Evans
6.18.2013
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