July 1, 2014

July 1, 2014

MY FAMILY!!!

Holy cow.  I love you guys.  and get this!  we got our new mission president!  President and Sister Markham. They are so awesome.  So different, but so awesome.  President Markham gave us high fives!!  We were so surprised. But they are both really cool.  It will be fun to see what they teach us.  I love them already.

Wow.  this week...que locura.  we had divisions like normal, but then, we also had 3 baptisms set up... and they all fell through.. i have only ever planned to kidnap someone on one or two, maybe three other ocasions in my life.  but we wanted to kidnap to Ramon.. because.. he is kind of old.. and sometimes just leaves with his sons..  But he is totally sane!  dont even worry about that.  But on sunday, we get to his house to take him to church, and get this!  His son took him at 6 in the morning.  que bendicion.  So that one didnt work.. and the familia Veliz, they will get baptized.  i know it.  the wife is just prideful.. and sometimes dificult.. but all is well in zion.  

Seriously, i love it here.  I love my area, i love my companion, i love it all!!!  Its the greatest!  I wouldnt mind being a missionary for the rest of my life.  I think that should be an option.  to sign up for a life time mission.  so much easier than real life stuff.  oh, speaking of that, when will nate get his call? and how is everyone doing on their preach my gospel reading?  

so Ramon, we were talking to him about his interview and asked him something about committing a crime and going to jail.  he happily told us. "yes, i went to jail once."  we almost died.  this short little man, that is balding, that is so funny has gone to jail.  we asked why, just for kicks... and he told us. this happened like 39 years ago. "well, i never did like getting home early (that is the best way to start a story like this) and i was waiting at a bus stop, but along came a bus and i threw a rock at it, it broke the window, and i went to jail. I was there for a few weeks.", guys, if you dont like getting home early, i wouldnt recomend throwing a rock at a car.  but he is so cute.  the cutest old man.  

Also, im telling ya, the people here, they dont understand manners.  If someone is full, in my mind, the way to be polite is to let them know thayt they dont have to keep eating.  but no.  here, i was at lunch, i told the woman, "thank you! that was so delicous, im so full."  the woman "here have more!" me "no really, im full!"  her"no really, eat more."  so she put more food on my plate.  I will tell you right now.. that doesnt fall well with me.  para nada.  but, if you ever have problems with your stomach, i got a recipe from a member that works miracles.  olive oil, lime juice, and salt.  boom.  just a little of each.  cleans ya right out.  like, all the way out.  

we are getting ready to celebrate the 4 of july.  it will be great.  i have my america outfit all planned out.  my agenda is all decorated. and we will eat pizza and ice cream that day.  

I started reading the book of mormon again... but for the first time on my mission, im reading it in english.  its pretty cool in english too.  Every time i read it, i learn something new.  i love it!!! Guys, i hope you study everyday from the scriptures.  and pray all the time, and always repent.  I love you so much!  

Please be happy and safe and i love you all!

Love, Hna Evans

June 24, 2014

June 24, 2014

My family!!!!

I love you guys so much.  fo real.  And holy mackeral.  so last week, my memory card got a virus.. but its ok. i think we saved all the pics.. if not... sad.. but its ok.  

well, holy mackeral.  so get this, when we inherited our new area, we also inherited a ton of way awesome investigators.  for example, Family Veliz, and Karina and Tania.  they are all awesme.  Family Veliz accepted a date for the 29 of this month!!!  sunday!  we are have a day of white with the zone, and we are also singing a song together.  My zone is so awesome. my area is so awesome, my comp is the best, the members here are the best.  i love it here.  LOVE IT"!!!!!!

oh, MOM!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you so much!!!!! i didnt forget you!  have a great day, eat a cake that i will make someday for you, and someday i will make you a birthday dinner too.  HURRAYYYY!!!

funny story... yesterday we were with an investigator and i wanted to share a joke i picked up on the ole mish. it only works in spanish, so i will first share it like that and then in english.

Yo "que tiene patas como un gato, una cola como un gato, pero no es un gato?"

Brenda "Satana?"

yo "que?! no no no... es igual igual como un gato pero no lo es.........  una gata!!!"

me "what has feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isnt a cat?!

Brenda "satan?"

me "what?! no no no. its just like a cat.  exactly... but it isnt... ... its a girl cat!!!!!!"

where she got Satan from that, i dont know.  but we laughed forever after that. 

I have to confess something to you..... lately, i have been so so tired.. like ever since i hit 9 months its been crazy, but dont worry, because lots of funny stories come from it.  for example.. on saturday, it was really bad.  and during a lesson with some kids, i was talking about the plan of salvation while i was half asleep.  so i said "so we come to earth and then we die." and a girl said "we dont have kids?" me "oh yeah, we get married, and have kids... because marriage is a commandment."  and then i said that marriage is a commandment like 2 more times after that... and when my comp asked me why i said it after, i had no idea what she was talking about, because i was totally talking in my sleep during that lesson.  So horrible.. but so funny.  guys, dont worry, i can control myself.  it just is getting tricky... hahah.... and that only happens de vez en cuando.  so everything is fine over here.

Wow.. thats about all for now..  i love you guys!  :)  Have fun!  and be happy!  also, in my personal study, i recieved some sweet revelation.  read the talk from Pres. Eyering from gen conf that just happened.  the part when he talks about how we dont usually find the happiness right away, because your faith wont build if ya just get the blessings and happiness right away.  

ok, have fun and be happy! and i love you!

Hna Evans

My Twin

my twin!  she doesnt like to talk.. or smile.. but its ok.

June 16, 2014

June 16, 2014

my family!!!

Surprise!  im writing today! i forgot to tell you last week.  so dont feel bad. its my fault... and whoops!  

But holy cow.  are you guys ready?!?!?!  Like really ready?  because get this! remember Amilcar?  well, his son, Pedro, we thought was a putz.  but maybe no.. because, we have been working with him and his wife Sandra (girlfriend) for a while now, but they never wanted to get married.  but we show up to their house on wednesday, my comp made a joke about a rubber ring Pedro was wearing, she said, oh thats for the wedding? and they said, sure.. when is the wedding?  my companion, Saturday, them.  ok... so we grabbed their documents to send to the lawyer and guess who planned and carried out a wedding in less than 4 days!!  us!  that was nuts! i was so exausted. i have lots of pics.  dont worry, ill definitely send those.  and then Saturday, they got married, and sunday, Sandra got baptized.  that was nuts too... we couldnt find anywhere the clothes to get her baptized, so we found a white shirt at the church, a young woman, (i think she is 14) that had a white skirt, and we made her switch.  the poor girl!  she was so confused why she had to do it.  i just kept giving her some of those chocolate eggs that you sent for easter and telling her to stop thinking about it and to just eat.  she did.. and then we scored her skirt out of all of that!  

also, i would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY IAN!!!!!! And in advance, because im going to forget, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!! 

on friday... my worst nightmare came to pass.... we were standing in the house of a recent convert. Ana, and i always feel things on my feet and legs, but when i look, its always nothing. so when i felt something on my foot that night, i didnt do anything, but then it went to my other foot... so finally i looked.. and get this!!!!! IT WAS A COCKROACH the size of my thumb!!!!!  I HATE COCKROACHES.  THey are horrible. and when i expressed my horrible fear to Ana, she just laughed and laughed and laughed.  her son killed it, and then i told them how before the mission i had never seen one of those in real life, and how you cant kill the bugs here because they are small animals.  too big.  if you kill it, you can leave its little body on the floor like a normal bug.  you have to burry it.  she got a good kick out of that.  

We had those divisions with hna merrell and her comp.  those were fun.  we caught up. which was nice. 

tomorrow we have pday and we are going to Antigua.  and... wednesday, we have a meeting with President Brough.  the last one.  so sad.  but i hope you guys can go to his home coming.  he told me to invite you guys.  and Uncle Jim and his family.  so all you guys gotta go.  ya just gotta!  :) 

also, if you can look up something called "zion noriega alvarado industries"  they are in my ward and make stuff, like covers for things, for scriptures, lots of things.  and if you want some sick awesome scripture covers from guatemala, you might wanna check it out.  i can get it for a deal.  but also all the boys and paige and ian and everybody can look.  they are pretty cool. there are some that are leather, those would be the cooler ones.

ok, thats all!  i love you guys!! be so happy! hope everyone is studying from pmg and the scriptures and having fhe, and doing all that good stuff.  bye!!

Love, hna Evans

June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014

My family!!! 

I love you guys so much!  and you will never guess who we are doing divisions with right now.  HNA MERRELL!!!  I forgot how much fun we have together.  But ill let you know how awesome it goes.  

so this week went like this, we are teaching Abraham, an 8 yr old. and everytime he talks about the alphabet he says, "ABCDJKM!!!" and he just laughs and says, "I learned them already." 

Yesterday we saw a poor drunk guy sitting-standing on the curb... and he just starts tipping, tipping, tipping, boop!  fell over.  into a curb.. and then he sat up, sat on the curb and starts waving his hands around talking to himself.  its sad, but so funny, guys, never ever EVER get drunk.  NEVER!!!  

Ok, guys, i want you all to be so good!  Because i want to have a world conference (like general conference, but i think ill just do all the talking).  And in that conference i want to tell everybody to PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!!  Guys, lets just love God!  and show it!  

Ok, i loev you all, sorry its so short.  but guys, i love you so much!  

Love, hna Evans

bueno.  i have about 2 seconds left, so i will tell you about our FHE we had last night.  

we started out with a prayer and himno, and that was great.  my comp shared a message, we hade cheesecake and took pics.  it was awesome.  

it was cooler than  i just made it sound.