¡Hola Mi Familia!
Wow this week really was a big one for you!!! Thanks for all the news! Cade sent me pictures and before I read the email about Grandma´s house I looked at the pictures and couldn´t figure out what they were... I am so sad for her but she is such an example to us all. I am so glad that her party went to well. I thought about it on Friday and hoped that it was all that Mom had worked so hard for it to be.
Speaking of mold we had mold in our bathroom this week as well! Ha ha welcome to Argentina. I think that they man who came to clean it must have used extra strength pure clorox because the smell, although it has died down, still practically punches you in the face when you walk in. But no worries my health is great... my comps not so good. I say it´s my tough American blood... well it´s probably the Irish in me but we won´t go there. :)
I did hear about the news in Japan. I am not sure why is surprised me that it would be such big news here as well but it did. It took me awhile to figure out where Hapon was :) but wow I can´t believe it. I am also glad that I am here in Argentina and very far from water also! We try not to look at the news or the newspapers but it is so crazy what is happening there.
This week was an interesting one. The first two days were carnival so everyone was on holiday from work, so it made the work really difficult because everyone wanted to either do nothing in their houses or was away on vacation. I think I mentioned last week that the bank here ran out of money... ha ha something that I am not sure quite how that happens :) and we also didn´t have any money because it is the beginning of the month! So by Thursday we were desperate and had to travel about an hour away to the "city" to go to a bank. It was so funny while I was there I definitely felt like I was in the 80´s. I saw mullets, side ponytails, hammerpants, spandex pants and shorts... ha ha it was great. I forgot to mention a few weeks ago a saw a kid that not only had a mullet but the back part of it was bleached... ha ha completely awesome. It really is the best and my comp doesn´t really understand why I think it is so funny. I tried to explain this week when we passed a house that was blasting "Listen to Your Heart" but I am not sure that I got my point across... dang this language barrier....
Spanish... hmm what to say. It is a long process. I can understand a whole lot more for sure now but expressing myself is a whole different story. But that is coming along too. I am definitely learning patience... and humility. I figured out this week that it is a ton easier to listen to my comp and see what expressions she uses becasue then I can just use them and people can understand me. Yeah I know I probably should have tried to do that earlier but only recently have a started to understand what these phrases mean! A funny story. This week I couldn´t remember the word for turning the lights on so I tried to mime it to my comp... it didn´t work too well because the light switches here are sideways so basically she just thought I was crazy. When I realized why she didn´t understand what I was saying I thought it was hilarious... oh my I really am a missionary huh? I still don´t catch everything that everyone says to me and this week I was thinking that when I die I am going to replay this part of my life so that I can see what they really said as compared to what I thought they said... it should be pretty interesting.
The beginning of this week was soooooo hot. Seriously the hottest I have ever been in my life. I couldn´t even believe it. One day we walked out of lunch and I almost died. I just started laughing because I had never been so hot in my whole life. I guess that when it is hot like that it means that a big storm is coming in because it rained a ton during the end of the week and is not super cold. On Saturday we went to a members house for lunch and the first thing they did was offer us towels... yeah that is never a good sign :)
This week went by so fast! It´s hard to remember what happened in comparison to what happened a couple of weeks ago. They all kind of run together! I was studying about Charity a lot this week and love the scripture in Moroni 7: 43-48. It´s cool if you put Christ´s name in instead of charity because as we are all trying to follow His example this is what we need to do. I was looking at my old notes from the MTC because I had to give a talk on obedience and it was so incredible. Everything that I learned there was so monumental. We really were bathed in the spirit and didn´t even realize it. One of my favorite teachers had 3 peices of advice for us as we were in our finals days that I found this week and I think this is incredible. Of course he related it to the mission but I will relate it to life for you all.
1. Remember: Remember what Christ has done for you, remember what Joseph Smith went through and all the saints before us so that this gospel could roll forward
2. Be obedient: As we live the commandments and follows the prophets that is how we can find peace and happiness in this life. This is the only way that we can be happy here and have eternal life in the world to come. Mosiah 2:41
3. Love: If we have love (and I would say charity) we will do anything. We will go to any service project, accept any calling and give our whole heart, might, mind and strength to this work.
Ha ha alright I better go but thanks for all your love and support! I look forward to Mondays as much as you do!
Think about you often (in a supportful not homesick way:), pray for you ALL regularly, and love you forever!
Hna Scanlon
p.s. the subject is a quote from Elder Utchdorf´s talk this last conference. Make sure to find happiness NOW! Not just try to hurry through life and say you´ll find happiness later! :)
I got a card from Hermana Daniels today with Jordan's memory card from her camera. Hooray! There were (only) 17 photos on the card - we'll have to have a chat about documenting this awesome experience better, but it's fun to see more of her as a missionary! She looks great! And how cute is Hna Daniels?
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