You guys this week was straight laugh attacks all week. Like endless laughing. I'm just gonna share a bit of it all and then 2 stories. But this email is pretty long so if you don't have the time just skip to the last paragraph.
- Put my pants on inside out and didn't notice till we were already outside running. Just decided to keep running through the streets like that.
- bought 6 shirts for 200 pasos
- Got on the une and the driver started flirting with me. Ew. Definitely cause I'm American but hey made the contact and solo might I add.
- Another mission emphasis, for real. This time with a 70.
- Dinner and lesson with soto de la vara family, the best lesson I've had in the mission so far. BOM is real.
- hna Melendez keeps trying to contact people by asking if we can sing a Christmas song for them. I keep telling her I can't sing but she just keeps offering. Someone help. Like we're tryna bring people to the church this for sure would scare them away.
- Photo printing scandal. Can never return to Guadalajara️
- Church activity canceled = soto de la vara family scattered throughout the church. Felt like I was back with my 6 little kids running from room to room making sure everyone was okay.
Okay, story time and I'm just gonna cut to the chase. We're eating dinner with one of our AE with Guzman and Lewis doing EVERYTHING possible to stay in the house. (Tryna put her on date) We each took turns using the bathroom and then proceeded to eat everything she'd given us. None of us wanted to eat we were all so full but we did what we had to do. Hna Melendez literally goes "I'll be the sacrifice" and sits at the table. Eventually, we were all at the table just tryna smile through the pain of eating. I was trying so hard not to laugh you guys, I couldn't look up because if any of us made eye contact I would choke on my coke trying not to laugh. When I finally finished my plate she asked if I wanted more rice and before I could answer elder Guzman said "Yes she wants the rice" I actually almost cried. I looked at him and he was just smiling. I've never felt more sick. And ofc hna Melendez and I had the biggest glasses of coke like 44oz bottles I swear. And when hna Melendez drinks soda she feels so sick it was all just such a disaster i was physically laughing out loud. At one point the girl was like what's so funny?? And I knew I had to pull it together. But I actually couldn't. There was one point where she walked away for a second and I hurried and shoved my rice onto Elder Guzman's plate, like bruh you asked for this. This just made me laugh even more I had to excuse myself. Then when we all finally finished poor girls like tryna get us to leave but she still hadn't committed to baptism so Guzman's side-eyeing us to go do the dishes to stall. Again this made me laugh so hard. Anyway we left the house with no baptism date and a hurt stomach from stuffed food and laughing so hard.
Okay, this is probably our biggest sin and horrible to admit but I'm gonna tell you. So the unes (our bus) here are 9 pasos but we don't have the funds for that so we just put 1 paso in the coin slot. I told hna Fobert this and she was like "I've seen someone put a button in before so at least you're better than that" I almost peed my pants, a button HAHA. Anyways so we all put 1 paso in and definitely got cursed for it this time. Literally the bus driver was driving so crazy and that's saying something cause the driving here in Mexico is already horrible. Guys we literally did a wheely in a bus. Like fully on its side, I thought we were going to die. But also was just laughing my head off. Felt like we were on a rollercoaster we kept jolting forward. Anyway, we did make it back home and later that night told the fraijos and they thought it was so funny we had a laugh attack for almost 10 minutes. She had tears running down her face she was laughing so hard. Which made me laugh so hard I accidentally farted. Small but noticeable. Kms. But everyone just kept laughing and honestly, it made me laugh even harder so whatever hopefully that doesn't get brought up later.
Okay now to be a little more serious. We were at a food court kinda place and I saw two little boys going table to table asking for money. My heart ached and I asked the boys if they were hungry and if I could buy them food. They said yes and wanted pizza so that's where we went. I told them to order anything they wanted. It was one of those moments where I was thinking, whatever the price I'll pay it. As I was writing and reflecting back in my journal this made me think of Christ. Picturing in my head Christ looking at me, at you, thinking whatever the price I'll pay it. And he did. He paid the ultimate price. His love is infinite and so much more than we can comprehend. To think that we have a Savior who died for us so that we could live again! That we could be perfected and live with our families forever. It's the most incredible price that has ever been paid. I encourage everyone to go serve someone this week because I promise as you do so you'll feel your Savior's love for you!! And spread that love for this Christmas season!!
And remember the price he paid for you:
Mathew 10: 28-31
Lots of love,
Hermana Steuer
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