Febuary 2, 2015

Ya, it was a really cool place to go for zone activity even if it was SUPER hot that day haha ya, i LOVE yoga! i actually have yoga on my usb i have here along with music and p90x with insanity! one of my goals for this week is to actually use it haha it´s so hard when it´s 630 and you have to exercise haha i´m use to doing it later or at night even lol so ask me about it so i can get going haha ya, i´m doing better with my comp... but it´s still kind of hard but i guess i´m learning to not be so uptight and to be better organized? My comp didn´t have many people to visit so i cleaned out the carpeta de area COMPLETELY!!! It took me a few hours while my comp took a nap haha but i got it done and now i feel less stressed and like we have a plan to work hard! I also talked to the mission leader here and he´s giving me names of less actives that might listen to us so we can go visit! it feels so much better to have a game plan haha i was going nuts for a while until i was like... ok let´s do this right haha but i feel a lot better now haha. As for our investigator, she couldn´t come to church this week cause she woke up with a flu, but she called one of the members to let them know she wasn´t going to be able to make it this week but that she´ll be there next haha she´s so funny! She actually reminds me a LOT of Vicki (jazzy´s mom) jaja. we also have another investigator named Maria Lemes, and she is progressing well... the only thing is that she has never come to church and it le cuesta a lot! but she has a date for 7th or march which we´ll try to help her get! :) ya, my ear is doing fine now! just like new! 

I´m still putting drops in it but only for a few more days :) Ya, well my week has been good :) chill because we had to travel a lot for zone activity, interviews, and district reunion but hey, what can ya do? this week will be quite a bit of travel too cause we are going to the temple this weeeeeeeek! woooot Wednesday! we are all super excited!!! but ya, it´s been ages since i´ve gone! it´s time haha but i´ll let you know how it goes! :) well, love you guys TONSSSSSSS! Till next time! :)

LOVES!!!!

-Hermana Alldredge

January 19th, 2015

Hermana Alldredge got transferred to a new area!

It´s super crazy too that i have 7 months! i totally forgot that yesterday i completed 7 months (thanks for the reminder)! whaaaaaa? i really can´t believe it! i´m almost halfway done! woah! and ya, that´s crazy how rosalie is running around now? like whaaaa? weird! but poor rose with the whole shots and what not! that´s not fun! try to keep her well safe until she gets her measle shots! it sounds like sof´s birthday went well! awwww! i wish i could have gone bowling haha ;) and that is soooo cool that she wrote me?!?! she is so stinkin smart! for real, she is going to have to read me some good books when i get home haha. love the photos and everything! especially the lipstick ones haha nice. well its been a pretty chill week for me. so ya, bikes hurt my rear-end haha i realized that haha but hey, they help us get around easier. ya, the area is pretty dang big, and the problem is that it is all campo which is like all farmland haha so we go through a lot of dirt haha i've been wearing my boots like every day. its really chill here though. not as crazy and constant as it was in Adrogue which i really do miss btw. But hey, new adventure i guess :) the branch seems way nice! there are only like 30 or 40 people in total who assist haha but our mission leader is super chill and cool his name is sergio and he´s a convert of like 4 months and he really likes to help us out which is good! this branch is starting to do english classes and they want me to teach them :S Gosh dang, i´m gunna die haha ;) my comp is from Argentina from chaquo or something like that haha she´s nice but i feel so bad cause i can´t really understand her cause she slurrs her words and i can only hear from one ear anyways haha so it´s hard which makes it hard to talk cause i´m always like wait... what? but hey, i´m learning to have pacience with myself... but ya, she´s cool, we see things differently and i´ve become kind of strict with obeying the rules. not super super strict but i just like obeying them haha but she is SUPER relaxed and doesn´t really mind the rules at all.... it´s a challenge for me but i´m trying to be a little more relaxed so i don´t push her that much and at the same time trying to obey to 1. be a good example for her cause she is still super new in the mish and 2. because it´s kind of important to obey the rules. but hay vamos. i´m the one cooking like everyday haha she doesn´t know how to cook at all haha so i´ve made spaghetti, burgers (with sauteed onions), stuffed pumpkins, a rice mixed thing and some soup. it was actually pretty good. i was surprised at myself! woot! i´m learning how to cook!!! but hey, i´m learning a lot of things from her like for one, how to cook, and also to voice my opinion and obey for myself even if it´s just me and patience :) it´ll all work out in the end. i think i´m only going to have one transfer with her so it´ll be ok :) oh, and the mission nurse is going to make an appointment for me for the ear specialist (for my ear infection) woot! so let´s hope that gets fixed! :) besides that i´m doing great! trying to find some people to teach and what not! :) well, i love you guys tons!!! i´ll talk to ya later! :)

LOVES!!!!

-Hermana Alldredge

January 27, 2015 (I'm a slacker)

Sorry it's been a while since I have posted an update- the holidays got me side-tracked, and January is also a 'birthday month' for my family.

For Christmas, we were privileged to FaceTime with Hermana Alldredge! I loved seeing her sweet face, and hearing the Spanish language pour out of her mouth! Here is an email from Christmas time:

 It was soooooooooooooooo nice to talk to you guys!!!! like really nice!!! i miss you guys soooo much! haha thanks for letting me know that i still look... alright haha i kind of gave up with what i look like right now haha but hey, it´s super hard to look nice when you have bad humidity and your eyes get infected so you have to wear glasses haha but thanks :)  it was kind of hard for me to not be at grandma´s funeral... but what i know brings me comfort. now she can see me working and help me out :) but ya, i´m happy to know that you guys could pass by her grave :) that´s good!
That´s so cool that you had a great christmas and was able to enjoy it sooo much! and all the fun presents and stuff haha i´m so happy that i was able to talk to you guys though, seriously. i was sooooo happy! it helped me out sooo much! and ya, it was cool to actually understand Ya, my comp and i got argentinian pants for each other, and that was fun haha but they are super thin and they started to brake already haha oh well, it was fun for a day or two lol but ya, i love you guys soooo much!  christmas was good for me! my comp and a few other companionships had a sleepover the 24th. i guess we weren´t supose to do it... but we already planned it so they let us do it haha. it was super fun! we were able to watch Disney movies which was awesome! then at like midnight people started to set off fireworks and all that and it was all crazy haha we heard a lot of cop cars haha but it was super fun. then we made french toast with dulce de leche and it was so good. then i got to talk to you guys which was nice! i bawled (of course) haha but then we went back to the apartment cause it was kind of dangerous to be out haha it really was a nice break from the full time mission work haha but i´m happy to be doing it again! the same thing is going to happen for 31st we have to be in our apartment at 6 and then the next day we can´t leave cause it´s even worse cause everyone is drunk in the streets haha but it´s all good. more disney movies!!!! :) haha but ya, the work is kind of hard here right now. i don´t know how many people have dropped us or how many we had to drop cause they weren´t progressing. it´s hard, i´ll be honest. super hard but we have found some more people that we are hoping to help out. they don´t have a baptism date yet cause they aren´t married legally but when we asked the dad what he thought about the resturation he told us that he believes that joseph smith really could have seen jesus and heavenly father and that our church really does sound like Jesus´ church restored in the earth today. he promised that he would read the book of mormon and pray about it to receive his own testimony of it. we are super excited for him! we´ll see how it goes :) but ya, we are still trying to work hard here to find new people really. to find those who are ready to listen to the truth. it´s kind of hard sometimes but we are putting in our effort and that´s what counts :) but ya, well, happy new years too!!!! let me know how it goes! love ya!!!! 

LOVES!!!!

-Hermana Alldredge