Here's a short excerpt from Hermana Agle's last letter.
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| Four Hermanas |
I am so happy you got to
see my little brother off! He sounds like he is definitely doing hard. He
really is so amazing. :) I am so proud of him! Gosh I am so proud of my family
actually, you all do so much more than you realize! So keep on doing it, it is
making a difference!
Oh this past Saturday we
had this thing called Centro de Visitantes en la Capilla in Consistorial,
which is the ward that our district leader is in. We four hermanas had to go to
be tour guides throughout the church.
When we didn´t have
anyone waiting for tours, we went out and brought people in who were passing by
on the street on foot. Well, we had a group of about 4 young teenage boys
(13-14 years old) who came in with their backwards hats and skateboards, but
they stayed for the whole tour :) When we were packing up, they kept
coming back to shake hands with Hna Braun and me and
finally, two of them came up to me and said, "Um, tia? (literally
means aunt, but it basically means miss) Our friends wanted to tell you that
they think you're really cute, and want to know how old you are"
Hermana Braun told them we were 21 and 22 and they started laughing and
said "Ya perdimos!" (we´ve already lost) Hermana
Braun told them they lost back when they tried to start hitting on
misioneras! I was just slightly baffled at their bravery hahaha. On the other
hand Elder Frost was NOT happy, haha. Were we that obnoxious as 13-14 year
olds? The answer is probably yes... haha.
And Davis has arrived at his mission area. Here's a few comments he made.
September 16, 2013—Week 3
Well, I got to my zone last
Tuesday, and we were white washed and blue washed into the zone. I'm not sure if
you use those terms but white is where neither of us were in the zone and blue
is when we're going there to replace sisters (hermanas, in this case). So we
arrived Tuesday, and it was late because we had to go to each area, drop off
the multitude of luggage we had accrued from the voyage, and ours was the last.
We are the northernmost zone in the Ventura District, specifically Paso Robles
(2nd Ward). The hot season is ending, thankfully, because it was over 100 for a
few days here, and it made the walking quite painful.
Anywho, my companion is Elder
Crapo (French: pronounced like crepe-o) and he's a foreigner, specifically from
Canada. He's been great, and we've been getting along quite well; no fights nor
conflict thus far. I had a little cold during the week, which apparently got to
Elder Crapo, but more on that later. He's a nice elder, shorter than I and he's
a bit of a crazy driver, but he's been teaching me quite well (I think, at any
rate) and I'm learning a lot. We talk about life and such and discuss various
things like that.
Sunday church was great, though it's
still 9 o’ clock like at home. I gave the opening prayer and my companion the
closing, but there were 2 interesting things going on: a mission farewell for
an elder going to North Carolina, and a talk given by the people whose house we
live under (Loughmillers, have a fantastic basement den they converted into
housing and it's great) which was on Grace. She talked about how by Grace we
were all saved, but the reason we're instructed to be obedient is because it
determines how comfortable we wish to be in God's presence and how great we
wish our glory to be.
Anywho, we spent much of the day
at the apartment, as Elder Crapo has come down with Strep and is quite
susceptible to meds. The one dose resulted in some interesting things from him,
but a 2 hour nap seemed to help.
Love ya so much, and thank you for your words of comfort. I'm so
happy I ran into you at the airport, it was truly a kind blessing. I hope
Sophie continues with her singing career and that it bears fruit.
I don't have any pictures from Davis, but Ken got to relax a bit this weekend by working on his Firepit Pagoda. Here's a few more pictures. He told me he has six more things to do and then it will be finished!
Ceiling ready to be painted.
Four posts are covered and the ceiling stripes have been painted red.
I can hardly wait to see it with my own eyes!
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