FLASH!

August 17th


Well I am pretty sure that God just really likes throwing curveballs in my life!! It's a good thing I like baseball... So as some of you know, I have been having problems with my heel these last few weeks, and it was pretty scary not gonna lie. BUT I am still here in the mission, and I am planning on fighting to stay here for as long as possible! So sit back and enjoy this crazy week :)

Lunes: Well, monday night we tried to go visit some families... but we couldn't.. because there was 5 feet of water in the street! yep, not even exaggerating. Really. There was a stinkin boat in the middle of the street for people to get out of their houses. Sooooo... that was nuts. I wish I would have gotten a picture but that was the ONE day I didn't bring my camera!!

Martes: We went to the capilla for our district meeting that day, and then we also cooked spaghetti with the elders so that was fun :) after lunch, we stayed at the church with our branch pres, his wife, and a couple others to bake some food to take to a shelter where people were staying because their homes were flooded. So that was fun!! After we baked for 4 hours, we went to the shelter and handed out the food. These little kids were in a room watching a minion movie and we walked in with the box of food and they literally just swarmed us and started chattering and stuff and it was just the most beautiful thing I've ever seen :) So that night was pretty sweet!!

Miercoles: we went to visit an investigator that lives in campo campo..like way out in the country. and as we pedaled away, my bike slipped in the mud... so i went to put my foot down and it just sank. I don't think I've ever seen anyone laugh so hard as my comp and our investigators back on the porch... glad I could provide entertainment hahaha ;) later that night we visited our other investigator Raul and his menos activo sister Ariseli. My stomach always hurts after we leave because the two of them are just so hilarious together! they are totally brother and sister because they fight like cats and dogs! speaking of dogs... Ariseli has a dog named Lucila that always jumps on the table. sometimes she just gets really irritated with Lucila and in the middle of the lesson yells "LUCILA!!! BASTA!!!" and Hermana Mickelsen and I just get into laughing fits! Like I said before... EVERYTHING is funnier in Castellano!

Jueves: We had a lesson at the house of this really sweet couple (members). She makes the best pizza, and we had a really small lunch... so I found out that it was possible for my stomach to hold 7 slices of pizza! oops... I think I have a problem.

Viernes: We get a call from president Robertson... "Hey Hermana Reeve. what's your mom's phone number?" soooo basically that scared the living daylights out of me because I thought I was going home or something. He called me back a little bit later and said he was like 5 minutes from our pension (thank goodness we cleaned that week!). So President shows up. He asks if we have any investigators... we tell him we do. He said "Oh. Because if not I was going to have you pack your bags and come with me. We're having a flash." A flash is when a missionary gets moved in the middle of a transfer... aaaaand this is the second flash I've been in! haha! So apparently I will never be in a bicycle area again, which means I'll be in city city for the rest of my mission :( the city is way more dangerous than campo... so prayers would be appreciated. Haha

Sabado: we walked. everywhere. which took a while because we live in campo, so it takes forever to get around our area!! but I LOVE WALKING!! it's so much easier to stop and talk to people on the street!! We had a really good day that day.. lots of contacts and talking to people on the street. so much fun! I actually felt like a real authentic missionary! haha :)

Domingo: We had our branch conference which was nice. AAAAAND I totally sightread music for our little choir. So that was also fun. But the real fun happened in the evening... one of the families in the ward was flooded, so they were living at their parents house. It's way far out in campo, but I wanted to say goodbye so we made the trip on foot. We clapped outside and they opened the door and the 7 year old benjamin saw us and just started jumping up and down! then the 15 year old girl Bella saw us too! Benjamin just ran up and threw his arms around me.. I didn't really know what to do because technically you're not supposed to hug kids, so I just kind of stood there because I didn't have the heart to tell him to stop! Haha anyway we went in their house and visited with them and the other hermana who is 16 or 17 named Lilen. It was so sad when I told them I was leaving... they cried. And benjamin just came over and held my arm and laid his heahd on my shoulder and said "but I don't want you to leave, hermana reeve." MY HEART!! AHHH!! I got a very sweet letter from one of the hermanas and it was just so emotional. I never knew I could be an instrument of God in having that big of an effect on someone, but this family proved me wrong. I'll definitely never forget them :)

TODAY! Today was flashes! We met in Ramos Mejia and I got my new companion! Her name is Hermana Frogget, and she has 9 months in the mission. She's really sweet and quiet and I'm really loud and outgoing and stuff, so we make a good team!! We got to the pench and did some shopping for the week, then we went bowling with our district. Our district has 6 elders and 4 hermanas, but the other 2 hermanas didn't go, so it was just us and the elders. Kinda weird, but fun :)

This week has been really really great. I think I've had more changes in the last 2 months of my mission than I could have imagined, but I know I'm here in Caseros for a reason. Someone is here for me to find, and I felt that the second I found out that's where I was going. I just knew :)

I'm out of time, but until next week!!

 

 when we were baking!

 

-Hermana Reeve