Love you! :)

Hi Fam and amigitos!

First off... sorry this is later than usual! We had a CRAZY day today! Our zone all went to an island to play soccer on a beach there. It was AMAZING! It´s like a deserted little island with just a few houses and camp sites on it, but it´s huge. We got there and found out the path leading to the beach was flooded, so we got to go wading barefoot! :) It was a blast. Anyways, coming back we took the wrong bus and ended up traveling for 3 hours instead of 1.5. Not so great. But! All in all it was still a great day! And I FINALLY got to see the beach!!

We had a fun little week here in Olmos.... Here´s a few highlights:

1. Flavia, a member who hasn´t gone to church in 6 years that we´ve been working lots with, came out with us to go teach people this week! It was AWESOME!! She was so excited to go.

2. Familia Bustamante - This is the family from Peru that we met that I told yal about, who had gone to church for like 10 years and the dad had even given a talk. On Saurday they made us Lomo Saltado since they knew I loved Peru, and we had an amazing lesson. The dad started crying in the middle of the lesson because he wants to get baptized so bad, but in order to do so they have to get married and she doesn´t want to. It´s kind of a hard situation, but I´m positive everything will work out. Seeing his testimony and his desire to do what is right really touched me though, because I think many times we take for granted what we have.

3. Santa Rosa - Now that we switched areas, this is the only part of Olmos that´s a little shady and has villa. But we finally got to go there this week and had a blast! We were trying to look for a member´s house, so we knocked on a door to ask where they lived. The man came out and said "You´re mormons? I didn´t know that there are woman Elders". Turns out this house had a few family members that got baptised 5 years ago. Then NO JOKE like 20 other people came outside from the block (since they all know each other or are family) and just stood around us and stared while we talked. Kinda awkward at first, but it was great in the end because we got to teach a ton of them! I LOVE how receptive and kind the people here are!

Other than that, life has been crazy busy but wonderful all at the same time. :) But that´s how I like it. I hope all of you are taking the time to enjoy the blessings you have each day. Most importantly, that you realize the blessing it is to have family. Today we found out one of our members passed away who was rather young, leaving 6 kids (the youngest of which is 10) without a mom. It was completely unexpected. It makes you realize how precious our time here is, and how much we need to cherish every moment we have. So... make sure to tell those close to you that you love them, and then, even more importantly, show it. That way you can be sure not to have any regrets.

I love you all tons and am very grateful to have such great friends and family who support me in everything I do, including this great mission. I pray for you daily, and hope the absolute best. Be good... please? :)

xo,

Hermana Devee