Hola Familia?
Como estan ustedes? Is there anything new in your lives thats just awesome-blossom??
So, funny story...last week sometime we came back from a long and hard gym work out in the late afternoon. My companion and I beat the other two sisters home so we grabbed our towels and shower stuff and headed to the showers to get all cleaned up. On the way to the showers I made sure to unlock the door to our room since we didn't know when the other two sisters would be arriving home and my companion double checked. So, off to the showers we went and the other two sisters later caught up with us. Once we were done showering we all headed back to our room when we heard Hermana Hyatt come around the corner (she is a sister in the other companionship and she finished her shower before everyone else...I'm oober slow) say, "Who locked the door? Does anyone have a key?" Well, of course we didn't have a key, that's why we unlocked the door. We never take our keys with us to the showers, there is no need when you habitually unlock the door before leaving to do anything on the residence floor. So, what do we do? I ran down the residence hall in my robe and nothing else, mind you, to see if our in-house janitor lady was home...being a Saturday no one was there. I ran on back to the sisters who had all hopped out of the shower by then and were huddled in the bathroom. Two sisters only covered by their towels and the other sister, like me, in a robe and nothing else. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! And, since it was mid afternoon all the other sisters on our residence floor were in class or doing something else since everyone's zones have different gym times. HAHAHAHA!! There we stood in the bathroom having a jolly good time, wet, cold, nearly naked, and locked out of our room away from all of or clothing and other necessities. We decided to try and use this phone in the hallways for emergencies and it directed us to the front desk. They wondered if we could come down and pick up a key in order to get into our rooms...like that was going to happen!! The front desk is across the campus! I can see it now! Me proudly strutting in my flowery, short and loose robe with my pink flip-flops squeaking and flapping on the pavement. As I walk past the young and rather attractive elders I'd give em' a wink, blow em' a kiss, trip and fall on my face, and like Miss Congeniality, I would rise triumphantly again and continue on my way... all the time praying that the breeze would not pick up or that I would walk over some sewer grate blowing puffs of hot air. HAHAHAHAHA!!! THat is so funny!! Or, heck with attempting to get the key. We only live on the fourth and highest floor but we leave our window open everyday. I should have just gone outside and scaled the brick wall using my superhuman attributes. However, my spidey senses told me this would have been a bad idea... Fortunately, we were able to grab two sisters who had just come up to the residence hall to grab something from their room. They ran all the way across the MTC campus just to grab this little bronze key to unlock our door... we paid them in thank yous and candy. While waiting for the sisters to return we just hung out in the bathroom and chatted, laughed, and just had a good time. Maybe we should lock ourselves out more often. However, the mystery still remains...who locked the door?? No one will admit to it! WHO DONE IT!! DONG DONG (law and order SVU theme song...so dramatic!!)
I though you all might like that story. It was rather funny! We were quite embarrassed when we showed up late for class. So, we decided to tell a small fib in order to save ourselves from this shame. We told the elders we were late getting back to class because we saw the prophet on our way back to the dorms and just had to chat! Sounds stupid right? Well, I thought so too until they believed it! I've never seen Elders so giddy and jealous. They even asked me if I shook his hand and if I did if they could shake my hand as well. HAHAHAHAHA!! You should have seen their faces when we told them we were just kidding, they were crushed!! It was funny...so we gave them candy because we felt a little bad and told them the truth. Like our fears told us earlier, we were made fun of. Oh well, we deserved it after dashing their pure hearts into pieces.
Other than that, nothing super silly or exciting has really gone on these past week. I sure though a lot about grandpa on Monday. I have to admit it was kind of hard. I have never been away from the family on the anniversary of his death and it made me a little homesick. I can't believe it has been five years since he died. In a lesson we gave our favorite investigator last week, for some reason I shared the story about his death. It was a very powerful and spiritual lesson. We focused on the Book of Mormon and how it can bring you comfort and peace in your life, especially during hard times. My companion also shared a story about the death of her best friend Kim a year ago from cancer. We were all crying, including Jared. After the lesson, our teacher Hermano Gillon ( who plays Jared, but Jared is also a REAL person. We teach our teacher like he was Jared and then our teacher takes our message and commitments and extends it to the real Jared who is his friend. Pretty cool, huh? Jared is a non-denominational christian who is a FIRM believer in the trinity and he is actually a tough investigator. However, my companion and I have always been able to connect with Jared and he's always so open with us. Unlike the elders...in fact, he fell asleep in one of their lessons and this companionship was butt-sore for a week about it. Jared really reminds me of Chris. His mannerisms and even his attitude, he's stubborn in what he believes but this gives him firm integrity. He's faithful, honest, and so courageous! Just like Chris!) anyways, after the lesson Hno Gillon told us that we answered a personal question he had been praying to receive an answer to during our lesson. He's been going through some really tough times with friends being sick and what not. He didn't even tell us what exactly what we answered, just what we did. How cool is that?!! Even though we were there teaching Jared through the spirit we were still able to touch Hno Gillon's heart and answer something for him. Like his two-way link with God. That is just so cool!
Anyways, my time is quickly running out and I have to go do laundry. I miss you all so much! I appreciate your constant support and I feel your prayers each day. Thank you for all that you do for me! I can't describe the love that I have for you all. This week has been a struggle, a trial of faith and my spirit. I have found myself down and overwhelmed so many times. But then I remember you all and it gives me hope to keep pushing forward. I'm not going to give up though sometimes I would like to. I look at all of the trials you individually face: mom and her knees, I know they hurt her so much; Dad and his constant struggle NOT to worry and stress; Grandma and her aches and pains; our lack of confidence in ourselves; our doubts; our fears; we all have them but each day we make it through. I believe in each one of you! Every single one!! I pray for you all everyday! I won't give up on you like you haven't given up on me! Please know that I am with you always in spirit! I will never leave you!
I love you all! Please, have a wonderful week! I'll talk to you as soon as I can!
Love, Hermana Kimma Gean
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