Sorry. You can tell that (as usual at email time) I'm a little scatterbrained, but I really do mean it. This week has just been full of love.
I'm getting transferred today! I'm going to be with Hna Abarca in Nampa Norte. I will miss Kuna SO MUCH. I am SO loved there, I can't even tell you right now. But I will next week maybe.
The word of the day is BUSY. Which is why I can't properly finish this email. Sorry.
El baile was Friday night. Not a single investigator came. But we had a BLAST. AND they did it all so that we would feel like we had support here in Kuna.
Here's what I wrote President since I have no time:
I'm really sad to leave Kuna, but at the same time I'm excited to serve in my new area of Nampa North. The branch dance was on Friday, and it was not as successful as we wanted it to be: We had people come, but they were all members (although some of them were members from outside the branch, so there was some marginal support from the stakes there). We did see 2 less-actives show up, and they looked like they had a great time, so that may be considered some progress. Not a single investigator was there though, which was disappointing. However, the thing that I couldn't help but think is that even though these people may not have come to the dance, all of the families that we had invited had been charged to find a family and develop a relationship and invite people to it, and so if nothing else, they've developed a relationship with SOMEONE in preparation for this event. It's like how it's hard to get people to come to church: you don't give up after one failed attempt at getting someone to come to sacrament meeting. You keep trying, and taking baby steps with them, and one day they'll be there. I have faith that the work in Kuna will continue to progress, at its own pace. At His own pace.
Love you all!!
Have a happy thanksgiving!
Love,
Hermana Cole
I have no idea what I did with my first hour of email time, but then we went to our zone activity and we were there WAY long. So now instead of an hour, I only have 10 minutes to do 5 different things on my email before the family history center closes. Not cool.
This week was good. We sang in the branch yesterday and I love our branch so much. It's nice because we know everyone and they all love us, which is a blessing that I never realized before. People actually know us and love us. The party is this week, and we're not allowed to dance (and it's a Latin dance! No fair), but we will probably be DJs and photographers at the dance instead. We will definitely be there! Everyone is supposed to bring an investigator couple with them.
Angel almost came to church again this week, but then Frances got really sick that morning, so he stayed home to help her. Darn. We're still working hard though on everyone else, and I'm working on being more bold with people. We also had an FHE con la familia Castillo last night, and I realized that I can definitely communicate well in Spanish but I have a TON of progress I can make. I wonder what'll happen to my Spanish, being around all these Mexicans and Chileans and other people. My Spanish is already a mess of different dialects. Awesome.
The only thing I can think of right this second for Christmas is the David Archuleta and MoTab CD from when we went to that concert in SLC. I know I got it for Christmas this year or last, so it's with my stuff from that year, but I have no idea where that is now. Probably my room...that black hole. Sorry. But yeah, I only have one Christmas CD, so that'll probably wear out pretty fast.
We've experimented with splits and stuff recently, with good results. We're working on teaching more lessons and teaching more SPANISH lessons. It's comin'.
Thank you so much for the treats this week! I swear, I have a pretty good food storage now. The brookies from Auntie Stephie were my favorite! :) Also, thank you EVERYONE for all the emails in my inbox today! Even though today has been really stressful and I can't answer them all this week, I felt so much love from all of you when I read your emails, and I promise to answer them next week/ASAP! :) Love you!
Mom, I know you need all those things from me. I am SO stressed today, I'll try sending what I can. Sorry.
Thank you for all you do, for all your thoughts and prayers and packages and letters. They help SO much. I never even knew I needed all of it, but they always come just at the right time.
Until next week!
Love,
Hermana Cole
