February 10, 2014
Hannah hannah hannah! double digits! wo
wo! Were gonna party like its your birthday! holy cow youre 10! that nuts! i
remember before you were born! tahts weird to think about! i remember when mom
told us kids that she was going to have a girl. you know how she told us? she
said quote " girls rule boys drool!" i know what youre thinking...
how rude. hahahahaha but along you came and you have always been so happy
and pretty and cuter than ever! and one smart cookie too! oh i miss you a lot. yeah
president said i couldnt get transfered home for your birthday but he said on
your next birthday it would be fine. in fact he will send me a few months
early. christmas too! what a nice guy right? but happy birthday i love you
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(repeating for eternity) much!
but hello family! good emails this week
thank you thank you. especially dads. i loved the ones about darins games. oh i
get sooo pumped for next season! keep me updated on varstiy!
babes thank you for going horseback
riding! i miss that soo much! its probably the greatest thing ever. as the
plaque in my room says " if heaven doesnt have horses, i aint goin"
true story with me!
dad to answer some of your questions
local music..... there are to kinds.
there is the kind that is like super local. like tribal stuff. and that stuff
drives me nuts!!!!!! also the have kuduro which is not so tribal but.... i dont
like it. its very annoying. then there is the kid that is more american
black. more international and that stuff is good!!!!! also i like a few
brazilian artists such as paula fernandes who is my brazilian
girlfriend. wowzers! and that about it. its funny because
when i write other missionaries in brazil or portugal they have no idea about
the music there. the only reason we know about it here is because of the taxis!
haha its funny because we all know the songs and can sing to them.
apartment... its a house. a mansion.
haha two floors. one and a half bath 4 bedrooms one office. a lounge, a kitchen
and a dining room. but its like a cabin on the inside. ill send pics next week.
actually its 3 stories but the basement is rented out to a portuguese guy.
non church vocab... hmm i think its
pretty good. but im always learning new words. so who knows. unfortunately
angolans dont speak very well. well they do, just not as good as portugese or
brazil. they say "coiso" a ton. which translates to
"thingy" . its a horrible habit they have and i call them out on it
all the time.
this week was.... oh man. very very
tough. horrible actually. everything and everyone dropped. no one came to
church. just a tought week. huambo is tough missionary work wise, but its the
best at just general living. but no biggie. just a trail. a refinement. we
didnt die so apparently it makes us stronger!
during the week i was going
through my mission pictures and videos and i realized i freaking love
angolans. they are my people! even though they can be soooo dificult to work
with and they have no sense of commitment i still love them to death.
this week we were in the barrio ( super
super poor neighborhood, mud huts) and all of our appointments fell through.
dang funerals mess up everything. because when someone dies literally the whole
neighborhood goes to the funeral that has two parts. doesnt matter what
commitments they have to work or anything. they all go. very annoying for an
american missionary. but its just theyre culture. its actually kind of cool if
you take a step back. they are all a big family!
and our little branch here is amazing.
even when things are looking horrible (no investigators progressing, inactives
that seem impossible to bring back) they have soooooo much faith. and they are
just like okay how can we continue. what can we do to help this. such faith.
they have true grit.
third thing. God loves his lost sheep.
sometimes when a person is baptized and they move or something and basically go
inactive we think its a lost cause. but God knows them. and will do all he can
to get them back. this week while contacting we ran into a portuguese guy who
was baptized in portugal and then moved and lost contact and basically hasnt
been to church in forever but he saw us and came up and talked to us about
where the church is in huambo. (its very new here) and wanted to come back. God
is amazing!
also this week. we were without energy
one night and we were talking about starwars. and we got really starwars
trunky... and we wanted to watch starwars.... so we did! in a special
missionary way. since in was dark we didnt need to turn off the light. and
elder fontain played starwars! haha said every line and acted all the parts
sound effects light sabers and everything. haha its was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ill send some pics of the cool light sabers we made. i know we are nerds. but
some times you gotta stay sane!
well that was the week. i love you all!
have a great week!
Elder tingey
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