Missing Packages!

Hey, so the package. I got the one with the skirt, and the mission office called me because you called haha but I'm glad the package will be coming eventually.  I thought you sent it a long time ago, so I was confused when I got the skirt one instead haha--but thank you so much!! It made me so happy <3  Now I have some new outfits haha :)

I would send pictures this time but I'm on a computer that doesn't have a thing for my sd card, so next week I pomise. I basically only take pictures because of clouds and sunsets haha but I'll try to take some other ones. 

Going to Illinois! wow that seems so far away hahaha

Thank you for all the pictures!! Everyone looks so happy! and Jenn and Susan and the fam!! Awwwww so cute thank you so much!! <3 <3 <3 do you talk to anyone in New York still? Like them or anyone from the branch? haha Tell them I love them. I wrote them a letter- the branch- but can I just send it to the church address, does the church even get mail? I don't even knowm,. I've never thought about it haha

I love you so much! I'mma write a letter to you today that will say more hopefully haha

Estoy so happy!

Markos and Ivet are killing us! We've only talked to them last Sunday, and then yesterday. It's just been super crazy pushing their date back, and back again maybe to the 30th because they still haven't gotten married, and haven't been able to get their license because they can't find his birth certificate and it's just crazy. However, our one investigator who is amazing named Jose, who is golden but works on Sunday, finally got the day off and came to church and it was such a miracle! He loved it!! He love gospel principles and he even answered questions and stuff, and he liked priesthood, so much so that he was late to sacrament meeting and we had to go find him, and he just told us estoy so happy, estoy feliz. Which just means I am so happy, Im happy. But it was cute becuase he really said it in English and Spanish haha. And after sacrament meeting so many people came up and talked to him because they recognize him, we've taken so many different members with us when we seee him so that was so awesome. He told us he felt like he was home and that is was already his family. So that was really amazing. I'm so glad he liked it. <3 aw Jose, hopefully we can get him on date and get him baptized already! Poor guy has been waiting so long. 

Anyway yeah, that's mostly it. Hopefully things work out with Markos and Ivet, we have their baptismal interview scheduled for tomorrow night! we'll see how it goes! 

Love, Katie

Mother's Day!!!

Heather here.  We got to Skype with Katie yesterday for Mother's Day!  It was fabulous!! So good to hear her voice and see her face! And she got to meet her niece!! Such a happy day! Her weekly email follows:

So the thing about Spanish work is everyone lets you in because "you're preaching La Palabra de Dios" and it says in the Bible to never shut your door on anyone who does that and bla bla bla. But it's really tough for them to understand that there is really One True Church and that not all churches are good and perfectly fine to go to sometimes and then you'll be saved. We tell them what would it mean to you if you knew there was one true church and it had everything for you, everything that God wants for you? and they're like well my church is alright, and we're all children of God, and he loves us so it's fine. Have you even read the Bible recently? Because no where does it say that. So it's just hard for people to comprehend the importance of the restoration and our calling as missionaries, like our purpose and stuff. So that's been rough lately. Been dealing with a lot of less actives who go to other churches now, or went back to being Catholic, or literally go to church with the JW's every week - are you kidding?? And they just don't get it. 

Also it's like we're waging a war with the Jehovah Witnesses. I swear they have a list of our less actives and potentials or just stalk us all the time and write down the addresses. They're the worst. And they're somehow amazing at giving people rides to church, so then people feel obligated to go, and then they're trapped. Freaking Satan. hahhaaha anyway, but it's good. Love is the answer. 

Also teaching English class this week was really funny because our one regular came and she went on and on about how great my voice is and clear and whatnot and how my English is the best and how perfect and beautiful it was, and I was like haha if only people would say that about my Spanish. But she literally went on for like 8 minutes, and then our new elder was like hey you should do voice talent, you should be a GPS voice, and I was like uhh thanks? (GPS voices are the worst, so maybe I do need to go revolutionize the world of GPS voices) But otherwise it was just a little awkward after a while, I wasn't even teaching. My comp was up there standing at the board, like oh so you don't want me to teach you English anymore? haha rough.... so yeah. But it's been great.

We finally found Markos and Ivet, we set another date for them to get married, pushed their baptism back to the 23rd, and had a great lesson about tithing, and they're basically good to go :) Just gotta cover a few more little things and get them interviewed and they're ready!!

YAY!!! milagros all around.

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transfers!!!

I actually made it everybody! First transfers. Done. Bam. 6 weeks down hahaha. (12) but yeah. Umm I don't really know what happened this week. Rancho is doing good. We have a baptism coming up on the 16th and it's all I can think about. I cannot wait. I am so excited. A few people are going home this week and it's pretty funny. Being trunky is a legit thing for some people hahaha. But I'm sad our zone and district will be changing so much. I was just getting to know them. *sigh* Otherwise yeah... life is good. I got to pet a few more cats this week so that was awesome. OHH I made tomales! Way fun!! It was the coolest! I'm gonna copy all the instructions Hna Sanchez wrote down in spanglish and come home and make them for everybody, #reallatina haha Anyway yep, this week wasn't our most productive as far as numbers, but it was still good I'm excited for Mothers Day! :) Can't wait to see some faces I miss. LOVE YOU ALL Hermana McCloud