siswag: why HELLLOOO Familia!!!

AUGUST 3RD

why HELLLOOO Familia!!!

What a crazy, long, exciting, fun, joyful week it has been!!! There really are so many emotions on the mission that I didn't even know I could feel. Also, I didn't know I could sweat so much! HOUSTON! When I wipe my upper lip and it feels like a slippery slide, you know it's been a success day teaching!

So first off- to start the week, Marta had us over for dinner and she invited all her favorite men from the ward... she's such a hoot! She planned this whole night lesson, movie, and dinner and she got all dressed up and had her lip stick on and everyone loved it! She made us this soup with... don don don... PIG FOOT!! When I first looked in my soup I thought she had put human nose in there because man it just looked so nummy nummy nummy if ya know what I mean! So right when she turned around I dumped all of mine into Wilvers soup who was sitting next to me. Marta was like, "wow, I didn't realize I didn't give you very much. Let me get you some more".... NOOOOOOO! oh the hispanics are so very generous..

We went back to visit Marta and there was a random lady in her house that said Marta moved to Mexico for a sec... Who knows what happened to my little gummy bear! I'll find her!

But then Wednesday I just got the CUTEST LITTLE pocket of sunshine thrown my way from Kemah. Her name is Hermana Palmer and I LOVE HER SOOOOO MUCH! I've already learned so much! She is 21 and from a small town in Idaho called Weezer. She started her mission in Honduras and got really sick so was home for a year and now is serving here with me! She's been in Houston since February and she's just absolutely darling! She reminds me of Johanna. She's really good with her words, can fix any problem someone has, so fun to talk too, funny, and we are already best friends! We are just ya know two blondes trying to take on the city life... Poor thing has seen so many crazy things since she's been here and I sound like that little penguin on toy story. I have such a terrible cough and I keep us up all night. I feel terrible for her! Any suggestions?? Mitch? I feel totally fine it's just this stupid cough!

We have been having so much fun together! I mean whats a girl to do when she's teaching the happiest message out there, living in Houston amongst the craziest peeps with the cutest companion! I've lucked out on companions. I've loved them all so much! We have had quite the adventures so far! We met these two Guatemalans so we of course teach them because Guatemalans are my favorite! Most the people in our area are from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, and Cuba. Anyway, we teach them the restoration and it was an awesome lesson. Then they text us and are like, "what are the rules of your church?" I'm like YASSSSSSS, they are so cool THEY ARE GETTING IT!!! woooo hooo hoooo then they say, "knowing you two is the most beautiful thing that has ever happen to us. To love is the most beautiful that exist. We are falling in love with you both." like can I get a DRAMA! I'm like come on this isn't junior high drama class we've known you for 25.7 minutes. ohhh man we were bummed because they were cool but we'll send the elders! We also found this man and his wife and they are GYPSIES! like what?? say what?? what even is a gypsy. I don't know but i think something really cool! Also there are always men riding down the streets on horses bare back! heck ya! I thought UVU was diverse.... boy oh boy I had never seen nothing!

Anyway not much time but i love you all so much!! i found this scripture this morning during studies and i love it. It's in 2 Timonthy and it says i will ENDURE ANYTHING FOR THE ELECT SAKE! Missions are really hard and sometimes i wanna faint because Houston likes to play trickster tricksters all day and night and never turn down the sun but I would endure anything to let every single person know about the gospel! I will endure being away from my favorite people, i will endure the heat, I will endure being rejected, i will endure satan, i will endure anything i have to to find these people that need Christ! I love it here so much! I'm as happy as bubble gum!

You know there really in sun shine in my soul and its FABULOUS!!!

I LOVE YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH!! Eat some slurpees and snow cones for me! it's HOTTER THAN A BAD PLACE!

HERMANA NATALIE BRYNN