Awe this week has been quite the week hahahah so on tuesday i went on exchanges with Hermana Dicarolo and she is done with her mission in january. She is so amazing!!! So she is italian and so of course she speaks italian. She came to BYU to learn english for 2 years and then she got called on a spanish speaking mission haha it was so fun and i learned so much from her. It was a little awkward at first, but by the end we were best friends haha i love that girl. It was such a great experience and to learn so much from her. Then one of our investigators we had a lesson with him and he told us he didnt wanna be baptized on sunday cause he wasnt ready and his parents asked if we wouldnt come over anymore. It was so frustrating and i thought my companion was going to punch him. And she kept on asking him to be baptized next week and he said no everytime. So i came in and said okay jesus... Do you believe that there is a God and that he loves you. and he just sat there and i said be honest. He said no. So then i really knew that he hasnt understood anything the other hermanas have taught him and my companion didnt understand that until the next day. So we are meeting with him tonight in the neighbors home who we love! In the car though my companion said to me" where do you think you went wrong" and i said idk i guess everything. And it made me feel really bad. And then we talked it out more the next day and she realized that what i had said to him was actually the best thing for him and its just amazing what happens when you are just patient and when you let your frustration die down before you actually say anything. We learned alot about being companions then but i love that girl so dang much and she is weird sometimes like me hahah. Also Wednesday night sister goudy was like Sister Gates you got like 10 letters!! They were mostly from the ward, mitzi, callie, and you guys haha it was so fun to read them!! I needed it haha so The other night we had just gotten done eating dinner and we were so full cause we just dont stop eating sometimes haha and so then we go to teach this part member family. So we go in and they are just watching this championship soccer game of some sort so i liked it haha and we just talked with them. Then the lady put out on the table these two HUGE tamales and we look at each other and were just like you have got to be kiddin me...hahah so they were okay! The texture was definitely different and they had chicken in them and the bones of the chicken were like mixed in with it so it was interesting. We were litterally cheering eachother on to eat it secretly and we prayed every single bite that we could get it down hahaha it was so bad. And then were like can we share a message with you and they said lets sing! so we started singing a song and they were so tone deaf hahahhahah oh my heck i thought i was bad. Its so rude to say that but it took all of us to not start laughing. But it was so amazing at the same time cause they tried so hard. And then we were praying with them and the non members were like repeating what we were saying in our prayers...It was the dangdest thing hahhaha oh my heck that was quite the experience!!! But they came to church!!!! So yesterday my comp was like we should just walk around the neighborhood to talk to people if we see them. So we talk to the Goudys next door neighbor and she was super nice. Then we talked to some others and then on our way back Bro Goudy was on a walk and he comes up and says "why the heck were you talking to my neighbors, when are transfers, you do not talk to my neighbors!" And then just walked away. I dont think ive ever been more scared in my entire life. We walked back to the house and my comp just starts bauling. We went down and talked to sister Goudy to see what was going on and she said that he was just in such a bad mood and that neighbor has caused them so much trouble. She started crying and was like Bro Goudy needs to learn to forgive people and we just hugged it out and stuff and then she was like will you talk to him when he gets home? and she said that we had to keep crying so he knows that he hurt us haha so we go down to talk to him when he got home and my comp was bauling. He just told us how he hated his neighbors and what not and sister Goudy started crying. And then i was like Will you forgive us for talking your neighbors? and the said yes and sister Goudy started bauling cause he hasnt ever told anyone that he forgives them. Then we went up and studied and then we came down for dinner like still so scared haha and then Bro goudy was like super nice and just talked with us and said sorry and then when he left sister goudy was like i am so proud of you two!!!! She said the whole time we were talking to him in her head she was thinking niner niner ninnnner hahhaha she is the best!!! So basically we went through that to teach him a lesson hahha it was good haha and then this morning my comp put one shirt in the washer that i was using cause she forgot to wash it and it turned my clothes pink hahahha the joys of being on a mish!!!:) ALSO we get to skype you on christmas so you better set up an account and invite callie to come over too por favor!! We are going over to the Garcias to eat at 12 cali time and then probably skyping after so i dont know exactly what time! Be ready haha I love and miss you guys so much!! The spanish is coming slowly! Yesterday we were haveing lunch with the lopez and i understood their whole conversation. They started fighting about if angels had wings or not and how spanish is the language of the heavens hahah oh my mother hanny bannany this whole mission this is awesome!! haha I hope you guys have such a good week and i have a fun letter coming for you!! hehe anywho i love you all so much!!!
Love Hermana Gates:)
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