Chicken Bake

You guys.Costco Chicken bake day in the cafeteria! Ohhh my!

Hermana Hawkins and I locked ourselves out of our apartment TWICE. Most recently at night. We ran across the whole MTC campus (in my checkered pink matching PJs), no tags on, in sandals and went to the reception desk. Right as we walk into reception PRESIDENTE RUIZ AND HIS WIFE and all the presidency are standing there. The most shameful moment. Hawkins and I say "lo siento" and book it back to our apartment with the master key. Nobody stoned us so I think we are good.

Dreams are movies for missionaries.
Every morning at breakfast I say "okay everyone. What crazy dreams did you have last night?" For entertainment purposes
"I dreamt Hermana DelHoyo stole something and got in so much trouble"
 -Clifford
"I dreamt Hermana DelHoyo and I were in a murder mystery and DelHoyo was the murderer" -Hawkins
"I had a dream Hawkins was listening to secular music and I didn't say anything at all. Stupid stupid stupid" -DelHoyo

One night at 2AM everyone woke up to "What is Love?" By Haddaway was blasting throughout all of Mexico City. Nobody knew why but everyone said they heard it too. "Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more"

It is my fourth week as a missionary andI feel so alive (despite the tiredness). The Missionary Training Center is such a spiritual experience with nature, sunshine, and endless volleyball. Yesterday we played indoor volleyball and two elders lifted up another elder so he could spike it on elder Wool. It was a crazy play and it worked.

Our bishop doesn't assign talks for church. He calls on people randomly to speak in church. In. Spanish. As gringo as I am, I walk in, he says Hermana DelHoyo, could you speak today?" 
I spoke in church in Spanish guys! I accidentally said "I like to take roller skate photos" instead of "I like to take photos and to roller skate".... so if anyone needs a roller skate photographer let me know.

After that Hermana Hawkins and I ALSO taught relief society. I gave all the girls Mamba stick candy. Rachel Davis hooked me on that candy. It is my favorite. The Latinas loved my American candy.

Spiritual thought:
If you neglect an apple tree, deprive it of nutrition y agua it will wither and eventually die as soon as the sun hits it. You need to nurture it so it can bring forth good fruit. You will "reap the rewards of your faith, and your diligence, and patience, and long suffering, waiting for the tree to bring forth fruit unto you" (Alma 32:43)

God will bring forth good fruit unto you as long as your nourish your faith! 




cutie hermana in our ward. She always give me hugs


first in person lesson (in español)

taught my teacher what bussin means

my relief society!

chicken bake day oh myyy


"i have never seen a missionary study this much before" -my teacher




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