Happy late-Valentine's Day!
Have I mentioned that I am the WORST at updating this blog? :) I thought so, haha!
What is new?
Well, I've been running a TON again lately! :) Sister Peel and I got up one morning and decided to run 3 miles. We did it! And it was MARVELOUS. I wasn't even that sore the next day (MIRACLE). And so we had been running at least 2 miles every morning after that UNTIL I got sick. :( I got a nasty cold like this last transfer, too! I HATE being sick, especially in the mission field! Missions don't last forever, I gotta be out there getting stuff done! So I'm currently dying of being ill. But its whatever. Sister Smith is doing great at telling me, "Oh my gosh, get some rest before you kill yourself." So I'm getting there. Can't cure a virus, unfortunately. So I just have to wait this out. -_-
I've been so healthy, though! I've been working out like crazy, eating super healthy (the cleanest that I have eaten my whole mission!) and then- BOOM! I'm ill.
What else? Oh, we're doing TONS of knocking. :) Really cool! I'm getting more comfortable with knocking in middle-class neighborhoods. We've been working with some GREAT people! Particularly a young married couple (one is Brazilian, one is "American") and they're way awesome! I love teaching them! Other than that, we're still just looking for the elect.
I have learned SOOOOOO much about China in this last transfer! A recent convert and her son in this ward are in the United States on a temporary basis, and they're from mainland China. And we learn so much about each others' language and culture each time we have a lesson or have dinner with them! For example, (since we have lessons with both English and Chinese reading material) she looked at us when we were giving a new member lesson (#3, the Gospel of Jesus Christ) and she looked at the text in Chinese and then looked up at us and said, "I think that the word 'gospel' translates to 'voice of happiness'." MIND BLOWN!! How cool is that?!?! :D We also told them about what the Superbowl is and why it is such a big deal in our culture.
OH. I just learned that the Superbowl happened! Haha, we were out knocking doors one Sunday, and everyone was grilling stuff and told us, "Don't y'all know that the Superbowl is going on??" We didn't! Haha, we had no idea! :D Amazing how we work in the community everyday and simultaneously live under a rock. ;)
Also, we just learned that David Bowie and Alan Rickman died. WOW. That wasn't expected!
Transfer calls were also last night! Sister Smith and I will be staying together in this area for another transfer. We're happy about it. :) Sister Peel is leaving. :( But she gets to go and be Sister Evans' companion! :D And Sister Rocha is also sticking around a little longer! Life is good! God is good!
Oh, did I mention that the STLs came down and did a shadow exchange with the Boca Rio sisters and us? No? Well, it was fun! :) Sister Andelin was with Sis Smith and I. It was a blast! We went to the ward's Valentine's Day Dinner & Dance to get some food and talk to some gators there. It was SO WEIRD to be in a party/dance setting again, even though we didn't participate. Good stuff! :)
Well, I gotta go try to sleep off some of this grossness. Viruses suck.
Love you all so much! El evangelio es verdadero! Les quiero a todos!
~Hermana Curnow
