week 32

Well it finally got cold here and when they say cold it means cold!

Halloween was a blast! Hna Eastwood and I got to dress up like each other during the day and in the afternoon we painted our faces like cats and got to eat our candy as we sat and weekly planned till we went to bed. For lunch a Sister York invited us to eat at Toots and then Hermano Oaxaca invited us to Camino Real for dinner it was fun to see all the waiters dressed up. The most common costume I saw was the hippy look from the 70s? I'm not sure what century its from... none of the missionaries seam to know ether...

So Hna Eastwood and I got sick this week. On Saturday we ran to the nearest Walmart to buy us some warmer clothes and come earmuffs and we find all these Mormons at the store! They were all wearing their BYU sweaters and shirts and everyone is going "Hey there's the Sisters (im not a sister by the way.. Im an "Hermana")" and we are like "Heyyyy y'all". It turned out to be the BYU and MTSU game and all the Mormons came to town for the day:) That same day we had gone to a members house for dinner and surprised them, because I guess they had forgotten so they quickly got some tuna together with relish and sour cream... and by the time I was trying to choke my third bite down they say "oh yeah so I guess the sour cream was expired but it didn't smell bad..." Well I was about to throw up and they go "here smell it.." and I had to just laugh at that because I didn't want to throw up what little food I had in my stomach. We shared a message with them and hurried over to Hardies (Carl's Jr. on west side) and walk in to a restaurant full of more Mormons and of course they bought us our food:)

Today Sister York took us and the Murfreesboro Sisters to Nashville to the Opry Mills mall and met up with brother and Sister Hatcher and Sister Price:) It was a blast! Brother and sister Hatcher literally had me rolling on the floor laughing (not missionary appropriate but I couldn't help it) Then they took us all out to lunch at chilies! One of the best P-days so far:)

Last Sunday we got a random investigator at church! He walked it and Hna and I were standing outside so we got to welcome him in and it turns out he had met with missionaries before. Well awkward for him the class in sunday school was about the lawe of chastity and ofcourse it was fastsunday and the testimonies were awesome. We had a family from Honduras visit for about a month and they were so sweet sharing their testimony and friending out investigators!

Last week we had forgotten our helmets in the car and Hna Capener and I's investigator Erick came up and dropped them off. Well somehow he got our number and has been making sure we are alright all week bless his heart...:) haha Erick will be Erick. On Halloween he brought us some candy and on Fiday he is coming down to feed us. I think he is trying to convince me to make him my favorite convert... I think it might be working:)

I cant even express how amazing the members are down here. They are the biggest reason why I love my mission so much.

This week was my dads anniversary and thank you all who sent me such wonderful letters and emails<3 It warms my heart to hear how much people loved him. He was the best father and a wonderful roll model. the memories I have of him reading his scriptures and how much he loved the Lord and how much time and service he put into the church are the most precious and push me ever day to better myself and to serve the Lord and he did.

Until next week:)

    Hermana Orellana