Wow this is pretty surreal. My last full week in the mission. I do not even know how to feel. I cannot believe. I am sure you are all just grateful to have one less email in your inbox tho and to not have to bore you way through these emails anymore hahaha but thanks for being supportive and trekking through. I am your biggest fans.
Recap on the week:
-Went down to Boca Raton last p-day and we got REAL ACAI from Brazilians. Oh my word that was the best thing I have ever consumed (I am still convinced that my mission emails/blog should just be an advertisement for Florida's food and restaurants as I am pretty sure that is just every pic) Oh well (: Its the little things as a missionary I'm telling ya.
-For some reason this last transfer all we have been talking to and knocking into is Haitians.... SOOOO at this point I have just decided to give up any chances of espanyol and pursue a dream of speaking Creole. We asked the Elders to give us a Creole lesson. I now know why I was called Spanish speaking. Hahah! But we have embarked on this journey. I literally know nothing but it is fun to whip a few lines out and the old Haitian moms and dads just die cuz they think us little white girls are so cute trying to be Haitian. Thank you Elder Couillens and Loftus for the lesson. We are still terrible.
-I played dominos with two Haitian drunk men on the street trying to contact them.
-Our ward had Karaoke night. NEVER FORGET my ward mission leader Brother Irvine literally rapping Ice Ice Baby #goals.
-My ward mission leader told me he is going to try to forge a letter to President Garns from President Nelson with my "three month extension plea"
-We taught Sam this week, the guy that ended up going to church. WOW. He is so awesome. His first questions as we sit down, "alright so how do I go inside this temple?" He just gets it. He has such a desire to know for himself.
-Probably my favorite part of this week, although we had a harder finding week, was our lessons with Beth Aho, who has a member friend up in Jupiter. She had a really hard time warming up to listening to us but she admired her friends values and the person that she is so much that she really wanted to see what brings her so much joy. It has been really powerful over these last few weeks really seeing her change and her joy that is coming through learning the gospel. This last week she had severe back and hip pain due to what they think is arthritis in the back, so her friend said to see if there was a Priesthood older that could give her a blessing. We worked it out and went over and had a lesson and she received a Priesthood blessing and it was one of the most powerful things that I have been apart of. She sat there in silence for about 10 minutes after the blessing. She said she couldn't even describe the peace and the feelings. This week her health is almost back to normal and she credits it all to the Lord and the Priesthood blessing. She Is so wonderful and I just don't want to leave her. I don't want to leave anyone here. These people are my family. Florida is my second home.
I want to live up every last minute that I have to serve as a full time missionary. Nothing has brought better or grander happiness and change in my life.
I love you all.
Talk soon!
xoxox
Sister Dimond
Sister Dimond
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| Acai down in Boca |
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| My Brazilians and I :) |
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| And this truck that we saw and our emotions about it. 30 minutes for exercise had us likee... |
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| This one is for you mom. My ward mission leader literally wants to be you. Ha Ha! He drinks monster and I told him to switch to the dew. You two would be friends! |
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| The casual things that we find in our house. Its the little things! |
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| The sweet Lopez family took us to the Old Key Lime House! We are so blessed! |
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| Dinner with the Bolivians! |
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| And Karaoke night! |
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