So this week has rocked. First off. I made one of the best life decisions ever. Not only did I buy 6 pairs of earrings for 50c (total. As in 50 cents for 6 pairs of earrings) BUT I also bought a breadmaker. We went thriftstore shopping and I didn't find anything I liked so we were browsing the electronics section and here's the thing... For... 3 transfers or so I've wanted to go to a thrift store and see if there's a breadmaker. And well. There it was. Just sitting there. With a cute little green pricetag that said $9.95. So, I bought it. And guess what? Turns out it's the 1st breadmaker in America. It's SO OLD.
(We call him R2-D2, or the robot slave. He's about as big as R2-D2...)
But guess what else? It didn't have an instructions manual. Or recipes. Just the machine. And so I had no idea how to use it or what to put in. So Sister Affleck spent an hour on youtube watching videos about how to use it and took careful notes and gave them to me, and I tried it. And guess what? IT STILL WORKS AND I LOVE IT. I just put in the ingredients and 3 1/2 hours later, voila, a loaf of bread is sitting in our kitchen. It's probably the best idea ever. :) So...the first loaf was bad. But then we visited a member and shse has a breadmaker that she hasn't even opened yet so I asked if I could see it (hoping for an instructions manual/recipes) and guess what? The instructions manual/recipe book was still there! :D So she let me borrow it to get the recipes I need. So now I've successfully made 4 loaves of bread. And now our apartment smells much better. It just smells like fresh bread! ^_^ Wooo!
Last Tuesday night we had that lesson with X, the cute Japanese lady that speaks Spanish. She made us this 3 course dinner! Broccoli soup, followed by asparagus and milanesas (a classic Mexican dish which is basically fried steak) and fried rice, followed by pineapple pie. Definitely the weirdest combination of foods ever but it was all delicious! She loved hearing us sing and had us sing 3 songs, and then called her daughter, lied to her by saying she couldn't understand what we were saying so she should hurry up and come help translate. She giggled when she hung up the phone, and said she just wanted her daughter to get here already. So then when her daughter showed up, she said, "Oh, you missed them singing! It was beautiful!" and then paused, and said, "Oh! Could you just sing one more for her?" ... hahahah. She really really really likes Hermana Amendola's singing. Like. A Lot.
Afterwards we went to the mission home and picked up two new sisters! There are 3 new English battalion sisters, and so 3 left and went full pros, including my baby, Hermana Bermudez! :( Good news is, she's in the same area! They just made it a full pros area! :D Which is what we were hoping for all along. :) The new sisters are doing well. :) We're so proud of them! ^_^
Transfer craziness happened, plans got changed a lot, and it all came out alright in the end. One miracle we saw was when we went to visit an older lady in our branch, Hermana M. She told us about some people that used to be in her ward that served at the Battalion, the Ricks from Arizona. We had no idea who she was talking about, but let it go and feigned excitement. Fast forward 45 minutes. We're in the Battalion, and this couple comes off a tour and starts talking with us. They mention that they used to serve here at the Battalion. They say they're from Mesa. And yes, it turns out they are the Ricks, and yes, they remember Hermana M. How crazy is that??!?!
Friday we had district meeting. Our new District Leader, Elder H, was really nervous. In the end he had us teach the restoration backwards. We weren't sure why, but we tried it a few times. It was pretty cool. I think the point was that any way you do it, Christ is in the center of everything. Anyway. That night, in a lesson, we started talking about the Holy Ghost, and how it can teach you the truth of all things as we pray to know... and so I thought, hey, why not? And so we taught them the restoration backwards. And it was super sweet. :) (They had been taught it before so it was a review anyway.) Super cool miracle. :)
Well, we're excited for more miracles this week. Love you! ^_^
--Hermana Harris
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