9.17.18: Viva Valencia

Wow, well.... my comp, Hermana Rust is officially dead [this must be an unsavory term for completing your mission (amy talking here)] which is so weird! I feel like she just got here!! It's been a crazy week of rain and crazy thunder and lightening...my shoes have no tread left and all the streets are cobblestone so I have had some close calls, jajaja. 
The miracle of the week is that Jimena, the woman that got baptized a few weeks ago, is going TO GO TO THE TEMPLE THIS WEEK!! AHHHHHH! I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER!! We are going to try to help her do her family history so she can take some names to the temple! Yayyya!! Wahhhh, I just adore her!! 

Not much else to report this week except that someone asked me if I am pregnant...ummm jajaja nope, but thanks for asking. Ahhhhh that's a first. Que verguenza [How embarrassing]! It was so awkward, I was dying.  Ummm, adios!! My lifeeeeee! Then today, on the bus, it jerked forward and my head collided with someone's elbow and the whole bus saw it happen, jajaja. Just some quality good mems over here! 

Also, my new companion is from Argentina!! I am so excited!! Hopefully I will actually be able to speak Spanish and with suerte [luck] I will catch on to her accent, Dad! :) She is from my mtc group and we were in the same zone in the north in Bilbao. She is adorable.  I am  stoked! Pray for us that we can stay together for two transfers because so far I still have not had a comp for more than 1! 

Anyway, I love you all! Please forgive the poor quality of my cartas [letters]. Idk what is happening, but I always end up rushed.... Prioridades, sabes [priorities, you know?] ?!

Stay gold!!
<3 maddy






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