May 24, 2011

This is my first night in this area. We had a "night of divorces" where our branch presdident, who is a lawyer, helped anyone who needed a divorce for any reason to start the paperwork for free. They announced it in church aparently. You would think since the main goal of the church is to keep families united there wouldnt need to be a divorce night, but there is some good reasons for it here. These are all the missionaries in my branch too. Hermanas McKenna, McKee, McKinny (Im not kidding) Scott, Me and Falcon. 

Check out the worst bike ever. Its a beach cruiser and is definitely meant for only cruising the beach and not the streets of mesa. It has no gears and my companion has a bike that is like a rocket. And thats the only helmet I could find. I do love the basket and the bell though. 

Saying goodbye to Hilda and Juans family! So sad! I miss seeing them everyday becasue they are such an awesome reminder of why we do missionary work! 

Well thats all for this week. It was good to hear from all of you! I miss you and love you!

Excerpts from her letter this week:

"I lied. I didnt cut my hair. It was a wig. But I am glad to know everyone thinks it would look good like that. We ate with a member and she had that at her house because she is old and pretty much bald but she didnt mention till after we tried it on that she had just bought it at DI. Gross. I cant really cut my hair because I can only work with ponytails now a days. Being on bikes is going good, I didnt know a person could sweat so much and not drown. I show up at houses looking like the lochness monster and im amazed they let us in." 

(refer to the picture in the last post)

"We had a huge family night in the park yesterday and its so fun to meet all these new people and members! Also I shared my talent of barking like a dog and it was a hit."

Yeah, thats Jess for ya. Cracks me up every time. 

-Emily