anotherweekinHurlinghamwithnospacebararrgh

DearFam
GavethegoodcomputertoHna.Schneider--thatwasamistake.
IfI´dknowtherewasnospacebar,Iwouldn´thavebeensocharitable....Afterall,I´mtheseniorcomp.Gottotakesomesortofadvantageofmyseniority.

SometimesMom´sweeklyemailsoundslikeaschoolpaperissueonhighachievingstudents.haha...Makesmeproudofmysiblingsandalltheirtalents(academicandotherwise.)

Don´tknowhowlongIcanputupwiththisnospacebardeal....Thismaybeashortemail.

Funnystoryoftheweek:
Kissing_on_the_mish:YesterdayandSaturday,HermanaSchneiderandIhadsometechnicaldifficultieswithgreetingmales.Thenormalgreeting/goodbyegestureheristokiss--reallytouchrightcheekbonesandkisstheair.Wearen´tallowed,asmissionariies,togreetpeopleoftheoppositesexwithakiss,butit´skindofinconvenientbecausewehavetoexplainittoallthemenwemeet....Usuallyifweextendourhandstheygettheidea,butsometimeswegetsurprisedandhavetofendoffkissesbyquicklysaying´¨sorry,wegreetmenwithahandshake¨.Aaandsometimeswedon´tmanagetogetthatphraseoutintimeandwegetkissedanyway.---LikeyesterdayandSaturday.OnSaturdaywegotkissedthreetimes!Westartedcounting--strikeone,striketwo...weweredeterminednottogetstruckout,butthenayoungmanwecontactedswoopedin--strikethree.Oops.Iwanttobeobedient,butsometimesIthinkitwouldbeeasierjusttogowithwhatthebiblesays--greeteveryonewithaholykiss....HermanaSchneiderandIwilltrynottogetstruckoutthisweek,haha....Dad,couldyougreetgirlswithkissesonyourmission?Thefunniestiswhenmembersofthebishopricforgetandareabouttokissusbyreflexwehavetoremindthembyextendingourhandsreallyquickly---theyendupreallyembarrassedandwejustlaughatthem.

Investigatorupdate:ReinaandEsmeraldastillhaven´tcometochurchfortheregularmeetings,butEsmeraldagoestomutualeveryweek.Shehadabaptismaldatebutitfellbecauseshedidn´tgoonSunday.--Celeste,Elvira´sdaughter,isamazingandloveslearningaboutthegospel,butshemissedchurchagainthisweekbecauseatthelastminuteshehadtobeinthehousesoLudmila´sdadcouldpickherupfortheweekend.AAARG.Iwassodissappointed.Butshestillreallywantstogetbaptized,whichisgood.
Ihavelostcountofhowmanyinvestigatorswehavehadtodrop(usuallybecausetheystopprogressingandsuddenlybecomeveryhardtofindintheirhouses)eventhoughwepassbytotryandvisitseveraltimesduringtheweek)andhowmanyfechashavefallenthrough.´Everyweekweplantobring4or5or6peopletochurchand1or2showup.....But,thechurchisstilltrue,theworkmustgoon,etc.Andthisweekwemanagedtoteach10lessonswithamember,whichisreallygoodforus,soI´mreallyhappyaboutthat.ANDElviragotbaptized--whenIthinkaboutthat,Ican´tgetdiscouraged.Wehavesomepromisingnewinvestigatorstoteachthisweek,soI´mfeelinghopeful.