LOYD CHRISTMAS

Como le va mi familia?

This week was so much fun! Let me explain "Loyd Christmas" aka..jim carey'scharacter from Dumb and Dumber...So it's 6:09 am on may 31st and we hear a relentless pounding on the door. Hermana Crandall flies out of bed and I followed, grabbing "the giant q-tip" (a 8 foot long pvc pipe with half of a pool noodle over it), preparing myself to fight off the killers. As we rushed down the stairs it occurred to me..hey it's my birthday..sooo this is probably the elders being the elders..And what do you know, we swing the door open to see the three of them laughing hysterically because of the way we looked..very disheveled to say the least..with a giant q-tip ready to swing..They screamed, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! we're kidnapping yall. Go get ready!" We got ready and hopped in their car and drove to IHOP! Oh how I love my friends..As we waited to order, Elder Howe said, "Yall are going to die when you hear this story." He proceeded to tell us that Elder Garcia was playing basketball with some investigators when his face hit the concrete. Hard. We turned to Elder Garcia who smiled, showing that half of his front tooth was completely gone..We were crying! Of all the people this would happen to..it was him! (he's kinda a pretty boy..) So for the entire breakfast, he quoted dumb and dumber and lets just say my abs (the weak ones that i might have) hurt!

Later on during the day, we decided to save on miles and carpool with the elders to a trailer park that has a lot of less actives living there..The family they wanted to see wasn't home so they came with us to Estela Torres' house. As we pulled up, we saw that she was mowing the lawn in the near 100 degree heat. Crazy woman. We got out of the car and the elders took over the mowing while she said, "Mi salvacion ha llegado!" (my salvation has come!) We went inside and began to talk and teach her about obedience..She said that she was just thinking about needing help with the yard when we pulled up..what a miracle! Later on she explained that her health wasn't doing too well and so we asked her if she wanted a blessing..She said that she hadn't received one in 20 years! We grabbed the elders and they gave her an amazing blessing. The whole afternoon was so inspired it was  so cool to see the hand of the Lord working miracles!

That night, we went to Mireya's birthday party and found so many less actives there! Hispanic parties are seriously goldmines for finding people! The party was hawaiian themed and there was akaraoke  machine..mexicans and kareoke are the greatest combination know to man! it was sooo hilarious! All of the missionaries might have been peer-pressured to get up and do it..what song did they pick for us? Single Ladies...hollaback! My birthday was seriously the greatest birthday EVER.

Other awesome things that happened this week..We taught my dad the Plan of Salvation! It was so cool to study and prepare for this lesson because I learned this: When you teach someone the gospel, this isn't the first time that they've heard it. We were all taught it when we lived with God before we came to earth. So the gospel has a familiar ring to it..As a missionary, I'm REMINDING people, not teaching them..We've all heard it before!

The plan that God has prepared for us is absolutely perfect. That's why it sounds logical or makes sense. I'm so grateful to know my purpose on this earth. We're here to be tested and to have experiences that will prepare us to RETURN to God one day. That's our goal..to get back to God as eternal families!

I love you all and hope you all realize and understand that you are beloved children of God!

Soo..i ran out of time last week for emailing and didn't get to send all of my pictures so here are some!Elder Langinbelik! He's from Laie, Hawaii and he's a boss!

behold...hot sauce.

wahoooo! it really did make me feel alive!

meet Loyd Christmas..aka..Elder Garcia..If you look closely, you will see that HALF of his front tooth is missing..Yep..that's what happens when your face hits cement. They tagged along with us to give a less active a blessing..It was super powerful!

the elders and the birthday girl, Hermana Mireya Rodriguez :)

anddd guess who rubbed it in their eye? elder alexander..

hermana crandall and i at the party!

soo there might have been kareoke at the party..

PARTAYYY

meet the other Emma..This cutie pie is in the Huntsville Ward and we've been besties since day one..There was a stake family history fair here in College Station and her family came! and Jo Ann!

It was Emma's 9th birthday this past week wahooo!

Con amor,

Hermana Seymour