So, as some of you may know. I have gone back to church in the past few weeks. Shaun & I have been taking the missionary discussions & Shaun has decided to be baptised. In fact, he's doing so on June 6th. Very exciting. Shaun is such a good Man & I feel so blessed to be marrying him in 4 days! Church has been great, I love the people in our ward. I didn't really ever think I would go back to the church, but I truely feel that this is the only way I could have ever gone back. I used to tell Shaun all the time that he'd make a great Mormon, lol!! His family thinks it's weird & they don't understand. His Grandmother asked his Mom if this meant that he was going to grow a beard... Hmmmm.... But, my family is being very supportive & happy for us, & come Saturday they'll be his family too! I've often heard that sending a Missionary into the field will bring many blessings to the family at home, & I truely believe that. Here's the letter from Austin after I told him we were getting married & Shaun was getting baptised. Enjoy!!!
hey lindy
your email was awesome it made my day! im so happy now to know possibly that im doing some good out here that the lord will bless members of my family. awesome. i know this is what you wanted to be a nice little mormon family im so happy for you and shaun. well i leave on tuesday to Arequipa.... anyways, love you, maybe you will be ready to be sealed when i get back.
adios! Austin
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
E-mail from Austin
Here is what Austin has had to say about Peru so far...
Que tal
um where do i begin well i know a little more about Peru now, Lima is a
really dirty and polluted city i cant even see the sky sometimes because the
smog is so thick. I thought where i was was bad but, last Saturday they take us
out to go proselyting and the took us to the slums it was really bad i don't have
pictures cause if i would have brought my camera it would get stolen. people
live in garbage, no roofs dirt floors , stray dogs everywhere people were
staring at us i felt guilty because i have been so blessed with everything and i
felt like i was strutin around in nice clothes and stuff. the only people that
talk to us is girls i don't understand what they say but my companion said they
like us and want to have gringo babies so they can get out of here. I used to
hate all the Latinos coming to Utah but, now i don't blame them i would do the
same thing as well if i lived in these conditions. the part where I'm at is really
nice now the mtc is in the rich part of the city the mtc is really nice well it
has to be the church builds it and they build nice buildings everywhere. I have
a Spanish companion they all make fun of us but us north Americans make fun of
them as well. anyways love ya bye P.S. no guineas pig yet just chicken and rice
every day.but it is pretty funny we teach all the Latins word in English and say
they mean different things, for example we taught them dingle berry and said it
means i love you haha its pretty fun adios.
He also told my dad that the Peruvians like to sing "Hotel California" really loud, and that it sounds awful. Haha. He got to call my mom on Mothers Day so all the sibs also got a chance to say a quick and I mean quick "Hello", and my mom was really thank full to have talked to him. Oh, something funny... while we were taking turns saying hi, Broc was in the background telling us to ask Austin about the dogs, over and over again, then when it was Brocs' turn the first thing he said was "Are there a lot of dogs?" It just struck me as funny.
I cannot believe that he has almost been gone for 2 months. I think we are all really starting to miss him. But I will say that I have seen some definite blessings happening in our family because of his faithfulness and example. Thank you all for your prayers.
Que tal
um where do i begin well i know a little more about Peru now, Lima is a
really dirty and polluted city i cant even see the sky sometimes because the
smog is so thick. I thought where i was was bad but, last Saturday they take us
out to go proselyting and the took us to the slums it was really bad i don't have
pictures cause if i would have brought my camera it would get stolen. people
live in garbage, no roofs dirt floors , stray dogs everywhere people were
staring at us i felt guilty because i have been so blessed with everything and i
felt like i was strutin around in nice clothes and stuff. the only people that
talk to us is girls i don't understand what they say but my companion said they
like us and want to have gringo babies so they can get out of here. I used to
hate all the Latinos coming to Utah but, now i don't blame them i would do the
same thing as well if i lived in these conditions. the part where I'm at is really
nice now the mtc is in the rich part of the city the mtc is really nice well it
has to be the church builds it and they build nice buildings everywhere. I have
a Spanish companion they all make fun of us but us north Americans make fun of
them as well. anyways love ya bye P.S. no guineas pig yet just chicken and rice
every day.but it is pretty funny we teach all the Latins word in English and say
they mean different things, for example we taught them dingle berry and said it
means i love you haha its pretty fun adios.
He also told my dad that the Peruvians like to sing "Hotel California" really loud, and that it sounds awful. Haha. He got to call my mom on Mothers Day so all the sibs also got a chance to say a quick and I mean quick "Hello", and my mom was really thank full to have talked to him. Oh, something funny... while we were taking turns saying hi, Broc was in the background telling us to ask Austin about the dogs, over and over again, then when it was Brocs' turn the first thing he said was "Are there a lot of dogs?" It just struck me as funny.
I cannot believe that he has almost been gone for 2 months. I think we are all really starting to miss him. But I will say that I have seen some definite blessings happening in our family because of his faithfulness and example. Thank you all for your prayers.
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