This has been a very interesting week. The Swine flu has infiltrated the MTC. It is not bad, but they won't let anyone fly out until it has passed, so the MTC is going to be packed. Those in my branch didn't get to go and were very sad. Anyway I took my temperature and I am fine, I think. My Zone leaders companion had a 102 fever and was confined to his room until yesterday when he was quarentined for five days. I am not too worried about this flu thing. they say if we follow the rules, and don't go out if we are sick, wash our hands, don't shake hands, don't touch our face etc. we will be free of this in 5 days. I am sorry to hear that the stump is still there. Aaron, Dad will you commit to cut up the stump this week? I hope so. As to the launrdry question, I have enough clothes for whites and coloreds. So, I do two loads.
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> The fireside was awsome. It was about being a good missionary like Ammon, and was taught by Elder Gonzalez and his wife from Uruguay. I thought of you right away Sandra.
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> The language is coming along. I learned a whole bunch of adjectives like sjuk (sick) and konstig (weird) and Pinnsam (awkward) also Pigg (alert or awake) and trott (with two dotts on the o for tired) I also learned family words. You have to specify which nieces and nephews you are talking about. you can't say nieces and nephews it is brother son and daughter and sister son and daughter (only in swedish)
> This week in the TRC we talked to a native swede she was a really nice lady. I was excited because I could understand some of what she said and answered a little too. I have to write a story in swedish with words I got this week, and we are trying to speak only swedish at dinner. It is not very easy. There are only so many times you can say, "Hi, how are you?" We also have some scriptures memorized and the first vision. (not the whole thing, but the important part. The pillar of light
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> Anyway I saw Brice twice this week. He is on the bottom floor of my building. Pretty sweet. He says Hi to all of you. Mongolian sounds really weird by the way.
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> Thank you for the letters and E-mails. I love them. I am glad you are all doing well. Anita good job in state. Aaron keep up the good work.
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> My favorite food is right now the sheperds pie I had yesterday Ella.
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> Maggie the Elder is ok You just can't have words on the tie. I sent a letter with what Aldste Murri wants, I think he said he likes plaid. ( I don't think I spelled that right)
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> Thank You Dad and Mom for the advice and encouragement.
> I Love you all. This is exciting.
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> Tell Chelle I am sorry about the fire. and Mom wrote a letter that told about the crane incident very weird.
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> Bye till next week. Laundry time.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Hermana Grindstaff 6-8-09
> Hola everyone!
> Whoa, the swine flu made it to the mtc in Provo?¿?¿? I heard a little bit about that whole swine flu thing while I was in the MTC in Argentina, but really I know absolutely nothing about what´s going on in the world right now…. Except that there is a swine flue that is going around the states. I don´t care too much about world news right now, but I do care about family news. How are all of you? I didn´t get any e-mails this week except the one from Isaac. :(
> Alright, so this week was pretty good. A couple in the branch here got married and me and my companion did a musical number for them at the reception because they requested it. It seems a little odd to me that the song they requested was “How Great Thou Art”, but that´s what they wanted. It was really hard not to laugh while I was playing the song because both me and my companion thought it was a little odd that this was the song they wanted played at the wedding reception. It was even better when everybody joined in on the last verse (and even better still when they wanted an encore). People here are so funny when it comes to choosing songs. They don´t care if the song really fits the occasion or not. For instance, at the baptism we had a few weeks ago, they chose as the special musical number “God be with you till we meet again” (which my companion sang on that occasion also).
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> I like most of the food here, but I am not too fond of all the oil they use in it. People here are convinced that oil is healthy for you and drench all their food in it. Ah well, at least it tastes okay. I´m a little sad that they don´t have much cereal here, but that´s my only complaint.
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> I had another experience with barn animals inside someones house this week. We had just taught a young family a lesson (and I was busy trying to understand what the kids were telling me) when all the sudden I turn around and see a horse. Yes, a horse was standing in the house right behind where I was sitting. I was very startled at this at first, but the man of the home explained to me and my companion in a very “matter of factly” way that they kept the horse in the back room with the pigs at night so it wouldn´t get stolen. :) I love the people here!
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> Anyway, I need to get going now so we can do other fun p-day things (like attempt to wash a few things in a bucket and hope it gets a little dry on this humid, cold day. Unlikely, but we´ll try)
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> I love you all…
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> Good job on the competition Anita.
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> -hna. Grindstaff
> Whoa, the swine flu made it to the mtc in Provo?¿?¿? I heard a little bit about that whole swine flu thing while I was in the MTC in Argentina, but really I know absolutely nothing about what´s going on in the world right now…. Except that there is a swine flue that is going around the states. I don´t care too much about world news right now, but I do care about family news. How are all of you? I didn´t get any e-mails this week except the one from Isaac. :(
> Alright, so this week was pretty good. A couple in the branch here got married and me and my companion did a musical number for them at the reception because they requested it. It seems a little odd to me that the song they requested was “How Great Thou Art”, but that´s what they wanted. It was really hard not to laugh while I was playing the song because both me and my companion thought it was a little odd that this was the song they wanted played at the wedding reception. It was even better when everybody joined in on the last verse (and even better still when they wanted an encore). People here are so funny when it comes to choosing songs. They don´t care if the song really fits the occasion or not. For instance, at the baptism we had a few weeks ago, they chose as the special musical number “God be with you till we meet again” (which my companion sang on that occasion also).
>
> I like most of the food here, but I am not too fond of all the oil they use in it. People here are convinced that oil is healthy for you and drench all their food in it. Ah well, at least it tastes okay. I´m a little sad that they don´t have much cereal here, but that´s my only complaint.
>
> I had another experience with barn animals inside someones house this week. We had just taught a young family a lesson (and I was busy trying to understand what the kids were telling me) when all the sudden I turn around and see a horse. Yes, a horse was standing in the house right behind where I was sitting. I was very startled at this at first, but the man of the home explained to me and my companion in a very “matter of factly” way that they kept the horse in the back room with the pigs at night so it wouldn´t get stolen. :) I love the people here!
>
> Anyway, I need to get going now so we can do other fun p-day things (like attempt to wash a few things in a bucket and hope it gets a little dry on this humid, cold day. Unlikely, but we´ll try)
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> I love you all…
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> Good job on the competition Anita.
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> -hna. Grindstaff
Monday, June 1, 2009
Hermana Grindstaff 6-1-09
> ¡Hola!
> Mom, I am in a little town called Progreso. Our area covers all the little towns around Progreso also and I spend a lot of time out there also.
> I don´t know if I´d call it the sticks here, but well, maybe a little. The homes are made of cement and they are more then one room Scott, so it´s not as bad as it was in Paraguay. Most people don´t have much furniture (mostly cheap half broken tables and unmatching lawn chairs), but it´s not a big deal. I really do feel at home here and I love the people. I was at one of our investigator family´s home this week for a lesson and I remember feeling like I was with my own family because of the spirit that was there. I´ve learned that furniture and nice possessions are not what make a home a refuge and a place of peace. I was sitting on a lawn chair that had a beer logo on it and I felt right at home.
> Well, this week has been wonderful, difficult, at times discouraging, and cold. (yes, while you are all burning up in the states, I am freezing in Uruguay). This opportunity to serve is worth all the is worth all the challenges and awful weather that I experience. Since I don´t have time to write all my experiences, I´ll highlight a few of them.
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> Sometime last week (while it was reeeeaally cold outside) me and my companion were clapping at houses (because here we don´t ever knock) and one of the gazillion dogs in this country decided to follow us. All was going well until we stopped at one house to knock… that´s when the dog decided to mark his spot on my companion. Luckily she was holding a plastic bag and only a tiny bit actually got on her. It was during all this –(me laughing… um, feeling bad for my companions misfortune) that a man came out of his home and invited us in. We taught him and his family the first lesson and later in the week we taught them about the Book of Mormon.
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> Another time last week, me and my companion were out clapping houses again and found ourselves at a home of a man that really wasn´t interested in what we had to say and was letting us know he wasn´t interested. It was at this time that a giant pig went tropping down the road and it made me laugh. Ahhh, I´ve got more animal (and investigator) stories, but I´ll have to write them in a letter later. I´m out of time now..
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> Love you all mucho!
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> -hna. Grindstaff
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> p.s. Dad, I do try to teach at every lesson, but my companion does most of the teaching because she can say a lot more then I can. I understand a lot more now, but there are a few toothless old men who like to mumble and I can´t understand one word they say. It´s frustrating sometimes, but I´m working through it.
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> p.s.s. Kara, the pictures of Connor, Ryan, and Kylie are adorable.
> Mom, I am in a little town called Progreso. Our area covers all the little towns around Progreso also and I spend a lot of time out there also.
> I don´t know if I´d call it the sticks here, but well, maybe a little. The homes are made of cement and they are more then one room Scott, so it´s not as bad as it was in Paraguay. Most people don´t have much furniture (mostly cheap half broken tables and unmatching lawn chairs), but it´s not a big deal. I really do feel at home here and I love the people. I was at one of our investigator family´s home this week for a lesson and I remember feeling like I was with my own family because of the spirit that was there. I´ve learned that furniture and nice possessions are not what make a home a refuge and a place of peace. I was sitting on a lawn chair that had a beer logo on it and I felt right at home.
> Well, this week has been wonderful, difficult, at times discouraging, and cold. (yes, while you are all burning up in the states, I am freezing in Uruguay). This opportunity to serve is worth all the is worth all the challenges and awful weather that I experience. Since I don´t have time to write all my experiences, I´ll highlight a few of them.
>
> Sometime last week (while it was reeeeaally cold outside) me and my companion were clapping at houses (because here we don´t ever knock) and one of the gazillion dogs in this country decided to follow us. All was going well until we stopped at one house to knock… that´s when the dog decided to mark his spot on my companion. Luckily she was holding a plastic bag and only a tiny bit actually got on her. It was during all this –(me laughing… um, feeling bad for my companions misfortune) that a man came out of his home and invited us in. We taught him and his family the first lesson and later in the week we taught them about the Book of Mormon.
>
> Another time last week, me and my companion were out clapping houses again and found ourselves at a home of a man that really wasn´t interested in what we had to say and was letting us know he wasn´t interested. It was at this time that a giant pig went tropping down the road and it made me laugh. Ahhh, I´ve got more animal (and investigator) stories, but I´ll have to write them in a letter later. I´m out of time now..
>
> Love you all mucho!
>
> -hna. Grindstaff
>
> p.s. Dad, I do try to teach at every lesson, but my companion does most of the teaching because she can say a lot more then I can. I understand a lot more now, but there are a few toothless old men who like to mumble and I can´t understand one word they say. It´s frustrating sometimes, but I´m working through it.
>
> p.s.s. Kara, the pictures of Connor, Ryan, and Kylie are adorable.
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