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HEY Y'ALL WHATS UP WHATS UP! if I'm being honest with you, not a ton happened this week but I still have some good updates!!!

 

small plates:

-visited a bunch of families with Santa Claus and then shared a message of why we celebrate Christmas. I love this time of year because it's so easy to focus everything back on the savior

-had such a good passoff lesson with the elders this week. we have a part member family that we've been teaching for a while and finally decided that it's best if they receive lessons from the Elders because it's really hard for us to visit the husband who is the nonmember because he is never home at the same time as his wife and we have to have another woman. literally our elders are incredible and they taught the most powerful lesson that made the husband tear up, and then they got him on date to be baptized in January!!! we are excited to see his progress because theyve got the best elders teaching them 

-OUR FRIEND JENNY IS GETTING MARRIED ON THURSDAY!!!! SO WE'RE PLANNING A WEDDING IN 3 DAYS BUT ITS GONNA BE AWESOME AND NOW THERES NOTHING HOLDING HER BACK FROM BAPTISM!!!! WOO HOO!! 

 

large plates:

-we have a new Elder from Rome and our favorite pastime is teasing him about food hahahaha. we give service at the food bank and we love just holding up cans of spaghetti-o's or canned ravioli and asking if it's Italian just to poke fun haha poor guy he probably thinks all Americans are idiots

-visited almost all of our friends and almost all of our members in 2 days which was a feat of a lifetime

-we had our Hispanic fiesta navideña!!!! it was a blast and we got more non members than members there soooooo it was definitely a missionary win on our part

-had a member convince me the Bigfoot is real and I am now a believer. there is hard evidence folks

-went to a farewell in an English ward and it felt just like home :,) havent been to a big ward in 6 months so it felt so weird to have more than 30 people there hahaha

-hermana Hampton was genuinely shocked to find out that Jesus Christ's first language wasnt English hahahahahahahaha 

 

I hit my 6th month mark in 2 days which is completely surreal. the mission is the best and hardest thing I've ever done, but I am incredible grateful for who I have become and who I continue to become with every single day and with every single experience I have out here. I love being a missionary and I love this gospel and I am freaking out cause now I've only got a YEAR to get rockin and rollin!!!! CRAZY! 

 

anywho. les quiero mucho. I hope this Christmas season has been wonderful!! plz enjoy the new star wars movie for me!!!

 

con amor,

hermana hess

 

fotos:

santa!!!!

hermana Hampton cleaned our 5600 year old vacuum

feasting on taquitos

most vibrant rainbow ever 

the elders brought us puppies

our favorite child

fiesta

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