"Hail Mary!!" Football Style :)

June 16, 2013  “FOOTBALL!! Hail Mary!”

Daddy-o. Your details about Fathers Day made me jealous. Mainly the food part. I think the first two things I want when I get home are Grandmas ribs and fried potatoes and onions. Then, I want nothing but Pinto. Haha.

My father’s day here went like this:

Stake Conference. We went to a place called Ezcazu.(I-ka-soo) And it was actually super awesome. Good spirit! I´m getting to that point where I can understand Spanish! I still get a headache, but it´s not quite as bad. In the middle of it, the Internet failed and we couldn´t see the conference. Nothing was happening. So the babies started wiggling... more. The adults started talking. I´m sure as a normal human being this would´ve been great, but as a missionary I felt so strongly that I needed to do something to preserve the spirit. So I got up. I told everyone that we´re going to sing, “How Firm a Foundation.” I was quite nervous. It was in front of hundreds. Leading the hymn in Español. But I did it, and it was great. I had the support of fellow missionaries with their thumbs up and smiles. As we sat back down, I was happy I followed the inspiration of the Spirit.

 After that, we went to M´s house.  She is a 70ish year old woman in our wards house for lunch.  Usually we eat, share a spiritual thought, and leave. But today, she informed us, they were expecting all of their family over for lunch. (What we would refer to as dinner). We ended up waiting 2 hours. But the food was delicious. All of her family was so kind. One of her sons is the stake president. We sat at what I explained to my companion, the little kid table. (Thanksgiving style.) It was a little weird. But the food was delicious. RED MEAT! (The kind I recognized!) naturally, rice and beans and platanos with mayonnaise? I decided to count it as a tender mercy from the Lord that I was surrounded by a big family, like mine, with nothing to do but eat too much and enjoy each others company.

El Hermano's~

Today we went to Don Bosco to play some ball. I learned something today. I think Ryley would be pleased. Soccer (futbol) is way fun. Also, Football is the MOST amazing sport in the world. The most fun! Today we played Gringos verses Mexicans (and 2 Hondurans).  Naturally, they kicked our trash at soccer.  Eventually it started to rain and they all were ready to leave. I then asked, “who´s ready to play some REAL football?” (You do remember the day I spent so much of my p-day looking for an American football!! – looks like it paid off!) All the Latinos looked at me like I’d just suggested we eat newborns. The gringos were all thrilled. “Football in the rain? CLASSIC!” So we explained how to play. The Latinos are actually pretty violent, even though we were playing one hand touch. We had THE plays!!  “Hook n Ladder” and “The Hail Mary”!! We tripped them OUT! So funny! I loved every minute of it. Brothers, thank you for teaching me the good stuff!

The Hermanas... Gringas and Latinos!

I think the bees knees of you, mother. You are MY hero. Thank you for your prayers. You´re in all of mine. You are a wonderful mother in Zion. Don’t sweat the little stuff. Not having toilet paper lets me walk a mile in these people’s shoes. To love them even more. Not having money for the bus just lets me walk and realize how grateful I am for a public bus. Not having food teaches me that I truly have so much. It’s not usually as bad as I make it seem. Mom, I learned something about president through all this suffering I was going through. This man loves me. This man is just that. Hu-man. But I know he truly, truly cares. I know he cries and worries and fasts and prays and prays and fasts and prays again, just for me. He´s a very humble man. Just know that I truly am well taken care of.

I LOVE YOU MOM, DAD, BRAYDEN, RYLEY, CONNO. Take care!

Love you all!

Meg

**DISCLOSURE! (READ WITH ADULT EYES ONLY) Okay, well I´d like to explain some of these photos. I was at I´s house for dinner one night; please inform Chad, juevos rancheros= Super good!!! When she told me she wanted to show me something. So she left and came back with something. I held it in my hands. I was just super confused as to what the heck it was. I smelt it. Who knows what it is!? So I ask, What is it? Peñe. Or something like that? Huh? I don´t understand. Naturally I would be sniffing Bull Penis. Please get a good laugh out of that. I sure did.

Lunch at a member’s house. Like cowboy grub without the green beans. Super good!

I passed by some ducks and naturally all I heard was each of you saying, “I want a baby duck for my birthday.” haha

Speaking of birthdays. 

All I want are letters, drawing, comics, and more letters, from YA´LL. Please make them good. Spend some time. Ha-ha. I love reading your stuff! Also, if a new outfit stumbles across my way I´d be grateful. You'd be surprised how boring the same 7 outfits can become.

Thank you!

I´m flattered you all like my letter/blog, quite frankly. But honestly my purpose with each letter I write is to strengthen all y'all back home or around the world. So I hope it´s working. I truly hope the Spirit transfers.