WEEK 8!

 November 25, 2013

Hola mi familia y Amigos!!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING

So I was sick with the flu for two days.. so this email will be short haha! But Tuesday and Wednesday I was sick throwing up.. so not fun! So for two days we just sat at home! I felt bad for my companion cause she wanted to go out and find people to teach! But I needed to get better! I slept all day, I honestly don't think I have ever slept that long in MY LIFE! haha! But now I am feeling a lot better!! :) Thursdays are the longest day cause we have to do our weekly planning... for like 3 hours!!! It's horrible but great! haha I am so lucky I have such a patient, loving companion! I have been praying for her since I got my call and little do you know prayers really do work! She is exactly what I prayed for! :) SO Thursday night oh my gosh!! Probably the best, funniest moment of my life! So we got scheduled two dinners, ALL the missionaries ( so 4 elders and us 2 hermanas) So We get to the first one and we are eating and the Elders said don't worry we will eat a lot so you hermanas don't have to finish it, we were like you guys are great! So then we get to the next dinner and she had SOOOOO much food! I felt like I was going to throw up just looking at it, so I get a little and I am full so I stop and Elder Lainhert says "Hermana Brugman you said you were so hungry on the way so get some more!" I look at him and I was like, yeah I'm just waiting for other people to get some food! hahaha Gosh so funny! Then Elder Hart says to Elder Haight ( his companion) Oh I'll make you a plate just sit down, and he put 3 huge scoops of food on his plate, (Elder Haight is a twig) hahaha IT LITERALLY WAS SO FUNNY I couldn't stop laughing! haha Our Elders are the best, I love them!! haha So Friday we had our district meeting, it was great. We talked about how the Book or Mormon is important to teach to our investigators and pray! Those are two very important things as a missionary we need to do! So we drove straight from there to Nags head! That is about an hour away from Elizabeth's City! We have such a big area! :( ugh so we go stay with another set of Sisters down there! and spent the night over there! It was so fun! :) But the progress we had on Friday was horrible. We probably knocked on 15 doors and 1 person answered. It is really scary. Our mission president just made the rule that we can't be out past dark because we are going to bad areas and I am always freaking out! :( so pray for me! haha Saturday I was having a really bad day.. but came home from Nags head at 9pm and came home to two packages on my door step!! Ahh it was so exciting! Grandma Nilsa and Grandpa Roy, Thank you very much! Much love to you two and Jaycob and Ali! You are amazing! ALL the things I love in the boxes! You guys are great! thank you!! And later in the week I got another package from my Aunt Tracey.  It was also amazing. I am wearing the scarf right now!! :) I love it, all the candy and muffins and yummy choc. chip cookies and gummies. :) thanks so much you're great!!

So we only get a certain amount of miles a month on our car!  The car we got already had a lot on it! So we have 84 miles left for this month! It may sound like a lot.... but it's NOT!!!! so we are walking everywhere! I usually wouldn't mind it.. but it is freezing... I'm going to get a cold.. I literally am always freezing! but it's okay! I'll get used to it hopefully! Sundays are my favorite days!! I love them! Filled with joy and the spirit!!
Thank you everyone for all you do, you're great!!

I hope y'all have a good week! I love you much!

Hermana Brugman!!!

P.S. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.