Jaymee's Adventure: WEEK 11!

December 16, 2013

Beautiful sunset over the bay outside their house!

Family & Friends,

Wow how blessed am I to have a family like mine! I can't express my love towards them! Thank you for all the Christmas packages! I love it all so much! :) I will be sending home letters to you all!

So this week was alright. I'm not gonna lie. It is getting harder and harder with this language thing! I have by far taught more lessons in English then Spanish! Without a doubt. So that doesn't help me! I barely know anything! I just keep praying and praying that someday I will. So we had 1 of the 70's come and talk to all of us missionaries! It was really good! It was ALL day long from 8am -4pm and it was about an hour away! But it was so amazing! I love being around worthy and such spiritual people! Some people bore their testimonies and they were so strong! I seriously could not imagine my life anywhere else but here! I never thought this is where my life would take me! But I am in LOVE with my life! It's an amazing thing to know that Heavenly Father is ALWAYS there for you! Knowing that he loves you so much and knows you blows my mind! We had a ward Christmas social! It was so much fun! We helped set up everything! the next day... my amazing family sent three packages!!! haha It was amazing!!!! I never thought letters and packages meant anything to me! but it's nice! haha That day we went tracking in a trailer park.. it was freezing! We didn't find anyone. So frustrating! haha but I am starting to realize some reasons why I am here! Hermana Bennett said to me, " You know how you come on a mission for a reason but sometimes you don't know why or for who?" I said yeah! and she said, "You get along so well with the young women, I think you are here for them!!" I was in shock and said, wow thanks! haha in my ward here there are 15 young women and 3 come to church! I got 2 young women to come! I love these young women! I love working with them! It's amazing! Then we ate brunch at the Andersons! It was so YUMMY! Crepes and potatoes and eggs and bacon! Yummm!! :) Our lovely, golden investigator is AMAZING!!! We taught him the Word of Wisdom and at the end he looked at us and said, "It's weird because I drink ALL the time but every since you guys started teaching me, I haven't drank"!! Ahh how crazy and amazing the spirit works!! It is amazing! Hopefully he will get baptized. It's just hard cause his wife lives in Mexico... but hopefully!! :) So Sunday I went to church and I was about to walk out and Sister McCormick runs up to me and says, "Your sister had her baby!!!" I looked at her and was confused because I didn't understand how she would know! haha then I was like WHAT?? And started crying in front of everyone!!!! hahaha I am so happy Jayden and Derek for this amazing baby boy Kedson to come into the world! I can't wait to Skype him!! I love all of you guys! I hope you have a great week!! :)

Hermana Brugman

-Jaymee and Hermana Bennett decorating the tree-