dont you worry about me for one minute mother dear. I honestly love it here so much, it is just really hard sometimes but then other times its really wonderful and when you find the right people it is so easy and rewarding. sometimes the hardest part is seeing and understanding the horrible situations these people are in and not being able to do anything about it or help them because a lot of times there are situations that we cant get involved in. That was the hardest thing for me this week but this week was fabulous! 

    ha ha sounds like the whole family is living it up in vegas! have a blast but behave yourselves! I cant believe Alex leaves so soon, how are you feeling? I hope you dad and Jackie dont get bored with your tiny little family! and thanks for the pic of Ty and the letter, he looks so good! and so cold! 

    Well this week was pretty crazy in the streets. It was like Catholic week or something (I am sure they have a better name for it but I cant remember it so I just call it Catholic week. So there was this huge fair with a bunch of fried food and rides! The rides look just like normal rides at Lagoon except they are much smaller and man operated. For example, you know the big ship at Lagoon that just rocks back and forth? Well they had a ship except the guy so goes behind it and pushes it and thats the ride. he was all sweaty and it looked really hard and heavy, I tried to get a picture but it was too dark so you cant really see it. this fair went on for like 5 days straight and we had to walk through it like 3 times a day because it is the street we take to get to our house, it was super cool! They also did this thing called black Jesus (I am sure that has a better name too but thats what my companion calls it so there ya go) It is like a parade and they have this big float with a black jesus hanging on the cross and they set off freakishly loud fireworks and stop by all the houses that have a little table set up and some kind of ritual with a bunch of smoke and chants and stuff. It was very interesting... I think they do it in Mexico too so you can ask maxy about it. 

    okay so now about them mormons! We had a conference on Saturday with the whole mission! like every single missionary in the Reu mission!! All 220 of us! that like never happens. it was really fun to be all together and see everyone. elder Cook was going to come but then he spoke to the Quetzaltengo mission instead right next door, bums- but it was still super cool because Elder Soaras came and spoke to us! He is in the presidency of the 70 and he gave a super good talk on humility last conference. Spanish is his 4th language! He is from Brazil and he is awesome! he talked a lot about how a mission is not a sacrifice, its a privilege. and then he told us how we can be true representatives of jesus christ. it was a really good talk! I loved it! conferences are so awesome. they always give me so much animo! 

    Well remember that whole Brighton spill I gave last week? yeah...scratch that. Hermana Giles went home, I guess Guat was too much for her or something I dont know. Hermana Sanchez called me and told me and she was really sad and felt like she could have done something better. I just told her how perfect of a trainer she was for me because she really was so good for me. She rocks! okay well I hope everything goes perfect for the farewell and please give Alex a big huge hug for me and tell him I love him! Love you to the moon and back mommy! Have a fab week!

Love,

hermana outsen