Maybe It's Emily

Bariloche , Alto 1 ward. My area is covered with hills. I'm so not kidding. We are so tired by the end of the day it's hard to climb up the stairs to get into our apartment at night. We both feel like we're just now opening the area. We've been doing lot of knocking on doors. Believe it or not, even though it's a touristy place, it's not that bad. We've found a lot of great people lately. It's the Lord blessing us for our diligence to walk up all of these hills! We can still feel the success that we're going to have here. We know we're going to turn this area around. This past week we've meet a lot of people from other religions (some nicer than others... even a Buddhist ! She was sweet). We had a guy threaten to call the cops on us. Qué mala onda (what bad attitude)! But alas, we finally merit the title of hard core according to our zone leader. oh yes. Hard core I am. The other Elders are great here in Bariloche . We love our zone ...

Yeah, well last pday was a different pday. I don't have normal pdays anymore. MAH! Just kidding! Kinda. Anyway yes, yes I am here in Bariloche. My new companion is amazing. I love her! She's really funny, tall (6'4''!), and from California. She's like a taller version of me! She has about 3 more months than me on the mission, and she's ready and willing to work hard to find people, which is exactly what I want. The last transfer she opened up the area (they took out the elders in this ward and put in sisters) and was supposed to train a new companion. But her new companion never got here and she's had to work with mini missionaries and members, so the work has been REALLY slow since she's gotten here. We're both really looking forward to start knocking and start finding. It's going to be awesome. We know we're going to have success here. But the thing is that this past week has been a barrier in the work. My companion, like right when I g...

Haha , you are my secretary! Ah, just kidding! I'm glad to hear from you because I got some exciting news... TRANSFERS!!! I'm going to Bariloche ! Saturday night the new district leader in Zapala (our beloved E. Smoot from the MTC !) informed us that my poor companion that wanted to leave Zapala would stay, and I who wanted to stay would leave. It really really stinks. I feel like I did nothing in Zapala , like I helped nobody. That's the worst part. I feel like I leave with shame. But what we always say is that the work is directed by the Lord, and He doesn't need me in Zapala anymore. He needs me in Bariloche ! Bariloche (bah- di - loh - chay ) is a skiing place in the mountains. Therefore I shall see snow and a lot of coldness. Boo. I'm going to be working in the downtown area with Hna . Smith from the U.S., and she's the tallest sister here in the mission, well over six feet tall. And blonde . With blue eyes. Yeah, we won't stick out. Nah, because t...

This past week I had what the members call a "liver attack". Basically I had the strong desire to puke and a super high fever. The members say that it happens because of the diet of grease and fats, red meats, red pasta sauce and pasta and bread. This is the second time this has happened. Let me just say I don't want a destroyed liver and therefore am going to take much better care of myself. It's that there's so much preassure to eat the food of the people- if you don't eat they ask "Why aren't you eating? Don't you like my food? EAT!!!" No more of this! I'm taking a stand for me and my health. There's a sister in the ward that asks me "Are you on a diet Sis. Georgeson? Are you on a diet?" No! I'm not on a diet! I don't want a liver transplant by the time I'm 32!!! Take a stand for you health! Strawberries! How I miss them so! Happy fourth of July! I wore red, white, and blue yesterday, but nobody noticed. The l...