Oh my dear family,
It is so beautiful to hear from you all. It´s nice to take a
moment and think about something other than the million things that are
constantly on my mind. This week has been another rough one, but reading this
particular letter made me so happy I´ve just sat here and wept. Tell Nathan I
could not be happier for him. Tell him that this little gal is so proud to have
him as her uncle, and that even though I can´t be there for the big day, I will
be thinking of him all the day long. Tell him of all the baptisms I´ve had or
heard of here in the mission, this one leaves them all behind. This is one of
the happiest moments of my mission, going hand in hand with the news that Josh
went to the temple and that Nigil is serving a mission. You tell that beautiful
man that these little eyes of mine just won´t stop reminding me how happy I am
for him; I can´t get them to dry up. God is so good.
This week has been rather hectic. We´ve been preparing for
the elections (I don´t remember if that´s how you spell it in english... google
translate elecciones and you´ve got it) here, which will take place this coming
Sunday. For the majority of the missionaries, that doesn´t mean too much, but
for the office staff and for this little nursey-girl, it´s kind of a lot of
work. This week we also had cambios (transfers, I think they´re called in
english). I have a new companion, Hermana Reyes from the Dominican Republic and
she´s 19 years old. I also kind of have a new area. When we had cambios I didn´t
have a new area, but then President called to tell me he was pulling all of the
missionaries out of my area, elders and hermanas alike. He had another area to
put us, but after visiting the area decided that he really didn´t feel alright
about having hermanas there, so... right now I don´t have an area. hahaha. I
think we´re going to return to my old area for the next who-knows-how-long, and
afterwards we´re going to go to some unknown location. hahaha. It should be a
fun experience. But no worries, no matter what happens, I´ll be here in San
Pedro Sula (which, by the way: in the letter, one of yáll said something about
going to a bigger city to buy shoes... SPS IS the big city... the only thing
bigger in the whole country is the capital, and to be honest, I´m not sure
Tegucigalpa is actually bigger than SPS. haha).
Mumsie, I got the Thanksgiving package. Thanks so much for
that. As far as Christmas ideas, I was thinking of buying a hard drive because
all of my memories are fuuuuuull, but I don´t think that would be something to
send in the mail. haha. I don´t even know how much something like that is
worth. Other than that, I have no idea what I would want. I feel like I have
everything I need (and more!), but it´s all good.
Eileen, sounds like you´ve had a fun week or so. I bet
that´s been fun seeing all the family and errthing. I´m glad you got some days
to relax and read some books. I forgot that books exist. haha I know that
sounds funny, but here they really don´t have books aside from the bible (and
once we come along, the book of mormon). How funny.
Dad, I already told you how I feel about your bit of the
letter, but I´ll say it again: I could not be happier. Tell Hno Rechsteiner and
the Lukers I say hey and i love them. Tell them thanks for everything.
I had more to say, but, alas, someone´s heart is arrhythmic
and they´ve got tachycardia, so I´ve gotta run. I love you all a ton. Take care
and be gooooooood (as Brian and ET would say).
Lots and lots of love,
Hna Bayles
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