ill be home for Christmas

A seven hour bus ride from arequipa to tacna gives you a lot to think about. especially when youre carsick. 


So. Here are my thoughts.

I miss mirador. Which is so funny because when I got there I just wanted to be back in selva alegre. It's almost like distance makes the heart grow fonder. 

It's so weird and awesome being back in tacna. The hermana Barker who was here 6 months ago aint the same one who pulled up to barrio Belén. I like this hermana Barker a lot better. Shes learned a lot about humility and mistakes and growth and love and the savior.

Bethlehem in spanish is Belén and my barrio is barrio Belén so im literally in Bethlehem for christmas. 


Hermana Garzón and I are hermana liders down here which I'm still not really sure what that means other than we get to do divisiones and go to the other areas. I think the elderes think I know nothing (only slightly true) so that's awkward.
I realized something this week also too. The word Christmas. If you break it up it's Christ and más. And más in spanish means more.
If there's anything the world needs more of.
It's Him. 


We went out and did some visits with bishop and there was a band parade in the street and it reminded me of hello dolly and it was awesome I was so joyful. If anyone wants to join me for my golden age movie musical marathon I'm sure max and I can let you come too. 
Congrats to everyone who keeps getting married. I swear my 5 minutes of Facebook time on pday just consists of figuring out why all my friends have different last names now. 

We watched the Christ Child video at a Christmas devo we did w zona tacna and as always it made me cry. 

I think of these 3 wise kings who have traveled for 3 years to find this boy. 
The boy who would grow up to be a man. 
The man who would save them. And it makes me cry, thinking of these 3 great men bowing down to worship el salvador del mundo. It makes me so heart happy. It's an act of humility that I want to give to my savior. I don't have myrhh or gold or frankensense or however the heck you spell it but it's being humbled to the very dust that I'm learning this Christmas. 

^^go cougs 

The mission has been the hardest best I've ever done. Keeping a GPA up, that was a hard best. Trying to PR senior year was a hard best. 
But the hardest best thing I've ever done is walk onto that plane 1 year ago. Because if I didn't do that I wouldn't have got to

Meet Allison and watch her life change 
Sing I lava you w hna bautista
Attend Martin's baptism
Wish Valentina a happy birthday
Eat a casino de menta every single day of the month of August with hna de hoyos
See Charlie the dog waiting for me at Valentinas house
Laugh till I cried with hna bird
Ride the yellow bus to la tomilla 
Fist bump antonella every time w hna darelli y hna ferrin 
Play the piano in zone conference
Read my scriptures every day for an hour 
Talk to Jesus and have Him become my best friend. 


There was this guy in the elders ward in arq and he was like my favorite guy ever and he had glasses that didn't really sit right on the side of his head and they were always very dirty and he told me I played piano like Chopin ! So rhat was awesome but anyways he always would be like "StAy GoLdEn!" And it made me so heart happy so im trying to stay golden down here in tacna. It's different and transfers are always like that but. Its gonna be a happy navidad because I'm in peru and serving the lord and peru makes me happy and also you make me happy  and Jesus is the best happy so peru + you + jesus = happy emma 


I hope your Christmas is as feliz as mine, full of paneton and kisses on the cheek and fireworks. Jesus loves ya. He was born for YOU.

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