Happy 24th Birthday

I'm so glad you all celebrated my day! I wish I had heard Rach´s talk! I bet it was great! Oh the temple! I miss it there! Let´s go there like the day after I get back....not even kidding

 

 

This week was busy and fun for the exception that I can barely talk but I think it may be a blessing in disguise because my comp Never talks so I'm having to force her by repeatly telling her I can not speak! So I did my first divisions as a Hermana Líder. I think they went well. It was fun to see another area and try to help out the new little gringa we have here. Then of course it was my birthday! It was lovely, I got cards from Nannie and Rach! And my zone was very excited about the party in the box you sent! Everything was delicious! I also made the cookies and delivered some to my neighbors to contact them, they loved them! They think I am an excellent baker and are asking for more.....we will see what I can do! Also our ZL´s bought me a delicious smoothie of pineapple and a family in our ward made me dinner and a carrot cake! It was so very nice! and of course I wore the crown you gave me! Also yesterday one of the neighbors who came to my door a couple weeks ago asking us to teach him is getting baptized Saturday! We got permission from his mom yesterday (and I hope soon she will be baptized as well)! It is all quite exciting! And I completed 13 months! It was a good week I do say so myself!

Em

Princess celebrates her 24th!
 

 

Newest Comp and Oreo Cheesecake

 

Another Birthday Cake

 

Birthday Card from Rachel

Hurricane on the way! Just in time for my birthday!

I am so old!!!! That was sweet of Sister Graham to think of me! Your week sounds crazy! I hope Aunt Nicole will be okay!  I'm so happy you are going to have a party on my birthday! I think we are going to celebrate Thursday because that is when the whole zone will be together! I like my new area but I still feel like I haven't done much. I wasn't there Tuesday or part of Thursday. We had a meeting with President and then Thursday we were going to do divisions with one of the zones and they are like 1.5 hour away by bus so we went and got there and then told us that they couldn't do it because they had a baptism.....why didn't you tell us that when we planned this on Monday or when we called you to remind you Wednesday. But it was fine, we ended up meeting a guy from the States on the bus and we taught him in english...it was kind of hard and awkward. Then last Monday 2 of our neighbors knocked on our door and asked us to teach them. They came to church Sunday and the son wants to be baptized! It was so cool!

 My comp is good, she is just super young. My house is good and for the first time in a year I heated up water in a giant pot on the stove and took a shower with that! I don't know why I waited so long! It was glorious! I had forgotten what it was like to bathe with hot water! Yesterday was Independence day here, so our ward did an activity to celebrate. Got to hear some poems and see some typical dancing! That was cool! Supposedly a hurricane is coming so we have to have suffient food for 72 hours....I bought oatmeal. I think it is highly appropriate that they are coming at this time! But things are good! I complete 13 months and 24 years Sunday! Woohoo Voy a tener una fiesta! Love you!
Em

Today, I attempted to play soccer, bought groceries and ate Oreo cheese cake to celebrate my birthday!

 

 I can't wait to have one of mom´s dinners when I come home. I was just asking my friend what was going to be the first thing she was going to eat once she got home, we decided moms home cooking would be best!
We had to enter the house early because it was their independence day yesterday but still I was exhausted and we actually have possibilities! Really when we try our best, Heavenly Father is so merciful and helps us out! I'm glad you were able to help Danielle and I can't wait to see the door!
I'm sad I wont see Rach, I'm already contemplating if I am going to break the rules and visit her in AZ, she´ll be so close to Utah! I will give her some lessons with members! You guys go to the temple this week? Send me pics! I love you! Have a good week Daddy!
Em

Earthquakes ARE FUN??!!!!!

This week was good, I had changes so I am in a new area and I am pretty much opening it because my comp here only has one week here so that'll be good. They also made me a sister leader so I will be helping the sisters in 2 zones. I don't know exactly what I need to do still, just that I need to take dats and do divisions 2x a week. So I am just adjusting to being here! I think I will like it! My area is huge and our ward seems nice! And it is a bit cooler here! But I do miss my other area a bit but I'll learn to love it here!

We also had a 6.5 earthquake the other day that lasted like a minute! It was kind of fun! I was in the church helping with a Primary activity when it happened, the kids were freaking out saying it was the end of the world! Haha But other than that things are good and I like my comp. She is from El Salvador, so we will be making some papussas! I love you all!

Labor Day!

We had a wedding and a baptism and they are so stinkin cute.And I am pretty sure the husband is the first convert to ever thank me. It was nice!  A member of the 70 came and spoke to us and said that the leaders have 2 jobs. They are to be examples and to save and the only way we can save is by helping people partake of ordanances. The retention here is terrible so they are really trying to help our wards with that. The problem is they don't use the programs the church has for us. But hopefully it'll get better. I probably have changes Wednesday, my ZLs assure me I do but they won't know till today and it won't be set until tomorrow but I am pretty sure I am leaving because I have 6 months here! I love you all!

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Heber y Estefani Y Hermana Krueger

A year in the mission field on August 22! (Parts of her letters)

My comp and house comps and 2 elders were very sweet and gave me cards and treats for my one year mark! Then that night we watched a church movie and ate ice cream! That is awesome that you are talking to people about the church. You are right we have to be bold. The senor missionary asked me last night compared to a year ago was I as brave as I am now, as bold. I'm probably a bit more bold now, I really  just tell people how it is but in a way that I hope won't offend, unless they are not willing to change at all and are just contentious, then I let them have my wrath. But if they just don't understand I tell them how it is. We are suppose to have a marriage and a baptism of a family this Saturday! We have their interviews tonight so I hope all works out! Also our other investigator, who I'm pretty sure we were best friends in the pre-mortal existence, he was suppose to leave for Belize but I fasted and that day he told us he could leave until September because he has passport problems! Haha! Yeah that's right! Don't mess with God!

 I am happy and healthy! I don't think I really need anything...maybe shoes. but I think I am good!  That was so nice of the Hermana Hodgman to write that to you. They are so sweet. They are moving 3 hours away this week. I'm so sad! And they are going to a place where they don't send Hermanas!

( I shared with her that I(MAMA) had been to IHOP and she assumed I had PANCAKES and shared this with me.) Did I tell you once my comp brought a bird home with us and we named it Panqueque, I'm pretty sure the thing jumped from our roof and committed suicide. It was tragic. Sometimes I just say panqueque to my ex comp and she starts crying! ha! (I TOLD Emily SHE IS MEAN)

August 21, 2013

Dear Rose,

My husband and I are senior missionary's here.  We have just been put in the mission Presidency.  Your darling daughter Hermana Krueger has helped teach us Spanish since we have arrived.

We came not speaking any Spanish so she has been a dear friend in helping us during some of her lunch times.   I am an artist and she and her companion wanted to paint something for the Young Women's personal progress.  So I helped teach them what to do.

We love Hermana  Krueger she is one of our favorite missionary's 

I am sure she will explain more about the picture.  I tried to send it to her myldsmail .net but it would not go so I send thru my personal email .  Sorry I did not explain more about sending it initially.

You must be great parents because Hermana Krueger is a wonderful person

Best regards

Hermana Hodgman

August 12,2013

This week was good. We met with Jose with one of the members named Dennis and that night he told us he wanted to get baptized! I was not expecting that but he says he feels like it'll make his life better, that he feels something when he reads and prays! I was thrilled, but the member we were with was so chill afterwards, like oh yeah that always happens, I wanted to smack him but I just yelled at him instead and told him to be excited! Our other investigator on the other hand, Freddy, I might hurt him. He was suppose to enter the waters of salvation this week but chickened out, so I went to teach him with our district leader (he helped somewhat but most of the time was drawing mustaches on his finger with his comp and pretending to have a mustache, because Freddy has one, all this of course was done secretly) but I taught most of it and macheted him a bit and we read the Book of Mormon and then prayed and he said he would get baptized this week, so we shall see! I thought it was hilarious that they were doing it! One of them was like, we kept trying to show you Hermana Krueger but you wouldn't look at us! And I was like I'm sorry I'm trying to save someone's soul! But it was funny!
My comp was also sick this week, but is feeling better! The big thing we did was plan and put together an activity with another ward. We had worldly and churchy games and in the end based on the number of tickets earned we sent them to a kingdom of glory! It was fun, but somehow I was like put in charge of everything! I don't know how that happened, but I made like 120 cupcakes with a pan that didn't fit in the oven. It was a miracle! I don't know how we pulled it off! An investigator that we have had for like 2 months came all by himself!
And he kinda came to church, well he came but during the sacrament so the doors were shut and they didn't let him in, so he freaked out and left! But things are good here! Just working hard! Love you all!

CUPCAKES, CUPCAKES, CUPCAKES!
 

My Family HERE!



What we do here!

 

Someone Vacationing took this picture
 and texted it to Mama for me.