September 23, 2013

Lacey wrote:

dear klay, about your journal :) I would really love to read it, it would make my heart full :) And i will most definitely not think you sound crazy in it :) Is it full? Because if you send it to me you won't have anything to write in... and i want you to keep writing!! :) So keep writing small, so that you can use it until you can't use it anymore k? :)

GUESS WHAT!!!! Chi came to church with me!!!!! oh boy I was kinda nervous. haha I was nervous cause she has never been to any church so she didn't really know what to expect.. and i think she was a little lost with everything going on, but she said that she would go next week so that is good right?? And my friend Whitney talked to the missionaries and they are supposed to be texting me sometime so we can figure out a time that they can come over to meet with her :) It went good though, she stayed the whole 3 hours and it was a good meeting :) The only bad thing was that it was ward conference so we had to sustain everyone and she was so confused about why everyone kept raising their hands haha i tried to explain it to her but i don't think she knew what i was saying. now i just have to get denaisha to start coming :)

It is so hard to be good here. I am trying so hard but every week i get so disappointed in myself and everyone. It is easy to say you'll walk out of that bad movie but gosh dang it, it is so hard to actually do it when you get into the situation. I need to be patient.... I'm hoping that they will start seeing how uncomfortable i get with stuff like music and movies and crap. Usually I just fall asleep if it is a movie so i don't' have to watch it haha but music is harder to avoid. Some of my other friends came to church today too, so hopefully it slapped them in the face a little and they will start to realize what they are doing wrong. I hope they will see that I am trying to do good.. But I won't let them pull me down klay. I am your future wife, like you said :) And there is no way I will let others make me less than I should be for you.

I had my first chemistry test this week. I hate it. Hardy's class was so much easier. haha but i studied a ton... and prayed and i felt pretty good about it by the time i took the test. At first my grade was 77 and i was ticked. ha but it has been changed so now I think I got 85... not bad but not 100 like i would like ;) i have my phlebotomy national tomorrow :/ yikes. if i don't pass that one, i have to pay $150 to take it again... that would not be good, but i know it pretty darn good, so i think it will be ok :)

Your sissy is all moved in! :) crazy huh! they just had the hole dug when you left! I am going to see her tomorrow and to get my 2 lines for 5 months :) 5 months???!!! WHAT?! ha that is so crazy. you are almost 1/4 the way done! ah, that is a good thought :)

I am so glad that you have been getting letters! I write one every week :) Have you got the one with the SD cards in it yet?? it is purple I believe... Thanks for helping my sister klay :) sometimes she tells you things she doesn't tell me, so I'm glad that you take it seriously and help her out. I miss her... she is one of the only people that i can anything and everything to, so it is hard to be away from her.

I like your challenges :) haha tell 7 boys off... haha you are so silly :) I love you :) you need not worry about them boys, they don't got a chance :) and i have been reading my scriptures and i pray for ya every day :) I can tell you are fighting very hard, don't give up! you are doing so so good! you are my hero :)

love, lou

I made cake for chi this weekend :) she just said " I can't even buy cake as good as yours in China" haha she makes me feel good about myself :)

Klay:

hey lou bugga!!!!!!!! escribame ahora!!!!

im glad that you have her as a friend :) she seems like a keeper :) hang out with her :) haha not those other boys and stuff;) haha no but seriously :)

Lacey:

Hey you! :) how are ya??

I hate my phone it doesn't send fast enough...

Klay:

i am doing good are you in your class right now? dont read the long one dang it!!!!! haha

Lacey:

I just got out of class, I am trying to get to my apartment so I will have internet ha

Klay:

lace you are such a champion!! one time i walked out of a movie with cory jensen when i was younger haha we were so dang proud of each other hahaha lace its something that you have to choose beforehand. if we havent made the choice beforehand then we will have to make the choice during the temptation and fall. . . like the scripture says, choose ye this day whom ye will serve. when the whirlwinds and stuff hits ya you wont fall :) haha i dont know the scriptures in english anymore and i am losing all my words in english!!! but lace to be serious now. you gotta rejoice in your choices. Lace you would be surprised how many oportunities there are to be a rebellious punk in the mission. but when you choose the right and rejoice in that fact, say a prayer to God and consult with Him, that is when you will recieve your strength. Consult with God in all of your feats that you have in college. Be the Goddess you are. Lace if I am your reason to walk out, use me :) i got your back :) and i promise i wont make fun of you. its like my companion said the other day to me. we had a ton of people fodge us and nobody was in their houses. i said crap we have some tough luck today. .  .and he said no the people that we were supposed to teach today had bad luck today. . . the fact is that the mission, i am going to recieve the blessings for that which i do. and the people that arent there are the ones who recieve the curse. lace the fact is that when you choose to do the right when everyone else chooses wrong. they recieve curses and you recieve blessings. even more blessings for every person that didnt leave with you. God has six blessings in His hands when six people are watching a bad movie, and every person has the chance to leave and take their blessing. if all leave, all recieve, if only one leaves, she recieves all of the blessings of the others for being the example of them all. lace i love you six is better than one. . . thats beautiful baby points ;)

Lacey:

ok i am home now :) ha Who did you teach this week?

Klay:

i wrote you that in the letter that i wrote you this morning so you will have to wait for that hehehehe

yeah. . its tough to do service here because the people are accustomed of living on their own. people dont know their neighbors. . .its super tough. they dont want help cuz nobody has ever offered. there was a man in the street that was in a wheel chair witha mental disorder and one leg, we talked to him. he had a wheel chair with the church logo on it :) i love jesus. it was freezing so i took my bufanda and wrapped him up in it. thats a scarf if you were wondering. then we went and found a big poofy jacket for him and had to hunt him down but we got him. we wrapped that around him too. it was so dang cold that day. He slept in the rain on the street that night and we couldnt find him the next day, but yesterday we saw him and a lady was taking him somewhere. . . but the only service we can find is when we force people or they dont have a choice but to accept our service hahaaha. but we had another baptism this week, a boy named ignacio nicolas mendoza espinosa. he is a stud. his mom is less active and we want to help the family reactive together through his baptism. i was able to baptize him. it was a different experience. my first baptism was in spanish haha. but it was amazing. to hear from my mouth habiendo sido comisionado por Jesucristo.  . . having been commissioned by Jesus Christ. I know that this is the work of the Lord.

that is awesome !!!! you better be wearing your seatbelt cuz i love ya and care about ya a lot :)

Lacey:

ok i will wait :) ha cause i am just so patient ;) good job on the baptism that is awesome!!!! i miss you a whole lot...

well we have walked out of movies before...and it wasn't very hard because you were by my side :) but when you are all alone... it is just hard to leave. idk guess i better learn how and get used to it!

Klay:

Lace . . .something cool i learned in the mtc.. . God will do what you ask Him to do. pray that i will be by your side when you need me. God wont suffer that you fall if you dont want to. if you ask for me, he will give you a part of me. alma 18:35 :) preach my gospel says that i should apply the scriptures to me :) you should apply the scriptures to me and use them for you :) love you Lou. but i promise you that if you ask that of God with faith He will allow it to happen. its very interesting. i do it in lessons when i have a hard time with patience or when im teaching people with relationship problems so i will be humble and feel like you are there. .

i miss you too bug :) bug today is five months!!!! this is going to pass by fast :) thanks for your patience :) you are my hero bugga. just keep going day by day :) my papi. .  .my first companion told me   if you live the mission a year at a time you will go freakin nuts . . if you live it a day at a time you will understand why you are there. . . learn what you can learn now lou :) you are a champ. keep working hard with your schooling and be the best you can be. just do better in chemistry than me :) haha oh hardy :)  

Lacey:

ok thanks klay :) i love you. I will do better this week! you just wait! :) No more letting things slide cause you will be with me :)

Ah 5 months!!! don't forget to look at the star tomorrow :) I'm so proud of you and all of the good work you do. You are my most favorite person ever :) You better want me when you get back dang it! ha or i will make you marry me ;)

Klay:

mmhmm!!! hehe lace remember, there are three types of people, those want to be perfect, fall short and fall hard because they get discouraged, there are those that dont change in the first place and arent willing. and those that are willing to change, repent for the little things, progress slowly and surely steadfast and immovable. lace, you are going to fall a little sometimes. never big and bad, but a bad thought will come. a thought of rebellion will come. repent of it before its action :) i love you. you are my hero. when you start to slip, dig your feet back in :) youre alright kid ;)

luyaguts! i will look at the star :) ill want ya dont you worry :)

Lacey:

so now i'm a kid huh? ;) hahaha jk you are silly, but very wise nonetheless. pray for me... i have a test at 4 for phlebotomy... i need all the help i can get ;) You are MY hero! :) love you

Klay:

its sending pretty fast :) are you recieving my messages? i wrote you a big old letter today!!!!