Yay for the Batman tie! Woohoo! I am so excited to get that. Yeah, I was really pumped when I turned around and saw him there. I told him that it just took me leaving the ward for him to come. Haha. My comp's family is pretty great, they have 4 serving. I remember her sister because she was the only Latina with Red hair and rather light skin. She played volleyball with me one day in gym. 
 I have not passed out again although there were two times when I thought it would happen again. I drink Gatorade about twice a week. I just don't care for it too much so it's hard to just chug it down. I have no idea where I put 12 slices of pizza mom, it was a milagro that I didn't puke. Haha. Do other sisters what? Eat 12 pieces of pizza or have diarrhea? Because I know they do both... but not usually as much as I do.

 We did celebrate this last Friday. So I did get my thanksgiving food... but I was really sad there weren't any of your baked beans. I did get to eat mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, and apple salad. I really have the best MP. 

I can't see the picture/quote but I think I know what it is. If so I do love that quote. Haha. 

I am so thankful that you get to go see your family this week. I really am thankful for all that you have done for me and you deserve this week to enjoy your siblings and mom. Still no package but I am hoping that I will get it soon, I am excited for the countdown. 

Last p-day after writing we went to one of the chapels and had a water balloon fight. It was so much fun just to get wet and throw things at the elders. I did get one welt from a water balloon that didn't pop, but other than that no pain! Woo! We then played soccer for about half an hour or so. I think by the end of my mission I should be pretty good at soccer.

Every week we have missionary correlation meeting with our ward mission leader. I love our ward mission leader. He's really the best and he has every desire to help us. We had the chance to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the young women for their activity because their leaders didn't show up. It was a great on the spot lesson, and one of the girls wasn't a member.

On Wednesday I had the chance to go to Miramonte and visit with my old ward. I LOVED it! I got to see Hno. Jose Joaquin. I got to visit with Karen and Enoc. Also With Flor and Mario who are investigators of the other part of miramonte, but have always come to my english classes. I loved seeing them all. 

Thursday we found a new family to teach. I like them a lot and I am hoping that we can work well with them. 

Friday was our Multi-zone. We played family feud with things from the scriptures and PMG.My zone won! Woo! Then we ate Thanksgiving lunch. Yum! We ate pumpkin pie too. It was so good. I talked with President, Sister Hintze and the mission nurse. I will have an appointment today (Monday) for my head. We had a great talk from all the assistants and from Pres. and Hna. Hintze. 

Saturday we went to the house of two recent converts and they gave us these weird type of bananas (short and fat). Also bought us very yummy pupusas.

Sunday was awesome we had 5 investigators at church... but only one is progressing. We didn't get to do too much today I was feeling super sick again. But we got to have a couple of lessons and that was good enough for me. 

I read a scripture today during my personal study that I really liked...

Omni  1:26

"And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him,and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord live thy will be saved."

I really want to testify that if we do these things we can and will be saved at the last day. :)

I love you so much momma! You're awesome!

Mom you are the best! I cannot wait to get my package it sounds amazing! You are such a wonderful mom I am so very lucky to have you! Thank you for the Batman tie! I know he will really appreciate it! I loved my letter from Franklin. (we sent her a letter from the turtle). I thought it was so funny! Hermana Porter! I will be on the look out for her! Let her know that she is really coming to the best mission in the world!

I am so stinkin' excited for your vacation! I was just thinking about that the other day. I really would like to go out there when I come back. I miss your side of the family. 

Hermana Salcedo is so happy that you are sending something for her too. She really hopes she sticks around, she really loves this area. She is from Guate. All 10 of her siblings are members and 3 of them are serving right now (Mexico-I was in the MTC with her sister in Mexico-, Ecuador, y Puerto Rico). She speaks Spanish thank goodness! Haha. 

Mariah is so stinkin cute! On the days that I am having a rough time, or I'm sick. I think of all the people all over the world praying for the missionaries and you guys who pray for me all the time. I love you!

My week was crazy. So I got sick. I passed out. Basically I spent 2 days in the house. I was sad. 

Monday... I ate 12 slices of pizza because the elders egged me on... They were so proud of me. We had a FHE with the bishop and his family it was great.

Tuesday... I got to hang out with some of the people of my ward and I loved it. I got to shoot hoops and talk with them for a little to fellowship with them. I loved it.

Wednesday... Was a pretty good day. We had appointments fall but that's part of life for us. Hha. But we had a good lesson with a member present. 

Thursday...I started feeling sick. The member we visited told me I had a fever and I think she was right because I was so cold. So I started to get a cold this day.

Friday... at about 2am I start having diarrhea and urges to puke. I had diarrhea 5 times before 6:30 when we called the nurse and she told me to take some type of medicine to stop the diarrhea. After time of lying around, I got a blessing and I felt better. So we get ready to go out and after one minute of being outside I feel dizzy. While talking with a woman, I passed out. I was unconscious for about 10 seconds. But I rested up and felt better the next day.

Saturday went out for about 4 hours and I needed to come back in. I just couldn't handle it. The heat, my headache, and my cold... nope. We came back home and just hung out with our fan. 

Sunday... I felt so much better. I got to see so many people from my ward in Miramonte. I loved it! I got to see Nidia, Herrera Family, Janet, Joaquin family, and Fernando went to church! I was so stinkin happy to see him finally at church. This was also the day I got scolded byt the Zelaya family... They were trying to get me to go to the doctors, I told them if I have more problems i will gladly go with them. Haha.

Everything is good. I am happy, I am healthy, I am Mormo... wait. This isn't Mormon.org. Haha. My bad. Love you momma!

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I like my new area. I still miss Miramonte like crazy. I swear 1/6 of my heart will always be in that area. But I am really happy here in Miralvalle. I do love my companion. She's a great missionary. I don't know if we will be together for Christmas. I think so, but she doesn't. She has been in this area for almost 6 months (her whole mission). I was hoping you'd send something for my companion too! I was thinking about asking. Also please don't forget the Batman tie. I would really love that. New contacts... not really. I met a gringa with the most amazing accent (because she's been living here for 4 years). It was really cool. She's a cool person. Everyday I learn a little more about the atonement. A lot of times I can't even explain what I learn... it's just better understanding. It's amazing. I am so jealous! (In my, her mom's, letter I told her about my coming up trip out west). I want to go out west when I get back home! Can we do that? Porfies!!! Pretty pretty please! I would love to go visit your family for a week when I get home. Haha. The sister Edgar likes... she should be ending soon. (this sister is serving a mission on Temple square in Salt Lake and when I go out west I am going to look for her there).  How cool? I saw him yesterday (we share the chapel building) and he asked how you are and he said "su mama es bonita. Your mom is so beautiful" me: " I KNOW! She's adorable. No, she's friggin adorable." Haha. You have people here who love you momma. :) Jon is having another!? I think he's competition for my comp's family (she's the 6th of 11 children). They are pretty great. 

I did know about those missions. (In her mom's letter her mom was telling her about some missions that are very unlike the one she is on, where they only do service and teach English. They are not allowed to preach the gospel or baptize). There was one in South America (I can't remember where exactly) that they were just there to help the poor and teach English. Service is service right? Yeah, but when you have the mind set of a mission like what I am doing or what's considered "normal" it can be discouraging. 

Aw! I miss President Kaski! I am sweating like crazy all day everyday. I miss the snow. But I think I am going to die when I come back home. Hot and sweaty here and I going home in OCTOBER! Yikes. I am going to die. I get cold here sometimes... I GET COLD! How is that possible? 

My health is good. Bug bites are few. I am happy. I am healthy. I am going to have 7 months next week. I miss my old normal life sometimes but I know that I was always meant to be here in El Salvador. Please study preach my gospel. Mom, this book is an amazing tool to build your testimony and help you be a member missionary. I have put 20 minutes in every day to study PMG. I do not regret a single minute of it. Tips? Use the scripture study sections and do the activities. Pray before your study session and always look at the end of the chapters for the personal study ideas. They're great!

Haha. I am glad you guys liked the package. I promise to not open things I shouldn't (when her Christmas package arrives). Also the money thing. I got a little crazy with my money this last month because I wanted to order pizza like 3 times... haha. I'm sorry. Also I just really love giving. So sometimes I buy things and then give it away. Like a bag of rice or cookies. I don't know, I just feel bad sometimes that I have all this stuff and people here don't. Also i bought a nice pair of flats for Zone conferences and temple trips... Which we had this week. 

I love the temple! I got some personal revelation there... I will be getting my patriarchal  blessing. It will be in Spanish and you won't be here but I know it's what I need to do. One day you'll come to the temple here with me mom. You'll love it! :)

I love you so much momma!

Siempre tu hija,

Kelibell.

This is something another missionary mom shared from her daughter who is also serving a mission. I (Keli's mom) sent it to her in her email, so that's what she's talking about in the first part of her email:

A basketball in my hands is worth about $20.99. A basketball in the hands of LeBron James is worth $19 million per year; it depends on whose hands it's in. A tennis racket in my hands is worth about $17.00. A tennis racket in the hands of Serena Williams is worth about $20 million per year; it depends in whose hands it's in. A baseball in my hands is worth about $3.00. A baseball in the hands of Derek Jeter is worth about $35 million per year; it depends on whose hands it's in. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands would make a few fish sandwiches. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in the Savior's hands will feed 5000 people until they're full, and still leave 12 baskets leftover; it depends on whose hands they're in. Some nails in my hands are worth about 5 cents. Some nails in the Savior's hands will provide eternal salvation for each person who has ever lived on this earth, and all of Heavenly Father's children. It depends on whose hands they're in. When we put our lives in the hands of the Savior, we can achieve infinitely more than we ever could on our own. It depends on whose hands they're in.

Go to Christ! It is so true that if we lean on our Savior, we can achieve some of the greatest things and see the most amazing miracles.
I know its true-Sister Goldwater

Wow. That little excerpt is so great. I love it. We are all worth more when in the Savior's hands. 

Everyone has told me about Alena and I am so stinkn' happy for her. 

I miss the snow so much. Please enjoy it for me. Time doesn't change here. It's always the same. 

We found a new family to teach! YAY! Fernando is doing good, he was sad that me and my companion had transfers. He wants to go to church, he's just struggling with work. 

Monday... It started so good. I had a good day, we had an awesome family home evening with the Family Herrera and our less active RM. It was amazing and so much fun! I loved it. But we get home and there was a missed call. I call back Elder Fowler and begin to cry as he tells me they are closing my area and I will be leaving. Poor Elder Fowler felt so bad for making me cry that he called 10 or so minutes later and asked if I was allergic to anything because he wanted to buy me cookies because he felt so bad. I just cried... a ton. 

Tuesday...We just said bye all day. This day was so stinkin hard. 

Wednesday...Transfer day. I felt so cool because I guessed that I would be with Hermana Salcedo in Miralvalle and I got moved there. Hna. Salcedo was so happy, she kept calling me pilas. It was so nice... but I was sad. 

Thursday...Fam. Zelaya invited us for dinner. We had pizza. It was nice. We have an investigator who is really cool, I think he'll get baptized soon. 

Friday... We had dinner again with Fam. Zelaya and they invited over one of our investigators. We also got to meet a friend of his that sings a bunch and invited us over to sing with him next Friday. I am so excited.

 Saturday

... We had a temple activity. It lasted until 4. I helped clean so much I loved it. I felt really good. 

Sunday...Church. It was fun. We had lunch with a member... it was amazing. I ate duck for the first time.

Sorry, I just don't feel like writting. I love you mom!