Friday comes along... And the first thing that I do is open my package! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! It was so cute and I loved that it was decorated like a present! So cute. I loved everything that was in it! Especially that crack in a bag! Wow! It`s so good. Also, my companion loves it. I am going to take it to district meeting today so the other missionaries can try some! ;) So, that was great. Then, someone knocks on our door. It`s Daihana! She is the daughter of the hermana that we live with (well, we live in a little house in her backyard...) and she had a poster that said ``Feliz Cumpleaños Hermana Whittaker!´´ So, that was just sooo cute. Then, we had to go to the store to first, take out or money for this month and also, eat some icecream to celebrate! Hahaha. But, it was fun. Then, we had our lunch appointment. So, we went to the house that we always eat on Fridays and the hermana wished me a happy birthday and gave me a gift! It was so sweet. It was 2 cute colors of nail polish. Also, for dessert, she gave us cake and icecream. It was sooo sweet of her. Then, after lunch, we went to our house to do weekly planning (which is always Friday) and we planned and listened to music... ;) So, that was pretty chill. Then, we went to go and visit an hermana who is a member and shared with her a scripture. She is having a hard time with her health right now... But, she also wished me a happy birthday! THEN... Last but not least... We had my birthday dinner! I don`t know if you guys remember, but last week, we celebrated a birthday with a member menos activo. We are trying to help him return to church and stuff.. With his two daughters. His name is Hugo. Well, he made us a delicious dinner for my birthday!! He is really good at cooking... And... He made me MASHED POTATOES! And not only that, but they were deliciousssssss mashed potatoes. Also, he made like some meat that was delicious as well. And.. Bought the coolest cake for me! It had a JACK-O-LANTERN on it! It was so cute. It was super cool, too cuz it didn`t even feel like Halloween cuz like no one does trick-or-treating here. So, it felt like a weird birthday cuz it felt like any other day. And I`m not used to that!! ;) Haha, but then I saw that cake and it was just the best. I definitely felt like it was Halloween and my birthday. So, that was my great day of being 20 years old.
But, it doesn`t end there! On Sunday, after church and the fast and stuff, we went over to a member`s house that lives in the elders` area to eat lunch cuz they wanted to celebrate my birthday, too. So, we went and all of us (missionaires) ate a delicious lunch with the familia Riquelme (that is the family of the house that we painted like my first week here). So, that was super fun, too. They were so sweet and stuff, too. And then.... At night we had to go to ANOTHER members` house that wanted to celebrate! Haha, and they live in the other elders` area. So, we went all went to their house (us missionaries) and they made pizze for us for dinner. And it was so delicious! And also, they made me a cake! And it said... IN ENGLISH... ``Happy Birthaday Whittaker´´ ....Note--they spelled ``birthday´´ wrong, but it`s the thought that counts! They totally wrote in english for me! ;) And so that was fun, too.
And it still doesn`t stop there... Cuz on p-day. We (missionaries) celebrated my birthday, also. We first had a plan for like 3 weeks that we would all go to Pizza Hut in San Lorenzo (which is close to where we all are). But, surprise surprise, we got a call on Saturday night from the secretary in the office saying that my companion had to sign into migrations on Monday and that he is sorry cuz it totally ruins your p-day. So, that sucked. But, I called my district leader and told him and he says... ´´We will all just go to the Pizza Hut in Asunciòn!´´ So, we had new plans. We were all worried that it wouldn`t work out, cuz you never know how long migrations is going to take... Sometimes it`s fast and sometimes you wait for hours.. But, we got done like just in time and asked if Elder Valenzuela (secretary) could just drop us off at the Pizza Hut close to the temple. And he did!! And everyone from my district and also another district were there! And we celebrated my birthday and also the birthday of another hermana (cuz hers was on Saturday). So, it ended up just being a great day! And then... You know.. I had to go to the dentist... And they finished the process and stuff, but... I have to go back AGAIN so they can put on the permanent filling and stuff.. So, that`s fun. And I go back in 2 Fridays. And that is also the reason that we didn`t do our emailing yesterday--we were in the city ALL day. But, that is literally my whole week. Well, the cool parts of my birthday week! I was so fun and I will never forget my 20th birthday here in Paraguay. I just love everyone here so much and they really made it special for me! Also, I love my you guys cuz you are always thinking and praying for me and I really felt like I was with you guys on my special day!! LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!! <3 <3 <3
Les quiero muchisimo y gracias por una buena cumple!!
LOVE, Hermana Whittaker
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