January 26 letter

Dear Family,
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for the e-mails and the love! I have the best family ever! So there isn’t much to tell this week to be completely honest with you. I’m working on a letter for the family right now so I’ll finish that up today and get it sent off tomorrow. We aren’t having much success right now. We had to drop Gloria because she kept telling us lies and could never receive us when we would show up for our appointments with her. Olga is old and I don’t think she understands the importance of the message we share. She’s excited about it, at least that’s how it seems, but yesterday we called her before we left the house to go get her for church (keep in mind it’s a half an hour walk), and she said she wasn’t going. I don’t know, we’ll see. We’re constantly knocking on doors and street contacting, but we don’t have any new investigators and haven’t gotten into any houses to teach. We’re still trying to get the ward to work with us, but it’s easier said than done. What do you do in this situation? Well, when life gives you lemons…um…does anyone have an answer for this one?I’m not sure how much money I need. It’s really dangerous to send money here. You make the choice okay? Put it in a really inconspicuous spot so it won’t get stolen. That happened to one of my zone leaders. His mom sent him a new card and put it behind a picture in a picture album and when he got his package it wasn’t behind the picture! Also, it’s WAY cheaper to send me packages in the bubble wrap envelope thingies. Remember, Mary or Jesus stickers. It won’t be touched! =) Mom, whatever you do, when you send me a new card, DO NOT activate it or have the bank send it to me okay? I’ll activate it. Also, would you ask Steve if popping my neck is bad for me? I do it a lot because of the bag I carry. Oh, I don’t know if I ever asked you for a bag to send to me so I could carry my stuff, but don’t worry, I got one from the mission so no worries! It’s going to get hotter…that’s probably the worst news ever! A member told us that the other day and I felt my heart just DROP! We could buy a fan, but it would be in vain because we can’t keep it on at night. It’s a hazard of some kind. Anyway, the sun is super bright here. I think I’ll come home looking like I’m 35 instead of 23. Sad day…we are squinting the entire day because we aren’t allowed to wear sunglasses or hats. I’m going to get skin cancer. It’s inevitable. First lifeguarding and now this…it’s pretty much guaranteed.Next week is transfers so I won’t be e-mailing until Wednesday. Just so you know so you won’t think I got abducted or something. I don’t think I’ll get transferred. I think most people in this mission stay in their first area for a couple transfers and then move on with their lives, but we’ll see! I really like this area though so I hope I don’t get transferred!My companion and I have been working hard. I feel like we need to work harder because really we aren’t getting anyone to teach, but we talk to so many people every day. We give solid street contact lessons and when we’re outside houses. We give so much effort. At least that’s how I feel. I feel we work so hard, but I’m feeling like it isn’t enough. It’s frustrating sometimes. I’m trying to work every day to work harder than I did the day before. We need prayers. I try to remember the scripture in D&C 68:6 and in Mosiah 24:15. Mom thank you so much for those scriptures in D&C 58. I love you so much!Dad thank you for the update about everyone! I’m happy you’re busy at Uncle Mike’s, however I’m sad you have to drive so far every day. What are gas prices like there? Tell Uncle Mike and Aunt Cheryl I said hi! What are things like with Obama? I can ask, but you really can’t tell me. People here ask us about him all the time. My companion doesn’t know him and I can’t say anything. It’s pretty funny! I really miss juicing lemons. I never thought I would say that! I miss those Saturdays working outside raking leaves with the girls in winter time. We actually cleaned up a huge yard with huge weeds and the grass was SOOO tall as a relief society on Saturday. Seriously, it was ONLY relief society women and we did a pretty dang good job! It looks amazing! These Argentine women really know how to weed whack it! It was awesome! The family we did it for is super poor and got robbed, which is why they’re in this new house. The dad has cancer and always complains and looks like a holocaust survivor. There are four girls and the mom works so hard to make life better for them. I love you all and I’m so excited for all the new things going on in everyone’s lives! Keep writing me! I love hearing the stories! Alicia, thank you for the pictures! Kaden’s hair is awesome! Not really though, I’m excited for it to grow back out! Brendon is adorable! I love him! I remind myself every day that the Lord is with me. It’s what gets me through every day. Being a missionary is hard, but it’s so fun at the same time. I haven’t even experienced the hard part of it. I know Heavenly Father has put me in this part of Argentina for my benefit and there are people here who need me right now. Thank you for your examples and prayers!
All my love,Hermana Cara