Be of good cheer...

I’m Tired I’m worn

My heart is heavy

From the work it takes

To keep on breathing

I’ve made mistakes

I’ve let my hope fail

My soul feels crushed

By the weight of this world

And I know that you can give me rest

So I cry out with all that I have left

Let me see redemption win

Let me know the struggle ends

That you can mend a heart

That’s frail and torn

I wanna know a song can rise

From the ashes of a broken life

And all that’s dead inside can be reborn

Cause I’m worn

I know I need to lift my eyes up

But I'm too weak

Life just won’t let up

And I know that you can give me rest

So I cry out with all that I have left

Let me see redemption win

Let me know the struggle ends

That you can mend a heart

That’s frail and torn

I wanna know a song can rise

From the ashes of a broken life

And all that’s dead inside can be reborn

Cause I’m worn

My prayers are wearing thin

Yeah, I’m worn

Even before the day begins

Yeah, I’m worn

I’ve lost my will to fight

I’m worn

So, heaven come and flood my eyes

Let me see redemption win

Let me know the struggle ends

That you can mend a heart

That’s frail and torn

I wanna know a song can rise

From the ashes of a broken life

And all that’s dead inside can be reborn

Cause all that’s dead inside will be reborn

Though I’m worn

Yeah I’m worn~Tenth avenue north

This week...ugh! We had combios yuck. President called my name I stood up he anounced who my new companion was going to be I was in shock, then he named me senior companion NOOOOO! I am not happy Bob, not happy! To make matters worse, I feel like a mother who is constantly like, "Where is my baby? Where did she go?" Sometimes my companion just takes off without a word to me and it's really stressful and annoying to me. It's a bit like herding cats. JOY!(sarcastic smile added)

My new comp is interesting, I am still trying to decide how I feel about her, I WANT MY OLD COMPANION BACK!!! To bad life is slightly cruel and that won't happen. At least I am pretty sure Hna. Bravo(my current comp) will only be my companion for six weeks more. HALLELUJAH! The only downside to that is I have the yucky feeling I may end up training...that scares me spitless. 

This week we had our branch Christmas party, I ended up accompanying the RS choir with my guitar and then singing two solos a cappella. Scary, but fun.

Here in Mexico piñatas are for Christmas parties, so of course there were piñatas at this party. It was cool because they were full of candy, clementines, sugarcane, and who knows what other weird fruits. FUN! Sadly, as missionaries we only got to watch. teehee

Right now the church has a video out called "El es la dádiva" I think in English it's "He is the Gift"...not 100% sure. Anyway, the stake president decided to cancel all other activities from Friday to Sunday so that we could have an el es la dádiva missionary activity. Basically the missionaries go to the stake center, give tours to show the video, the members bring food and friends, and the primary sings, etc etc etc. Awesome idea, right? Well it was REALLY, and I mean really, poorly planed and no one showed up, so we missionaries stood out in the cold scary dark street contacting people, asking if they would like to pass and watch the video, and see inside a mormon church. Well, needless to say the people manda nos a la goma...they blew us off. FUN! Then the elders started to sing...it was so funny. They were all over the place lol, at least that was fun. haha. I have to say though, this activity was an EPIC FAIL! lol. 

Oh hey I got super awesome earings in the tiangies(street market) this week, they are unicorns! Yup, ya heard me, unicorns. They are so spiffy. Teehee!

I got super sick this week and super depressed, I still don't feel so hot. When my ex ex companion, Hna. Monarrez, the sister training leader called the other day, I just had a meltdown. She was all like, "On a scale from 1 to 10, how are you?" I was like, "4.5" Yup, that good. I don't like feeling like crap. I want to be happy again!

Two months ago Hna. Monarrez and I contacted a chick and she kinda blew us off. The other day we went to eat at a restaurant thing that a member owns and the girl was there, and she was like, "Hey, what do you have to do to serve a mission? I want to be a missionary and get baptized." I about died. I was all like, "Say what?!" Anyway we are now teaching her, and she has a baptism date, it's cool cuz she really gets things, just pray that she will come to church this week. 

Pues...Feliz Navidad prospero año y felicidad! Les quiero mucho! hna. Shingleton xoxoxox