May 4, 2009
Dear Family,
I haven’t started oinking yet so I think all is well in the swine flu department, he he! I know lame joke but I think people are worrying too much about it. That may be because I really have no clue as to what is going on b/c of the lack of T.V. but like Eric says, do the normal preventative stuff that we already hopefully do and continue on. Well, they shut down the schools in Fort Worth I heard, but I think we are all in much more danger being killed by a drunk driver than getting Swine Flu. I guess I really don’t know the statistics, but maybe that would be something of interest for David to look into.
So, I get the latest email from Mom and she tells me, “Well, Katie is all moved into her apartment and so far, she seems to be enjoying it.” “What apartment?!” I thought. She told me about your cleaning it all up but I don’t know any of the background story behind her moving in. So, what prompted the move? How did you find it? - stuff like that. I demand details!! He he!
Hermana Brungage and I will be using the cell phones of a member family in the English ward. They both have 2 cell phones with the free weekend minutes and such, so I will be calling you all after we get out of church at about 3-4pm Texas time so about between 2-3pm Utah time, right? Basically, the rules are that I shouldn’t use over an hour talking. I’m so excited!!! Happy Mother's Day!!!
We have a baptismal date for May 17th for Flor!!! She came to church for the first time yesterday and really seemed to enjoy it!
I hope that my birthday card has gotten there by now for you, Dad! Have a happy, happy birthday!!! Don’t let anyone talk you into taking a bite directly out of the cake. It can turn out messy!
(For Heather’s birthday, her companion and the member family they had dinner with “talked” her into taking a bite out of her piece of cake without using a fork. They then pushed her face into the cake saying it is a Hispanic birthday custom. See cake smash photos posted earlier. )
That’s so great to hear the news about Hermana Escobar! She will do great there!
We are teaching a Hermana, Leonor, whose husband, step-kids are members, and that is really fun! We also hope to have the chance soon to teach her daughter. We contacted a woman who had ordered a free Finding Faith in Christ DVD and when we pulled out the Book of Mormon and started talking about it, she told us that she was baptized in Mexico when she was a kid. We will start the process of looking for her records! Many members when they move here don’t know how or simply don’t look for the church and we often reactivate and run into “lost” members.
We have a month of May Madness in which we will be working hard and smart and planning and studying well in order to reach the goal that all will baptize this month and have dates for next month. Go May! We are planning for Flor, Alicia, Ivan, and Eric to be baptized this month and 10 others next month – Gonzales family, Escalante family, Rosie, Beatrice, and Leonor.
We are in week 6 so be sure to not send things directly to the apartment as there is the chance that I may not be here to receive it in time. This week it would be best to send anything to the mission office address.
We have two new Spanish sister missionaries coming so we are all excited!
I love you all more than words can express!!!
Love, Hermana Richardson
P.S. We saw some frogs on the side of the road hopping along so we got out to look at them. I have video of Hermana Brundage touching them! We'll let you know if she gets wart, he he! We also often get to see a whole family of turtles in the pond outside of a recent convert’s home!
