Marti served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This blog is a way for her friends and family to read her emails home, see some pictures, and glimpse Marti's missionary work.


Monday, July 20, 2009

Palma todavia [Palma still]

Querida Familia Mia [Beloved Family of Mine],


I wrote some letters last preparation day after my email disaster... and I don´t have the addresses to mail them. So I´m going to have to wait until next week when I get the addresses to send them in the mail (yes, I thought about just sending them all to Mom to deliver for me... but I already put stamps on the envelopes. Not my smartest day.) So if someone could please send me the addresses of Jesse and Mindy, Grandpa Diehl, and Grandma Tayrien. Thanks. I thought I had Jesse´s, but the zip code is wrong and I really can´t remember the zip code for Camp Verde. Muchas gracias.


Another request. Brownie mixes in boxes don´t exist here in Spain, so if someone could send me a relatively easy recipe to make brownies from scratch, sería genial [that would be great].


Bits of news this week: I am still in Palma with Hermana Grant. But about half a week into this new transfer we found out that we were going to be in a trio. So on Saturday Hermana Bentley (from northern California) came out here to be with us. Hermana Grant leaves in just over two weeks to go home and get ready to start law school this fall at BYU. So we get to live in cramped quarters for a bit and then it will just be Hermana Bentley and I here. The scary part is that she has less time in the mission than I do... I just started my fourth transfer and she just started her second. So I´m going to be the senior companion and have to be in charge of the phone and such and helping to translate for her until she understands a bit better... It´s going to be fun!


In Sunday school this week we were talking about the Responsibilidad Familiar [Family Responsibility]. And I have a theory as to why I have such a great family: mom and dad taught us how to work. Work in the house, work in the yard, work at the property digging and digging and digging, and working TOGETHER. I love my family so much and I´m so grateful that we all learned how to work and how to take care of each other and use our time and money wisely. Que buenos son mis padres y mis hermanos[How great my parents and siblings are].


Thanks for the blog updates (I sadly was NOT able to view the video of Eliza... no funciona[it doesn't function]) and the letters. I loved hearing about the chillens. I´m glad someone missed me amidst the chaos. It´s nice to not be forgotten!


Gotta go, sorry there´s no picture this week. Next time, bale![Okay!]


Hermana Diehl

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