Hola Familia!
So hopefully you weren't worrying or anything but p-day (and transfer day) got switched to thursday this week because of the snow storm that we had. So thats why I didn't e-mail yesterday. The mission president told us not to drive anywhere from 4pm tuesday to 4pm wednesday which was good because around 3pm tuesday the weather was starting to make me really nervous while driving. It was so windy the snow was falling sideways and I kept seeing other cars slipping and sliding in directions that cars usually shouldn't (not me though because I have skills don't worry Mom). So we headed back to the apartment. It snowed a ton! I'm not sure exactly how much but probably between 2 and 3 feet. It's hard to tell because the wind made the snow fall unevenly so some spots are about waist deep and others knee deep or less. And some of the piles from clearing are taller than me. We did our weekly planning and stuff until 4 when we could leave. Luckily the management at the apartments cleared a lot of the snow from the parking lot so it wasn't too hard to get the car out. The roads were still pretty bad, I think they canceled school and a lot of businesses were closed.
Most people weren't so lucky to have an apt manager to clear their driveways though. Some people were out shoveling and others hadn't even tried. Imagine waking up and finding your car trapped behind 10-20 feet of 2-3' deep snow. Not fun. I think some people even had trouble getting out of their houses depending on which way their doors were facing to the wind. When we realized the situation we both felt like we should go check on Matilde (the widow who's really into self-defense) because she's alone and no one really helps her out. And yup, we found her out there by herself shoveling snow. So we got out our two shovels that we had in the back of the car so we could help her. She had a lot of snow too it was waist deep on me. It was so tiring! I'm glad we found her though because she's slightly OCD and I think she would have done the whole thing all by herself (including paths to her front door and to the garbage cans in the back). I think she was really touched that we came. She made us hot chocolate and we shared some scriptures from Isaiah 53 about Christ. She's super stubborn though and changed the subject to her life story and the things she hates about America...
Oh about transfers, I'm staying in Carpentersville with Hermana Rojas. So no changes. My whole district is the same too. This week the people have been as flaky as ever. I'm not sure what It is. Marisol (the one who had a baptismal date) didn't show up on Monday so we're leaving her for a while. I wish she would just talk to us though and be honest. One thing i've noticed is that the white americans are more likely to tell you straight out and slam the door in your face and the hispanics don't want to say no so they just tell you to come back at a time when they wont be home. sneaky sneaky. Some people are home though and just don't answer the door. They think they're being sneaky but we can usually tell. Like when we hear the volume of the TV drop right after we knock. hmmm. But oh well they don't have to listen if they don't want to.
Pictures! The first one is of my district (elder's Faamu, Lei, Chavira, Hna Rojas, me, and Elder lancaster). Elder Chavira tells us he hates pictures. The second one is of me in the snow with frozen river behind me. The third is an example of a trapped car. The fourth is Hna. Rojas and me.
Well I hope you all have a great week!
Love, Hermana West
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