15 October 2013

Dear Family,


My beloved bike!

Once again, thank you for the birthday love. Now I am twenty three and feel old. haha. My companion is 21 and one of the other sisters that we live with is 19. Yikes! Thankfully the other sister with us is 24 so I am not quite the oldest. haha. Well It was all going to work out perfectly because President and Sister Hintze came to Belize this week for a multizone conference and they always bring the mail with them. I was just sure that I was going to get your package Mom. Even when I greeting Sister Hintze she whispered in my ear that I had mail. I was pumped. I sat through the whole conference wondering what was in the package with a big smile on my face. Then I received my mail: one letter and one dearelder. I love mail but I had gotten my hopes up. It turns out that El Salvador's post office has been on strike for the last two weeks. I am sure that my package has arrived and is just waiting for my in a post office in El Salvador collecting dust. what a bummer! Oh well. The Hintzes will be coming back in two weeks so maybe I will end up celebrating on Jake Smith's birthday this year. haha. My birthday was quite a normal day. My companion made me a card and gave me some awesome earrings. (How does she know me so well already?!) and Sister Condie and Sister Price made me a pancake and egg breakfast. Elder and Sister Galvez (the senior couple here in Orange Walk) made me a birthday dinner of pork chops, mexican rice, beans, tortillas, and a strawberry cake. It was great! I still missed Mom's food and the brownies that I was craving but I got the next best thing. :) I hope the sister missionaries enjoyed my birthday dinner. :D

Ruins at Corozal

 

Yesterday we went to Corozal, a town nearly on the Mexican border, to see this random ruin Mayan temple in the middle of the the town. It was small but cool. We also got to see the Ocean.

 

 I would say the beach but there is no sand here, just pavement and then water. I feel like I have been all over Belize this week. We went to Belmopan and Cayo for the conferences and I stayed the night and worked a little bit in a villiage on the Guatemala border called Succotz. Southern Belize has a lot more trees and hills. It is definitely pretty but I was very happy to get back to good old Orange Walk. I love my area. Sometimes I wish that I could stay there until I end my mission. haha. We will see.

Well I will try to send a few photos. I love you all!!

Hermana Heap