the week of vacaciones

 Hey yall!

I hope everyone had a great week! I have been living a vacation this past week. I have traveled to Montevideo three times, we watched general conference, and have enjoyed being tourists in Colonia! 

Last Monday we decided to have a relaxing pday and go eat lunch in the touristy part of Colonia. While we were eating we decided to rent bikes. So much for our relaxing pday...we were all dead after riding bikes on the path by the beach for two hours. It was my first time on a bike in a year and a half and it felt so weird. It was best pday of the mish! 

On Tuesday, Hermana Fowler and I went to Montevideo for a conference. It was fun to see a lot of my friends. We had interviews with president  and zone counsil on Wednesday. Hermana Fowler and I made fruit cabobs for the zone...fruit ninja 2.0 and Colonia 2.0. We also had english class on Wednesday. We started it in our area two weeks ago, we have seen miracles, and it has been helpful for finding people.

Thursday night Hermana Armijo and I went to Montevideo. We spent the night with some hermanas and then on Friday morning Hermana Armijo worked on her cedula. (Originally Hermana Armijo was going to travel by herself, but she asked pres if I could go with her!!) We had to wait for our bus to come back to Colonia, so we took advantage of our time in the city and went to my old area. We went shopping at Punta Carretas, walked on the rambla, and got lunch. It was a much needed girls trip. 

This weekend we continued our vacation with eight hours of tv....#General conference. It was a spiritually uplifting weekend and so good to hear the prophet and apostles speak. Plus, Hermana Folwer made her famous mac n cheese, we had a cake, cookies, and iceceam. It was a fiesta.

This week was way different than any other week on my mission. I only had one full day in my area working, but I'm excited to get back to work for 6 more weeks. 

Other highlights from the week:

-We have a friend named Daniel that we found through English class. His aunt is in our branch. He came to the church this week for a couple of lessons and we had a noche de hogar in his aunt's house. He also came to the church to watch general conference on Sunday. He loves sending us audios in english and it's pretty funny. Please pray he can continue to progress.

-We had zone conference in Montevideo and I got to see my old comp hermana Wilson.

- Our friend Walter came to the church for a tour this week. We have run into him so many times in the town and he knows it's a sign from God. He works on Sundays but said he's going to try to switch his schedule. 

- We have all gotten sick so over the past two weeks...living in a house of four has its downsides. It has been so fun to live with Hermana Fowler and Hermana Norris. We have all become best friends and are constantly laughing. Its the best! Sadly transfers are this week, we know we are having too much fun so we will see what happens...

- I had intercambios with one of my old comps hermana Barlow! It was so weird to be with her again and see how much she has grown! We also got to teach English class together again...all the mems came back.

- The other day when we were finding we saw a poster of Justin Biber with a dead rat on top. We knocked the door and started teaching the restoration. Let's just say it was pretty sketchy and we never finished our lesson....

I was reading a BYU devotional this week by Sister Heaston and I loved this quote, "Be someone who reaches out to serve others - throw away the mirrors and look through the window." It was a good reminder to stop worrying about myself and look for an opportunity to help someone else. Whenever I am sad on the mission I realize I'm only focusing on myself, when we reach out to help others that is when we find true joy.  

Have a great week!

Hermana Neuberger