Holla from Houston!: Art, Soccer, Babies, and Blessings!

last p-day (Wednesday) my hermana and i decided to hit up some of Houston's museums because they are usually closed on mondays! we went to go into the fine arts museum but it costs $15.....so instead we crossed the street and popped in the contemporary art museum! ive never felt more hipster in my life. i dont know how to describe the experience because im still not sure how i felt about it..but it was an eye opener! i think you have to use your brain differently to really appreciate that kind of art, ya feel? dont get me wrong it was super cool and some of the art i really did like..the vibe there was just a little...peculiar haha idk. but i dont regret it!

when we went to go visit some members, they weren't home so we left to go visit someone else, but on our way we passed a park and BOOM there were our members!! so we turned our bikes around and played some casual soccer (in a skirt) with the cutest family from guatemala! why are so many latinos so good at soccer?! i dont get it..maybe its all in the delicious horchata they drink or something? idk but im hoping to improve my skills but for now im just doing a good job of making a fool of myself tripping over my skirt and trying to run around but still be a good representative of Jesus Christ...missionary work is hard sometimes ;) the coolest part though was this guy joined in with us passing the ball around and when it was time to leave we went over and introduced ourselves and invited him to church and an activity and prayed with him! he seems genuinely interested so im stoked to teach him this week!! lesson learned: playing soccer in the park IS missionary work!!! SO many opportunities to share the gospel if we just open our eyes to them :)

one of our investigators named carmen just had a baby named moises! she called us and asked if we would go with her to the medical clinic to help translate..so we got permission and went! but when we got there we saw it was a bilingual clinic so we were like shoot...but then the doctors ended up not knowing spanish! i mean she said something along the lines of "im going to check-o your baby-o..." bless her heart for trying..so we DID end up getting the opportunity to translate!!!!! it was the coolest experience! the doctor was super grateful and asked if we could stay there all day and everyday to help her out haha unfortunately the clinic isnt in our area but we told the other hermanas if they ever wanted a cool service opportunity the clinic is ready and willing to accept their help! I LOVE TRANSLATING!

oh! so we stopped at a gas station to satisfy an ice cream need on a hot day this week..and we were talking to this lady who was having kind of a rough day..and right when my hermana tells her " we are missionaries..." a guy comes out of the gas station and goes "Y'ALL ARE MISSIONARIES??? Y'ALL NEED TO PRAAAYYYY FOR ME! RIGHT NOW" he stands right in front of me, throws his hands up to the sides and puts his bald head right in front of me and keeps yelling "PRAY FOR ME" i then proceed to fold my arms and say "well we would be more than happy to pray WITH you" he goes "NAHHH! I DONT WANT CHO PRAYERS...I NEED YOUR HANDS ON MY HEAD! PUT CHO HANDS ON ME! PRAAAYYYY FOR ME!!!" man almighty i had NOOOOO IDEA what to do... i just asked for his name and said we would keep him in our prayers. he then said "well thank you. God bless..and while you're at it..you should probably pray for all of these fools too!" (pointing to the group of guys sitting on the curb haha) so we did! we pray for everyone out here...

my spanish is really improving day-by-day! sometimes i will forget if i had a conversation with someone in english or spanish because i can understand just about the same! i am still learning, dont get me wrong, and have soooo much to improve--but i dont feel hindered by the language barrier! people are so nice here that if i do say something wrong they just laugh and correct me ;) all of the little hispanic children of the families we visit call us "tias" with means "aunt" or they call us "manas" aka short version of hermanas. haha i love it! i never thought i would be a part of such a big latino family!!! but i really do L O V E the people here in houston!! it really has become a home away from home....a bit run-down and cockroach infested home away from home..LOVE IT!

have a blessed week! love and miss you all! find a friend that needs the gospel and give it to them! love love love

paz y bendiciones

hermana hull