JANUARY 03, 2017 

NEW YEAR, NEW CORINNE!!!

(writing Corinne in the Title just felt weird, since I now refer to myself at Sister Staffieri...) ... Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2017 is going to be the best year yet! It’s a little overwhelming thinking that I'll be spending all of 2017 serving the Lord but I couldn't imagine spending a year of my life any other way! 

For New Year’s Eve we had to be in by 6:00pm since Latinos LOVE to party and in the words of a member in our ward "stay away from the windows because people think it’s funny to shoot guns and I love you Sisters". But we had so much fun! We ate Chinese take-out, did face-masks, painted our nails, and drank mock-tails...it was great! I love the Sisters that we live with, they are so fun! 

This week I had one of the most humbling/annoying/hilarious experiences. On Friday, me and sister Leslie had to ride bikes because the Elders needed our car. I was so stoked! We had to bike from the Elders house which is about a mile and half out of the front of our area. We get going and not even a half-mile into it I was DYING. I felt so fat and lazy and out of shape. The gap between Sister Leslie and I just kept widening more and more. I was legit praying that I could at least make it to our knocking spot. At this point we had been biking for at least 2 and a half miles when FINALLY, I look down and my bike tire is seriously non-existent. I had pretty much been riding on the rim for  the past 2 and a half miles. My THIGHS STILL BURN. but hey, it was a good workout. The funny thing about all this is that while we were sitting waiting for the Sister to come pick us up, me and Sister Leslie were talking about how I have been studying humility and also praying for a way for me to recognize my "stubbornness" throughout the day. and then, that is when we both looked at each other, mouth open, and said "I PRAYED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN." and needless to say, my thighs reminded me of my stubbornness and "I can do this by myself" for the rest of the day. Also, for all you future missionaries out there, be careful when you pray for humility. God answers everyone single one of your prayers. But I’m sure that I will be able to use this "analogy" for the rest of my life in sacrament talks so all is well! 

But other than that, this week was so great! Me and Sister Leslie laugh all the time at pretty much everything and we are working our butts of so life out here is great! 

I love you all so very much! I pray for you every single day. I know that we have a Savior and redeemer Jesus Christ who felt ever emotion, happy or sad, that we will or have ever felt. Stay true to who you are! Talk to you next week!