Spiritual Babysitting

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¡Hola Familia y Amigos!

This week was good! It's really all a blur but I took more pictures this week (because I guess my camera isn't broken???) so hopefully those will bring some memories and funny stories back to my memory as I type this out.

Quick side note before I get into this: my mom is a nurse!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my mom she is my best friend so everyone give her a hug because I can't!

Transfer calls are Sunday which means new comp and maybe new area?!?!?! Pretty positive I'm not training this transfer and I'm absolutely HEARTBROKEN when I think about saying goodbye to Hermana Jorton. We have laughed and planned her wedding WAY too much this transfer. I. Love. Her. Evvvveeeeen though she falls asleep in every single one of my prayers. Also she sneezes SO MUCH! I started keeping track of all the sneezes I've heard once we hit week three of the transfer and she's at........drum roll please........185! That's an average of 13.214286 sneezes a DAY! She's incredible to say the least. 

Sweetest Exequiel made Jorton and I these bikes made out of wire. I love him with my whole HEART and when I jokingly asked him if he'd want to serve a mission he shrugged and said, "I mean ya I've got time." So ummmmmmmmm one day when he's the prophet, I want a shoutout over the pulpit at General Conference. 

Went to Purmamarca today! That was fun! We did this "hike" (10 steps up a hill) to get a good view of "El Cerro de Siete Colores" which is actually really funny because everyone in my district counted 5. Bought a little llama out of llama fur that Maggie wants to name Emma. We decided to go with Kuzco because I've been in Argentina for 5 months and have yet to meet anyone named Emma, let alone a llama named Emma. 

Speaking of which, this Hermana is officially in her SIXTH month of the mission! Super weird and time has flown. The weather is starting to cool down a little bit so I think time might begin to drag during these cooler months but it's fine. If I stay in Jujuy then I think time will keep flying. I love it here. Nunca quiero irme. 

Carnaval will be its biggest this week and a lot of people are telling us we shouldn't leave our apartment for our SAFETY! So that's going to ROCK! I think we're going to try and leave and work in some areas where there aren't a ton of drunk people worshiping the devil but it sounds like it's just about everyone and everywhere so we'll see. 

Only got ONE pic of people delivering treats to their missionaries this week (another shoutout to aunt Lindsey! love you!) so like get on that! Also start prepping for General Conference! It's going to be goooooood!

Love you all. Really really really grateful todavia :) for all the support. Kind of sad I had to find out Post Malone released a song with Justin Bieber from elders in my zone and not from my "real" friends but it's whatever :)

Love love loveeeeee,
Hermana McKinlay




Districtttttttt in Purmamarca




So like......I love her




Madrastra




Ten Points to Whoever Can Spot the Seven Colors....¿




One time a dog peed on Hermana Jorton's leg and I didn't say anything, just watched soooo this is what she made me for my cumplemes hahahah




So this is what I gave HER for her cumplemes hahaha. She went to say the word pain in a lesson but diddddddddd not hahaha




                                       Cute BIKE Exequiel made me. Works better than the bike I proselyte with haha.



Exequiel!

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