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Hello!

We had a pretty tranquil week, for the most part. this was the first week in 6 weeks that we've had a whole week in our area, so that was pretty weird. We've gotten into the routine of being out of our area and then just packing in work in a couple of days, so we have to work differently when we actually have time :)

I realized that I never really talk about the culture of McAllen/the valley, so today I'm going to share some of my favorite tidbits. 

1 - the birds. There are so. many. birds. They pepper the sky pretty consistently and the power lines are always dotted with them. You can hear them singing even when you're in the car.

2 - the skies. there's nothing bigger than the Texas skies, and they're amazing. 

3 - the Tex Mex. I was listening to conversations in a store the other day, and I realized that it's become very normal to hear English and Spanish mixed into the same sentence. It's pretty rare that people don't know a little bit of both languages, and they have a bunch of lingo that just doesn't exist (such as "troca, [instead of camioneta]" "ride [instead of llevar]" etc) that has been adapted from English words that are easier to say. It's funny. 

that's it for now.

Here's a quick spiritual thought..

This week we were struggling a little bit to feel like we were doing things right. We're doing things, but the results haven't been super evident. Finally, we realized that we just weren't loving enough. Moral of the story, just love people. focus on the atonement, and why Christ suffered and came, and then just share that love. 

Plus, it's valentine's day, so what a better time to focus on love?

Love you all!

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Hermana Reynolds