On Sunday we had an "Àctividad Rescate" which I`ll write a little more about later. My companion and I helped put together hot dogs for everyone...super hard to cook for people when you`re fasting...but hunger does remind us that we`re fasting and thinking of that reminds us what we`re fasting for. Thank you for teaching me to fast for specific things. Fasting is really a blessing...it's super hard sometimes but there is no doubt in my mind that it works miracles...God works the miracles because we make the sacrifice to fast.
DEAL in SPANISH!! I thought you guys (my family) would appreciate that. I had to take a picture of it for you.
Speaking of which, last transfer I found MARIEL in the street...and I can`t remember if I sent that photo or not...its her name written in concrete.
Coconuts!! We went to Maria Chiquita, which is part of our area, which is right on the beach. It's sooooooo amazingly beautiful and I`ll have to take pictures. There were two youngins...two young teenagers that were helping us find a less-active family. It was fun and beautiful. The kids were absolutely crazy. At the end of our visit with the less active member, as we were "waiting for the bus" we read one of the missionary pamphlets with them at a park bench. So it turns out that one of them was lying to us because she wanted us to stay there longer...kind of cute and kind of annoying haha. No I absolutely loved them and they were funny.
They cracked open the coconuts for us by hitting them against rocks. Totally normal for them.
Organizing the rescue activity was super stressful...as these photos clearly show. But it was a success! The 18 missionaries in our zone showed up...minus two so really 16...and we went to visit lots and lots of the inactive and less-active members. I ended up working with a member in the area of the other Hermanas...it was a super spiritual uplifting experience. I know that God was helping me with my Spanish. The member was my companion for two hours! One experience that I`ll share from this...my member companion knew before we went to visit a house that the member had already moved to Colon Centro..aka the city...but we decided to visit the house anyways. There we met his brother. We chatted with him for a while. He told us that the missionaries were always passing by his house but they never stopped to talk to him. He said that if they talked to him and invited him to church he would go. So I said in Spanish "Here I am! I`m a missionary and you are invited to church on Sunday." Then I told him when we meet and at what time. He said he`ll be there.
HOT DOGS!! for the activity. A huge thank you to the members that helped us!!! After I took the picture I told them they`d be famous.
Can you send me the link to my blog?
Missionaries waiting for the activity to start...me with my ZL...me with my gringo buddies.
I love this adorable couple! They've had us over for dinner twice. They`re super fun and super strong in the church. I really enjoy going over to their house.
I hope I haven't been sending too many pictures...I`m not really sure about what pictures I should send and which I shouldn't...oh I forgot to send the one of my crazy cockroach experience...just two more photos...
So I`m officially living out of my suitcases...
I like sharing these experiences and photos but I wonder if I`m really sharing what I should be sharing. I have been having many spiritual experiences, many opportunities to learn and grow. The mission is absolutely crazy, absolutely amazing, absolutely stressful and hard, but 100% absolutely worth it. And I hope that people really get that when they read what I write.
This week I`m going to think about why I chose to come on a mission, what the things are that motivate me, and how I feel serving in the mission field. I will be sharing what I learn in my email next week.
As of always, if you have any questions...or anything that you would like me to share let me know!
Love always,
Hermana Hannah
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