One of the less active members that we've been visiting has come to church two Sundays in a row!!! And this most recent Sunday she came with her mom! I`m super happy excited about that.

Something that I`m learning and seeing here is that people can change! This week I've heard a lot about the conversion story of the bishop here in Pilon. It took him 12 years to change his life but it was a dramatic change...like black to white. He is such an example to me. I know that he has an incredibly strong testimony of the gospel and the atonement.  

This week we've started working with the members more. We had more than six lessons with members. It's harder to work with members because you have to sacrifice your schedule for theirs, but ultimately I really think it's worth it. The members here are more excited and motivated about helping us. On Sunday the bishop announced in church that our stake is in the red zone...meaning we`re in trouble. There is an insane amount of inactive members. One of the problems that I've seen here is people have to work on Sundays. So my companion and I decided that we need to baptize the leaders of the members jobs so that they will make Sunday a free day..aka no work on Sunday. 

We've been working a lot with the S. family...I think I sent a picture of them a while ago. They are like my family here in Colon. Tonight we`re going to have a family home evening with them. We want to watch the Joseph Smith movie for the lesson...it's long but it's absolutely amazing and we hope that it will help the spirit bare testimony of the prophet. 

Yesterday I had my "monthday" aka I now have 8 months in the mission. Super crazy right? The time is going by so fast. It's really amazing. 

My Spanish is improving...I think haha. It's hard for me to talk in English now because I speak Spanish 24/7. I`m still teaching English on Fridays. It's been really fun and kind of hard. It's hard to explain why we do this or that because I just grew up doing it!! But it's super fun to help people learn English...and in the process I`m learning more Spanish!! :D 

My health is good. I haven`t had any major problems for a while. My legs are really ugly because of bug bites...but not like super dramatic. The weird thing about my legs is I have what looks like scratches from falling...but I haven`t fallen. My companion thinks it's because I scratch my legs...bad habit. 

We`re still having problems with water but we`re learning how to cope. I`m learning how to shower with just a little bit of water haha. I`m also learning how to choose between washing my hair and shaving my legs...cause I never have enough water to do both haha. 

We have a mouse in the house...I think...I haven`t seen it for about a week so maybe it left. 

The mission continues to be exciting and interesting. Last week we went to a beautiful park on P-day I`ll include photos in another email. 

Now for a spiritual note....so I`m learning that fear is the opposite of faith. Sometimes it's scary to open my mouth and say the words that God wants me to say...but when I don`t follow the Spirit things are impossible....literally. Last week we had a lesson where I didn't follow the Spirit and say what God wanted me to say...and my Spanish left me...it was awful...a horrible feeling. So the moral of this story is....follow the Spirit!! And don`t be afraid!

Sorry this email is a bit shorter.  I`m not really sure what else to write. Just know that I`m doing really well. I`m happy and healthy and positive.  And I loveeee sour gummy worms. 

I love you all! 

Love,

Hermana Hannah