This
week had some ups and downs. A huge up
was getting to talk to my family on Sunday!
Downs would be that this week had some long hot days with a lot of
appointments falling through and not a lot of support from the members. It’s hard because there aren’t very many members
but we are trying our best here in Mapa!
Highlights of the week:
- We found root beer and it was
amazing because I haven’t had root beer since before my mission.
- We ate iguana! It was totally not bad, though it had
lots of little bones and still had its skin. :o)
- District meeting and zone meeting
on Thursday. In the district
meeting we talked about the numbers behind time – in the scriptures it
says that one day for God is like 1,000 years for us. So,
God’s Time Our Time
1 day = 1,000 years
1 hour = +40 years
1 minute = +6 years
Which
means my mission of 1.5 years is only 15 seconds for God. It’s basically nothing! Haha.
It was a really good meeting though and we talked a little bit about how
the frustration we feel right now is teaching us a little bit about how God
often feels with us when we disobey Him.
It’s a hard lesson to learn.
After the zone meeting we decorated a Christmas tree and got presents. We laughed about how us missionaries have to
stick together at Christmastime because we’re all people who don’t have our
families with us, and only have each other.
- On Friday I completed 9 months
in the mission! That means I’m
halfway done. . . What?! I feel
that I’ve learned so much in these past 9 months. I’ve heard the mission is like climbing
a mountain, 9 to climb up and 9 to climb down, but the way down is always faster
and just gains speed as it goes.
- Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) and
Navidad (Christmas)! Yay! So
awesome to celebrate with some members and also skype my family. Also to be able to think about the true
spirit of Christmas, which is of course, a Christmas centered on
Christ.
I hope you all had a great Christmas and that all is well with
everyone.
Con amor, Hermana Dangl
They received a gingerbread house from her aunt and uncle and they decorated it on Christmas Day.
Christmas gathering with their zone on Thursday. They decorated their Christmas tree.
9 months in the mission! Hump Day! = 9 months pregnant.
Hermana Kettley in Chile on her hump day! I must have been having labor pain! :o)
A bone from the iguana.
Tamales de iguana
Skyping with the family on Christmas Day! 
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