Hola friends and family,
When I look back on the week it seems like
Monday was so long ago but also like it’s already another Monday and I don’t
know how it happened so fast. On Tuesday
I got an amazing surprise that was probably against a lot of mission
rules. When we went to Hermana Yazmin’s
house for lunch, she called Hermana Juarez (my 1st companion) on the
phone and I got to talk to her! It was
so nice to hear her voice. One of my
recent converts was telling me how weird it was for him to see Hermana Juarez
in pants via pictures on Facebook.
On Wednesday I got us super lost and we
probably walked in the wrong direction for like ½ an hour before we finally
called a member and figured things out.
Afterwards we contacted someone in the street who said he lived in
California for a bit and he wanted to practice his English and it was
surprisingly hard. It sounds weird, but
trying to teach the gospel in English is almost difficult. I think it’s because
we contact so much that it’s almost a bit scripted so it’s weird to translate
the things I normally say in Spanish into English when I’ve only ever said them
in Spanish. I’ve never had this problem
before, it was so weird! But don’t get
me wrong, it’s still only with teaching the gospel haha, my English is still
perfectly intact and my Spanish is still not great.
On Thursday I ate really good bread, because
the people here have bikes where the front wheel is replaced with an area where
people can sit, store stuff or sell stuff and then there’s a wheel on either
side. A lot of people sell bread and it’s
the best thing ever. On Friday, we ran
over to Banamex because it’s the only bank that has money right now out of like
5 banks in Tonala. There’s a lot of
stuff happening in Chiapas right now with boycotting and protests over
teachers. I’m not totally sure about all
that’s going on but we can’t travel very easily and money isn’t getting passed through
the banks and there’s no gas apparently.
So, we rushed to the bank to withdrawal our monthly allowance plus
reserve funds. There were a lot of people there, probably with the same idea in
mind as us.
We’ve also been working a lot with members
which is awesome. Especially when they’re
recent RM’s (returned missionaries) and then it’s like having 3 missionaries
teaching. We have a few new
investigators who are really great and have a ton of potential. It’s really exciting, but none of them came
to church on Sunday which is a bit soul crushing. Our investigators are like our babies, you
want them to grow and learn and go to church – so it is really stinks when they
don’t come. I’m sure there are quite a
few RM’s reading this letter who can relate.
I am doing well overall, though my companion has been having a lot of
problems with back pain. It would be
amazing if you could all pray for her!
Also, Happy 4th of July!
Con much amor, Hermana Dangl
We went up to an area with a member that turned out to be for the couple missionaries.
Whoops! It was up like a million stairs and you could see the whole city
New shoes!
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