Hello Friends and Family,
Another week has come and gone. Time in the mission field is different from
the time back home. I can’t believe it’s already Monday again but when I read
back in my journal from this week, it seems like everything happened like a
year ago. Anyway, last Monday like most
Monday’s it started to pour just as we started preparing to leave to
teach. It very rarely rains when we are
inside the cuarto (our room). If it’s
going to rain, it’s going to rain when we’re outside trying to proselyte. This particular Monday was very, very rainy
and we were walking through actual rivers in the streets to go to appointments
that kept falling through on us. My favorite
is when kids answer the door and say that their parents aren’t home so we ask
them to ask their parents what time would be better. The kids always run off to go ask their
parents (who supposedly aren’t home) what time we can visit. On Monday this happened and I sent the little
girl off to ask and she returned and told me, “No, they say they’re not home.” Little kids are the best.
On Tuesday, we went to Bonanza and I fell
asleep in a hammock. That night we
taught my favorite family that we’re teaching and they accepted the baptismal
invitation. When we left the appointment
we couldn’t stop smiling, this is what missionary work is all about. Sometimes it kind of sucks and you have to
walk a lot and in the rain and other times you feel like your heart is going to
explode from happiness. Like I said
before, the mission is very weird. On
Wednesday we took a bus to Tonala for a District meeting. Due to transfers, I’m now the only American
in my district (and only 2 in the zone), when before there were 5 of us. After the meeting we went to a Doctor because
Hermana Arellano has been sick. We
stayed home most of Thursday so Hermana Arellano could rest and it was very
hot.
On Friday we visited Sesecapa and ate Talapia
fish, I included a picture. On Saturday
my district leader called us at 6:35 am to wake us up. Somehow he knew that this specific morning I
was taking advantage of Hermana Arellano being sick and that I was following
the handbook rule that says you should wake up at the same time as your
companion. Thus, I was still sleeping at
6:35 and our wake up time is 6:30 am. I
don’t know how he knew but he knew. I
learned my lesson though about sleeping 5 more minutes though because this day
was a total botch. We missed the combi
for La Vainilla by like 5 minutes and had to wait 2 hours for the next
one. When we got there, we found out
that the member who lives there had left for the day so couldn’t do visits with
us. Then an investigator and his family
gave us well water to drink (we can’t drink that, only bottled water) and it
was super awkward because we didn’t know what to do and they totally knew that
we dumped it out and we felt really badly.
Then we taught someone who was very insistent that people can only be
baptized in rivers and it’s a sin to do it otherwise. Then the member returned just in time to give
us a ride home in the back of his truck in the rain. The highlight of the day was probably passing
a house that had an entire room dedicated to a very large glittery Virgin Guadalupe. Almost every house has a shrine but this one
was impressively large and sparkly. On
Sunday we gave talks and it rained again.
That’s basically everything that happened this week. Hope all is well at home!
Con mucho amor, Hermana Dangl
Tilapia Fish
A rainbow after all of the rain!
Selfie with the iguana? Can you find it under the roof?
Where is the iguana?
My tienda (store) - A grocery and supply store.
I love your blog posts. Looks like you are doing so well! So happy for you! You're an inspiration. xoxo Holly
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