soooo my first week in the field. this is nuts you guys! im actually here!!! can you believe it?? so did you guys receive last weeks email--like the full on-- or no? i hope you did, but my email says that it didnt send. . . soooo i dont know
ok, where to start where to start...
i am such a rollercoaster of emotions here. i am learning patience and faith sooooooo much. so much. man. i knew nothing about patience with myself before the mission. and faith. hahaha i have to rely on the lord 100% here. it is really hard, but it is the best thing i have ever done.
so, im growing to really love this place. the weather is kind of like san fran, except minus the rain. never rain. just cool and breezy. perfect missionary weather.
i think im just going to start typing stuff from my journal. i dont know what else to do hahah there is SO much to say.
okay. just kidding. not yet.
our investigators--
--reynaldo- he is 48 i believe. and he lives next to the ocean. he sleeps on cardboard boxes on the grass on the hill up from his house (hole in the wall). that is where we usually find him. he is really hard to teach because 1) i think he has adult ADD and, 2) he lacks education and therefore lacks confidence when we teach him. before me, they had been teaching him for 2 months, and he cant quite get down how to pray. he just laughs haha it´s pretty funny, but also frustrating. i think he understands, but it sometimes hard to tell. haha probs b-c i dont always fully understand hahaha. but he is progressing.
--hugo-- love this boy. he is 17, and mannnn it just surprises me soo much how much faith he has. it surprises me everytime people accept our message because it teaches things so different from the way the world lives. the people´s faith is so strong. anyway, hugo is getting baptized this saturday, and i am super excited for it. this is only the 3rd week of his lessons. yayyy!
--juan carlos--he is 19 and is getting baptized this weekend, too. he is similar to hugo. so much dang faith. something funny happened while we were teaching him. so the word for a dead fish is pescado, and the word for sin is pecado. anway, i said, ¨jesucristo morio por nuestros pescados¨ jesus died for our dead fish. hahahhaha man i got the strangest look from him. thankfully i caught myself right away and changed it. and then we all laughed because im learning spanish haha oh man.
there are sooo many more investigators ( we teach all the time!) but, those are all that i will share with you right now. oh, and there is an 86 year old man getting baptized this weekend. he is sooooo funny and cool. and he likes to say things to me in englsih hahah it´s pretty funny and fun.
magdalena del mar is like one of the richest parts of town, but you guys, there is still SOO MUCH poverty. oh man. i will have to write letters with more details of everything i see.
oh, so everyone gives kisses on cheeks here, right? well yesterday, i got kissed on the cheek my a boy! uh oh dopey! it was an accident. i didnt know how to stop it. so it just happened. hahahaaha oh man im so awkward. my companion laughed at me.
the other day when me and hna carazas(whom i love, by the way. ive lucked out with THE BEST comps ever so far.) were contacting, we were talking to this lady who had a couple of grocery bags hanging from her arms, and then this backpack type of thing hanging from her neck. and we were just chatting, and then all of the sudden, she is like, oh, look at my new pet, and she opens up the bag around her neck, and out pops a little baby rooster´s head. hahahahha i was sooo shocked. and she was petting him like i would pet a little kitten. and so then, hna carazas asked if we could come visit her and see her somemore and she said that she didnt think so, and then i said, heyyy can i take a picture of you and your new little friend? and she said yes ( i said wow. hahah remember that country song?') and so i wanted her to leave the little guy in the bag so i could document exactly what i saw. but she took him out, like any good owner would do, right?, and she posed for me. i have the picture, and im going to try to send it to youg guys today. hahaha anway sooo funny. looovveeedd it!!
okay you guys, im going to end it here today. you gusy are THE BEST in the whole world. i miss you a ton, but it is getting easier to function. i just have to focus on the people, not myself. thank you for all the emails. they are my fave every week. i look forward to them like nothing else.
i love you all so much. if you are ever prompted to say something to someone about the gospel. DO it. heavenly father will put the words in your mouth. it´s true. tha´s the only way i speak here hahaha
love you all a lot. thanks for all the prayers!
love,
hna jilly pants
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