So...we are riding on the colectivo going to Zone Meeting,
and its kinda crowded but we manage to find two seats, not together, for the 20
minute trip to La Valle. I pull out my Book of Mormon, BECAUSE ITS AWESOME, and
continue with all the wars and contentions of Alma 59. I was just reading the
part where Moroni is super peeved with the government because he doesn't have
enough troops and everyone is dying, when I look up and realize, I have my own
problem to worry about....Hermana Tapia wasn´t on the bus... AHHHHHHH IM ALONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, not good. So I ask the bus driver where Japòn and La
Valle is and I had missed it by one stop, ooopsies...good thing I can speak
Spanish, that made the whole experience 100X less awful. Anyways, so I start
walking the 4 cuadras back and call the zone leaders. SUPER EMBARRASSING, but
they came and found me, because let´s be honest, I had no idea where I was
going. They came with Elder Worthington (Asistante) and picked me up in
the truck, and they´re all laughing about how this has never happened before.... oh great... Awesome :( ehhh. And they were joking about how I am probably the first Hermana to go
on divisions with Elders. ha ha Woopsie. Then Elder Ollerton chimes in with, "for
your birthday I´m going to buy you and your companion child leashes to attach
to your backpacks". Thank you for that...and IM STILL FREAKING OUT BECAUSE
IM COMPANIONLESS AND SHE DOESNT HAVE A PHONE. We everntually found her and she
was, very very mad at me. But then again, its kinda her fault because technically
I am "her hija".
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| The AP's ! |
Then everyone was talking about how at least once
their Mom left them in a grocery store, or a crowded elevator. Ahh the good òle
days. So yeahhhh, overall, the time Mom & I got lost in Beijing after that Chinese Acrobat show and found ourselves in a dark alley was 100X scarier, and this time I was ALONE for 10-ish minutes and not
something I would recommend. Definitely one for the books, but I probably won´t
try that again.
Anyways, the rest of the week was definitley more mellow
haha.
MANTRA: Everrrryday is LEG DAY !
So we found out that we actually have 2 additional parts of
Jardìn that our our area. It used to be part of the ZL area, but since there
are 2 sets of Elders now in Jardìn with 1 set of Hermanas, the boundaries got
all changed around, and somehow our area got bigger, which is cool, just A LOT
MORE walking. We haven´t had a chance to investigate but as a zone we did a
very thorough cleanse of our Carpetas de Area (Area Books) and now had por allì
an additional 50 regìstros to contact, so lots of work for this next week!!!
DEADLY FOOD COMBO= fried empanadas, Cola, and sprinting half
a mile home because it´s 10 minutes till curfew. yeah...the repercusions were
immediate.
TREAT OF THE WEEK: Tutuka. It is supposed to be carmelly
glazed popcorn, but it has a consistency more of a packing peanut. oddly
addicting though.
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| Giant ant hill |
FUN FACT: did you know that they didn´t have language
training for missionaries until 1961?!?!? ¿Què en el mundo? What were they
doing before?#CCMsavedmylife
SPIRITUAL, more spiritual stuff:
So the biggest problem that we are facing is that these
people dont have a testimony of the book of mormon. Im talking about members
and menos activos alike. really though, a lot of these people have never read
the book of mormon or dont understand the book of mormon, or got baptized
because they were obsessed with the really attractive Americanos. Super duper.
These people need to have a full conversion and en realidad the only way is
through the guidance and power of the book of mormon, and NOT my dashing smile.
Although, hopefully it helps a little :)
Had divisiones with Hna. Garcia on Friday, WHO IS AWESOME!
Seriously she works so hard and she walks super fast, and we got so much
done. It was probably the best day of work I´ve had so far, in my own area! We
moved from appointment to appointment, and the harder we worked the more energy
I had. "The start of something newwwww"
Lastly, I was reading in Alma 56:47-48 "now they never
had fought, yet they did not fear death...yea, they had been taught by their
mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them". SHOUT OUT TO
MOM for being the best. I know that if it wasn´t for you, your teachings, and
your example there is no way I would be on a mission right now. Thanks for
raising me right.
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With every day, my desire to be here and share this gospel
grows stronger and stronger (I feel like I say this every week, but it is true)
and I KNOW that I am supposed to be here. I can feel my Heavenly Father
preparing me to help and heal the sould of these people, and it truly is a
priveledge to serve in the army of my God.
Love and miss you allll thanks for all of the love and
support!
Oh! and CRAZYYYYYY all my high school peeps are either home,
getting home, or are in their last couple transfers. Que raro.
have a good week!
Chauuu
Hermana Cannon
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