22 February 2016
What a week! Overall super good, as usual, but better
because...each day seriously just gets increasingly better.
The week did start off a bit rocky because of the viaje to
Asunciòn. I stayed in centro for the day working with Hermana Martinez (de
Uruguay) while our companions were away, and...it was fine, but its so
interesting how foreign one can feel away from their own area.
Then...the long colectivo ride and the lack of sleep,
destroyed my companion, and hermana santana was left suffering from migraines
for the next two days...like superrrrrr bad...so there we were, in the pension
again...ohhhhh i thought I was going to go crazy...after a week in
the pension for my dengue fever and then sights of more time locked up...the
pension seemed to grow smaller and smaller by the hour haha on the plus side I
got a lot of studying done :)
By Friday, we were good to go
and ready to make up for all of the time lost. And I testify that we`ve seen
nothing but miracles and fruits of our labors (bueno and lack of labor =our
suffering) We ran around all day visiting EVERYONE! And they were all offended
that we hadnt been by in over a week to visit them; until we explained the
dengue. Whenever you bring up dengue, everyone automatically just feels bad for
you, and forgets that they were mad. haha alright.
Right. so enough of that........
I made 4 batches of cookies. Each ridiculously delicious ha.
Even whipped out some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies (thank you dad) for
Hna LaPierre...I had a lot of time on my hands...Saturday we ventured out to San Miguel (a part of our area thats super far away
from the other area)!!!! It was my first time out there and it was honestly a
miracle that we made it out there so swiftly, got on the right colectivo, got
off in the right place, managed to stumble upon the house of a
member...Heavenly Father put EVENYTHING in place for us to make it out there.
And now we`re really going to help the work get started out there. We have a
couple dedicated members who are preparing people to introduce us to on
Wednesday...getting references from members can be the hardest, but most
fruitful way to find new investigators who are going to progress.
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| Trying out the Brazilian home remedies |
1. put a folded up towel on your head
2. fill up a vaso de vidrio (glass cup) with water (normal
water)
3. tilt head so that you can get the water trapped in the
glass and on the towel
4. keep your head upright with the glass on top for about 10
minutes...
and...its some kind of weird magic, but it totally took away
my headache...or maybe the tylenol finally kicked in; but we`ll just go with
the towel trick ;)
As we were walking by the train
station, my favorite chiperos de LA TIA were there selling chipa calentita
(which is impossible to resist). And then the coolest thing happened they let
me try on their uniform and pose for the perfect kodak moment...it really is
the smallest things that bring the most joy haha
Moving on...Flia. Arteaga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is my
favorite!!!! Last night we hosted their very first Noche de Hogar (in their
home of course) and it went super well. I just love them, and so excited for
them as they continue and progress and work towards the 12th of march for
baptism.
Marìa de Jesus, one of our viajitas, shared a verysweet and
powerful testimony with us. A convert of 50 years, IS seeing the fruits of her
labors with a granddaughter on a mission and others preparing to serve. She is
such an example of strength and grace. After many years of saving up the money,
she will finally be going through the temple next month. It is such a priveledge
to work among such faithful saints.
I love it out here. Each and
every day continues to teach me, and I know I will be forever grateful to be
out here.
thank you for all of the emails, prayers, encouragement
have a great week
rohayhu
hermana cannon
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