October 28, 2013
Hola Familia!
Well, this week has definitely been
a new experience. Being a Momma is hard work!
First, my nueva compañera. Her name
is Hermana Espinoza and she is from Honduras! She is 19 years old and she is
the very first Sister Missionary to serve from her branch. (second missionary
to serve, ever) She doesn`t speak any English except for the one phrase she
learned during estudio de idioma which is, `good morning bishop, how are you?`
hahaha. Her accent cracks me up. We`ve been practicing :) She is absolutely
wonderful. I feel very blessed to have her as my `hija`. She has a strong
desire to work hard and during our very first lesson together (We left the
mission offices together around 2 in the afternoon last Tuesday and our first
lesson was at 3) I started the lesson and then looked at her to see if she if
she would take a turn teaching, and she did! I was so happy I almost cried. :)
She has no fear of talking to people and she is already teaching half of the
lessons and initiating contacts. Like I said, I am very blessed to have her!
She is also always keeping me laughing. At first she appears really serious and
reserved and then out of no where she will yell out a joke or a funny comment
and I will bust out laughing and just look at her like, `Where in the world did
that come from?!` Also. guess what? We have the exact same pair of shoes. The
black ones with the bow on the side? Yeah. she has the exact same pair. I`m
thinking that we were meant to be companions :)
Being a trainer is hard work! And a
whole lot of responsibility. It has been a bit of a rough week investigator
wise (We had to drop several investigators because they weren’t progressing,
and then our investigator who was supposed to be getting baptized this weekend
didn`t show up to church and we found out that his friends are discouraging him
from getting baptized) and so we are in the process of finding new
investigators. Each companionship has a different dynamic and the way that
Hermana Shriver and I worked together is different than the way Hermana
Espinoza and I work together. So we are figuring things out and looking for new
people to teach.
Good news is, I get to go to the
temple this Wednesday! This is Hermana Mamani`s last transfer before she goes
home and she wants to go to the temple one last time so the Hermanas in Zona
Independencia (Hna Espinoza, Hna Nelson, Hna Mamani, y yo) got permission to
go. Yay!! I am super excited :) I have missed being able to go to the temple.
So my p day will actually be Wednesday. After we finish up here at internet we
will be going out to work as a normal day.
I can`t believe Kylee leaves for her
mission is 3 weeks!! That is so exciting. I have been telling the members in my
ward about my sister who will be leaving on a mission soon as well and they
always ask about you and how you`re doing :) The spirit of missionary work is
really strong right now in Barrio Independencia. We had 8 jovenes recieve their
mission calls in the past 3 or 4 weeks and once they all leave there will be 19
missionaries serving from our ward! That is a pretty big number for a ward here
in Peru and it’s all that everyone talks about :)
In answer to your question, they do
celebrate Halloween here but not to the extent we do in the States. I have seen
a couple of Halloween decorations up and on the 31 some people will dress up
and go out trick or treating at businesses but it’s definitely not as big here.
The big celebration thats been going on this week (well, this whole month) is
El Señor de los Milagros, which is a big catholic holiday. I am not gonna lie,
it’s a little bit scary.... Look it up on google. There have been big
processions throughout the city all week.
Ok, I have to go. I love you all!
Tenga un buena semana!
Hermana Shelton
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