Week 9 Soy Supermana

Hola my dear family and friends!

Where does the time go?? It is already a new week and is already proving to be a busy week! We have so many lessons and new possible investigators planned for this week, there is never enough time in the day!

Tuesday

Today was the day that seemed like everything went wrong, but it was funny. Our toilets stopped working. I did not know that we were suppose to call a sister to make sure we could go for lunch, she was upset but understood that I did not know that we needed to call her. After visiting a sister out in El Vergel, we got on the bus and Hrma. Narvaez smacked me in the face on accident. When we went to go pick up our laundry, I slipped walking down this little hill. We had correlation with the ward mission leader in the chapel. On the way to the chapel, Hrma. Narvaez´s bag broke and I tripped walking into the church. It was one of those days where you should just go back to bed... But it was so funny, we were laughing the whole way to our final appointment where Isabel made us some amazing chocolate and bolos verdes (Green balls of platano and other things... super good). She is always wanting to feed us. It is awesome.

Wednesday

We had to go to Quito... Again... Hrma. Narvaez had to renew her visa. While she was renewing her visa, I got to go explore Quito with Hrma. Fernelius. She is the Leader Hermana for my zone and her zone and she is from Las Vegas! She was super nice. We talked about our missions and all my adventures that I have had. It was so fun. We walked through a mercado (Street market) and visited the huge Catholic church in Quito. While there, a lady came up and asked us why a bunch of Mormons were in the Catholic church. After talking to her for a while, we found out that she was a less active member from Venezuela, visiting friends. It was fun to talk to her. We went back to the office and traded companions. Hrma. Narvaez had to buy glasses and then we headed back to Quito. We had a lesson with Veronica and Oscar. After the lesson, I was so exhausted that I tripped! It was so bad! A guy ran across the street to help me... Nothing too serious happened, I just got a few scrapes and bruises.

Thursday

For the 5th time going to Quito in less than a week and a half. I am sick of traveling to Quito! Though it is pretty funny that I have had to go so many times. Oh well, the life of a missionary!  When we got back to Yaruquí, we had a lesson with a reference from Isabel. The lesson went so well! Ahh I am so excited for them! They fed us more hot chocolate and humita (a tamale without filling). It was so good, I love the food here.

Friday

We made a bunch of copies for papers that we have to have for the mission binder. Afterwards, we had lunch with a sister who owns a shop here in Yaruquí. She makes the best food and I just love visiting her (I feel like I talk a lot about food)! We had an amazing lesson with Kely and Yolanda (sisters of Veronica and Oscar). After them, we popped in for a quick visit with Mariella (sister of Oscar as well). We taught her and asked if there was anything we could do for her. She gave us a ton of rice to take to the Fathers Day activity for the next day. Later in the evening, we had another lesson with Veronica and Oscar. Family Mancero randomly showed up and we had an amazing lesson. The more I talk about eternal families, the more I miss mine.

Saturday

Today for lunch, we got a new mamita! Hrma. Rivadeneira is our new mamita and I love her and her family so much. They are recent converts and are set to get sealed in the temple in December! Afterwards, we headed to the church to help set up for the Fathers day activity. We chopped up tons of chickens and prepared stuff for cole slaw. As we were about to leave to go see if we could talk with some members in the branch, the missionaries of the branch were asked to sing for the activity. Let`s just say it was really rough and we sounded horrible but it was tons of fun! I really do love this branch and all of the members here! When we got home, we made Oreo truffles for some of the members in the branch who always help us out with appointments and food.

Sunday

We had our usual morning activities of church and ward counsel. Afterwards, we ran home to grab some of our truffles for Family Domiguez. They are awesome. They are always willing to accompany us and feed us every Sunday!  After having lunch with them, we walked about a half hour to San Vicente to meet with a family that was contacted on the bus by previous missionaries. We go lost and could not find them for a while, but we set tons of appointments with potential investigators! It was an awesome evening. We came back to Yaruquí and had a lesson with Veronica and Oscar. We spent a long time talking about how when we make the decision to follow Christ, things get difficult for a while before they smooth out.

Sometimes when we try to choose the right, things get really difficult. In Ether 12:6, it talks about how we will receive blessings after the trial of our faith. I have found this to be so true with my short little month here in Yaruquí. The key is to have patience. I am constantly working on having patience, with myself, my companion, and with investigators/members. It is sometimes difficult but I always tell my investigators: it is not easy but it is not impossible.

That is my week! I am still alive and kicking it! Oh and Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there! You guys are the best!

Until next time,

The Strawberry Blonde Hermana