Hola :) Monday, April 28, 2014
Hoy is mi segundo P-day, but really
it's my first REAL p day because last week we were in the clinic with my
companion.
Pero, Este Semana...where to start.
I learned a lot!
I learned that Spanish is a work in
progress. I'm understanding more and more, little by little. And sometimes I
feel super left out when my companions or investigators start telling stories
or something. But I realized that I would rather that now and continue to learn
that to have a translator or something and be left out for my whole mission.
Eh...did that make sense? Basically, it's really okay, and it's really worth
it.
I learned that walking in the hot,
humid air is a lot of work. And I really, really love wind. I think you
probably don't understand how grateful I am for wind! It's my favorite.
I found out why somebody invented
the washing machine. Because I don't have one!! Haha! It's really, not too bad,
it just takes up more of my P-day! Rude! Actually, most people here have them,
and a lot of the missionary's apartments have them, but I just got lucky :D
I learned that people here are
always so accommodating, and so open to learning. Even if they're not that
interested in the gospel, they would give a drink of water(yes, clean water) or
let us use a bathroom.
I learned (again) that the ward
members here are very kind and patient. Hahahaha this week in church I had to
share a message in Española. It was good, because I just wrote it in English,
and my companions helped me translate it into Spanish! And I got to explain why
my Spanish was so bad and that if I didn't talk to them, it's because I don't
know how. And a lot of people didn't look at me so weird after that.
Also, I got a chance to play the
piano for church. It was so awkward! Usually, the bishop's daughter plays, but
I guess she didn't know how to play the songs this week. So the choir director
starts leading the song and my companions turn to me and say, "You can
play this right? You should go play the piano!" But we were already
singing. So in the middle of the first verse, I walk from the BACK of the
chapel up to the piano and play the rest of the song. And I didn't play the Sacrament hymn, but I played
the last hymn, I guess it was okay...nobody really said anything.
Also, on Sunday we brought an investigator
to church with us. His name is Pepe. I actually don't know if he can be
baptized, because he has a disability, but he's smart, and understand everything,
he just can't talk very well. Plus it's in Spanish, so good luck to me with
that. But he is so kind! And his Mom, Maria, is also interested in the gospel.
During a lesson, we were teaching about the restoration and all of sudden she
said something like, "so the catholic church is false!"
Uh....well...when you put it like that.. I didn't understand
everything, but she has very interesting views.
There's another family we met called
the "Cartasguzdamente." Say that ten times fast :D Anyway, they have
a lot kids and cousins, and one of the girls is such a trouble maker! She six
and so far, her Spanish is the hardest to understand. And they like to hear me
speak English :)
What else...I'm pretty sure there's
no two houses alike here. Every house is a different color. And there's never
ever any carpet. Tile or cement.
And we went to la playa hoy!(the
beach today). We live about 10ish minutes away, and it's pretty beautiful! I
decided when I get back from my mission, that's going to be one of the first
things I'll want to do, is go to the beach. Which is sad because it's pretty
far away
.
And we had Domino’s pizza for lunch. You have to eat the food here to
understand the significance of that. I have a lot of beans. I don't know what
kind they're called. Mm..yummm...junky American food. But, actually most of the
food is good. Did I already tell you they like hotdogs? Maybe someday I'll find
out why.
That's all I can think of to say
today. I hope everything is going well!! I LOOOOOVE getting letters!! Even if I
don't reply the same week. Like this week I don't have as much time to email
because of so much laundry, because of last p-day. Please send me más
cartas!!!
Gracias por todas cosas y su apoyo!!
Que tenga una buena semana!!
Love,
The famous Hermana Daniels
Look
at our beds. . Hahaha That's my favorite room because it's the only
room with an air conditioner. And our beds are really close together. It's
actually pretty fun!...Probably cuz my bed's on the edge...
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