Hola hola
hola!!!
On Monday we went to
San Fernando for a zone preparation day! It was really fun to be around so many
missionaries. Then afterwards we went to visit Faly! Her house is under
construction but she said she will buy paint and invite us over to help her
paint! Then we went to visit Manuel B. He gave us this pony coloring book. Very
thoughtful. He's awesome.
On Wednesday we had
transfers! Not much (actually nothing) changed for Hermana Moncayo and I but we
did have Hermana Pinkney with us for part of the day while she waited for her
new comp to arrive so that was fun! Her comp was coming from the other side of
the mission and in the end didn't get to el Puerto on Wednesday night, so
Hermana Pinkney came to our piso for a sleepover. We made fajitas and it was a
pachanga! Luckily Hermana Malcom got here early on Thursday morning so Hermana
Pinkney could have a real companion again.
On Wednesday we got to
visit Andrés! He made us meatballs that were drowning in grease. I'm not sure
how he is still alive at 82 eating so much grease all the time, pero bueno.
We're glad he's still around! We had a good lesson with him too.
We taught a piso full
of Romanians this week, which brought back memories of Torremolinos haha. We
got to meet one man who used to meet with the missionaries a long time ago and
has a really powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon--he didn't want anything
to do with the missionaries but they gave him a Book of Mormon anyway, he
started reading it and he knew it was true! He's been looking for missionaries
here in el Puerto for a while, like 2 guys with white shirts and ties, but in
the end two girls in dresses (hint: us) showed up at his house! Jorge has a
really busy work schedule but we are hoping to meet with him this week.
One afternoon we were
walking down the street and suddenly we were in the middle of this herd of
goats, which was kind of cool but also a little scary. They had a guy in charge
of them though, and they were really obedient haha. The shepherd (goatherd?)
guy had a big stick like you always picture shepherds having and he kind of
looked like a human raisin.
Manuel B had a
birthday this week so me and hermana Moncayo made him a cake and brought it to
English class. Sister Fry had given us a cake mix and a can of frosting a
couple months ago that we used to make it, and Hermana Moncayo was very
impressed that such things exist. All the Spaniards loved the cake "que
rico!!" so I guess American cake mixes win!
On Friday a bunch of
little mildly stressful things happened that piled up and got me and hermana
Moncayo feeling super stressed by the end of the day. But in the mission you
pretty much have to choose between laughing and crying, and we chose to laugh
when we were sitting at the table that night listing all the crazy things that
had happened that day!
So on Saturday we were
just walking down a street minding our own business when suddenly this white
van pulls onto the street. And this van is yelling at us! It had this giant
megaphone and had a recording that was yelling--like very aggressively--to buy
strawberries! "fresas, roja roja rrrrrrrrrrroja como un tomate!!!!"
and then as it pulled up closer I guess the driver changed the recording and it
started yelling at us "Señora señora señora fresas fresas fresas" it
was kind of like a super weird super aggressive ice cream truck but instead of
having music it just yells at you and instead of selling ice cream it sells
strawberries (2 kilos for 5 euros!). Needless to say we did not buy
strawberries, but we did see one woman come out of her house to buy some, so I
guess that sales method is at least semi-effective.
On Sundays we are
always so hungry since we're at church for like 6 hours, so I made a peanut
butter and jelly sandwich to bring to church. Hermana Moncayo had never had (or
heard of) peanut butter sandwiches but she decided to make one too to try it
out. She liked it so much that she made herself another one later in the
afternoon! I'm planning to get hermana Moncayo to like the US so much
that she moves there so we can live by each other after the mission, and I
think my plan is working!! Haha
On Sunday afternoon
Stefany (a member who is awesome!) came with us to two citas, first with
Rolando and hortensia and then with a less active member. The cita with Rolando
and Hortensia went really well and they both committed to read a little from
the Book of Mormon this week! But then afterwards we were just chatting for a
few minutes and somehow de repente the conversation turned to being about
burying/cremating dogs here (I do not know why or how) but I was in a piso with
these 4 native Spanish speakers and let me just say I thought they were talking
about people for a solid two minutes and was very confused/concerned. I also
accidentally said Lehi was from the United States (do not ask me why, I do not
know why) the last time we had a cita with Rolando and Hortensia and they
definitely remembered that and still think it is hilarious. Spanish is a
fiesta. The cita with the less active member went really well, he is like 20 or
25 and basically said he just felt like something was lacking in his life--and
that thing was the spirit! So that was really cool, and we really hope he can
come to church this Sunday!
This week I've been
studying commandments and blessings. We are always asking people to do things
and keep certain commandments as missionaries, and it's important to remember
the blessings that come from keeping the commandments--every commandment we are
given is followed by a ton of blessings! I've been reading in the scriptures
and making lists of the blessings that come from keeping different
commandments, and really whatever sacrifice we need to make to be obedient to
one of God's commandments is tiny compared to the mountain of blessings that we
will receive from keeping it!
Love, Hermana Walker
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