This week has been a
really good week. Crazy busy. We had transfers which is always
crazy, especially when you're companion is going home! Sweany and one of
the Hermanas, Trujillo were both going home so I and Hna Toli were together for
a day. Covering two areas, Spanish and English. That was
interesting. Going from an English lesson, then to a Spanish
lesson. It was fun though! And good for Hna Toli. She is
still pretty new (well, for learning a language) and it was her first time
being the only person in the companionship that spoke Spanish. I just sat
there, smiled and said Bueno ha-ha Fun as always though! The
Hispanic culture and people are just so amazing, I love being able to be around
them.
And now I am
companions with Sis Catlett! It has been SO much fun! We are
already good friends and so we didn't have that awkward, 'I don't know you'
phase that sometimes happens when you get companions. We were able to
just jump right into teaching and helping her learn the people and area.
That's always kind of stressful too because I am basically planning everything
until she gets a hang of the people and area. But she catches on fast so
it's going to be an amazing transfer. It feels like old times, being back
in Spanish Springs because we were roommates there for forever. Good
times.
We've had a lot of
good things happen this week! Been able to do a lot of walking and
meeting a lot of new people. Awkward story. So we were walking
doing this street, contacting potentials, and see these two guys pushing a
stroller walking towards us. Before we reach them, they turn down this
street, the same street we need to turn on. Then they turn down another
street. The same street we need to turn down again. So we are
creepily following these guys. Too far away to call out to them but close
enough they can clearly see we are following them. Well, there is a
malfunction with the stroller so they stop long enough for us to catch up with
them and we start talking to them. The one guy looks very familiar to me
but I can't place him and they don't say anything that would hint that we had
met them before. We ask them if they know anyone that could use a message
of Jesus Christ and one of the guys points to a house and tells us to ask for
Jessica. That she needed God because she did drugs. Ok....So we go
to the house. This guy with very little teeth and no shirt opens the door
and says 'are you here for Jessica??’ We are a bit taken aback but say
yes. He walks away and tells us to follow him. Ok..... So we
walk in and he tells us to go down the hall to the left. Creepy!!
No way am I just walking into her room! So we hesitate and ask if she
knows we are here or if she is expecting us, which there is no way she could
because we just randomly stopped by!! Well Jessica hears us talking and
comes out of the dark and creepy hallway and is surprised to see these random
chicks standing in her living room with her dad (?). We tell her that a
friend told us to stop by because she might want a message about Christ and she
stands there and says 'I don't believe in God'. And we couldn't remember
the kid’s name that sent us so it was even more awkward. Ha-ha By
now, her dad is like who did I just let into my house and she is weirded
out. Just super awkward. Well. We finally stumble our way out
of the house and start down the street to get to this address that we were
trying to find in the first place. We knock on the door and guess who
answers it. They guys that we basically just stalked down the street!!
Sometimes God has one amazing sense of humor. They were kind of startled
to see us but....they said we could come back! That doesn't give the
situation justice with awkwardness but we are still laughing about it.
That's my story of the
week. One of my district leaders used to say that we paid for 18/24
months of awkwardness so we might as well get our money’s worth! So
true. People just expect us to be weird so we might as well capitalize on
it. The rest was full of other (but less awkward) situations and lots of fun
times. Always a good time on the mission!
The church is true!
Love,
Sis Rae
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