Seeing people
with Christmas lights in the windows and fake snowmen in the front yard
feel almost like the world is lying to me that it is December. When
broiling from the inside out is the state of your body during the day,
it is not Christmas. No matter what the Calender says. Although
Homesickness isnt a thing, because it doesnt feel like Christmas, which I
guess is a blessing in disguise. Haha. For one of the neighborhoods
here, they did a Christmas party, so they pulled a trampoline out into
the middle of the street, set up some inflatable pools and had a big
water party. It was really fun, and I got squirted with a lot of squirt
guns while proselyting, that was a new experience for me. Here when it
is Christmas, it is water fights and heading to the beach. That is super
different.
Things are going really well here
in El Salvador though! I did have a pretty miserable 24 hours when I
caught a stomach bug and was throwing up all night. And it just
happened to be the night of Companion Exchanges, so BOTH of the Hermana
Leaders were there, so I recived way more support than was necessary. I
appriciate that they love me and all, but sometimes you just want to
throw up and be miserable in peace.
But our
investigator José is doing great! We were expecting to have a pretty
frank conversation with him and his Less Active girlfriend this week
about the Law of Chastity, but we had hardly began our conversation when
they announced they were getting married the 6th of January! And then they asked us if he could be baptized on the 16th of January!
(My baby sister´s birthday, that will be a good day for me.) Everyone
is really excited, but no one more so than José he is super excited to
be a part of this Church and to have the opportunity in a year to go to
the temple and be sealed to the woman that he loves.
We
taught a good number of lessons this week, had intercambios (companion
exchanges) and prepared for the Mission Christmas conference on Wednesday.
We all are preparing a White Elephant gift to give in 3 categories, 1.
Most Missionary 2. Most Funny and 3. Most Chilean. Im going for Most
Funny, Im giving a carefully written Dear John letter (Querido Juan) a
pack of tissues, a type of candy called Guauitas (which are shaped like
little babies), and then an acutally good Candy bar.
I
would also like to point out I found a bag of Reese´s Peanut Butter
cups here! I did not buy them, because converting Pesos to Dollars, it
was about $9.00 I was NOT paying that much.
Anyways!
That was about my week! Ups and Downs and all arounds! Hope you are all
enjoying snow and the spirit of Christmas. If you havent already I
highly recommend you watch the new Christmas videos that the Church put
out, they are beautiful and powerful. You can find them at christmas.mormon.org . I love them!
And I love you all! Have a great week! Godspeed and stay strong!
Hermana Randall
PS. I found a fabulous manaquin that I had to share with you all. I laughed way harder than I should have.
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