Mi listas para la semana....
AWKARDS, INCOMODOS, Y CHISTOSOS
- ladies nursing in public. everywhere. I especially feel bad for the elders!
- the other day we were in a lesson with a really ´catholic´lady (that meaning they have always had the catholic tradition but never have gone to church... but they would never in their lives think that it would be possible for something else to be true. basically that is everyone here! haha) and the first thing she says is ´pero no obligaciones... porque nosotros somos catolicos!´ and we were like oh.. ok then. haha. So we talked a little bit about the first lesson and usually we extend the ´would you´baptismal commitment which is basically if the Lord answers your prayers and you feel that this is right, would you be baptized. So we weren´t thinking we should do that because she didn´t really receive the lesson so well and we knew we wouldn´t be going back to her, but my companion looked and me and kinda gave me ´the look´... so I totally took that as a sign that I should give the commitment. So I start saying it ´a medida que el Senor contesta...´ and I see out of the corner of my eye my companion shaking her head like ´don´t do it don´t do it!!´ so halfway through I totally switch it around and try and change it to say something like if the Lord answers your prayers and you feel like this is good, would you be interested in learning more and having us come back? or something like that... hahaha. Anyway... it totally did not work and made no sense, and she was so confused, and I had to try so hard to not laugh. I tried to save it... but it just didn´t work! So many great things happen while teaching...
- another time we were giving a first lesson and my comp was in the middle of a sentence and then out of nowhere this dog walks up and it´s face and eye is all bloody and it was all scraggly and missing hair and stuff (seriously.. so freaky looking) and in the middle of her sentence she goes right into ´oh su perro!!!´hahahah. I think you had to be there, but seriously the whole situation was so funny. I kept laughing and had to try and disguise it as coughing because I felt bad, but seriously the dog was so freaky looking and ugly and my companion and everything... it was just so great.
AWESOMES
- so every night I have been hearing these groups of drums in random places and I kept wondering what it was... I was picturing like some type of ritual like people dancing around a fire or something, hahah. Finally I asked someone and he told me that all of the schools have groups and they compete, and it is like a big thing here. How sick is that!! He told me that they practice every night from 8 pm til 4 in the morning... for real! I thought I was dedicated in high school!! I mean.. maybe I heard him wrong, but I swear that´s what he said, and I wouldn´t be surprised because we seriously hear them all night. But it´s so awesome... they are full on drumlines. I haven´t actually seen them yet but I see people carrying their drums around all the time, and they are really torn apart... all my drummer friends in Utah would die if they saw them, haha, but they actually really sound pretty decent and their lines are pretty clean! I talked to another member and all her sisters do percussion... so awesome!! It´s called ´escuela dosamba´ and then they also have ´banda musica´ which is just normal band... and all of them have big competitions between each other every year. So awesome!!
- ok just a quick experience for the week that actually happened today. We were having lunch with some members and of course as usual I am lost in the conversation and also worrying about getting the food down at the same time (this lady is a really good cook but she just doesn´t cook with foods I like..., today I had to swallow down a salad and this egg thing and other stuff that I had no clue what it was. . . . I feel so bad... but I really do try to eat it all!). So another lady was there and she was down I guess something was wrong but I had no idea what was going on. Anyway... so I shared a scripture, and it was Alma 7:11 and 12 about how Christ suffered pains and afflictions so he would know how we feel. I had her read it... and as she started she started to cry. I guess it really touched her and she really needed it at that time. I have no idea why I chose that scripture... I just saw it and I happened to read it earlier so I knew what scripture it was, and then I just randomly asked her to read it. Turns out she has cancer! Wow. When you are doing what´s right, the spirit works with you and guides you!
Ok I hope everyone has a fabulous week and watches conference! Les amo! CIAO!
-Hermana Hunt
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