Que rapido este semana! This week we had lots of great activities
and that made this week fly by! I cant believe it.
So thursday was thanksgiving which was fabulous! We had a special
multizona for thanksgiving where we wrote those letters home and presidente
cordon shared some thoughts about gratitude. We also ate lunch there, it was
good food, maybe not as great as at home, but it was similar to a thanksgiving
meal so that was good. Also tell the Soters i received their letter on
thanksgiving day so that was great! I loved the pictures especially that they
sent. Tell them i love them so much and Im so thankful for their support. Also
i got to see all of the other hermanas who came the same day as me, so naturally
me and hermana garbett were super happy to see each other!
Then friday was absolutely amazing too. Cant even explain how great it was
to go to the temple. Literally missionaries need a trip to the temple every
once in a while. We went with our zone and another zone in vans. The car ride
was fun and right when we got there and the car parked i heard someone call my
name and it was sister peterson (the temple presidents wife) from her balcony
and she let us go take pictures on their balcony with the temple. She is so
sweet. Then we headed into the temple. Literally the moment i stepped inside i
felt this great peace come over me. All of the stress i feel as a missionary
just left my body. It was so nice to be in a clean and QUIET place finally. I
dont know how many other times in my life i have felt the spirit as strong as
that moment. The el Salvador temple is beautiful and it was so good to be able
to do another session there. I cant wait to go again...even if it is another 6
months. I miss going every week. But yeah friday was absolutely fabulous. We
ate lunch there at the temple and i bought some videos from the store there.
This week there was a change in climate. So last week was literally so hot
i thought i was maybe going to die. I would put a wet cloth in the freezer and
then put that on my neck throughout the day. But then this week it got way
cooler. It felt like fall here. quite windy and at night kind of cold. It was
a nice break from the heat and i hope it stays like this. The only thing is at
night it is cold. Normally i dont like the freezing cold showers but i can
atleast deal with it. But this week i wimped out at heated up some water for my
showers haha. Also our casa....we had a few incidences with cockroaches this
week haha so that was great. We have had a few small ones before but very small
cockroaches. But this week we had huge cockroaches so it was a funny
experience. Also my companion has joked with me this week and scared me in our
casa at night and she has it on camera...its quite funny haha
Mom the lady who used to wash our clothes moved this last week...so as of
right now we are washing our own clothes...and The family trejo had their baby
this week! Her name is Nayeli. the whole thing reminds me so much of adelyn.
But anyways they are actually going to have someone who is going to cook for
hna trejo so their cook is just going to cook for us too so all is well. I dont
know who i will be skpying with yet. But hno trejo told me that last year the
missionaries skyped so im sure all will be well...ill keep you updated on
that.
So this week has been good, but our investigators havent really been
keeping their commietments and its so frustrating. They arent actually praying
to know if this church is true. and they arent coming to church. On sunday we
went to pick up william because he told us he would come. We went to his house
a little early and he said Yeah im going to come! and we said okay we are going
to talk to some more people and we will come pass for you in like 15 minutes
when you are ready and he said okay! and then when we came back he wasnt there.
It was horrible. I was so mad. But what can you do.
Its frustrating when you really want to be a good missionary but you dont
have the abliities. I know that if i work hard God will help me. i just want
to be a better teacher. I feel like im not very clear when i teach (mostly
because of my spanish) and because of my spanish and my teaching skills i feel
like i dont feel the spirit very much when i teach. I want to teach with the
spirit because I know with all my heart these things are true and i want the
people here to feel the same. Ive just been praying to have the spirit more and
for help with my spanish. This week i have been a little frustrated with my
spanish. I felt good about my spanish when i first got here, because i feel
like it was good for the time i had here, but right now i feel like i havent
improved that much...but i dont know. And its just so frustrating when you want
to help people and you want to listen to their concerns and challenges in their
lives, but you cant understand them. But im just trying to be patient and i
know if i am diligent and work hard and obedient God will bless me. I am only
an instrument in his hands.
I hope all is well at home. Im glad you all enjoyed thanksgiving and im
excited that you are getting all of the christmas stuff up. It doesnt even feel
like christmas to me cause there is no snow haha. But all the people here are
decorating so that is great. Question...i am supposed to open up your packages
when i get them because the stuff is wrapped right? Also im sorry to say but im
not going to be sending presents to you guys cause they dont have like packages
or boxes to send really. im going to send an envelope with letters for all of
you though. I love you all so i hope you arent disappointed, but i will bring
you all home stuff haha. Hopefully i can get the letters off ot you time. I
literally have no time to do anything.
Well thats all for this week! Cambios are shorter this month so next week
i might know if im going to have cambios or not!
Love you all! Cant believe its december!
Hermana Groneman
