So, last Sunday, Hermana Jiménez and I were trying to
help a family attach a chandelier to their light bulb. We thought it
was all great until the chandelier started rushing to the ground. As it
fell, they started screaming, and all I could think of was "The Phantom
of the Opera, haha! Luckily, this chandelier is made of plastic cups,
so we didn't break it :)
One of our neighbors, Mary, has a dog named Snoopy.
Snoopy loves to follow Hermana Mary, and sometimes he even follows her
into the church building! It is an adventure to try to get him out
again.
Monday, Hermana Jiménez wanted to straighten my
hair. That was one of the worst decisions of my mission. :) OH MAN I
was dying of heat! Plus, it's so humid that I looked more like a lion
than a person. And, I was sweating so much, my hair turned curly again
real quick, hahaha! Welp, never doing that again!!
In other exciting news, I got to go to Immigration this week. I shall soon have my residency and officially be a catracha!
Wednesday,
we went to teach one of our investigators, Oscar. As we began praying,
the power went out. Dang Lucifer! Oh well, we kept teaching anyways.
And it was incredible. Oscar is so prepared and searching for the
truth. As we were talking, he said, "If I had to tell someone if the
Book of Mormon is true or not, I would say it's true. No. I testify to
you right now that I know that this book is of God". Wow. He's
incredible.
Friday, our ward had a celebration of the
anniversary of the Relief Society and Father's Day! In Honduras,
Father's Day is on March 19th. We had a little program, and I sang
"Scarlet Ribbons", since Grandpa Behunin would sing it as a lullaby to
me.
Saturday, we went out in the morning to work as
normal, but Hermana Jiménez got sick in the afternoon. We called the
elders for a blessing and then I helped Hermana Jiménez make it to
Hermana Nubia's house so she could receive the blessing. It took a lot
of effort to get her there, so we stayed at her house for the afternoon.
While Hermana Jiménez slept, I left with Gladys to visit Oscar again.
The power didn't go out (thank goodness!)
and we explained a bit more of the gospel. He says he is waiting
for his answer because when he receives it, he plans to leave everything
behind to be part of the true church. We are grateful to work with
him.
Sunday, we had a Stake Conference! It was a
broadcast from Salt Lake City to stakes in Central America, and it was
incredible!! It focused a lot on the family and how we can strengthen
our own families through FHE, prayer, the scriptures, tithing, and
church attendence. Elder Marino, Elder Richard G. Scott, Sister Bonnie
L. Oscarson and Elder Dallin H.Oaks spoke. Elder Scott spoke on the
atonement, and he spoke in Spanish!! I had no idea that he speaks
Spanish!! I was pretty excited. I could feel the spirit testify to me
during the conference of the veracity of this church. It is perfect.
We, as members, are not, but the structure and direction are.
We had the chance to talk with a part-member, less-active family, and their daughter wants to get baptized! YAYYYYY!!
Today, we just washed clothes and cleaned the house, pretty boring. :)
LOVE YOU ALLL!!!
Love,
Hermana Grondel :)
P.S.,
As I was sitting here, a little girl came up and started talking to me.
She asked why I speak Spanish so strangely. I explained that I am
learning how to speak spanish, so I can't say things as well as she can.
She then said, "I'm going to teach you how to speak Spanish" and
proceeded to teach me how to say things to say good-bye and tell my
companion that I love her. SO CUTEEEE! :)
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| Hermana Jiménez and I walking to the bus that would take us to conference. |
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ON the bus with Hermana Alicia!
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| Hermana Reyes y Yo at the conference |
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| Eating lunch today |
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Okay, something funny about Honduras. It doesn't matter what kind
of cereal it is, they call all cereal cornflakes, but when they say it,
it sounds more like conflay (confle) I saw this as a flavor :)
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