This week was crazy! On Tuesday, we had divisions once
again, but this time with Zona Carazo. And once again, I stayed in my area. One
of these days, I'll actually get the chance to see what other areas look
like...but for now I'll just have to enjoy the responsability. This time, I was
with Hermana E. She's actually still in my zone, but Rivas is really far
away. She is awesome. She teaches like she has been in the mission
forever...yet she has 5 months in the mission just like me! But she left the
CCM the day that I arrived, so I never overlapped. We had a pretty successful
day full of contacting and teaching. We're teaching a 16 year old named T.
who is pretty positive! It's weird teaching her, because I realized it's like
teaching Karen. Weird. But she said she wanted to be baptized, so that's
awesome! I learned a ton from Hna E about how I should open up more with
potential investigators. It has helped a lot since then.
On Wednesday, we decided to set aside a day of only
contacting all day, because of our lack of investigators. Our ward leader worked
with us all day. ...Scott--I hope that you help
your missionaries in your ward as much as possible! But anyway, we got stuck in
a torrential rain storm. I was the only one with an umbrella, as always...I
tried to be charitable and share it with R and Hna R but...we all ended
up getting soaked to the bone. It was pretty funny. We looked like pathetic wet
puppies.
Here in Nicaragua, they don't celebrate Halloween. But I
still had plenty of Halloween surprises. For instance, the night leading to the
31st, Hna R woke me up with a scream in the middle of the night. She told
me to turn on the light because she thought there was a mouse in her bed. Well,
she was right...there was something in her bed, but it wasn't a mouse. When I
turned the light on, a BAT flew right towards me. So I ran and hid in my
mosquito net. It was super freaky. We're not really sure how it got inside Hna
R's mosquito net...but yeah, I can say my companion slept with
Dracula...haha
Then on Halloween, we went to our lunch cita like usual. The
hna that feeds us has a big fence surrounding her house and 2 huge dogs. I
don't know what got into them, but when we opened the gate, the biggest dog,
Azlan, pushed Hna R out of the way and he and Bella darted out. Therefore,
we had the responsibilty to hunt them down. But those dogs run FAST! So just
imagine 2 Mormon missionaries chasing after two crazy dogs...for over 20
minutes! We seriously ran all through the town of Rosario. Azlan decided to
enter a cow pen and started fighting with a bull. I was convinced he was going
to die. But luckily we caught them and someone gave us leashes to lead them
back to the house. It was exhausting...and embarrassing. Happy Halloween to us!
On Friday, I received my birthday package! I also received 3
birthday cards. Happy Birthday to me! Thank you so much! It was perfect! I love
the music and the clothes work well, too! I'm wearing one of the skirts right
now. And I absolutely love the letters that Grandpa Mackay sent to dad when he
was on his mission. So many words of advice that I needed to hear. And I know
that Dad was saying them to me, even though Grandpa wrote them. So thank you!!
Luckily I received the package in the morning, because if not, I think my
enthusiasm for the day would've been a little low. I managed to slip of loose
dirt and fall...but that's not the worst part. I also managed to land in a cow
pie. As in my arm, shirt and skirt suffered the effects of said cow pie. It was
lovely...haha. But as usual, I just laughed at myself. Gotta enjoy every
minute, right?
On Saturday, I had divisions again, but they were
unofficial. I joined up with Hnas E and G for the day because
Hermana R was really sick. But she's at least a little better now! I felt
bad for her because all she wanted to do was get out of the house, but she
couldn't. That's how missionary work goes. There are times when you just want
to stay in the house and sleep, but when the opportunity arises, all you want to
do is go work with the people!
I've really tried to focus on the people this week. One of
the quotes from a letter from Grandpa helped me a ton. He said ''You must never
judge people on the mundane experience of what your mind th8inks is the
answer...for the mind is very finite and very limited...and that's why we need
to work closely with the Spirit'' Amen! It's so true! You never know who needs
your help until you meet them and talk to them. So that's my new motto for
contacting. Who knows who is ready. I just need to give them the chance to find
the truth! I know that this church is 100% true. It makes me sad that so many
people don't know what they're missing out on. I know that the Priesthood is
the authority to act in the name of God given to worthy men in the church.
That, along with the Book of Mormon, set the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latterday Saints apart from the rest. It's amazing.
I hope all is going well with remodeling the house, school,
work, life in general. I love where I am, but it makes it easier to be away
from home when I hear what's going on. I love you all!
Love, Hermana MacKay
(Posted by her Mom)
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