21 July 2014 - Good week.

Heyyy! How's it going? Life is pretty great down here...it's so hot though. We're in a drought. In the middle of the rainy season. How does that happen? I have no idea. But there's no rain. And it is SO hot. But what can I do about it? nothing...so I'll just keep grinning and bearing it. Although I have a ton of freckles on my right hand (but just my right hand...nowhere else) now...when I was little I always wanted to have freckles like Melissa's...and here we go! Gotta love the sun.

This week was good. On Tues, I went to MANAGUAAAAA! When the bus started passing my first area I started to get so excited! But I didn't get to see anyone I knew...but it was fun to be closeby. We found some characters. Managuan people are far more diverse than people in little towns like Diriomo or El Rosario. I forgot about that. But it was fun working with Hna C. She goes home...on THURSDAY (with Hna R...) So crazy how fast the time is passing!

So I forgot to mention last week, but we had some rather unexpected news. One of our investigadores, A R, passed away. She had some heart problems and unexpectely died. Everyone in the Pencal seems to be her family, because everyone we talked to the day after was pretty depressed. It was really sad. But I guess we'll have to figure out how to send her reference to the Spirit world now...haha.

We visited a family on Saturday that has lots of personality. One hna, J, is studying English to be a tourguide...so she kept asking me questions and trying to speak to me in English. It was so hard! I remember most english and everythting, but the words she'd ask were so hard! They accused me of not actually knowing English. Whoops. It was way funny though. 

A family that was baptized about 6 months ago had a way cool experience this week. Their 6 yr old granddaughter, G, was on her deathbed and Hna L told her daughter to pray so that she would be healed. The daughter and son of L aren't members. They all prayed in a circle and felt the sprirt really strongly. G woke up the next morning totally fine. Such a miracle! And an awesome experience for them...especially for the kids that weren't members! Hopefully they'll have more interest in the church now...or at least soon! 

Well, we find out about changes tomorrow...who knows what'll happen! Hna T is pretty nervous. I'll be fine no matter what happens, but I'm just anxious to know! If I have changes, they'll let me know tomorrow afternoon, and I'll be in the changes meeting early in teh morning on Weds. 

I know that this church is true. I am so grateful for the responsability that I have to share it with as many Nicaraguans that I possibly can! There is so much to do and so little time! But I plan on using my time as wisely as possible, because this is the Lord's time...not my own.

I hope you have a great week! Love you!

HErmana MAcKay