Hey!!!!!
Well, this week sped right on by...as always. But it was a
good week! Lots of hard work...laughter...planning...prayer...the works!!
Our district has a really high goal for this month...to help
30 people follow Christ's example and be baptized! The norm is about 15
baptisms a month in my district.But we are doing everything possible to reach
the goal! We decided to work as a team and visit all the possibilities of each
area...it helped a ton because the investigators saw that there were more than
just 2 people supporting them. It was a really cool experience. I think we sang
''Nearer My God to Thee'' about 20 times one day...because that's the only song
that socio and the elders can sing different parts...haha. One of the elders
told me that after our group visit, one of his investigators told him that ''la
hermana gringa es alegre''...meaning that the gringa sister is really
happy....''' haha. It's a pretty nice complement here. That's probably why
almost every investigator that i met in the other areas asked me to say the
closing prayer...haha.
Soooooooooo...I'm thinking we should change the words to the
primary song that talks about saturday...it should be more like ''saturday is a
special day, it¡s the day we help people be baptized...'' haha. Because really,
Saturdays in the mission have potential to be amazing! And this Saturday was
pretty great! Rather stressful getting everything arranged, but in the end, it
all worked out, because Hermano D was baptized!! We'd been working with
him ever since Hna T got here. He is a single 54 yr old who the Lord has
been preparing for the past 8 months...ever since he stopped drinking alcohol
and starting looking for the truth! And we helped him find it! The funny thing
is that he burned his hand pretty bad a few days before his baptism..and almost
used it as an excuse, but we solved the problem by covering his hand with a
plastic bag, since the doc said he couldn't get his hand wet. He just hid his
hand in the pictures...haha. In total,there were 4 baptisms from my
district...our branch is growing little by little!
Actually, the branch had a few changes this week. Sunday was
branch conference and they announced the release of the branch president, who
didn't live in Diriomo in the first place, and called the first branch
president who actually lives in Diriomo! It's a pretty big deal! Next step...a
real church building! Hopefully sooner rather than later! Oh and the choir
debut went pretty welll...it turns out i didn't have to direct...but it was
rather...special...i wouldn't say Utah ward choir worthy, but you know...we
produced...noise. I just had to sing really loud.
Other interesting things of the week...let's see...that was
about it. The World Cup is pretty big over here. Gotta love futbol! It is
starting to be rainier. It has actually gotten a little cooler
here...yaaaaaaaay! That's a happy thing! I just have to wear my Crocs and I am
good to go..although my umbrella has gotten way rusty on the inside. It just
has to hold up 5 more months!
Hna T is doing great. She could totally train after she
finishes her training in 4 weeks. Changes meeting is exactly a month from
today. Pretty crazy. Hna Tadeo's english is starting to progress...I am proud
to say that the first sentence that she learned was ''I like cheese.'' Yep. But
the second one was more profound...''I want to baptize and retain''. Asi es!
haha
Funny story...we went to Masaya today and there happens to
be a larger version of the grocery store that we go to in that area...so we
went not just to Pali...but MAXI'Pali...which is like a mini version of
Walmart. I felt so overwhelmed...and lost. We may have problems when I get
home! haha
Well it sounds like everything is going great at home! I
can't believe that we're already finishing up June! the 4th of July is already
coming up! Weird! Time flies when you're having fun! Because I truly am having
fun! I love what I'm doing. It's awesome! I read a quote in PMG that says that
''missionary work is love in action''. And it's that truth! I am sharing this
love that I have for my Savior with everyone...and it is so fulfilling!
I love you all! Have a great week!
Love, Hermana MacKay
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