Hi! I hope everything is going well at home! Im doing
well...better than well, actually! I can't believe that July is...well,
tomorrow! How did that happen? Hard to believe!
Have you ever had one of those moments when you're just
walking around and it hits you that you're perfectly happy? Well, that has been
happening to me quite often...especially this week! I'll just be walking the
streets of Diriomo when it hits me that I really love what I'm doing...and
where I am. This is such an awesome time to be alive! This week was actually
pretty rainy, because this time the rainy season is here for real! So even the
rain couldn't get me down. It was pretty great.
But that being said, this week was a bit roller
coasterish...but it all ended well! We tried soo hard to reach the district
goal of 30, but we couldn't force people to be baptized...hopefully they'll get
there soon! But we did see lots of miracles! And even though our district
didn't reach our goal, our entire mission did! Pres. Russell set the high goal
for this month as 200 baptisms...and WE DID IT! Exactly 200 Nicaraguans
were baptized in the month of June! Woooo! So awesome! And 3 of those
Nicaraguans were ones that I taught! Spoiler alert...we had baptisms this week!
yay!
So in the beginning of the week, E didn't want to be
baptized on the 28th, which was her goal. She knew that the church was true,
but wanted more time...she also wanted her mom's permission...although her mom
lives in Costa Rica. One day, we'd visit her and she'd be really positive, then
the next day, she'd say no...so that was a little stressful...haha. Then on
Wed., I had a feeling that we should call her...and she said she had
decided...and she wanted to be baptized...then the next day we visited her and
she told us that she had called her mom to tell her...but her mom said no. She
was really disappointed...and we felt bad for her too. She said that she had
been prayed for help and had expected her mom to call 2 seconds later to tell
her to change her mind. But that didn't happen. BUT in the end, she had the
faith to act on her answer anyway and be baptized on Saturday! (Her grandma is
her legal guardian, so she signed the paper). When E gave us her final
decision, she told her abuela that ''I think I just made the best decision in
my life''. So sweet! AND miracle number 2 is that her 13 yr old cousin, M,
who lives with her told us on Thursday that he wanted to be baptized too! He
had already gone to church before, so...we invited him to be baptized on the
28th! And he said yes! E and M are grandkids of Hna I, who has a
daughter on a mission, but other than her, is the only member in her family.
She was SOOOOO happy! Now there are 4 members in her family! The baptism was so
special! Everything worked out so well! i love this work so much!
So that was the most exciting thing that happened this
week...although we did have the new missionaries training meeting this
week...we went to Managua! And on the way there, I talked to the lady sitting
next to me and helped her with her little granddaughter...and when I was about
to get off, she gave me 4 avocados. Life is good. Haha. The meeting went well.
All the missionaries that come with Hna T and their trainers were there. I may
be biased, but Hna T is way ahead of the others. That's my hija! haha. It
was fun to see everyone. It feels like just yesterday I was at that same
meeting with Hna R. But that was almost a yr ago!
So in my personal study, I found something really
interesting in Leviticus...I would like to dedicate a scripture to Dad. It's
Leviticus 13 verse 41
41 And he
that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face,
he is forehead
bald: yet
is he clean.
This scripture made me laugh...and think of Dad. Well,
you're forehead bald, Dad, but at least you're clean! Haha love you!
That was about it for this week...I forgot to mention a
while ago that I had to eat cow tongue again...but other than that, nothing too
crazy has happened! An Hna wants to make iguana soup for us...oh dear. Bring it
on! Or maybe not...haha.
Well, I hope you have a great week! Happy 4th of July!!!
I'll try to wear red white and blue on Friday...haha. Love you!
Hermana MacKay
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