Hellooooooooo! We're starting week 2 of July! Craziness!
Before we know it everyone will be back in school and back to normal...it's
strange how fast summer passes when you just watch it pass from the
sidelines...actually I'm not even watching it...just hearing about it.
This week was pretty good! Now that our most positive
investigators are baptized, the work seems a little slower than usual, but
we're getting there! We turned into Dora the Explorer this week and branched
out into little townships...they call them comarcas here...that are kind of far
away, but are fun! The people there are so humble. We were talking to a man
that has his little house and he was explaining his lifestyle...he said that
the city people call him a hillbilly, but they're the ones that have to pay for
everything. If he needs firewood, he can go find some in his yard. If he's
hungry, he goes to pick some mangos from his mango tree. He had a good point.
It kind of reminded me of the difference between VA and UT neighborhood
life...buy not quite as drastic of a difference..haha. But afterwards he gave
us a huge bag of avocados and mangos to prove his point. The best part was that
we were totally out of food and it was Sunday. Hallelujah! I seriously love my
area. It is BEAUTIFUL! Nicaragua truly is a beautiful place.
Our most positive investigator is a man named U. He's
great! We contacted his house one day and invited him to church...and he showed
up that Sunday! And ever since, we have been teaching him. He went to E and
M's baptism and ever since, he has been way excited to be baptized this
Saturday! Hopefully everything goes well! It's interesting because he was ABOUT
to be baptized by the Jehovah's Witnesses when he had to move to Diriomo and
lost contact, so it has been interesting explaining the Plan of Salvation to
him.
This week, Hna T and I decided that we are sick of the
usual food that we eat for breakfast...so we've been making tortillas for
breakfast! Well, I try to make the tortillas, and then Hna Tadeo corrects
them...or just laughs at how oddly shaped mine turn out. But the taste is the
same! But I'm good at making guacamole! I remember hating corn tortillas at
home...but now I love them! So good!
The branch is...coming along...there are some struggles with
the new leadership, but that was to be expected. The church is growing, and no
matter what, God will bring more people into His church. It really is the
truth!
It sounds like 4th of July was fun! I was thinking about the
US that day...and wore red white and blue to district meeting...Go USA! haha.
Oh, speaking of district meeting...I had to teach. Yaaaaay. But it was weird
because we had district meeting in Masaya with all the zones, because we had a
mini meeting after normal district meeting. But the nerve wracking part was the
the APs sat in on my lesson. No pressure there. But it was fine. I talked about
helping investigators resolve their doubts...I used an idea that Mark gave me
and it worked out!
Hna T's training is coming to an end...it seems as
though her training went WAY faster than mine did when I first started. We've
been having a lot of fun together. Hopefully we'll get to stay together for
another change, but who knows what'll happen. Changes are on the 23rd...dun dun
dun!
Well, I am doing well...living the good life! I know that
this church is the Church of Jesus Christ and while all churches teach off
Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is the ONLY one that has
the authority act in His name.
I love where I am and what I'm doing. Thanks for all your
support! Love you!
Hermana MacKay
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