Familia,
First, shoutout to the pops! Happy Father´s day!! Hope you
had a glorious day, got to eat some delicious food and enjoy yourself. And the
subject is a joke. You´re the bestest (just in case you didn´t get the joke :))
Love you like crazy!
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| Nate's gift to dad. The family thought it was so funny so I had to send Danika the pic. |
Last monday afternoon we got the call about cambios and I
had changes. I had a feeling all along that I would be leaving, and Hermana
Dominguez felt the same, even though she had more time in the area, so I think
I was prepared for it. It´s just kind of a weird feeling to know that you´re
leaving and won´t see these people for maybe years, or maybe not until the next
life. I was a little sad to be leaving El Arco, but know it´s for the best and
excited about my knew area.
I am really grateful for Hermana Dominguez and the chance I
had to be her companion, especially for 2 changes. Yes, there were some really
hard times, that´s the truth. But I learned a whole lot from her. She taught me
a lot, helped me be a better missionary. On top of that we enjoyed ourselves
together during the good times. We laughed our way through the crazy times and
we could enjoy the hilarious things about every day. And that was amazing.
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| Me & Hermana Dominguez..good-bye! |
Now I am in Santa Ana, an area called Colon and my new companion
is Hermana Chiquin. I knew I was going to work with her since there are only 4
areas of hermanas that are lideres and only us and Colon had changes...teehehe.
But it´s very different. We are about 5 minutes away from the mission office,
which is weird since I´ve been far from the office my whole time so far. We´re
in the city and it´s a little more sketchy, but the truth is not really. I
don´t feel in danger in any way, but I know that´s really just cause I´m a
missionary and my plack keeps me safe (or really God).
Let´s see...Hermana Chiquin is super great. She´s really
chill and calm and a little hard to read. We´re very different, but I think
we´ll get along well. She doesn´t understand sarcasm, which makes me want to
joke with her more cause it´s adorable. And she´s super sweet and innocent, but
has a huge heart and knows her purpose here and I´m excited to be comps with
her.
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| Hermana Chiquin from Guatemala |
Not a whole lot to say about this week. Let´s see...
I´m just
trying to remember and get to know the members and people here in our new area
as well as learn to manage the area this week before we started doing
interchanges and I have to be the guide. So it always takes a little more
effort mentally, but it´s good. There´s some things that I think I can really
help improve here and get going (well not me, but I think God can use me as an
instrument in His hands to improve some things, cause let´s be honest, I can´t
really do much), but right now it´s slow as I am just getting to know
everything, so I´m learning more and more patience (not my strongest
quality).
Random thoughts:
-We walked by a field today and there were a bunch of el
salvadoreans playing american futbol. I was shocked. I did a triple take and
then was like, "What the what?" And then still wasn´t over it for the
next couple hours. It was super strange. Why would they be playing american
futbol and not soccer? That NEVER happens here.
-Also, world cup started yesterday. I had plans to go to
Brasil for the world cup. I remember looking into details and planning it out
as it´s always been a dream of mine to go to a world cup. Welp...then I decided
to serve a mission. And everywhere we go the people are watching the games. It
takes everything in me not to sit down and start watching with them. But I´m
resisting the temptation so far (dos dias, woohoo"). Maybe I can go to the
world cup in 4 years. Shout out to Jenn Frey and Bowman...hope you´re enjoying
yourselves!
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I was tempted to climb this tree everytime we walked past
it.
It´s literally ginormous (look at the size of the goal), and I was kinda
obsessed with it.
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Story time:
Also, funny story for the week. Last night we were having
companion prayer, my companion was saying the prayer...well next thing I knew I
woke up, still on my knees at my companion´s bed and she was sitting there
waiting for me. I asked her how long I had been asleep, she said about 4
minutes, but she didn´t know if I was praying or not so she didn´t say
anything. Haha...nope, I was just asleep. Oops. The following night: We just
finished companionship prayer. Hermana Chiquin ofrecio la oracion y en el fin
dijo, "Que bueno que no se durmio esta vez." (Hermana Chiquin offered the prayer and at the end she said, "It's good that she didn't fall asleep this time.") Haha. I busted up
laughing. Classic.
Rainy season. The joys. Well since the majority of houses
have tin roofs...you can just imagine what it´s like to be inside visiting
someone when it´s raining. We literally have to scream to communicate, and
sometimes that doesn´t suffice. Then we try to sing hymns or have prayers, let
alone compartir un mensaje (share a message) with the spirit. Adventures ha.
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| I wanted a picture in
the middle of the herd of cows my entire time in El Arco. This was the best I could do. |
Well, not much else to say. I felt like this letter was just
a mix of random thoughts without organization. Sorry peeps.
Thanks for always being there to support me. The other night
I thought about the support group that I have between friends, family, ward
members, neighbors, etc and I was just amazed thinking about it. It really
means the world and I feel that support and prayers constantly. Love yáll like
crazy.
Love,
Hermana Wright
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| Jose, Dinora y Jaquelin. I was super sad to leave behind this family. But when they get baptized hopefully I can get permission to go. |
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| Victor y Moises y su hermanita. I love these kids so much. Really I do. |
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