Monday Aug 23, 2010
first off, congrats dad!! way to kick trash in the lawyering world, and then be a missionary in the process. not going to lie, got a little teary eyed when i read that you wore the tie i gifted you.
welp. Yes i was robbed. ok i´ll give the whole story with a little extra details. So my comp and I had about twenty minutes before our coordination meeting with the ward mission leader so we thought we would knock a street on the way over. the street is called Lord Kelvin. haha i laugh everytime cuz its just funny. Anyway. So i did a contact in the intercom box (everyone has them here- so it makes it harder to do like a legit contact when yoiu cant even see their face!) and this really creepy voice was like si.... i swear i was talking to voldemort. It gave me chills so bad, and i was just like uhh nos encantería pasar y compartir mas de este mensaje. and then i was like there is no way im entering that house. so i just like walked away as fast as i could. we stopped at the next house and i kept looking over especting like a ring wraith to leave and attack me! it was really weird how scary that voice was and that it just made my heart stop. luckily the next lady came out and was a super great contact. so we then realized we had to head over to the church by that point and had almost reached the main street Oroño when i heard a guy talking for like a sec before he was all up on me and yelling ¨quedate quieta quedate quieta!! which is keep quiet! i looked down at his fingers which were poking into my stomach and looked at him and instant reaction yelled no!! and was just trying to hold on to my bag, and he ripped it from me hopped on a running motocicleta and they jetted. we ran a little. these experiences are so crazy, cuz it just all happens so fast you cant think! anyway. unfortunately i had some important things in my bag, (debit cards, money, keys, my agenda, my fake passport) and it has complicated things bastante. I had gone to the doctor the day before and just forget to take things out. the money, hna villalba had given it to me, and well her and president basically think im an idiot now. but im just really grateful im safe. i was pretty upset though. haha i was crying and yelling a little. we went and waited at the church (couldnt get in for lack of keys) and the mission leader shows up late for the first time. when he shows im covering my face with my hands because since ive been sick i have had an insane amount of mucus and it was all down my face. anyway, the people have been concerned for our safety (well mainly just the members, all the missionaries are like, well you are on a mission....que va a hacer. i guess its true. but i personally dont want to get robbed!) we were even in a pretty safe part of town. its just that it was 8 at night and everyone here is SO SCARED of being in the streets that no one was outside. so i guess now i really dont blame them.
ok better story now! so the other day we found this family (ok a little disfunctional) but they are so great! there is mirian (the widowed mom) estefania (the 19 yr old daughter pregnant with her 2nd) lisandro (the boyfriend of estefania who sells vegetables) Jose (mirian´s dad, who does NOT STOP TALKING) and anyway. its fun to teach them. they have a lot of questions and are really into like superstitions, but they recognize the Spirit and are really eager to learn more. Estefania and mirian said that when we talked they felt a lot of peace. Lisandro and Estefania came to church on Sunday! they brought their 2 year old son Tiago and i had never been so grateful for all the other screaming kids in my whole life. I think it helped them feel super comfortable. They have a long journey ahead of them, as they aren't married and lisandro smokes un monton, but they are super great. It took us three hour to hour and a half lessons to just teach the restoration. im telling ya, jose really is a yapper. at the end, hna gibbons would just turn and listen to him so that i could teach the others. thats getting me a little excited. even though this last week we were really persecuted for our beliefs. ( haha i think it sounds so old fashioned to say persecuted, but its true, people say some really hideous things to us, even after they´ve asked for our help and its really hard and sad.)
i love this gospel and I love the truth that it brings us. ruego que siempre vivamos en una manera que las personas nos reconozcan como discipulos del Señor Jesucristo. May we always live our lives in a way the people can recognize us as followers of Christ.
i love you all!
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