Well. It´s that time of the week again somehow....
Everything is going SO WELL here!!!!!!!!!
It´s been warm again (well, kinda hot actually..) so I´m not freezing to death anymore, which is GREAT! I like it.
Yes, we are still teaching that woman whose mother just passed
away.... Sonia. She is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! She understands everything we
tell her and between when we first left her the book of mormon (last
thursday) and yesterday, she had already read about 100
pages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There have been a lot of ups and downs with working with her. But somehow, everything is still working out!!
Last night was a HUGE patience builder for me. We were teaching her
and the entire family started to get home for the day. So people were
talking and coming in and out and talking with us SO MUCH. They LOVE to
talk. Holy cow. We ended up being at their house for almost 4
hours!!!!!!!!! AH. And I was trying so hard to follow the conversation,
but her husband talks really fast and intensely and I can hardly ever
understand anything that he says. Man. I cant wait till I can understand
people. Seriously. But in the end, everything worked out and we were
able to talk with Sonia more about baptism and address all her questions
and concerns. So it was worth it. Even though in the moment, I thought
it could never be. hahaha.
Miracle from the week:
Okay, so this is really just a small thing, but it was absolutely
wonderful to us when it happened.... Friday, we came back to our
apartment a little discouraged and super hungry. BUT, we had absolutely
NOTHING to eat in our apartment... Okay, we had three eggs, two oranges
(that we were saving for breakfast) and rice. But that´s it. So we sat
at our desks and discussed what in the world we could possibly fix and
ended up making some rice for our dinner. We were so bummed. hahah. As
we were making the rice and joking about how pathetic the inside of our
refrigerator looked, someone rang our doorbell. Sister Pedersen looked
down out of the window to see who it was, ANDDDD it was some members
with food for us!!!!!!!! BEST DAY!!!!! They had been at a birthday party
for the bishop´s son and brought us over some appetizers and cake that
were left over. Oh man. We were so excited!! Way too excited for what it
was, but it was so perfect in that moment. Little miracles.
ANDDD a funny story.
So. The members who give us lunch always expect us to eat a TON.
And if you dont, then they get offended. So. We eat a TON at our
lunches. On monday, we were eating at a members house and they started
it out with the tell-tale signs that let us know that this is gonna be
one of "those"kind of lunches.... "Dont be shy, eat as much as you
want!" "all this food is for YOU" "take more sister, take more". Yep. So
after I had eaten seconds, I seriously felt like I would die. SO MUCH
FOOD. Sister Pedersen was still eating, and when the couple stepped out
for a second, she said to me "eat more!". I had already said no when
they offered me more, and so I was thinking, "shoot. I´ve offended
them..." So I asked her "do I have to???" And she was like "yes. Eat
more." noooo. hahaha. Then the couple came back in, and I took a little
bit more rice and beans and meat. Then I started to force myself to eat
it..... A little bit later, the couple stepped out again and Sister
Pedersen was like "..... I was joking....."
hahahaha. AH. Worst joke of my life!!!!!!!! We both started
laughing (but had to stop real fast cause the members were coming
back...). And the family told us how one time when they had elders over
for lunch, the elders ate SOOOOO much and then when the husband was
leaving to go somewhere afterwards he saw the elders laying on the grass
under some trees at the end of the road napping it all off. hahaha. So
they told us "dont worry, eat as much as you want. You get to take a nap
after!" ahahaha.
love you all!!
and thanks again for all the emails and everything!!! It means a lot.
Sister Ward
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