So, fun fact, I read through the email I sent last week or
the week before and realized how HORRIBLY typed it is, so I'm going to try to
be better this week with spelling and all that jazz.
This week was fun. To answer your questions yes, I had to be
home early for Año Nuevo, but only an hour early, not that bad, but as it was
P-day it made it really awkward to teach a lot that day. But it was all good.
We spent most of the night quickly puttign the finishing touches on a few
thigns for the upcomign zone conference - one of which was a giant Book of
Mormon that was filled with actual books of Mormon. (I don't have pictures, I'm
sorry). And well, than we had Zone Conference an so we were only able to work
again, like two hours which I was actually rather grateful for becasue the
streets were filled with more parties and drinking than they were on New Year's
Eve, so that was a tender mercy for me.
Honeslty, this week was full of tender mercies. Tons of
small things, like how because of New Year's Eve, we weren't able to buy food
for this past week. Luckily, we still had a few things left over (two oranges,
yoghurt, and half a box of cereal I'm not even kidding I wish I was). And so,
we just kind of settled into the fact that we were going to waste a bunch
of money buyign food in the Oxxo (imagine the store part of a gas station but
without the actual gas station) or just kind of fastign the entire week nad
literally every. single. day. someone gave us food and in between the food we
still had in house and the food they gave us, we always had enough to eat. And
it was interesting, because I ended up trying cereal and instead o milk or
yogurt, with hot chocolate. It was actually decent if you believe me or not. It
erminded me of the scripture in 3 Nephi 12 or 13 that talks abot how God feeds
the birds and clothes the feild lilies, and if He does that, He wil defeinitely
feed and clothe s, if we are not of little faith. I read that this week and
felt so freakign grateful for all that He was doing and how aware He is of
us.
Also this week, it poured. It wasn't at the level of Georgia
pouring, but yes, lots of rain and for like, five hours straight, which is a
bunch becasue this is a desert and it rains like twice a year. But, all the
streets flooded becasue they don't have a drainage system so we plodded through
tiny rivers all of Sunday morning befoer church, waking everyone up and helping
people so they could get to church on time. ANd when we got to church, we were
absolutely SOAKED. I had on my rain jacket, but my dress was so wet that the
water climbed up the fabric and everything was damp and all fo the members
started to get after us when got to church because we were goignto get sick (we
had already caught colds like five days before so it didn't realy matter) but
in spite of all the rain, several peopel were ale to ge tochurch and enjoy the
new two hours (which was super awesoem by the way) and I was super happy
becasue the spouse of one of the members came to church! WE hadn't been able to
pas by theis past week to invte him, and he had told us when we called that it
was raining and it was cold and well, no he wasn't goign to come. Adn then we
got to church, and we just barely had timeto take seats before it started and
we looked around and there he was! Sitting in the bench in front of us with his
family! The Sister told us later that he had driven them there but only yot
srop them off, but hwen they got to the chapel, he turned off the car, got out,
and siad that he was going to attend the meeting.
I seriously love the Lord, and the way HE works and I know
He is very aware of our needs, because we are Hi children nad HE loves
us.
Conmi amor eterno,
Hermana Rawlings
We took a picture after realizing that we had no photos
taken this past wek to send to y'all lol
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