Life
is good. Today we went on a tour of Lebu, the city by the beach, with
the zone! Some member in Canete works for a school teaching about
tourism, and they needed to practice I guess. So they gave us all free
breakfast, took us on the tour, and free lunch. And THEY were super
grateful to US. I was like, shoot I didn't do anything I just ate good
food and saw pretty sites! Haha but it was fun!
Okay. I don't have a lot of time. BUT I need to tell
you about Giselle!! She is the daughter of that one family, where the
mom was really sick and the Elders came and gave her a blessing? She is
15 and super awesome. She always walks us to the bus stop and waits for
the bus to come pick us up after lessons at her house, and when she sees
us in the street (she has twice) she runs up to say hi to us. It's
awesome. Well yesterday we went to her house and watched the Restoration
DVD with her. We'd only taught her once before but she's been reading
the Book of Mormon and praying this whole time! And we asked her after
the movie how she felt and she said she felt good. She says she knows
it's true. And we were like wait.. what? En serio? So I asked her if she
would be baptized and she said yes! And then Hermana Haycock was like
why do you want to be baptized. And she was like ''Cause I know it's
true.'' We were like, are you serious!! Obviously it's true. But we just
weren't expecting it! So yeah, she has her baptism date for July 21st!!
We were completely shocked, happily surprised. She needs to get
permission from her parents but we're thinking it should be fine because
we've been sharing with her mom and she said she's been reading the
BoM with her dad and he wants to come to church. Maybe the whole family
will want to get baptized together! That would be amazing. :) We
shall see.
So this cambio, I'm companera mayor. Which is called
in English, senior companion I think? Yep. Means I have more
responsibility.. Like we teach together and make decisions together. But
I have more responsibility to make sure we're doing well, working hard,
I start the lessons and lead planning, stuff like that. I'm a little
stressed about it and it's hard sometimes because Hermana Haycock is
sometimes.. lazy. Just like tired all the time and will try to convince
me that it's okay if we go home early or if we sleep in on P-day and
stuff. Ugh. It's hard. Because I don't want to be like NO HERMANA we
can't do anything but obviously I'm gonna be obedient. It's just hard
when she doesn't want to be or doesn't think there's anything wrong with
it. It's hard to explain. But I am trying my best to be sympathetic to
her problems but still working hard. The mission is hard for her. But I
love her.
This week I chopped wood!!! It was awesome. There's
this grandma we're teaching, and she's poor so she can't pay anyone to
chop her wood for her. We stopped by to visit her and I was like yeah
I'll do it! Haha it was fun. We have pictures. My triceps were sore the
next day, the axe was heavy! Don't worry parents, I didn't hurt anyone
in the process. :)
So something beautiful I realized- I completed one
year of having my mission call on the same day Gustavo was confirmed a
member of the Church- June 17th. How fantastic!! Two of the best days of
my life, were on the same day one year apart. :)
We're kind of opening a sector, this area called
Pewen that's 11km from Los Alamos. It was part of Lebu, but it's 17km
from there and the Elders haven't gone there in forever. We called and
got permission and so now it's part of our sector! So it will be kind of
like opening an area. Pray that we will find families there who are
ready for the Gospel!!
Well, that's all the time I have today. I hope you
like the picture of Gustavo's baptism!! I will send more pictures some
day soon, I promise. I love you all so much. Thank you, mucho, for your
prayers. I need 'em! Love being here. I'm almost half way done with the
mission, which is so depressing. Love this work, and I know it's true.
Until next week--
Hermana Danielle Anderton
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