Hi all!!!
This week was so good! I think the mission honestly just gets easier with time. It is still hard, but I don't think the days are as long, and the weeks seem to fly by. My trainer, hermana Anderson, always said the mission teaches us how to not only endure, but endure with happiness. But I am excited for the things I have to look forward to after the mission!
This week, we honestly just cleaned out or area to see who is really interested AND who have the desire to progress. Hermana Christensen always says that there are a lot of people here who want to be brought the good word, but who don't want to go with it. That is so true. Lots of people are excited when we come to them, but that's all they want. They don't want to act and fight for a testimony, through going to church and reading the scriptures. We still have two pretty solid people right now, our friends Andrés and Ruben, who are continuing to progress and are lights in my life and day!
Now let me paint the picture of the funniest part of my week. So our good friend, Señor Andrés, has 86 years. He is going to be baptized on December 3rd! Every time we visit him he says "hay que bautizarme en nuestra iglesia (I have to be baptized in our church)!!". He is awesome! To be baptized, he needed to stop drinking coffee. So, he has gone a whole week without drinking coffee. We show up yesterday and he has a mug in his hands and we are like, "Andres que tiene (what do you have)?" and he responds "cafe!" and we are like "ay no, en serio (no, seriously)?". Then he says "broma, no es té canela (kidding, no it's cinnamon tea)". It was hilarious, just imagine this spry and witty 86 year old pulling your leg haha. He is the best! I feel so blessed to get to know him. When we come to his house, he is always reading in his scriptures too!
My miracle thing of the week was that it rained every single day this week and continued to sprinkle all day. On the surface, this just sounds like normal Panamá. But really, it is a large miracle because we have not had water this whole week. We have about 5 gallons everyday with all the problems with our pipes and pumps, so we have only showered with two cups of water everyday (one to get wet, one to get rid of the soap). Yet, I never came home wet from sweat like normal, wet from water of course, but not overly hot or gross. So, God sent the rain showers to our doors :) God is in the big and little miracles!
The literal bucket of water that we had this week to use everyday and nothing more to wash, clean, shower.
Peeing outside because I have no water
How I always sit in panama. I have such good manners.
Hermana Christensen was a little tired in district council
San Miguelito zone!!!
Our district (left to right): Elder Lopez (Guatemala), Elder Gongorra (El Salvador, one of our ZLs), Elder Francis (Colon, Panama but he is reassigned for now, he is supposed to go to Mexico), Elder Borja (from Columbia, our DL), Elder Bailey, Elder Baugh, Hermana Keeler, Elder Seamons, Hermana Bonnett, Elder Harry, Hermana Euceda, me, Hermana Christensen
Running into members of our ward at the mall for lunch!!
Quaker shaker is my twin?
Our fan blade broke in the middle of night and scared the living daylights out of us
House shopping because we don't have any water
I love Panamá!
Eating chicheme and donuts ...a little messy
A member took this photo and says we look like poor little orphans
Ok, let me explain, these are what ALL the panamian women wear and we had to buy some for .75 to assimilate with the culture
Hermana Christensen caught me praying one morning
Look to the left -- turkeys, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Strange fungus growing in our house
Our friend, Andrés Rosas, who is the most faithful and humble person ever. Every time we visit him, he says he is so excited to be baptized and cannot wait to be baptized on December 3
Happy 5 months bestie!!
Our questionable reference sends an audio "wow que guapa...wowwww"
Questionable reference named, Gordin. How it all starts is that we call him to share a lesson, and he is like "necesito buscar una camiseta, dejame a buscarla" and we are like alright call us when your ready he comes back and he is wearing an unbuttoned SUIT COAT and then to make it funnier he gets his baby niece and starts kissing her on the cheek. I think he is trying to thirst trap us.
Our good friend, Ruben, who will be baptized in December. He is faithful and has a deep understanding of the scriptures.
We are starting to teach classes of English on zoom!
On a zoom for a Noche de Hogar on Saturday night with Hermana Christensen wearing her Panamanian weave
A member, Daniel, posted us on his story . I swear they always do this, it makes me laugh so hard
Facetiming garret! He is never very awake
Shopping on pday
Our Christ wall we created!
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