yeah for real they are good at being couch potatoes........ It's super hot here too so it has been sometimes hard to work cuz it makes us so drowsy.
I then commented on the heat making people drowsy (I’d just been discussing this same issue with someone at work) and I wondered if that’s why some cultures have siestas built into their everyday life……….
Oh yeah I wouldn't be surprised if that is why they have siestas.... man I need one so bad on the mission cuz seriously I'm am a walking zombie. Sometimes I think I'll have just one day to stop and do absolutely nothing, but that is impossible for a missionary. I've been learning that the hard way.... missionaries work as if they aren't humans, but fact is we are so human. Tiredness, bathroom breaks, energy, stress, the whole shebang.
Okay well let’s see if I can type this all up.... we haven't really had a Pday in like 3 weeks so that is why you haven't really heard from me.... sorry.....
We'll be also missing another one on the 3rd....
1. We had a transfer meeting where all the missionaries went to Guaynabo and they explained who was leaving and where. So those that had to pack and leave had their bags but knew nothing to what was going to happen to them. Also they called us on Sunday and transfers were on Wednesday... but on Sunday night they called and said that both of us had to pack, which I figured because during interviews president made it seem like we weren't going to stay together. Then our leader told us that the whole district was leaving.... I was like what that is nutz.... long story short... they made everyone pack so they would clean their extra junk and the houses. Not very nice, but good news we are together again!!!
2. The sisters didn't find out if they were transferring until yesterday when a few will be leaving including Hermana Jimenez and Hermana Curl. Hermana Jimenez will go to Guaynabo with Hermana Christianson and Hermana Curl back with Hermana Angel. We will be moving apartments so you can maybe mail things to the office. I haven't been receiving too much mail from anyone, but just in case tell everyone to mail the office until I know where we are going. (The next transfers are on August 17th, I think.)
3. Hermana Christianson and her new companion (new Missionary Sister from California) went to St. Croix... the first week for this new sister (and) was in St. Croix. Lucky girl, eh.... it sounds like little by little they are opening up the islands for the young missionaries. There are elders in some islands now, yah, so pray I can go to one during my mission.
4. The Twix man heheh good story... sorry need to make it short. Here in PR there are beggars who knock at windows at lights while people are waiting for the light to change. So one day Hermana Garcia was eating her favorite candy TWIX and she offered me a piece and I didn't want it. So she was enjoying it licking her fingers because it’s hot and was melting. All of a sudden at the light a man taps at the door and we gave the sorry motion.... then he tapped again. And we were like no sorry.... then he pointed and we were like what is he doing we can't help him. Then he pointed and I was like Hermana Garcia I think he wants your Twix and then I pointed at the candy and he shook his head yes.... and I was like he wants your candy.... we gave it to him and were dying of laughter. Talk about the Law of Consecration. J
***The sisters are leaving on Sunday and I don't know when we are moving and we had a sister’s conference on Tuesday and Wednesday last week.
5. Our space for parking is ridiculously hard sometimes to back up.... this whole time I have been good, but the other day I hit the car against a fenced gate and I chipped the paint of the side of my door and the rear mirror was half detached..... the missionary leaders were okay with it and fortunately I don't need to pay for it. Then she made the comment to me oh no worries everyone at least once does something to their cars on the mission... I did in St. Thomas she told me and I was like don't be tellin that to all the missionaries. LOL.
6. Elder Garfield of Springville, UT is in my district.... and I went to school with his sister, Sarah.
7. Yesterday we were contacting at the Pier in Ponce. I love contacting there. It’s on the ocean and there are families, only bad thing is there are killer mosquitos that suck more than a drop of blood. LOL. jk (just kidding)..... so we contacted 2 men and a kid.... they were giving us a hard time that the photo of Jesus Christ is the Father and all that jazz... then one of them was like excuse me and forgive me for saying this but you seem like a person who has gypsy Spanish blood. Then he started explaining who they were and how I seemed a lot like one. (of course I understood nothing until Hermana Garcia explained after).... and he explained how I was a strong person who defended for what I believed in, but also let others be free for what they believed in. Then he kept telling me forgive me I don't want to offend you, forgive me but I will repeat again... how I was superior and basically someone that needed to give him permission to talk to him, like royalty. Hermana Garcia was like he was treating you like Esther.... like I didn't need permission to be in anyone’s presence, like I had the right.... then he was like in 3 days you will have something better happen in your life, you will be at a higher level. It was bizarre and then he was, someone who is in your life right now, who is not at your level or hindering my progression will leave my life and I will be at a better place..... in 3 days. Because I totally didn't understand I was thinking he was saying things super rude and obnoxious because he kept apologizing and then I was like we are all children of God and He wants us to be happy and a random testimony to change the subject. Heheheh. We were laughing hard after cuz I had no idea what was happening.
8. We had 2 menos activos come to church on Sunday and it was great to see one of them. Our old investigator that we handed to the elders has a baptismal date and went to church. Things are going slow but we are still trying to get people going and recognizing the beauty and blessings of the gospel!
9. Elder Wilfred Anderson is coming again to have a conference with us!
Hey, so the mission is super hard for me... and I still feel a lot of the same as last time.... just keep praying for me and helping me...... also I think I will be able to be set apart here (she meant released) and maybe fly into Florida if that is easier (referencing our planned vacation when she’s released.)
10. People have been asking me if I'm from South America or PR sometimes because of my accent. Cool eh?
Yeah this is literally the craziest mission in the world. LOL ..... our days are not normal missionary days.
gotta go.... LOVE YOU TONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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