April 6, 2015
It’s April! Summer is here! I now know what it’s like to
sweat from every pour. So much sweat that by the end of the day my mascara is
gone. I didn’t even know that was possible! Kind of silly that I still wear
mascara anyway. But part of me feels like I should at least TRY to look
presentable, you know?
Not only was this week April Fool’s (which I am ashamed to
say I did nothing for) but it was also Holy Week here in the Pines. Because of
the large Catholic influence, the whole nation celebrates. Everything was
closed on Good Friday (I only saw one drug store open). You’d think with
everyone home there would be lots of people to teach…it was worse than New
Years! Everyone was sleeping, drunk, gambling, had visitors, or was gone on
vacation! Good thing we celebrated Sister Chita’s birthday. She is a recent
convert here in Lingsat Ward who is blind and seriously one of the most
positive people I know. We made her day. We surprised her. She is so cute. It
was our pleasure.
We got to watch the General Conference Women’s meeting (we
are a week behind all y’all). It was so good! I took away 2 things. #1 American
Accent. Oh my gosh. It sounded so weird to me! #2 Families. I am so excited to
see my family again! I realized there is really no replacement for spending
quality time with the fam.
On Saturday we had sisters from 2 zones evacuated to our house.
They all came with us to church on Sunday. So many missionaries! And there wasn’t
really a storm…There was a party though! Ha ha, not really a party. More like
everyone was just exhausted. It’s really hard to juggle missionary life and
hosting 10 extra people at your house.
My companion and I are working on helping an older sister in
our ward get a hearing aid. This week I got to experience the bureaucracy in
the Pines – Certificate of Indigence, Medical Certificate, tests, etc. to see
if she qualifies for financial assistance. It’s been quite an interesting
experience. I think I will just tell those stories in person. Sister Hufano is
so trusting though – we basically just kidnapped her and dragged her all over
town because she can’t hear anything so she doesn’t know what we are doing with
her!
I love being a missionary. I love serving others. I love my
life in the Pines.
Sister J
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