This week was good but sucked really bad at the same time

So yeah. I have a new companion. She is really good and wants to work but oh my heck it has been HARD! My companions name is Hna Sanchez. She is really nice but is a little bit of a princess. I feel like she was sent to HueHue to toughen her up a little bit. We took a taxi all the way from Xela to HueHue.  A la gran (oh great) I couldn’t believe it when she told me that. She said she would pay for it, but guess who ended up paying for it?...yup me. She paid for his gas but it ended up being around 200 Quetz…20 something bucks. And it took forever! I never thought I would actually want to be in an autobus. We were in a trio just for the ride over to bring Hna Dominquez to her new companions. We had a big confusion with her companions but everything turned out ok. My companion is from Peru and she was in Xela for six months. She left the CCM the day before I entered, so we basically came out about the same time. Her trainer was the nurse that made my appointment for the dentist that I didn’t end up having. This nurse has problems with listening and it turns out my companion is a lot like her.  My companion went to the president’s house last Monday and asked him not to be changed or moved. All she wants is to return to her first area. So she is sad basically…aaaaaaaaaalllll the time, which is hard. I’m trying to put my best foot forward trying to be happy and at the same time trying to serve her. But it’s hard especially since I miss Hna Lopez like crazy bad! But it’s ok. I’m doing ok. I’m just trying to work. When I’m working I’m not sad. But Wednesday the day after changes I forgot in the morning that we had changes and I almost yelled GOOD MORNING HNA LOPEZ (what day is it today?) que dia es hoy? vamos a correr. And that is when my heart broke when I realized it wasn’t Hna Lopez. That was probably one of the worst moments on my mission. Yes I had hard times with Hna Lopez but she is absolutely amazing. Without her I realized how much I learned from her and how great of an example she was for me. One good thing is without Hna Lopez I realized I really do understand a lot of Spanish and I do know a lot of things I didn’t think I knew so that’s been good. So I’m just trying to chug along trying to work when I work it’s all good.

This week was also my companion’s birthday.  I made her breakfast and bought her two cakes, a baby one for the morning and a bigger one for the night. It went pretty well. I think it was kind of hard for her though, which I felt bad about. I really have been trying my hardest to make her feel good. But there isn’t a whole lot I can do. She has to decide to be happy as well.

This week was also the birthday of Emanuel the son of Hna Adela the recent convert. We bought him a cake and went over to visit. We went to the kitchen to eat the cake. And here the tradition is to smash the cake in the face right? Anyways he was joking around with the cake and had it in his hands like he was going to smash it in his face. In this split moment I decided to help him and smashed the cake in his face, it was SO FUNNY!!!!!! We were all dying of laughter. It was so great. He wasn’t mad, he thought it was hilarious and got me back a little bit and put frosty on my face. But it was fun to share with them.

Yesterday we stop teaching Sandra and Leonel. They are leaving for their home in San Marcos and don’t return until January. Which stinks. We had a date for baptism but obviously that’s not going to happen. It hurt. Especially after all the amazing lessons we had with them and how good of friends we all are. Especially since they know this church is true. They know it…they just don’t want to be baptized yet.

One thing that rocked was Tati was here visiting. I love her so much!!!! She made my week so much better. She is the member that helped us with Dorita and because of her Dora was baptized. Tati is an absolute doll. I love her so much! She comes back to HueHue on the 20th of December.  But who knows if I will be here since changes are on the 10th of December.  We will see.

But that’s about all. Sorry my letter is so humdrum. It was a bit of a rough week. But I love the people here and I love this work. I’m so grateful to be here. And I’m so grateful for the atonement of Jesus Christ. I don’t know what I would do without it. Because I’m nowhere close to perfect and he understands us exactly. I know this church is true and I know there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes life is hard but it always turns out fine in the end. Hope all is well with you all thanks for your prayers.

Miss you,

Hna Anderson

p.s.  Just so you know. the weather here is like the middle of august. its a little chilly at night but oh my heck the weather is BEAUTIFUL!   I'm loving it!