Yesterday we found out who has changes. I had a feeling this
whole week we were going to have changes. And I felt the whole week it was
going to be me or both of us. I did not want it to be my companion and me left
here in my area without my companion. There were lots of reasons I didn’t want
this to happen, but guess what happen? My
companion has changes and I am going to get a new companion tomorrow. All day
today and yesterday I have been on the verge of crying or crying. Like right
now I’m trying not to bawl my eyes out. Seriously my companion is an amazing
person. And we will always be such great friends. Yes we had our bad moments,
but all the great moments are faaaar better than the bad and I learned so much
from her. We are so close and so close with the members as a companionship. So
everything isn’t going to be the same here. And I don’t know what going to happen. The truth is I’m really sad and my heart is
broken. When the District leader told us yesterday he started off with a
"joke" and then said we both have changes and then said joking…only
your companion, which ticked me off so bad. I was sad that we were both leaving,
but felt better about that. But then
when I found out it was only my companion, man that just plain sucked. Oh and
my dear Hna Lopez has so many clothes but we don’t have too much left to pack.
I know the ward will be heartbroken has well. This is tough! Yesterday I had to give the lesson for principles
of the gospel. And I didn’t know that until 5 minutes before. But I gave it on
faith and it was totally inspired from Heavenly Father and not my words. And I
think He needed me to give the lesson for my benefit. I know this is a trial of my faith and that
all will work out. It’s just hard to
feel happy right now. I just hope my new companion is a good one. And I guess I
still have more to learn in the area La Viña, my baby little area.
But other than that this
week was really good. We visited with Antonia and Jesus. I am so fascinated by
these people! They speak Popti (The Jakaltek /hɑːkəlˈtɛk/ language,
also called Popti, is a Mayan language of Guatemala spoken
by 9,000 Jakaltek people in the department of Huehuetenango). It’s
so cool. Try to look it up on the internet. They taught me and my companion
some words and sayings. Antonia went to church with us. On Saturday she said
please bring me to church…I want to go. She is so amazing. We also met her
sister this week and taught her the plan of salvation too. Antonia wanted us to
teach her sister which was awesome. They really are a special family.
Also this week we had a lesson with a lady name Teresa.
She is this tiny little thing that has two cute little kids. She also speaks a Mayan
dialect as well as her family. So you know you’re in a cool country when you
are teaching in the language you are assigned to teach and they don’t
understand you or your companion because they don’t speak that much Spanish.
What the heck?! Many times in the day I
ask myself where am I? Also it has been a little hard and that is why I am I so
blessed? So many people have nothing and I have so much. I just want to give
people everything I have. But there is a reason I was born in Utah and born with
so many blessings. But I’m just so grateful for the opportunity to be here and
to meet such amazing AMAZING people.
Also don’t worry about the drunk lady. We were safe. And I
know we shouldn’t have done that, but it turned out to be so funny! She is
wasting her life away and the amount that she drinks she might drink herself to
death. We were really just trying to help her. She said she wanted the help but
her love for the alcohol is so much stronger than the desire to change. Also it
breaks my heart when before we would try to visit her and her daughters would
say no because she is drinking again. Seriously the saddest thing in the world.
But I hope you enjoyed the story anyways. hahaha
We had a ward activity this week…a basketball game with
the other wards. Nobody showed up at first but it turned out really fun! One
thing that was bad was Maicky the brother of Froley had his graduation party
the same night and everyone is HueHue basically knows this family. There were
probably 400-600 people at this party. So that is one reason we didn’t have a
lot of turn out at the basketball activity…but it was really fun. We also
helped Hna Loly…the mom of Maicky and Froley…make tamales and wrap them. It was fun and I wanted to learn how, even
though I don’t like tamales all that much. The mother in law of Hna Loly turned
blind about a year ago and she was helping us wrap the tamales. Basically there
whole family was there helping to get ready for the party…it was awesome.
Rat story number 3:
This story isn’t as exciting as the others but here we
go. The other day my companion went to the pila to wash clothes…and what did
she find? A drowned rat. It was disgusting and all the fleas were floating
around the head of the rat. It was so nasty and neither of us wanted to take it
out. But thankfully a silent prayer was answered and Hna Vicky the owner of the
house was up in the area where we wash our clothes and she took it out and
washed it. Blessings!!!
Anyways that’s about all this week. I love you all so
much thanks for all your prayers and support! Have a wonderful week. Pictures
to follow
Much Love
Hna Anderson
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