I’m now in La Esperanza

The unexpected happened and I had emergency changes. I’m now in  La Esperanza. It’s the outskirts of Xela. My area is huuuuuuuuuge! The ward is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge!!!! There is like 380 that go to church every week. It’s so different from my other area. But really pretty. We share the area and ward with a set of hermanas and elders. Sometimes we all eat together at the member’s house…it’s weird. I’m not used to it yet. My new companion Hna Cordova is a love. She is so adorable. The poor thing was SUFFERING with her other bat crazy companion. And that’s why we had changes. Some of the members when I met them were like oh it’s the gift from god. An elder said oh good the sickness of zone left. So at least my welcoming was warm by the members but not by the climate. By the way it’s not summer here. It’s just that Guatemala has 2 seasons and that’s it. Summer and winter. and nothing more. So right now its winter. How I miss heating systems. Thank you mom for saying it was a good idea to bring my blankets. I sleep with so many it’s great.

The apartment we live in is really nice and big. The water is a little bit of a pain. But we aren’t in the house a lot so it’s fine. Just to have water there is a bunch of knobs and other stuff we need to do first to have it. We both have a bathroom which rocks. We have four rooms and a place to hang clothes and a huge kitchen it’s really nice. My new area is definitely has more money. All the houses are huge and people have a lot more nice stuff. My area has the peace of Benjamin but is way more populated. Is really is a gorgeous area.

We tried to have a baptism next week but that fell through because they didn’t go to church. But it’s a boy named Cristian and a girl named Karla. They are siblings. Adorable and so smart. They are so great. We took them to the baptism of the other sisters and they know they need to be baptized so hopefully next month. I still feel pretty lost here. But I’m trying to figure my way around. One family in the ward is my favorite. They went to the Aerosmith concert when they were in the capital. And we talked about music and everything. And they had Aerosmith on 

during lunch…I was so happy.

I am really happy here but man it’s hard to leave your first area. I have never given so much of my love to people and never have gotten so much back. I felt I was leaving my family again. I felt the same like I did when I was at the airport. Some of the members just gave me a huge hug and both of us were bawling our eyes out. But I know I will always have family there. And I can never forget them ever. They are so special to me. I love this work. I love my mission. The crazy things can happen but nothing is better. I can’t really think of much right now. And I will talk to you guys on the 25th. Be ready around 8am in the morning my time. And I will write another email explaining more about this in a bit. Pics soon to follow.

I love you all so much. feliz navidad y prospero año,

Hna Lindsie Anderson