Monday, June 2, 2014

Well folks its official - I now have one year in the mission

So I can hardly believe that it has been a year since I have left on the mission. Time goes by so fast. And the truth is I feel like I don’t have that much time left on the mission. But I’m going to enjoy every last minute of it!   But the truth is this week was kind of uneventful. So it will probably be a kind of boring letter. 

So every Monday night we go to a FHE with a sister here. And I wanted learn how to make rellenitos, which is planato or banana but they aren’t the same as bananas that we eat there. I don’t know what they are called in English but its banana filled with refried beans with sugar and sour cream on top. Writing about it sounds disgusting but they are so goooooooooooooood. And now I know how to make them!!! I love them so much. So we learned how to do that last Monday with Hna Mary. 

On Tuesday we visited the redheaded family. The son that is 16 was just diagnosed with heart problems so we brought him a little gift so they could give it to him in the hospital. But when we visit this family it’s impossible to leave. Every time we tell them bye they are like wait - wait - wait. But they are great. But before that we had a really great lesson with Chris and his dad. I asked his dad why he goes to church, which I was kind of scared to do. Because when I asked Chris’s mom that she told us she only got baptized to support her husband and doesn’t really believe it’s true. But brother Puacs answer was awesome! It was a super spiritual lesson. He told us he has gone to a ton of churches but the only one where he feels good is in our church. Which rocked. 

So the mission only had 55 baptisms the month of May. So we received a little bit of machetes on Thursday. But getting to the meeting with the AP’s was the biggest joke in the world. They told us the meeting was going to be at 4 in san cris. which is like 30 - 40 mins on bus. So we all got together as a zone and left around 3 and got there at 3:30 and when we got there. The chapel was CLOSED!  And I had to pee sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad! But the church isn’t close to anything. So I went to every single business asking them if I could use their bathroom because I was ready to explode. And finally someone let me use their bathroom and when we left from the bathroom there was our whole zone walking back to the bus because they changed the meeting to be at Toto. So we all piled on the bus and went back to Toto. And when we got to Toto they told us the meeting wasn’t going to start until 5:30 and it was 4:45. In the end the meeting started at 6:00 and ended at 8:00. It took the whole day. It was so super lame. But the meeting was pretty good for the most part. 

Yesterday we ran into the less active that lives on the mountain top. and we decided to go and visit him right then and there with his wife because his neighbors have a ton of crazy dogs! Well this less active drinks a ton and wants to get back to the church. We went to his house and his house burnt down in January. He lives in a tiny room with metal sheets and what’s left of his house as the walls and the roof. They have a wooden board with a ton of blankets as their bed and his cute little wife doesn’t speak a lot of Spanish but understands all of it. We are hoping we can help him get back to church and back on the right path. 

Saturday we had a lesson thing with an Emily and her 2nd cousin. Emily is a 13 year old girl who is the only member of the church and because of her experiences and what she says about church her cousin wants to learn more which is great! We had what’s called a plan Duncan and we made pizza with them. It was really fun. Hopefully everything will work out well with her. 

That’s about all I can think of. Sorry this letter is boring. I will try to have a better one next week. But love you all. Have a wonderful week 
Hna Anderson 


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