My dear friends and family,
I hope all is well with you all!
The week was pretty good. Hermana Aleida is doing just
swell. She accompanied us at a baptism that the other hermanas had on
Saturday and was really touched. She is still timid to set a date for hers
because she feels like she doesn't know a lot yet, but we have asked her to
pray for the 14th because we know she can be prepared for then. She has told us
that she has received a great peace and calm in her heart in this time we have
been teaching her and the times she went to the church with us.
She has lived in San Lorenzo her whole life and knows
lots of the members, some since her youth. She was talking to an hermano the
other day that she's known since her childhood, who said he's been a member for
18 years. She said something that really struck me, she asked him if he's been
going to this church for this long why is this the first time she's heard of
it? No one from the branch had ever
mentioned it to her or invited her to church. Imagine that.
Think of all the people you know that are waiting,
prepared to receive the gospel but haven't found it yet because no one has
invited them. She said that something this wonderful needs to be shared, and we
were all, "We know, hermana! We're doing it!"
She is a really special lady and we feel like her
daughters [she's "50-ish"]. She has a hunger and thirst to learn more
about the Gospel. She has a hard time reading, and when we taught her about the
Book of Mormon she said with our help she plans to learn what's in that book!
She's sweet.
Today for P day we went to an area called Puerto Grande,
a teeny tiny mountain town about half an hour by bus and another half hour by
mototaxi from us. We hiked around the mountain an hour to an iguana reserve
they have, which was super cool. In the picture where I'm standing there is in
a corral that has 1,300 iguanas. There were three others with other ages of
iguanas, which was pretty neat.
Also we went to this house on the beach where they have
tons of parrots, which was awesome. We arrived when the guy there was feeding
them and they all came flocking. Pretty neat.
We get the Ensign every
month, in English and in Spanish, and I have never appreciated it more.
There are challenges every
day and it's hard sometimes, but it's all worth it. I am enjoying myself here
and learning to enjoy some of the things I didn't when I was just starting out.
Well, you guys. I am doing wonderfully. Every day has its
challenges and its triumphs. The Church is true and He lives!
Have a wonderful week,
Hermana White
Notice the iguanas in the background.
More iguanas in the background.
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