We had quite the week here!
We are getting along well, getting to know the area as much as we can. My companion is training me more than I could ever train her, she's been a great help and example here. We went out with members to get to know where the members, less-actives, and investigators live. It's fun and challenging to be starting from basically zero, with basically no investigators and everything. We have a great family that we are working with. Their challenge is for the hermano to get divorced so they can get married and then baptized! But they are super great.
We are assigned to Barrio Los Arcos at 9 [Los Arcos Ward at 9AM], which is in the Danli Stake. Our zone, all 22 of us, are assigned throughout the stake. [22 missionaries in one stake!] We have stake conference this week with Elder Arredondo and Elder Alonso, which will be fun.
We also moved! Thanks to the members, we were able to get our stuff in the back of two trucks and get everything over to the new house without any major problems. The only minor problem is that our big wooden bed frames don't fit in the door, so we have been sleeping on mattresses inside until an hermano can help us take apart the beds that are waiting outside the door... But the house is really nice, a lot nicer than the other one we were in! The other tiny detail is that the water doesn't come out of the shower, so luckily this mission has taught me how to shower with a bucket of water.
We also helped with an open house at our stake center on Saturday that they did for investigators to get to know it since they recently remodeled it. We helped explain some of the programs the church has and hand out pamphlets and invitations for stake conference this week.
In other news, Danli is gorgeous and I am loving it. The weather this week has been overcast with a little rain sometimes which is so great. I love that our area has a "downtown" where we live, and where the chapel is, and also two areas that we have to climb a mountain about a half hour to get to. The hills are killing me but it's really pretty!
Things are going well here, and I am doing great! This week I have been studying Ether and Moroni and am excited to finish and start again this next week! I love the Book of Mormon and have gained such a personal testimony of the Savior through the more focused study that we are able to do as missionaries.
Love you and have a great week!
"Los Arcos", which is this super old bridge they used years ago to carry water from the mountain to Danli.
Washing dishes for an hermana.
Lunching with Batman, the grandson of an hermana who gives us lunch on Saturdays.
Moving.
We helped with an open house at our stake center for investigators.
The new casa. (So why is that table warped?)
(Uh oh... See that iron on the floor on the right? Maybe that's why...)
Our pila where we wash clothes.
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