Hey there!
Ok so I said that I
was going to write you a really good e-mail today, but it’s been kind of a crazy
p-day and my keyboard isn’t functioning that great, but I will do my best! :)
Ok this past week was
just the usual of being on a mission. Our
water got turned off for some reason. Didn’t know why but, hey we’re in Chile. So from Monday until Wednesday, we
were without running water = using our emergency water (so grateful we had
some) + going to the church (we have keys and it’s like 30 seconds away from
our house) every time we have to go to the bathroom... quite the party.
So, then our neighbor
named Domingo (sooo cute!! an old man with a limp) tells us that the water bill
people came and told him (tried to tell us but we weren’t home, obviously) that
our water is going to be turned off because we haven’t paid our bills for May. Called the mission office and turns out that
our water bill is impossibly high. Turns
out we have a leak somewhere in the house and someone is going to come over
this week to fix it. Fun. But on a happy note, we got new mattresses
last Monday! Woot. My companion’s mattress was just a giant foam
pad anyway and mine was like sleeping in a canoe because it sunk in so much.
So, Domingo is the
cutest old man ever! He loves his Maroon
2000 Toyota Camry and is always outside taking care of it. Every time he sees us walk by his house he
hobbles over to talk to us. We are in the process of trying to teach him because
he is just too cute! Topics for which he
stops us to talk about = how much he admires the U.S., his weekend trip to the
beach, we better not stay our too late because ghetto San Juan isn’t safe for
two hawt babes (EVERYONE tells us that, pretty much every day...sooo funny).
We’ve started teaching
the grandma of Familia Ledezma (that one that I sent a pic of a couple of weeks
ago). She is sooooo cute! She has been Catholic all her life, but loves
us sooo much that after having 14 years of contact with the church and always
being sassy to the elders ,she decides that she wants US to teach her. She’s read like 8 chapters in the Book of Mormon
and just has such sincere desires! Such
a champ! LOVE HER!
Ok, so have I ever
told you how when something good is happening, whether it’s a great contact or
a super important/spiritual part of a lesson, something ALWAYS happens to ruin
to the moment. ALWAYS... So the other day, we were contacting this cute
couple and it was going great!! And
then... this crazy lady who was high and a lesbian comes up to us and just starts
saying crap about how she and God have secrets and crap about reincarnation...
It was weird. Luckily, my companion and the member that was with us (Tamara
Ledezma, the one whose grandma we’re teaching) could distract her while I
finished contacting the couple and they accepted a Book of Mormon. Crazy Satan.
Well, to finish up
just wanted to say that changes are this week again... Insane how fast time is
going by!... We won’t know what’s going to happen until tomorrow morning, but
my companion and I are REALLY hoping to stay together!!!!! It’s sort of stressful but the Lord knows what
He’s doing. I LOVE this gospel and I
LOVE this work!!! I know that Christ is
directing this work and that he awaits all with His arms extended to come unto
Him. LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a great week!!
-Hermana Hermansen
P.S. Mom, Brandon, or Rachel, do you know of such a
pill that prevents dehydration? A member
whose son is going to Brazil on his mission asked me about it, but I have no
idea! She told me to ask you guys.... Does it have a name? If so, what? Thanks!
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