Hola Familia!
And Beunas Tardes! I can't believe everyone started school this week! And Herm is in Highschool, whaaat?? Can't wait to join everyone at UVU in a year and a half! Actually today is my 2 month anniversary! I only have 16 months left, can you believe it?!
This week has been really fun! Earlier this week, we found a new investigator named Miguel who loves to speak English. Well, he loves to try haha. I usually don't understand a word, so I usually just say, "sounds great!". Actually everyone here loves to try to talk to me in English. It's really funny because they all only know the same things from what they've learned in elementary haha. I love it. Anyways, Miguel is a really positive investigator who is really interested and the members are awesome at being friends with him!
Next week we have a baptism for Emiliano and a cool story: we asked him to pray as a commitment and he said we would and my comp asked him (totally inspired from the Spirit) if he believed he could receive an answer and feel the Spirit. And he said no. So I asked him (totally inspired from the Spirit) why he wants to be baptized. And he said "I don't know. It's what I know I should do." And I told him that the Spirit is telling him that it is right and he stayed silent for a minute and said, "Oh". And now he is very positive about baptism and I have so much hope for him!!
Also this week I went on splits with Hermana Hardinger and it was the best day ever and all in English. I loved a break from the constant Spanish haha! Also we got lost in the jungle. We were walking down a road that ended and because we were talking didn't notice we were actually walking through a little river. We looked around and realized we had no clue where we were or where the road was. So we prayed, chose a direction, and walked. We came upon a random cabin and some random guy lives there by himself. He showed us a little trail he made for himself to get back to the main road. So we taught him a lesson, got the yes come again, and got out of there. It was awesome! And perfect timing because it started to pour as soon as we found the road. Thank goodness we were not it in the Jungle!
Also this week, we found out we have rats. And they stink. They keep chewing up our pamphlets and keep us up at night because we can hear them walking around in the ceiling. We bought rat poison and they ate it all, but they're still just as alive as ever. We call them Mickey Mouse. My comp says it with the cutest accent haha! We also like to blame all our problems on them. No lights "Ugh it is because Mickey Mouse is ponchetta (disobedient)" no water "ugh it is because Mickey Mouse drank it all" it is so fun to make the best out of a bad situation!
Oh and speaking of bad situations, we can only teach lessons at the church after 6 pm now. Because I am white, people here think I am really rich and really beautiful. So the Zone leaders decided it was safer for us to not be out contacting. It really stinks because it will slow down the work, but I know there will be a lot more blessings!
Anyways, I have learned a lot about the Spirit and I know that teaching by the Spirit is the only way to teach. God knows way more about His children than I do, for sure! I really do love the work. I love Panamanian people and I love the Lord. No matter what you think you know, the Lord still loves you. No matter what you look like or how far you have fallen, the Lord will always love you. He loves us so much, that he gave us a way to return to Him. Stay strong in Him!
Love,
Hermana Hallsted
Extra stuff she wrote to mom...
oh and people keep robbing me, and men are dumb (Not sure what this means but you can bet I'll ask her next time!)
oh most important... i had a dream you sold Phoebe. Please please do not sell my dog!!!!! mucho gracias:
Do people drink water there or is it just soda and juice mostly?
Mostly juice (chicha). hardly ever soda. only like 2 times since I've been here.
I asked about her ward/branch
Hola! Our ward is really big! Probably around 50 members, and there are plenty of less actives, but not as many as i thought. I don't understand anything and they don't translate, haha. but the past two days, something has been changing. I can start to have conversations with people because I am finally starting to understand a lot! We do work very close to the ward. The members are key around here, because nobody comes unless they feel like they have a friend.
Did you hear much about the Olympics? Didn't see any athletes from Panama really! Haha
there is only one person from panama in the olympics. His name is ANdre something, he is a runner and ran with usane bolt and everyone here is so proud it is all they talk about haha
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