There's this pole that says no hay agua "there's no water", which I think is pretty funny cuz it rains 24/7 over here.
Baptism de Hno Carlos!!
Divisions with my fav Tongan Hna Langi!!
Hola familia!
This week it rained. Surprise!
Rain kinda stinks when you are a missionary, because, first of all, you get soaked and it's not super comfy, but also because rain in Panama means nap time. Everyone goes to sleep. And the people who aren't sleeping can't hear when you call on them because it rains so hard. But other than that it's fun! Oh and also it was festival week in panama! It says in the Missionary Handbook that holidays are a really good opportunity for teaching because you can find families. Haha, this doesn't apply here in Panama. A holiday means everybody either leaves to visit family and gets drunk. This festival was this entire week, it's like their Independance from all these different countries celebration, so the entire week was just pretty difficult. What we did was focus on the less actives and recent converts a lot instead which is always great!
Oh on Wednesday, it rained so hard and also it was a lightning and thunder storm, which we found out after we started walking to an area especially far. Well, let me just tell ya, it was crazy. The lightning came down silent and was breaking telephone poles and cars all around us and then the thunder would come so loud it hurt our ears! I'm not kidding, both of our legs and arms were bright red after because the lightning had burned all of our hair off. Good news was I didn't have to shave the next day. It was so scary, we ran right out of the street and into a chino for protection (with a whole bunch of drunk guys, cuz you know, it's festival week) for about an hour. I know God sure loves us, cuz we almost died, but He really protected us in that moment.
We found an old blind lady who has two teeth and sings like an angel. She is the cutest thing ever. I can't remember her name, but I'll tell you when I see her again. She is really positive and loves us. I think we can really help her!
We met Osiris and her mama this week too, and they also came to church! They are super sweet and like to talk a whole lot, but I think we can really progress with them too!
Miracle of the week, we were walking home one night and saw a lady sitting on the ground crying. We thought Perfect, she's either crazy or needs help. Either way, the Gospel can help! We introduced ourselves but telling her we know that God has a plan for her and if she knew what that was. She just started bawling. Majali (her name) is from Nicuragua and has no job or money to get back home. She told us she was sitting out here thinking about the purpose of life and was praying God would send her some sign that He loves her and she has purpose. Well I am thinking that is cool, cuz we just happen to be missionaries with the fulness of the Gospel and a message about our purpose here on Earth. I'll tell you more of what happens when we see her again!
Love you!
Hna Hallsted
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