foto Hermana Rodriguez!
Dios es Panameño
At least that's what they're saying here in Panama... This week was allllll about soccer! Panama lost bad to USA and then they beat Costa Rica, so USA isn't going to the World (what's is called in english??? ITs the mundial in spanish) and Panama is going for the first time hahaha! It was NUTZ over here when they won. I'm serious. We were walking in the road and all of the sudden the whole world started screaming their heads off and I was thinking somebody had died haha. Hna Rodriguez was all calm and told me that's what happens when your country makes a goal. And I thought that was pretty funny. But when they won, oh my goodness. Everyone ran outside screaming and crying, and they started a big kinda parade thing, with people walking and screaming and throwing water and cars hocking and even the police cars joined in too. We just stood off to the side and watched. It was great. Now everyone here tells us that God is in fact panamanian haha, this country is so darn humble, I love it.
ANywayyyys, as for Colon itself, it is big, smelly, black, and sassy. It's pretty great and pretty darn ghetto. And the sass, oh my goodness. Here its called raccatacca. I can hardly keep up with these giant black ladies! :) But really it was pretty hard to adjust. Mostly to walking so much. And shoes! Ugh, they are the worst haha. But I finally dont have blisters, so it's all good. And the spanish! I couldn't understand these panamanians with their "chombo spanish"! They speak super slang out here, it's pretty funny. But im finally adjusted to everything, buses and all haha, so yup.
As for investigators, we got some pretty good potential, and a miracle on our hands. Let's start with Edwin. A member invited her Colombian friend to conference (oh and note about that, it was amazzzzing and Neil A Anderson gave the most amazing talk ever), and he heard Henry B Eyring's talk about the book of Mormon and what it is to be a Mormon. We met him and got his number, all chill and stuff. Then on Monday, we called him to see if we could visit him and he straight up told us "hermanas, I really liked to conference and I really could feel something. Well, this is something I think I want to do. I want to be a Mormon. Hermanas, I want to be baptized." WOOOWOWOOWWOWooww!!! Well, we told him he could definitely be baptized, we just had to teach him a little bit first. So he's getting baptized this week. Definitely a miracle! I can't even believe the Lord blessed me with an experience as cool as this one!
Thennnn We have Michel and Chadia and Ivan a family super great! And Yoeri. She is 18 and suuuuper ready to be baptized too. Sorry, I ran out of time again, but I'll tell you more about them haha!
Love you all sooo much!
Hermana Hallsted
Questions:
Is your Spanish is good enough now that you could understand conference in Spanish? Everyone thinks im latina, its the best haha! Its harder to understand the people here in Colon cuz they are all black and even talk slang like black people in the states, but in Spanish! Crazy
Do you have a real shower again? i have a real shower And a real bed? and a real bed Do you have to wear real shoes again? i hate shoes, miss my sandals
Where is your new companion from? she's from Honduras, Hna Rodriguez, we met in Penonome, and she is suuuuuper amazing! I absolutely love her to death.
good content, thanks
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