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| Alexis said she loves these giant leaves and gets so excited when she sees them. |
It's been yet another really awesome week!
One morning we got a call saying that no matter what our plans were we had to teach two recently baptized people and sing the hymn 'Que es la verdad' and teach them about the Family A Proclamation to the world. So we started our first lesson with a convert and it became apparent very quickly that we had no idea how the hymn went. We asked everyone in the house and no one knew. We tried to sight read it (for me this means just guess the notes and hope you're sounding how everyone else sounds) but we failed at that. Later we tried to sing it to the tune of I am A Child of God. Genius idea right!? Almost. The words went with the tune perfectly, until we got to the last line. We had to squish in like 4 words on the last note because it didn't match up! It was horrible! We were like what are the odds that none of us know this hymn! The lady we were teaching was very unimpressed and told us we really should study and practice the hymns first. But we were just cracking up. So now we sing the words 'que es la verdad' to every tune possible. We think we're hilarious. (I, Jenn, google translated the title of the song and it translates to "What is the Truth" So maybe it might be "Oh Say What is Truth" is our hymn book?)
So almost every Monday we go to this place called the paca. Its basically the mall of all thrift stores and its awesome! We get really good stuff so cheap! Yesterday I bought 2 shirts for 1 quet, which is like 15 cents in the US. So that was fun! At the paca we always find hilarious stuff. Yesterday I found a bib that said 'Happy Hanukah'. I was sooo close to buying it. How random! If you want a Hanukah bib, come to Guatemala.
We had a baptism this weekend! It was so awesome! He is just a sweet little old man. He has such a strong desire to do whats right and follow Christ. He's one of the brothers that is so fun to teach because he's like a little kid. It was so exciting to see him get baptized because last week was rough with him and one lesson he got really mad and said he didn't want more. But he realized that wasn't how it really was. Now he is just so happy! He was wiping away tears when he got confirmed on Sunday. It was so sweet! He's going to be a faithful, hard working member. He's awesome! That was incredible.
This week we really saw how Heavenly Father help´s us meet our goals when we're working hard. There were a few days where we were walking a lot more than we were teaching. We'd only have 3 or 4 lessons in one day which is really low for us! Then we had days like Saturday where we found 18 new people to teach in just a few hours! It was incredible! Some days are a little rough, but then we have days full of miracles. It's so good to know that when we're working hard, we can have the assurance that Heavenly Father will help us get done what He needs. I'm so thankful to have this experience. If Heavenly Father really needed to, He could convert everyone without missionaries. He could send angels and make everyone have an Alma conversion. But no. He let's us as missionaries have the privilege of helping people. And through this we get to learn and grow too. Its just so humbling to think about. I love this!
Thanks so much for everything!
Love you all!
Hermana Haymond
I asked Alexis to send pictures of the inside of their apartment so here is a picture of their beds, the bucket shower, and her desk. She said the beds are messy because they were washing the bedding.
