So far here I have driven through 2 drug
deals and have had a drunk person approach me in our car. The people
dealing drugs just smiled and waved and actually moved out of the way
for us and we handed the drunk guy a word of wisdom pamphlet and drove
away.The people here are actually really nice. I honestly feel so
protected. I can feel Heavenly Father watching over me. He wants me to
succeed and to be safe. It also helps to have a badge that says Jesus
Christ so people leave you alone.
I'm slowly starting to
understand what people are saying. Except there is this less active
recent convert named brother Scott who I don't think I will ever
understand. Sister Udall said it took her about 4 weeks to hear what he
was saying. So this week I met a monkey. That's
right a monkey! One of the crazy old less actives( he really is
absolutely crazy, its really funny) owns about 5 and we got to pet it
and take pics with it.
We have started running every morning after I begged my companion
to. I run on the beach right next to the waves barefoot. (the water and
beach is SOOOOOOOOO pretty here) We run at Foul Bay which is about 1/2 a
mile long so I run it back and forth for half an hour. Exercise is wonderful! I'm
starting to get some pretty gnarly tan lines. I wear sunscreen but it just melts/sweat off after the first 20
minutes of tracting.
It's finally started to get rain here which is nice because when I first
got here there were bush fires everyday and it smelled really bad. The
rain is so crazy here. There will be NO warning whatsoever and then you
will have a big bucket of water dumped on you. Then after 5 min of rain
it will stop. The people here are terrified of rain.
Teaching people has been the easiest thing for me here. I love this
Gospel so much and have no doubts about it whatsoever. I love sharing
my testimony with people and helping them understand why they need to
gospel in their lives. We mostly teach less actives then we go finding
and the we teach lessons as well. We just found this guy named John. He
is thirty and had never heard of our church before. When we started
talking to him about it, he got really excited. He called us yesterday to
make sure that we were still coming tomorrow. He has a Book of Mormon
and he said he has been reading it and has lots of questions for us.
YAY! My companion says I teach and talk to people really well and said
that I don't teach like I'm being trained. I really have grown to love
her!
The elders in my district are so
funny. For a YSA activity that we went to, we played cricket. It was
pretty fun but sort of hard in a skirt. I still think baseball is
better. On our way over here we stopped and got some coconuts
from a guy that was selling them! Yum! Coconut jelly is the best!
French is hard without a french companion but I think that I won't
go French speaking for a few transfers. I'm pretty good a pronunciation. It's just all of the grammar rules. I'll get it when I'm with the people.
For the rest of the P-day we are going to walk around Bridge Town which is
a big city in the middle. Oh and I can drive now the way the English
do! (opposite side) scary but fun.
Thanks so much everyone for you kindness and advice and prayers.
Keep praying for me but know that they work. Being on a mission really
lets you feel so close with Heavenly Father. I pray for you all everyday! I love you so much!!!
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