Broken Heater=Sick For Days (week 36)

Well... this week has been quite interesting that is for sure!!! There have been some really great parts and some really hard parts. But hey.. that's mission life. I knew this was not going to be the easiest 18 months of my life. But basically I have been super duper sick for the last 2 days and so has one of the english sisters. So we have stayed in the apartment while our companions have gone out to work. I am just glad that we were able to do that and that our areas still got worked. I havent been sick my entire mission so I think my body just gave out on me. But I am feeling a little bit better today! But here is how the week has gone.

 

Tuesday, we ate SO much!! So we had zone meeting which was really great. We talked about extending baptismal dates and OYMing! That was great. And it increased the amount of baptismal dates that we have in the zone. Woohoo!! so great!! Baptismal dates are the best :) Then we went to CiCis as a zone which was pretty fun. Its not the best food but we were all starving! Then we went to an appointment. Kinda a crazy appointment but they agreed to read the Book of Mormon which was awesome!! we love when that happens. Then we went to our first dinner appointment. Okay at this point i was already really stuffed. still! And then this lady gives us each 4 huge tacos! whatttt?? i was like oh my gosh how am i going to do this!!! but i did!! well.... i think i did. yeah i basically ate all of it. that was great. felt so sick. but we shared a message about temples and she cried when she was telling us how grateful she is for the temple. it was really sweet. Then we went to go try our investigator Claudia. And get this! This was such a MIRACLE. So we were knocking on Claudias door and she wasnt home. But we heard someone from across the way say "quien es??" and i was like wait? where did that come from?? and we said las misioneras and she opened her door!! we were like oh!! hi!! haha so then we were introducing ourselves and she opened the door and stood back and invited us in!! I was so surprised!! then as we were teaching her we foound out that she had been taught by missionaries a while back in Honduras and she loved what they taught but has just been catholic her whole life and didnt want to change. so we were like okay cool. then when we invited her to be baptized she said she had already been baptized. so... we read Acts 19:1-6 with her and I was like hey.. these people got baptized again when they realized their baptism wasnt complete!! Then she sat there and was like, "well.. i am gonna have to think about it i guess!". YAY!!! So now we have used Acts 19:1-6 with everyone that tells us they have already been baptized. MOTED. It was so great though. And then we had another awesome lesson with some cool investigators :) and they fed us mole (not mole as in the animal.). i was sooo full. But it was a good day.

 

Wednesday, was really good too. We taught a lot of lessons!! with lots of great investigators. And Wednesday was one of the coldest days. Our less active was not too happy that he had to sit outside so that we could teach him a lesson. We then had a dinner appointment at the Canos! Probably the most normal dinner appointments ever. Everytime we go over there it reminds me of when we lived in California and had the missionaries over for dinner all the time. They are a really fun family though! I love them so much. Then we had the BEST lesson with our investigators Karin, Olga, and Carlos! They all accepted dates!! SOOO AWESOME. and we got invited to be there when Karin has her baby. uhhh.. yeah right! Love them and all but we are just missionaries. hahaha!

 

Okay I dont have much time left but the rest of the week looked like this. We were all dead in bed. Sister Workinger came on exchanges with us on Thursday and our heater was broken. That night I started feeling super sick. Sister Cano had to bring a suitcase of blankets so that we wouldnt die. Then the next day we had to use the car because i felt horrible! And then on Saturday we just did some mini exchanges. I slept almost all day saturday then we went to the english sisters apartment so me and sister vea could stay home and rest while everyone else went out to work! Sunday, we had to go to church because i had to play the piano and give a talk in sacrament. But after, we went to the sisters apartment so we could do the exchange again! It was a pretty exciting adventure. we were all so sick. it wasnt very fun. But we had lots of awesome people come to church so that was great!!!

 

It was a pretty crazy week!! And its pretty dang cold here on the Island! Our heater is fixed though. Hallelujah!!!! Well.. thank you so much everyone for all your prayers and love and support!!! We could still use yalls prayers down here in galveston :) love you all so much!! hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

 

Love, hermana dorian