Okay so this week, especilly yesterday everyone wants to give us
food! something about this week, it has been more than ever! And Hna
Betancourth likes to cook so she's made things for breakfast and then
she likes to eat dinner and i am used to a banana or crackers at night.
And I dont really like to eat after 8:30
9 ish so I ate a lot. But yesterday, so we eat lunch every sunday with
the familia Valasquez and it was the hna's birthday so we had bbq bean
salad and rice salad and mandioca lots of meat. then I ate an orange.
Then We were at Carla y Emilio's house they are recient converts. And
Emilio's mom was talking about mamón (papya) and I said I had never
tried one. So she's like, oh we have one bring some for her to try, I
thought oh just a little piece no they brought the whole thing!! And
they wanted me to eat it all! It was really good, kind of like a sweet
squash, not much flavor but I was already full. Then we taught
investigators and they were like here eat dinner with us. And me and
hna j had refused them before and hna b says yes to a lot of things so
with my stomach so full I ate chicken and bread and a little bit of
chancho and then they gave us cake!!! oye. Then we had to walk back to
our house. it was not comfortable. i am still full! haha yeah
But
anyway I am feeling great! I love learning new teaching styles with a
new companion, she is really spunky and loud. But I think that will be
good for the pepole we are working with. One day I dont remember it
rained aaaalll day! I love it so much! but we got really wet and either 1
or 2 things happens in the rain. Everyone invites you in because they
wonder what inthe world you are doing out in the rain or they are all
asleep. This day only a few people were awake or home... but i love the
rain!! We came back finished planning early and everything and went to
bed early :) it was great!
Carla y Emilio they
are a young mrried couple who live with Emilio's family. theyare the
only memebers, butwe are slowly working with his family. He has a sister
who is 11 silvia. She came to church with us this Sunday!!! and she
asked for a book of mormon to read! She's really smart and wants to
learnmore! oh its so cool!
And then we are teaching this guy
who hna j found one day we were walking because their house looks like a
mexican style church thing its really cool and she wanted to know what
it was. Well this guy is pretty rich and speaks a little english. There
are people who speak a little and like to practice with me... at first I
liked it but durring a lesson its just weird, I get so confused! But
he's cool and theyare a family and yes I hpoe they progress!
OH
and so there is the community Apy I think I wrote about that before, of
natives indiginous people ...whatever they are and they speak chomococo
and hna b really wants to learn chomococo ... she speaks a lot of
guarani too but I think I'll learn spanish first :)
Okay
and last thing, Hna johnson with all the things she couldnt fit, left a
set of essays her grandpa sent her buy william george jordan they are
all out of print but are sooo cool! This is a part that I really like
and am trying to apply here.
Self control may be developed i
precisely the same manner as we tone up a weak muscle, by little
exercise3s day by day. Let us each day do as mere exercises fo
discipline in moral gymnastics, a few acts that are sidagreeable to us,
the doing of which will help us i in stant action in our hour of need.
the exercises may be very simple, dropping for a time an intensely
interesting book at the most thrilling page of the story, jumpi ng our
of bed at the first moment of waking, walking home when one is perfectly
able to do so, but when the temptation is to take a car, talking to
some disagreeable person and trying to make the conversation pleasant.
These daily excersis in moral discipline will have a wondrous tonic
effect on mant whole moralnature. The individual can attain self control
in great things nly through self control in little things. He must
study himself to discover what is the weak point in hi armor what is the
element within him that ever keeps him from his fullest success. Then
you work on that.
And yes, I am working on that with contacting speaking all sorts of things. Its hard but i think it will be worth it.
I love you all so much!
Love Hna Sarah
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