Chickens actually sound just like they do in Minecraft

Our neighbors have chickens and a rooster that wakes us up every morning.

WELL PEOPLE WERE GETTING PHONES, i dont know exactly when, our president has to finish his training first, but Im hoping itll be soon so I can email better, I swear Im not ignoring you all, I just have little time!

  Two nights ago our next door neighbor had a party from 12-4 AM with LOUD music, and let me tell you, these Yucatecas know how to PARTY. 

 

We had a great lesson with a recent convert and his mother, she called us "angelitas predicando el mensaje de gozo" or little angels preaching the message of joy, and said she could feel our love so strongly and that she already loves us. Her husband is closed to religion but we have high hopes for her!! Right now a lot of our investigators seem to not be progressing very much, but were working through that, finding ways to help and learning to trust God that much more!

Saturday I was feeling a little discouraged, just a little tired and unmotivated, but our lesson at 7 oclock changed that. This woman is so sweet and prepared for the gospel, she was so open and receptive to our message, and she is for sure a woman of faith. We have another lesson with her this week, and were really excited! Afterwards her mom gave us some chocolate, tortas, bolises, soda, marshmellows, and these pipe cleaner flowers she made that she was so proud of. These people are very giving with their food, and let me tell you, its a love language I am NOT complaining about. The food and everything is amazing, but of cousre the most important part was that we have a new promising investigator!

The first little bit here I kind of just felt like myself in a foreign country, not a missionary, and to a degree its true, but the past week or two when Im in a lesson, I feel myself becoming more than I am, I feel the power of the spirit take over and help me say the things that I dont know how to. I feel the power of God working through my calling, and Im grateful for that help, because this is impossible without it.

I was also thinking about how amazing it is that I get to have a year and a half of just focusing on others. I have no REAL worries of my own, I just get to focus on helping others, and honestly its a blessing, its a work in progress though Ill tell you that much for sure.

Okay, not a ton more time, but Ill write next week! Rock on 

Hermana Shirley