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| Two Month Mark |
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| The Heat is Severe! |
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| Ward Talent Show Friday |
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| Our District at Talent Show |
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| My Hermanas |
Prelude:
I´m going to say no more regarding
the subject title.
¡Hola familia!
HOT DOG I HAVE TWO MONTHS IN THE
MISSION!!!!
*Queue Mickey Mouse Playhouse ¨Hot
Diggity Dog¨ song
*Queue Jeff dropping it like he´s
Goofy
This week has been a bit better as
far as homesickness goes, and the Spanish is a little bit better everyday. I
can talk about the Gospel pretty well, and basic conversations and stuff like
that. I also can understand a lot, which is good. It can get frustrating at
times when I´m trying to tell a story or something like that, especially when I
have to use a lot of past tense. Try explaining the plot of Slumdog Millionaire
in another language. Just kidding, don´t try BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!! Well,
unless you speak fluently. Anyways, sometimes I feel a little bit boxed up
because I can´t tell stories or make people laugh too well, which are two of my
favorite things, but like I said I am a bit better everyday. Hermana Piña is
very sweet and patient with my Spanish too. We understand each other really
well, which is a HUGE blessing!
The heat has been pretty severe. I
have Gatorade with me everyday (+ this really big water bottle), but
dehydration is sometimes a bit of a problem still because we seriously sweat so
much. Also, because of the sweat we STINK by the end of the day. :) All part of
the fun! I have some pretty gnarly blisters too because of the heat and the
constant walking. You know that scripture that says something about those who
establish peace (the Gospel) having beautiful feet? I´m pretty positive that it
was strictly meant metaphorically. Very strictly, because my feet (though they
weren´t too cute before the mission either) for sure won´t be very cute after
18 months of this.
Here´s how things went this week:
Monday 17/08
After emails, we taught a Noche de
Hogar (Family Home Evening) with one of our investigators, Lupita, and her two
daughters with a family in our ward. We watched the Restoration video and after
played this game with animal noises.
Tuesday 18/08
We had a zone conference from
9:00-4:00 today. I was able to understand quite a bit of the messages, especially
the one from President´s wife, Hna. Robinson, because it was in English. It´s
nice being with other missionaries of the zone because it reminds me of how
great this work is! For lunch we had ¨doggas¨ which are the beautiful
versions of hot dogs here in Mexico. The bun is suuupppeeerr buttery, like
mom´s rolls. On top of the dog are tomato, avocado, onion, sour cream, ketchup,
mustard and cheese. Delicious but really heavy.
Wednesday 19/08
Today we ate lunch with the sweetest
sister from our ward, Hna. Tinoco. She cooked us such a nice meal and had us
eat on her nicest plates. Some of the people here are of really humble
circumstances. It is so sweet to see the people here give us the best they have
to offer. Later we taught a less active family the Restoration. When we
got there they offered us food. We declined, but the mom would not hear it and
prepared us a plate anyways. Then at the end of the lesson she asked again, We
told her that we were full but she gave us this look as if to say ¨seriously?¨
with raised eyebrows and all just before making us taquitos. They´re trying to
make us fat!!!
Thursday 20/08
Today we went on splits (at least I
think that´s what they´re called in English... it´s ¨intercambios¨ in Spanish).
I went with Hna. Fletcher. It was much so fun because she reminds me a ton of
Taylor Rogers! We taught a lesson to this poor soul named Jose, who had lost a
leg to gangrene last year. His house had flooded during one of the storms and
so his mattresses were soaked. The smell was sooo bad. I felt so bad for him.
I´m not sure how he´s doing now because he´s not in my area. Later we went to a
Relief Society activity. The women in our ward are super sweet but, boy, their
Spanish is super fast! I must have asked for them to repeat 30 times! Good
thing they are very loving to me. As we walked home Hna. Fletcher treated me to
this dessert that is basically strawberries swimming in heavy whipping cream
and sugar. :)
Friday 21/08
The hermanas in my district and this
girl, Edna, from our ward (who just received a mission call to Pachuca Mexico)
made a bunch of popcorn for a talent show activity for the ward that
night. For lunch, a member dropped off tamales and Hna. Piña and I ate
them while watching the video, Finding Faith in Christ. The activity was super
fun. A bunch of the kids did skits and some of the older folks sang. The MC was
Mexican Carl Frederickson (as in UP). This darling boy with downs syndrome did
a dance to Elvis, then Michael Jackson--with full costume for both
performances! It was so cute! The missionaries sang a hymn but we
changed the words to say funny things about missionaries. After we ate
burros percherones, which are burritos on steroids. Really tasty, but like
pretty much all of the food here, heavy.
Saturday 22/08
Pretty normal day. Lots of progress
with an investigator named Belen, who is about 60, I would guess.
Sunday 23/08
Belen came to church and took notes
the whole time! She is awesome and has lots of excitement for the Gospel. Not
many of the people here are too motivated with church attendance and stuff like
that. It was awesome to have such an excited investigator. I think she´ll be
pretty strong in preparing for baptism. She is super sweet and likes to call me
Hna ¨Fresa,¨ which means strawberry, because my companion is Hna. Piña, which
means pineapple. I am a definite dog person, and I rarely use the word hate,
but I hate. the dogs here, at least in general. There are strays everywhere that
follow us and the ones that have owners bark a ton! One dog bounded up to me
while I was walking in the street and threw itself at the fence that separated
us. I don´t think I’ve ever screamed so loud in my life! Ha-ha, my life flashed
before my eyes!
I love you all so much! I miss you a
lot but I´ve been getting better with the homesickness. I pray for you all
the time. You are the greatest people on earth!!!!!!
Con amor,
-Hermana Hauck
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