Hey guys!!!
It was so awesome to see all of your beautiful
faces on Christmas day! I know I
just talked to you guys a few days ago but I still have so much that happened
this week that I want to tell you.
Sooo…. Christmas Eve in El Salvador is
crazy! All you hear is fireworks
through out the night and, of course, the occasional gun shot. It’s kind of funny how I can already
tell the difference between the two.
Will you please tell Aunty Mary Joe how
grateful I am for her letter. I
received it at our multi-zone party.
She is so sweet. I miss her
and her sweet family. She’s the
best!
After Christmas we had a zone meeting and did a
white elephant game. I ended up
with candy, a t-shirt from Nicaragua, and cute little Christmas stuff. It was really fun. Then on our way home I had my first
Jehovah Witness attack. So rude. He stopped us and started grilling us
with scriptures and insults. But
whatever, we didn’t let him get us down.
Sis. Patt was pretty upset because he said some really mean things to
her. He thought I was latina so he
pretty much stayed away from me. I
felt bad though, so I just tried to keep her smiling because everyone in the
town was watching the whole thing.
Okay, not everyone in town, but a lot of people. It’s okay though because everyone has
their beliefs. Those were his, and
I have mine, and that’s all that matters. It is just sad that what he really wanted was just to try
and beat us down in front of everyone.
I have been so tired this week. I have no clue why. It is blazing hot during the day and we
walk all day. I got so tired that
Hermana Patt was praying and, by the end of her prayer, I was knocked out on
the floor! She let me sleep for
like 5 minutes and then we went back to work. But all is well.
God carries me when I no longer can walk. He helps me so much its crazy.
I seriously have the best companion ever! She is so sweet and kind. She has this
goal to do more service and so she serves me so much. It’s so humbling for me
to see her. She pushes me to be
better. I love that about her. She washed my hair again this week. I seriously love her!
This week has been awesome. I have learned that God really does know
me personally. He watches me and
helps me and protects me. He knows my needs and wants. One day we were walking, dripping
sweat, tired as heck, and so ready for bed, but it was only 2 in the
afternoon! We had to walk all the
way to the bottom of the hill and all the way back up... huh it was rough. But we had to give the keys to the chapel
to the bishop’s sister so we stopped at her house and, oh my, it was such an
answer to my prayers! She had a clean bathroom for us to use. She gave us a cold beverage, and cooked
us lunch…a nice burger and fries. It was perfect! Her house was cool and just so nice. Then we went on our way and got to work.
I just know that God knew that me
and Hermana Patt desperately needed a pick-me-up.
Another thing I have learned this week is that
the Holy Spirit is with missionaries. We were sitting outside a pupusaria one night waiting
for dinner and this Vijante (a guard) walked by. I swear his face was glowing... SO I just started talking to
him. We talked to him for a good
10 min. He was so receptive to the
gospel. We taught him a lesson
right there on the spot. It was so
awesome. I know the Holy Ghost
gave me the courage to start that conversation and gave me the right words to
say to him. Heavenly Father
loves all of His children and wants all of them to hear of His Plan of
Happiness!
Oh and I learned how to make pupusas this
week!! I actually am not that bad.
It will be exciting to cook pupusas
back home. It’s pretty easy. The ward was having an activity with the
young women. They were going to teach
the girls how to make pupusas, so we went. When we got there the young women president told me and Hermana
Patterson that we had to make all of the pupusas for all of the young women!!! WHATT!!! The order was like 15 pupusas w/cheese, 15 with cheese
and beans and 19 of something else I don’t know the name to! hahah It was a shock but was super fun. Lol
Okay so we have the best ward ever!! Not as good as my home ward KEOLU HILLS,
of course, but close! So do you
remember how we have been trying very hard to gain the love of the ward? Well I guess we did it because now they
want to feed us every lunch and dinner. They handed around a calendar this Sunday and it was full
within minutes. It’s crazy
good! They want to start the February
calendar. I am so grateful and a
little scared.... That’s gonna be a lot of food. I am going to have to exercise twice as much. But oh well. Lol The Lord is sending us so many
blessings.
Okay now for my favorite miracle so far! We were walking one night and we
had 30 minutes until we had to be home. It wasn’t enough time to go far so we thought we would
contact. We weren’t having any
success and so we got a little discouraged. But we were like okay Heavenly Father we have faith
that the next person we see will be ready for the gospel. The next person to be in our path we
will talk to and he or she will be ready in January to be baptized. So we turn down this street and it’s
seriously like a ghost town! We
keep walking down the street and then as we get to the end I see this little
boy and I say okay it’s him. Hermana
Patt didn’t think he was 8 years old so we look aroung for someone else and see
this girl on the other side of the street but she jumped in the car to leave! We were like okay great there is no one here to talk to. Then that little boy’s dog tried to eat
Hermana Patterson! Ha ha ha. The little boy ran up to grab his dog so
we start talking to him. Then we
see his dad, sitting on a wall in the dark (sketch), but we knew we had to talk to him and so we did. THANK GOODNESS WE DID! They are awesome people. Such an awesome family and they are so
ready for the gospel! So we planned
to go teach and meet his wife and his other two kids at a later day. When we went back to their home to teach
them… oh no... they weren’t there. I was so sad. I
know this family is ready and they weren’t home. SO we left a note and a picture of Jesus Christ and left. I prayed so hard for this family. I know they need this gospel in their
lives. I know it! Then
another miracle happened on Sunday.
We were at church, just a normal day when I see this man in a coral
shirt talking to some members. I didn’t
think anything of it. Then as Hermana
Patterson and I are sitting in our Sunday School class in walks that man. At first we didn’t recognize him. He acted like he knows us... awks.
I was thinking like dude who is this guy... and it finally
clicks. IT’S CARLOS C.!!!! The father of the boy on the ghost town
street! He came to church!!! WHATT!!! I started crying. Hermana Patt started crying. Oh my gosh, he must of thought we were fools. We had prayed and asked the Lord to put
someone who is ready to hear the gospel in front of us, and He did. Carlos is
so ready. I feel it in my heart. Holly Molly. It’s so awesome. He said he came to church by himself to check it out and if
he liked it he would bring his family the next week. And he said HE LOVES IT! I am so excited. We are teaching his family on Tuesday night.
I am so excited. I already love him and his family so
much!!
It is so awesome being a missionary and having
the Holy Ghost as your best friend and knowing that you have angels all around
you helping and protecting you!!
This week was perfect. Yes, it had its trials, but WHO CARES!!!
The blessings are so worth
it.
I love you all and miss you, but I know that I
am where I need to be.
I LOVE YOU!!!! Btw. Mom you look good…like you lost weight!
P.S. Please tell Tati that I miss her and that I
think of her all the time!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
--- Hermana Kava---
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