Semana 11

     Life´s pretty great out here in the mission field. I´m loving it. Hermana Escoto and I have gotten to the point that we basically know what each other is thinking. Which is awesome and sad because next week is Transfers again and we´re 99% positive that she is gonna go somewhere else because she´s been in the area for 7 1/2 months, which is over a third of her mission... So she´s a gonner. Which is really sad cuz I love her to pieces but I guess I´ll deal with it. Also, Transfers are extra scary this time because I might be called to train a new missionary because we have a bunch of new sisters coming. Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!! But I know that if I´m called to train, I´ll end up being alright cuz the Lord will be helping me all the way through.

     Question Answering Time!

Missionary work is finally picking up over here in Educacion. I still get to teach English a little bit to the Hermanas and the Kids but we don´t have class every day. Only three times a week because it was starting to get in the way of our proselyting time and we can´t really cut back on that. We have some great investigators right now. Three of which surprised us by coming to church yesterday of their own accord. It was a well needed miracle and one that proves that the Lord is listening to our prayers!!! We are also seeing miracles in our less actives and they are the ones who are most excited to come and teach lesson with us. It´s awesome.

     Yes I finally ended up getting all of my warm clothes and they all fit great. I am so warm and snug that I will be just fine from here on out. Thank you very much! And yes I am receiving your pouch mail quotes too. They really help lift me up and make my week all the better. Mail comes in spurts so I never know if I´ll get anything or when it will come. It´s all depends on the Mexico Mail System and how on top of things my Zone leaders are. But if there´s one thing I´ve learned is that you guys have got my back so when it comes it comes and I will be happy in the mean time.

     I do quite a bit of service in the ward but not because we are forced to. Serving the members is the easiest way to get them to trust us with references of their friends and get them to come with us to lessons with investigators. We also spend time teaching others to home teach because it doesn´t exist here. So we serve where we can and when we can literally all the time.

     Events of the week basically boil down to Halloween. We, the Hermanas, decided to put on a Halloween activity and for once it turned out to be a huge success. The last activity that we put on maybe 15 people showed up out of our entire ward. Needless to say we were pretty sad but we didn´t give up hope. This time we had basically a party with food and games to unite our ward. It was supposed to start at 5 but here people tend to be an hour or more late so we ended up starting around 6:15. What´s worse and then turned out for the best was that we invited President Mecham and his wife and they actually came. That first hour was pretty nerve racking when nobody showed up and it was just us, the mission president, 2 investigators and 1 less active. Fortunately a whole bunch of people showed up and we had a blast. It was literally so much fun and everyone thanked us afterwards and helped us clean up. It was so awesome.

     So here for Día de Muertos everything basically boils down to be similar to our Halloween. The kids dress up and paint their faces and everything and run around in the evening asking for candy at every store and house that they can find. Except their costumes are a whole lot more ghoulish than what we usually have at home. They have lots and lots of really terrible masks that the kids like to wear. They also set up altars with food of the deceased´s favorites and flowers and sugar skulls. It´s pretty cool. The pics hopefully will help explain a little bit more.

     So there you have it. I finally am beginning to feel like a real missionary and although my Spanish still needs some work I can communicate better every day. Life as a missionary is pretty great! Thanks for all the support and love. I love you guys and pray for you every day!!!

Love,

Hermana Hyer