Monday, February 8, 2016

Cafetales!!! (And 7 months in)

Hey Fam!!!
How are you all doing? I can´t believe state for swim is this week! Man time flies here on the mission but you know how everyone says that it also stops? Well its true. It definitely doesn’t feel like February and I’m still in denial that we had Christmas but life goes on right?

So, here´s scoop on my new area, it´s HUGE in comparison to my last one. We walk tons here. A whole lot and it´s great that I finally feel like I’m getting some mileage on my walking shoes. Let´s talk about sore hips for a second, cuz mine are sore but I´ll be over it in a week or so. We work the north half of the area which is the one that has the least Active members and the most less actives. We have spent lots of time this week tracking down less actives or what i like to call "human hunting." This term is very accurate because we have to find people, they don’t come to find us. Most of the people we looked for either weren´t home or don´t live there or want nothing to do with us. La lucha es real. But, it´s fun running around finding people. I actually enjoy it.

Our ward is pretty small but it´s very organized and we have a mission leader who is all about working and working and doing our best to find people and help the less actives. I really like the fact that he wants to work because it shows that he understands and values our time that we spend here.

My new companion is Hermana Mondalgo and she is great! It´s super funny that we are companions because we both were trained by Hermana Escoto who is actually home in Honduras right now. She left this last Wednesday. How scary it is that I know people who are going home!!! Anyways, back to Hermana Mondalgo, she´s awesome. She is from Lima Peru and is very optimistic about everything She loves the work, has a huge love for the people and is convinced that we don´t need to be robots who don´t have any fun. All of which are things that I am more than happy to be working with! She wants me to teach her English and she´s helping me out with my Spanish and it´s so great! I´m so happy to have a native speaker again so I can improve faster.

7 months in and it feels like nothing. Time is flying as a missionary and I´m a little frightened by the quickness of my experience here. I hope that I am changing enough day by day to be a better instrument in the Lords hands. He lives and directs this work. He lives and loves each of us. As we allow ourselves to come closer to Him we will become like Him and be able to recognize Him when He comes in the last day. I know the Gospel is true and that Thomas S Monson is our prophet today on the earth. I love you all and hope you will choose to draw closer to Christ each day.
Love,
Hermana Hyer

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