Dearest most adoring family mine,
Yeah, don’t know why I put that title, just felt like it. I might be outa Sensunapan in a couple weeks when the cambios roll around again, but we’ll see. It would be pretty sad for me if I did go and Familia Cano got baptized… but I really don’t know with these crazy people that won’t exercise more faith in each other.
I was reading in my personal study about How to Recognize the Spirit. I wasn’t really worried about anything before I came on my mission, because I was like… No. It will be hard to be away from my family for a long time, but I’ve been there done that already… And I thought the cold water would and dirt would bother me but it’s really not bad… the thing that is the hardest is not knowing exactly if I have done enough to have the blessing of helping more people… I want to know how much is my fault when things aren’t going so well. But anyways, when I was reading in Preach my Gospel it said your faith in yourself is not so important as your faith in Jesus Christ. That is more important than your faults and weaknesses because it’s how we overcome those weaknesses.
So I’m trying to exercise more faith. More faith. I always thought I had a lot of faith, that wasn’t something hard for me, but I think I need a lot more because I can’t imagine being Senior companion and I have to do it sometime, and possibly sometime soon since I’m already about to hit the six month mark. There are just some people who are so sure of themselves and what the spirit tells them to do, but I still get nervous when we’re teaching most of the time. Occasionally no… but a lot of the time, yeah… viola. I need to learn faster.
I thought there was this magic world where missionaries went when they learned a language where all of a sudden they talk and understand fluently and perfectly without knowing how they did it, but I don’t really believe in that world anymore because I’ve heard the testimonies of missionaries going home and they often times make the same mistakes that I make.
As for Hannah’s question if there are any sweets here, yep. They sell sweet breads all over the place. As far as candy there’s not much really different I’ve found that I really like, but man, the bread is wonderful! Better than the panaderia in Costa Rica. There’s a panaderia on the corner and they sell little globs of what is pretty much 7 min frosting in cupcake papers and it’s AMAZING. And there are these red bread rolls with red jelly inside and sugar coated on the outside.
Yeah. As far as food I super lucked out. I kind of hate the hamburger and fatty beef that they (and Hna Arminda) use a lot but it’s all right. I’m just gonna stick with the story that I don’t like fish because… I’m not gonna eat fish skin and head. They eat ALL of the fish… No thanks. I’m allergic. I like the rice and all that other stuff like Yucca (what on earth is Yucca and why does it taste like potatoes and look like sugar cane??) fried in oil that makes me fat.
Why do you guys always ask me about food? I thought I already told you a lot about the food. I will get going on burning CDs…
How is Rosilee? Can you send me her email and tell her thank you for the Birthday card and get better soon?
Love,
Bek