Hola friends and family!
So I’m actually writing this letter on a bus…yesterday our
zone leader told my companion and me that we had to be in Guayaquil before 8 am
this morning. Our alarms went off at 1
am and we had to leave by 2 am for Machala to catch the bus for Guayaquil. We actually had to wait an hour and a half
for the next bus, but we got there on time.
Pretty much all of the missionaries that came at the same time as me had
to go to Guayaquil for visa stuff. It was
super simple, nothing to worry about. I
think they just wanted to double check we existed, but it was a lot of trouble
to go all the way there and back. But
yeah, we’re on our way back now.
Anyway, last Tuesday was my birthday and was definitely
memorable! I got 3 birthday cakes – 3! One in our zone meeting we had that morning
(my companion totally smashed my face into it – que bestia), one at lunch at a
member’s house, and one at dinner at an investigator’s house who invited us
over for my birthday (my companion smashed my face into that cake too—no manches
Hermana). Pretty sure it was a personal
record.
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| Right after her face was smashed -- Katie looks a little surprised! |
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| What a good sport |
As far as the rest of my week went, we just kept seeming to
strike out. We had a few baptismal dates
fall through and had trouble finding our investigators at home several
times. However there were some
highlights: on Friday we had a Christmas devotional put on by our mission. It was really well done, and you could feel
the spirit really strongly. On Saturday,
our investigator Jair got baptized! He’s
the boy we’ve been teaching who had that dream.
Kid’s gonna be a great missionary someday. I was so happy for him.
I forgot to mention in my last letter that last Monday was
my 2-month mark in my mission. I can’t
believe two months of my mission have already gone by. That’s real motivation to make every second
count!
ª Hermana Iverson
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