Hello family and friends!
Things in Louisiana are hot and humid and despite that, excellent!
First
of all, this week, we moved. For those of you who would like to write
me (I know that's all of you), here's my new address:
3550 Grandlake Blvd. G307
Kenner, LA 70065
I even bolded it for you. Now don't you forget it.
This last week has been kind of an
unusual one. All four of us sisters were sick for the better part of
three days with food poisoning. One of the member's cooking didn't sit
so well with us, but we're all better now! That just threw us off a
bit, as far as our plans went.
Last
week we met an incredible woman, Lorena, who was actually referred to
us by one of our current investigators, Elizabeth. Elizabeth had been
teaching Lorena about the Church on her own and then invited us over to
teach them both. We talked to them about the Book of Mormon and I don't
think I've ever seen someone consider so deeply a passage of scripture
as she did when we shared Moroni's Promise (Moroni 10:4-5) with her.
Lorena is awesome and we're so excited to teach her more. Elizabeth,
as well, is absolutely incredible. She's come a long way and is so
receptive to learning new things.
Yesterday
was Hermana Walker's birthday, so we went out to Olive Garden with one
of the members here for dinner. There were actually two members from
Utah that happened to be there that night and came up and introduced
themselves. They ended up paying for our entire table! It was too
sweet of them. My companions and I resolved to have the "pay it
forward" mentality and look for more opportunities to serve others as
well.
I'm
coming to know the area better little by little, but I've still got a
lot to learn. I'm a little nervous, because the two sisters (Hermanas
Walker and Blauer) that are training me and the other visa waiter
(Hermana Rohm) are sister training leaders, so they're going on
exchanges this week. That means Hermana Rohm and I are on our own for
the exchange, on bikes. Since I'm the only one of the two of us that
has done any biking, that means I'm in charge of getting us around. I'm
only slightly worried that I'm going to get us completely and utterly
lost, but that's okay. We only have a couple of appointments this
afternoon once the exchange begins, and we have a map.
As
far as the language goes, I feel slightly more confident each day. The
hardest part for me is understanding what other people are saying to
me. They all speak so fast and tend to be pretty soft spoken as well.
Especially the Hondurans and Ecuadorians. That's going to be another
challenge for me and Hermana Rohm this week- without our more
experienced companions, we're going to be on our own as far as figuring
out what people are telling us. But it will be a great learning
opportunity!
I
think that's pretty much it for this week. We're headed to District
Meeting right now and then making boleatas for lunch (a traditional
Honduran dish... I would highly recommend it!). I hope everyone is well
and I send you my love. Thank you for your continual support.
Con amor,
Hermana Walton
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