Let me just give a
public service announcement since my mother thinks I am breaking one of the 10
commandments LYING to her, my leg rash has been cured! Through the marvels of modern
medicine it is all gone. Pics to prove will follow if I remember...
So this week was a
whirlwind! We finally got a bone thrown to us from the members and our LMA
helped us plan the ward activity game night which was super great. It was
supposed to be an event to invite your friends and integrate new members but
unfortunately the members forgot about that part. Next time. But they had
´´guess the music´´ and races holding a broom on your palm and I remembered in
my past life how I used to be really competitive...
In other news I’m
sure everyone is freaking out about the new rule that sisters have to use, yes,
the dreaded, work pants for proselyting. So I’m in Maceio right now to renew my
passport and tomorrow we have a meeting here with all the sisters in the
mission to find out what the regulations will be exactly for sisters here. I’m
gonna look like the biggest loser wearing work pants walking around when no one
here even wears shoes on the street.
But this week was
great because we got to finally have the baptisms of our investigators, a great
family of siblings, Maria and Anderson. We´re teaching their other brother too
but he got scared on the day of the baptism and bailed... but they are a
wonderful and simple family who have taught me a lot about just how spoiled we
are in the states. It’s just a little sad to me when we work so hard for these
baptisms and then 3 members show up and 1 is the bishop...
In other news
yesterday at lunch with a family somehow it got let out that in my house we
have a garbage disposal, a dryer and washer, and a dish washer. The women were
so surprised they asked ´what does your mom even do all day?? Americans are so
lazy...´´ hahah. But hey to me it was smart to invent something to not have to
do the work! Am I right?
But this week I’ve
been thinking about how truly humbled I’ve been forced to become, how you
realize how little the material things matter. How if you aren’t well
spiritually, if you don’t have purpose and love in your life, you could
be a billionaire but still wouldn’t be truly happy. Is it possible that I got
more hippy tendencies here on my mission? I just love my mission. And I love
you guys! Have a great week, maybe I’ll have pics of eggs and flour dumped on
my head after my bday this week! Fingers crossed!
Sister Walker
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