16 September
2013
Buenos Dias,
How is
everyone? I thought Brad went into the MTC last week. I guess I was a week
behind. Looks like you all had a fun trip in Italy. So crazy seeing the old
house and our school. Not much has changed.
Right now
Guatemala is celebrating its independence. I wouldn’t say they are the most
patriotic country. Yesterday there was a parade and we saw it as we walked to
lunch. They don’t do floats; it’s mostly students walking with the queen of
their school and the school band. They aren’t allowed to march here apparently
when they signed the peace treaty they nixed the marching. I have always found
certain styles of marching a little scary like the China and North Korea style
of marching. So I guess I get it. I think in around the 70s here there was a guerrilla
war where a lot of the native people were killed by the military government.
We also sang the Guatemalan National anthem after sacrament meeting. They have
a nice anthem you should look it up.
(Readers:
here’s a link to a YouTube video that plays children singing the national
anthem and shows pictures of Guatemala.
KLD.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_4ZWbAq-A
On Friday we
went to visit one of our investigators who was super positive. She has gone to
visit her family for 2 days and when she came back she was completely
different. Her family was upset with her that she had been going to church with
us, they couldn’t believe that she was abandoning the things they had taught
her. It was a pretty intense lesson we had with her. We shared a scripture with
her from Helaman 5 where after the Lamanites are converted they lay down their
weapons and leave the traditions of their fathers. At the end of the lesson she
told us she wanted to follow the traditions of her fathers. It was really sad
to hear her say that. Especially after being with her when she has felt the
Spirit so strong and then to deny that for fear of what her family would think
of her. I love this work. I love seeing people axcept Christ as their Savior
and giving up their sins to follow Him and to leave behind their old traditions
and start a new life. It’s sad to see this sister reject us but I know it’s not
the end. Heavenly Father loves her as he loves all of this children and he gives
us many opportunities to repent.
Love you all
very much!
Hermana
Davies
5 Questions –
Preparation Day
1. What do you like most
about your preparation day?
Being able to relax
2. What’s your P-day
schedule usually like?
Wake up clean, go to internet,
shop or maybe an activity come back home, relax. Then go to work.
3. Have you done any special
activities on P-day?
Once we went zip lining and
had a water fight. Hermanas don’t really get invited to things.
4. How do you get your
laundry done?
A sister washes it, which is
pretty nice.
5. Where do you go now to
send your emails?
Internet cafe
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