WHAT A WEEK!!!!!!!
Monday:
Well, to be honest, I was a little homesick on Monday. I was missing you guys and wishing I could spend Max's Birthday with him :( How was your bday by the way Max!?! I bet it was awesome :)
We had an appointment with our investigator N. She is so sweet and amazing. The only reason why she won’t come to church is because she has so many close amigas at the church that she attends now.
Tuvimos cena con la familia Quintenilla. We had her mission-wide famous pupusas. RICISIMO! Oh me - oh my - they were absolutely fantastic, delicious, succulent, life- altering!
Tuesday:
We had the best day planned out! Appointments with so many new/potential investigators we had found! We visited with the B. family. She made us some lunch RIGHT after we had just gone to Subway for lunch. She loaded our plates and gave me about 4 pounds of rice. I seriously wanted to cry and almost did. Hermana Zindel and I felt sick from toooooo much food the rest of the day! haha!
Our great day of appointments all fell through, every single person canceled. So, we decided to go and visit C. Darwin (our ward mission leader) came with us and it was the BEST lesson. We talked about the importance of baptism. C. does not feel ready. HE IS SO READY! He comes to church every week, studies his scriptures, C. is more prepared that most of the members in our ward. Well, Darwin was amazing... he got down on his knees and right up in his face and told C. that he is ready and needs to be baptized. C. wont set a date just yet... but I feel like it is coming :) We are gonna bring Darwin from now on :)
Thursday:
We got a call from a less active sister in the ward. She just had surgery this past week and said that she needed our help. We ran on over to the house. She needed us to change her bandages and clean out her incision. Oh my goodness, we were scared out of our minds! She said that her husband was too scared to do it so she called us. We took it as a compliment that she trusted us that much and then went to work! haha! It wasn’t that bad and Hermana Zindel did most of the work... but I thought you would like to know that I am practicing medicine out here is Hagerstown :)
We had one of the most interesting dinner appointments, it was with C2. So, first off, we got there and C2 hadn’t started to make dinner yet but said she is a FAST cook........ It was ready almost 2 hours later. We had fish and we watched her as she literally took the knife, held it up behind her head, and swung down with all of her might! Fish guts were spraying... it was insane. haha!
Friday:
We painted an investigator's porch and it was a lot of fun :) We also had a great visit with a family in our branch... the Hess's. Hermana Hess is the only one in the family who speaks Spanish, but they come to our branch because they like the people and it fits better with their schedule. They are great people.
The missionaries are now doing translations at church and we have a little headset we have to speak into and everything! I haven’t had to do it yet.... Hopefully I don’t need to in the near future! I ain’t ready for that!
We stopped by to see JCs and he was sitting outside. He was on the phone with his ex girlfriend and it did not sound to good. It was actually the reason he wasn’t at church last Sunday, he was dealing with the situation. He vented to us for a little bit and told us he has no idea if he is going "up or down". It is hard seeing trials happen to people.But, I know that there is always a reason behind it. God is not just punishing us, he is preparing us for something bigger and better. I believe that this hardship in JC's life could have happened because he needed to be humbled and have a desire to change his life around. You read about it in the scriptures all of the time. The people need to be humbled. It is hard at first, but in the end, you will find so much more happiness and blessings!
Saturday:
EVERYONE CANCELED YET AGAIN! But it is a-ok because we had the BEST day EVER! We found M. in the parking lot one night at around 9 o clock. We called him up on Friday but he didn’t answer. He called us back and after a 20 minute phone call, we got an appointment with him. He took us out to a chinese buffet (haha) and we had a great conversation! He said that he didn’t want to talk about anything churchy, but we did :) He started to ask us some very strange questions and was quizzing us about what is in the ark of the covenant. He is a funny guy and is always joking. We have a great relationship with him now! Although he was asking some strange questions and didn’t want us to bring up religion, I know that he feels comfortable around us now and secretly wants to learn more, he just wont say it out loud! haha!
Here is the miracle of the day. We have gotten really bold lately! If we are driving down the street and we see a Latino, we don’t just get sad and say "I wish we had been walking and could have talked to them" NO WAY JOSE! We pull the car over, we hop out, and we run after them! Well, this is exactly what happened with B! We saw him walking with his two little girls, we pulled over and started to chase after him! When we finally caught up, we asked if we could give him a card from our church and he informed us that he is already a member!!!!! He doesn’t go, but his records are in the English ward. We are gonna steal him and have his membership records transferred immediately!!!!! He was headed to the park with his girls, so we walked with them. It was over a mile! He told us his entire life story, he opened up and told us literally everything! It was one of the most amazing experiences I have had. I can’t describe it to you. We were feeding ducks and listening to B.’s life story after we had just chased his down in the streets... we literally were running after him. GAH!!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday:
C. came to church!!!!!!!!!! She drove us and I really thought I was gonna die. She is SO short and could barely see over the steering wheel. She got SO close to the Semi’s we were passing and would STOP before merging on to the freeway! The topics in church were Isaiah and work for the dead. Oh my goodness - I was so terrified and mad because our ward will not set up a gospel doctrines class. But, C. loved it and had a great time!!!!
We had a really interesting rest of the day! We decided to visit J! She was sitting outside looking for someone to help her do her hair. So, we offered our services! haha! We went up to her apartment and I but some relaxer in her hair! It was so dang fun! Never done it before, but I did it :) We made her bed and she asked us to say a prayer for her.
We also met this guy named Ch. and we are BEST friends now! He used to play professional basketball in Puerto Rico and has talked to the missionaries before! We are gonna teach him because he knows Spanish from playing in Puerto Rico! hahahahaha! We also stopped and talked to some kids who were making a skateboarding trick video! It was super fun and one of the kids biffed it a couple of times. And this old man came up to us and said... "Did you girls just get a speeding ticket? Because you have FINE written all over you!" hahahahahaha!
So... I am now a doctor, a beautician, a producer in a skateboarding documentary, I am a missionary, and I'm a Mormon!!!!!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!
Hermana Mangum Jr.
1. My peeps
2. Study time
3. Silly me
4. The District
5. Hagerstown
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