Wow!!!! From Provo, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland! Wow!!!!
I don’t even know where to begin or how to describe Baltimore! There are constantly helicopters flying over the city. They shine their lights down at random spots... it is suppose to help lower the amount of crime. There are so many sirens going off all of the time that we made up this game- we have to guess if the siren is a cop, ambulance or a firetruck before we see it. hahaha! Hermana Orton is winning right now :( There are lots of rats. I took a picture with a dead one and I will send it to you guys. Elder Johnson told me that it doesn't count until I have kicked a live one! haha! Also, last night we saw like 3 or 4 wigs just laying in the street! hahaha! There is this dirt bike gang and they drive around Baltimore doing wheelies. There is a fried chicken place at EVERY SINGLE corner! We have to be out of Baltimore at 5 o clock, and we have to have the members and people we are visiting walk us to our cars. I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, something that I learned this week is that the gift of tongues is real!!!! #eldondelenguas It really has been such a miracle! My companion doesn’t know much Spanish at all. I was very scared because both of my last companions were AMAZING (helps having parents from other countries!) I knew that this was really going to push me! But, I think that this is exactly what I needed! I have grown SO much! I have so much more confidence in my ability to speak spanish now! I am just speaking! I haven’t been afraid! I just go for it and the words have just come to me! I know that I still make mistakes, I know that I lack quite a bit, BUT I have really gained the confidence this week to try and I really feel the Lords help and answers to my prayers! Last night even, Hermana Orton told me that I was sleep talking in my sleep... but I was sleep talking in spanish! haha! She said that I was teaching the lessons.
The area that we cover is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baltimore itself is too much to handle let alone all of the other areas that we need to cover! It has been pretty stressful! Hermana Orton has only been here for 6 weeks and doesn’t know the area well yet... so it is basically like we are opening the area up all over again! Craziness!
I bet you are wondering about L... and I have information. So, Wednesday was his trial date and also the day that I came to Baltimore. I asked Hermana Cardona to call me and to let me know what happened. Although, to be honest, I knew that he was going to get locked up. She called me later that night and let me know what had happened. He received 6 years of lock up! He is not getting released until he is 21 years old. I broke down... I broke down really bad! I started to bawl and my poor companion probably thought that I was crazy! I just cried and cried and cried. They had told him that is would be 6 to 9 months... and he is going to be in there for 6 years!!! I felt so broken for this kid. I was a little confused and sad about being transferred right before Christmas... but now I know why. I don’t think I could have handled being there. I know that God has a plan for him. I know that he knew what was going to happen and put me exactly where I needed to be.I also know that this is the plan that he has for L. And as hard as it was and is to hear, I know that it was suppose to happen. Maybe if it only happened so that he can get away from things for 6 years, I know that it is all apart of God's plan for him. I am so grateful for L. He has changed my life and will forever be apart of my life! I wish I was able to comfort him and I hope that I was able to help him know and understand God's love for him while I was there. I hope that he is relying on that love while he is going through such a HUGE trial! I have to figure out how I/we/the missionaries can still help him. There has to be a way!
I love you guys!!!!
OH MY SWEET BABY HANNAH ARE YOU GOING HOME NEXT WEEK!!!!!!?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT !?!?
I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU FOR YOU EXAMPLE TO ME! THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING MISSIONARY!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE EVERYONE A BIG OLE HUG FOR ME :)
love...
Lennon :)
I am sending a thousand “goodbye” pictures!
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