17 June 2013

Dear Family,

First of all, next week on Wednesday we have transfers. Strange to think that I'm most of the way through my first transfer. But... you should know that I might not write until Wednesday. My understanding is that on transfers weeks p day becomes Wednesday. I think I'll probably stay where I am, but if for any reason I get transferred to an area really far away, I might not write until Thurs. The moral...write me and don't worry too much about when I write back.

Okay, so this week, we've had a lot of practice listening to people's problems. I don't fully understand the problems because of the language barrier...even my comp can't always make all the details clear. And what I do understand isn't necessarily for me to share. But let me just say that there are a lot of people with complicated financial and family situations. In some cases, we try to sympathize and encourage them to have faith. In one case, we had to teach that the best resolution to the problems would come by being obedient to gospel principles...especially the law of chastity....that's a real theme here.

This week I've actually done a little teaching in English. We found two teenagers who lived for much of their life in the states...in Provo. So I was actually living in the same city as them for a couple years, but I had to come to Honduras to meet and teach. Anyway, the older one likes to still use English and my Spanish must be painful for her. So I give my parts in English. She speaks both languages. My comp mostly understands what I'm saying and I mostly understand what she's saying when she speaks Spanish. How's that for complicated? I don't know that she's really interested, but it was  fun small world moment.

Later in the week, we took a morning to go scrub a house for a sister in the ward. The next day, when we came to teach, she opened up about the things that have kept her from being fully active, problems in her life. I think our coming to help her helped her trust us.

Today we had a hermanas p day in San Pedro to say goodbye to Hna Veirs. We sang ¨As Sisters in Zion¨ in English. For the last week, my comp and I have been walking the streets of our area singing the song so that she could learn and practice. My favorite part about the p day was that I got to see my friends from the CCM. The girls in the picture were in my district in the CCM. I also have pics with me, my comp and Pres and Sister Veirs.

As we walk around our area, lots of people, especially kids, will call out Adios Hermanas. At first I thought they were mostly members, but they aren't. Our area is really small, and lots of people recognize us. Sometimes I am shocked when we meet someone who has never talked to the missionaries before, but we're still finding them.

Love, Hermana Davis 

On Bikes!

With President and Sister Veirs

Hermanas from the Guatemala CCM