21 April 2014

Dear family,

Thanks for the Easter wishes. Hna Lopez and I crafted an Easter message that we shared with some of the members as I went to meet them. But other than that we didn't do much in the way of Easter festivities. The strangest part was that Sunday was just a normal Sunday. The talks weren't focused on the Atonement and Resurrection, and we didn't sing the Easter hymns. I missed that. 

This week was Semana Santa, which means that just about everyone goes to the beach or out of town if they have the chance. It meant it was a somewhat challenging week to find and teach people. Friday especially, the streets were empty. Only the missionaries (us) were crazy enough to be out walking in the streets. Since I'm new in the area, we took some time to visit the members who live in our area, as well as a few members who live in the area of the other sister missionaries. We shared our message about the life of the Savior, talking a little about his birth and ministry, but especially about his Atonement and Resurrection. 

In the mornings we go out running, and sometimes we share the road with cows (Grandpa would like my area). A few days a week members invite us to lunch or dinner, but aside from that we're going to be doing our own cooking. We'll see what we dream up. Dinner is sometimes just a repeat of breakfast, but lunch has to be a little more substantial so that we can hold up under the sun the whole afternoon. 

On Thursday, I met Nery. He is a short little man (about 1 meter), who fixes shoes. When we showed up, he showed us that he had not only read his pamphlet of the Restoration, but had answered the questions that are in the back. Keep in mind that I have only had one other investigator who answered the questions in the pamphlet. We weren't able to really teach a lesson with Nery because he had visitors.

On Saturday we went to teach Ricardo, who is an inactive member of the Church. He has a small workshop fixing bicycles. When we arrived, Alexis, who works there too, said he would join us for the lesson. At the end of the lesson, I offered Alexis a pamphlet of the Restoration. He said that he had already answered the questions in the back. He had done the favor for his cousin--Nery. Wow! It turns out Nery wasn't quite as diligent as he claimed, but we have a new investigator who has already studied the message of the Restoration. It was amusing and at the same time gave me hope that we'd found someone that the Lord has been preparing.

Love,

Hermana Davis