23 June 2014

Dear family,

So this week we had two Sisters Conferences--one in La Paz in La Lima and another in Miramar in La Ceiba. And I got to go to both! Hna Hill and I were in charge of a demonstration in the conference on mission cooking. We got one talented sister to help us in La Paz and another to help us in Ceiba. We just asked the sisters what supplies they needed and brought them to the conference so that they could demonstrate and then we could all sample. It was nice to get ideas from other sisters what we can cook. Often my cooking amounts to scrambled eggs or pasta with a few veggies mixed in or on the side. 

And we got lucky! Very lucky. Each companionship of STLs had a part in the conferences, so we got to be at both. President Klein only had space for one companionship of sisters in his car driving to the next conference and he took Hna Hill and me. (He took a different companionship on the way back.) But we had President and Hna Klein to ourselves to ask whatever questions we wanted for two hours. And we got to make a stop in Tela on the way down. A senior couple is coming in this next transfer and President Klein wanted to see the proposed house for where they will be living. And as the house is a stone's throw from the beach we took a short jaunt out to the water. It was gorgeous! 

At the conference in Ceiba, I got to see friends I haven't seen in a while because they have been on the other end of the mission, especially Hna Baltazar and Hna Harrision, who have been on Roatan--isolated from the rest of the mission on their own little island. 

Then on Saturday, we had a miracle. The family we are teaching agreed to get married! The husband had wanted to get married before, but the wife hadn't accepted. We taught the Proclamation on the family and emphasized that marriage is a commandment, and the wife said she would say yes this time. So from there we had to convince hno Arnold to swallow his pride and ask one more time--this time on his knees. And she said yes, and he was pretty happy about that. We celebrated with baleadas, soda, and chocolate.

Yesterday at church I gave an impromptu talk, but that is just how it goes as a missionary. You just have to be willing to do whatever whenever, because everyone thinks you can. And really you can't, but you just pray really hard and usually it works out okay.

I love you all soooo much!

Hermana Davis