¡Feliz Navidad y un feliz año nuevo!
This week was a wild one, but to sum it up:
- Learned how to use a plunger?! No, I did not know how to use one before... jaja. Our toilet was clogged and Hna Achocalla didn`t know how to use a plunger either, so we had to call our district leader for him to tell us how to fix our toilet. Haha learning some good life skills out here.
- Some weird stuff happened in our house to my comp so the Elders had to come over and bless the house. Now the only spirit in our house is the Holy Spirit haha.
- Ecuador`s got some weird, and I mean WEIRD traditions for New Year. One of the traditions is that men will dress up as women with wigs and tight dresses, and block traffic. If the cars don`t pay, the cross dressers make them roll down their windows and they kiss everyone in the car. That being said, tomorrow we can`t leave the house and the rest of the days we have to be in the house at 6 to avoid being violated haha.
On another note, this week I had a super eye-opening experience. This week we brought Alexandra (the woman who lives in a house smaller than a walk-in closet) some extra food we had from Christmas, because lots of the days she doesn`t eat because she can`t afford to buy food. When we showed up at her house, she was so excited and she told us she hadn`t eaten in over a week... my heart broke as it usually does when I talk to her because as a missionary I can`t help her at all financially.
We were talking and she told us every day when she can`t eat (which is most days), she prays at night and says, "Thank thee Lord, tomorrow will come abundance." The whole rest of the lesson I couldn`t even think because I was so amazed at her faith and trust in the Lord. I had never been more touched in my life, hearing that someone who hadn`t eaten in over a WEEK and is starving, still thanked God for the lack of things she has. It definitely changed my perspective on things and has made me realize I should be thanking God for things I find to be troubling and challenging in my life. Even when things are hard, never forget that God is still there! He is always aware of our situations and His love is always there for us. There really is something we can learn from every situation we are in!
Cuídense mucho,
Hna Harris
Pics:
- Leftover Christmas food for Alexandra! (Shoutout to all my mamitas for the 500 fat rolls on my neck. I get fed mountains of rice and questionable animal parts every day.)
- Can you tell which arm is closest to the window when I study in the morning? RIP
- Crepes with the district this morning!
- Love my Otavalan nativity set! Jajaja
This week was a wild one, but to sum it up:
- Learned how to use a plunger?! No, I did not know how to use one before... jaja. Our toilet was clogged and Hna Achocalla didn`t know how to use a plunger either, so we had to call our district leader for him to tell us how to fix our toilet. Haha learning some good life skills out here.
- Some weird stuff happened in our house to my comp so the Elders had to come over and bless the house. Now the only spirit in our house is the Holy Spirit haha.
- Ecuador`s got some weird, and I mean WEIRD traditions for New Year. One of the traditions is that men will dress up as women with wigs and tight dresses, and block traffic. If the cars don`t pay, the cross dressers make them roll down their windows and they kiss everyone in the car. That being said, tomorrow we can`t leave the house and the rest of the days we have to be in the house at 6 to avoid being violated haha.
On another note, this week I had a super eye-opening experience. This week we brought Alexandra (the woman who lives in a house smaller than a walk-in closet) some extra food we had from Christmas, because lots of the days she doesn`t eat because she can`t afford to buy food. When we showed up at her house, she was so excited and she told us she hadn`t eaten in over a week... my heart broke as it usually does when I talk to her because as a missionary I can`t help her at all financially.
We were talking and she told us every day when she can`t eat (which is most days), she prays at night and says, "Thank thee Lord, tomorrow will come abundance." The whole rest of the lesson I couldn`t even think because I was so amazed at her faith and trust in the Lord. I had never been more touched in my life, hearing that someone who hadn`t eaten in over a WEEK and is starving, still thanked God for the lack of things she has. It definitely changed my perspective on things and has made me realize I should be thanking God for things I find to be troubling and challenging in my life. Even when things are hard, never forget that God is still there! He is always aware of our situations and His love is always there for us. There really is something we can learn from every situation we are in!
Cuídense mucho,
Hna Harris
Pics:
- Leftover Christmas food for Alexandra! (Shoutout to all my mamitas for the 500 fat rolls on my neck. I get fed mountains of rice and questionable animal parts every day.)
- Can you tell which arm is closest to the window when I study in the morning? RIP
- Crepes with the district this morning!
- Love my Otavalan nativity set! Jajaja
Love my Otavalan nativity set! Jajaja
Can you tell which arm is closest to the window when I study in the morning? RIP
Leftover Christmas food for Alexandra! (Shoutout to all my mamitas for the 500 fat rolls on my neck. I get fed mountains of rice and questionable animal parts every day.)
Crepes with the district this morning!
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