This week the missionary flu is
going around. One elder was sick and he generously passed it on to my
companion and I. lol The past three days, Hermana Suarez and I have been
complete Zombies! Also for the past three days we have been searching for
people all day: non-actives, very antique investigators, future investigators. We come home completely sore and feeling sick. I honestly have to just roll
out of bed each morning.
This week both my companion and I have been
sleeping AWFUL! I sleep okay until about three or four, and then every 20 or
30 minutes I keep waking up. I have some fun nightmares:
1. I had a bread belly (it looks
like a beer belly, but it was from eating too much bread/tortillas) and I couldn’t
wear my favorite dress anymore. Ahh!
2. Zombie Apocalypse
3. I ended my mission, but I couldn’t
remember ANYTHING! I didn’t remember the investigators, members, companions,
experiences, nothing. I didn’t know English (this one I think might
actually happen. lol).
4. I had to give a talk in church!
Oh, just kidding. This one actually happened. I had about one and a half
minutes to prepare. I’m pretty sure no one understood a word I said and I shook
the whole time, but it’s over. I should be safe for the next two months or so.
I hate the bugs here - so gross. This week there
have been a bunch of new giant bugs. I have no idea what they are, but I think
they could eat me. And we’ve been blessed with tons of cockroaches! They are
all gross, but I just can’t bring myself to kill them unless they are bothering
me. I don’t know why, I just can’t do it. I always catch the cockroaches in a jar
and throw them outside. But my companion kills EVERYTHING! She is vicious. It doesn’t
matter if they are minding their own business. If she can see it, then it needs
to be dead. lol
We set six new baptism dates this
week (nine total for June), butttttt only one of them attended church this week.
People always promise that they will go to church and then they never do. I
wish they would just tell me no, if they don't want to come. So this week we plan on
teaching a lot about the importance of attending church.
Jehoshaphat is the 16 yr old who got
baptized a month ago. He is doing so well! He is so happy and has such a strong
testimony. His mom wants him to try a different church because she thinks we
are a cult (which is sad because she was going to get baptized after she gets
married on June 25). But then she saw some members drinking and heard that a
member cusses a lot, so she’s not sure anymore. Being a good example always is
so important. You never know who’s watching and whom you could hurt. Jehoshaphat
doesn’t want go to other churches. He wants to serve a mission. He shares the
gospel with people in school. We saw such a huge change in him after he was
baptized and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. He was great before, but now
he is a super star! Lol This week he received the priesthood and passed the
sacrament. So great!
People here are seriously obsessed
with minions (from the movie Despicable
Me). Minions are everywhere! If it can be made into a minion it is: earrings,
shirts, phone cases, house decorations, statues, posters, ear buds, everything.
And if someone is having a birthday party you better bet it’s going to be a
minion party. lol
I can’t remember if I told you guys
this, but I’m the first American sister in Lazaro Cardenas. How cool is that?
And we have the biggest district in the mission! We have seven companionships
in our district, and four of those are sisters. So you should not be worried
about me.
Super Love from your favorite Mexican
Daughter,
Hermana Lauren Johnston!
or Hermana Yawnstun, Yanstone, Yawnsun (how my
name is pronounced)
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