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| Honduras! |
I have 3 new mosquito bites: on the topside of my left
wrist, on my right side waist on my ribs, and on my right foot on the inside
arch by the big toe. All the random places where I don't douse myself in bug
spray, and are really hard to scratch effectively when they itch. I hate
mosquitoes.
Today was good, we did a lot of walking, and the sun was
hot, and the light kept going out all day long which was quite annoying, but
we're fine and happy. I'm still a tad bit sunburned but I put on a long-sleeve
collared shirt to help my skin out. I'd be interested to see the stats on the
likelihood of a returned missionary developing skin cancer.
This morning we had Weekly Planning, then we went to lunch
and started handing out invitations to a Relief Society activity for this
Saturday that will be made up of the branches of El Dorado,
La Entrada, and La Florida.
So we got to play messenger and start avising people about that. Some people
figure that if we walk so much and visit so many people it will be easy for us
to deliver about 30 invitations in 2 days. But if that's what they need we're
happy to help. We also wash clothes, dishes, floors, choreograph dances, print
and deliver invitations, print and update the Branch Calendar, teach people how
to have FHE, teach the Gospel, haul 5 gallon water jugs, tree branches and
suitcases, bathe in cold water, drink Coke, and are eaten alive by mosquitoes
on a daily basis. And we're happy! The mission is great.
After doing mail service we talked to our house owners
because there were a few things that needed to be fixed in our house, and we
sat and fanned ourselves for a few minutes since the light had gone since 8:30
am and hadn't returned at that point. Got ourselves composed again, and headed
out into the sun to be the awesome missionaries we are. Taught some people that
weren't progressing and continue to not progress, went hunting around for some
more members to invite and we checked up on Keyla and Alexandra. We found out
that Alexandra almost had a stroke or something like that, which was odd as
she's only 9 years old, so she's staying with her dad over in Santa Luz (if you
pass Santa Luz you end up in Quebrada Seca, where we got lost that one day with
the dog that followed us the entire way) and won't come back until after Semana
Santa. So that was a little startling. But Keyla's doing fine, she's a good
girl.
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| More of our area |
And we continued on our way, contacting the world. At about
5:00 pm the power came back, so we started heading over to Cesia and Roning to
visit with them, when the power went out again at 6:30 pm, and it was dark, so
we had to go home and cancel the appointment. Hna Cruz washed clothes and I
napped in the hammock until the light came back an hour later. So we left and
kept contacting, as it was getting a little later and we couldn't keep any of
our citas. Then the light went back out at 8:00 pm, so we went back home,
picking up some baleadas on the way because we couldn't cook on our electric
stove, and then the light came back at 8:30 pm, just constantly on and off, on
and off. Love it. But the moon was almost half full, so it actually gave off a
lot of light, I had a moonshadow! So that was pretty cool.
And during our lesson, the little 4 year-old son of the lady
came running in, carrying some watermelon seeds in his hand. He was so excited
that he ran and planted them, and gave them some water, and told us that they
would grow later and we could have watermelon to eat. Smart little kiddo,
although I'm not sure about the chances of survival those poor little seeds
have. But it was very cute, nonetheless.
And that was pretty much our day. We discovered a new little
chunk of our area, so that's awesome. We'll have fun contacting all that. And
now I'm very tired and my body is all sore and worn out. Goodnight!
