This was a crazy week. We had so many things going on, and I feel badly because we didn't get to work as hard as we normally do. However, Carolina and her daughter, Sailyn, came to church yesterday! We offered to pick them up, and when we normally arrive at investigators' houses, they aren't ready or they tell us that actually they can't come, but we showed up, and they just stepped out the door, ready to go! It was awesome! They really liked church, and it's cute because Carolina feels like she has so many sins and she feels so badly about them, but Hermana Caceres had been assigned to give a talk about how it's not too late for second chances, and it really touched her. Too, Hosbaldo Mercado gave her an extra copy of the Liahona, and when in Young Women's, Sailyn got to prepare a special musical number to present in Relief Society and was invited to Mutual that night! We need to talk to them about their baptismal date, because right now, it's still set for the 6th of January, but we know that they will be baptized. Carolina is so prepared for the Gospel and the happiness and joy it brings and Sailyn is looking for something too--something to fill her with joy. We are so happy for them! Unfortunately Carolina's son, Luis, isn't really interested and didn't want to go to church, so his date fell through but Carolina isn't planning on changing her mind. Hopefully, with Sailyn and her example, someday he will be baptized too.
Carmen unfortunately couldn't attend church because she had to go to Milagro again, but when we showed up at her house for an appointment, her daughter told us that she felt so bad for not being able to go and for not being able to meet with us that week. Rosa also couldn't attend church because she is still taking care of her cousin who recently had an operation and left the hospital, so her date fell through, but it might have been for the best. She needs a little more time to understand, so we are going to be praying now which date to set with her.
Again, thank you for letting me bring my viola back on the mission. I love being able to share the Christmas spirit through music, and that activity on Saturday was so fun and something I've never gotten to do before. I just love being able to share my testimony through music. Thank you for allowing me this privilege.
Thank you for your example and hard work. We are so grateful for all that you do. Have a wonderful week!
Hermana Kennedy
Okay. Hi family. I don't have a ton of time to write this week, but I'll write about the big cool thing that happened:
So last week, this random elder comes up to me at our zone conference and tells me that he spoke with President Murphy, and I was going to help his zone with an activity they had the next week. Since our conference was with the Calderon Zone, I assumed he was from that zone, but when I called those zone leaders to find out more information, they had no idea what I was talking about. So, I just forgot about it until Friday night when one of the hermana lideres from Quito Zone calls me and tells me that I'm playing tomorrow at THEIR activity. I was like, "Wait, what?" She then explains that the elder spoke with me and it's all good, and only then did I realize that he was from Quito Zone. Not sure why he was at our zone conference, but okay. Anyway, so the next day, I promised to play for a baptism in our district, but the Quito activity started an hour later. Long story short, I played a quick thing at the baptism and arrived very late to the Quito activity, but it turns out, they hadn't even finished setting up. I had no idea what kind of activity it was, but after a lot of confusion, we found out that I would be playing outside with a pocket microphone to draw people in so that the missionaries could share a message with people from the street. At first, I was just playing on the church grounds, and it sounded pretty good and people liked it, but then Hermana Moss, one of my friends from the MTC, comes up and says, "Hermana, can I talk to you while you play?" So, she suggested that I get out on the street corner and play there! So I did, and amidst all the traffic and honking and noise, I felt the Spirit. It was so beautiful, and so fun, and a completely different way to share the message of the Gospel. Javi (my viola) is such a good missionary.
Okay too, we helped clean a hoarder house this past Saturday morning. We got there at 8 a.m. and left at 1 p.m., and I wanted to vomit. The whole house smelled like urine and poop because the kids pee wherever they want and the dog poops wherever it wants, and the hermana was there while we were cleaning and she wanted to check every garbage bag that was open to check that we weren't throwing anything away that MAYBE had a purpose. I ended up hiding a bunch of stuff, and once I had collected enough, I threw it all in the garbage bag and tossed it to the elders to put outside. Seriously, it was so awful.
Also, today we went to Teleferico Zone. It's a lift that takes you up into the mountains and you get to
hike a bit, but after we had hiked for a while, another companionship of hermanas and a companionship of elders and us stopped because we wanted to relax and enjoy the view. One of the elders had brought a ukulele with him that he bought here, and so he played, and I sang, and it was super fun and totally made me think of that time we sang on Mother's Day on the cliffs in Ireland. However, I got very sunburned. I'm hoping it's gone by next Monday because I don't really want you all to see me sunburned. Also, I have hardcore Spanglish after having a Latina companion for so long. My sentences are just a mix of English and Spanish.Okay, that's the big stuff for this week. I love you all so much and MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope it's a really good one!
Love,
Hermana Kennedy
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