WOOO! What a whirlwind week! Here's my letter to President Murphy:
Buenas tardes, President Murphy,
It really is amazing to see the miracles that God works in the mission. We didn't have much time this week to work in our sector, but we were still able to find some new investigators. Honestly, I love helping Hermana Pincay be the mission nurse. I love helping the other missionaries, and I really like learning new things. It's fun and different, and it just makes me want to work harder in the time that we are in our sector, because we don't have much time there. But when we are there, I want to work, and I'm hoping that this week, we can have even better success.
Yesterday, I met Rene. He's kind of an eternal investigator in this area, and unfortunately he was a little drunk when we found him while out walking. But I felt that he has real desires and wants to be baptized, but he's having a hard time overcoming this one problem. I'm hoping that we can find a way to help him stay sober and find happiness in his life.
It's interesting as a missionary to see into people's lives. It's an opportunity to look outside of ourselves and help others, and I love feeling God's love for these people. Every person is a child of God, and what a privilege it is to serve a mission and help them, and feel a little of what God feels for them. I'm really hoping to continue working hard with Hermana Pincay and that we can find a balance in everything. We are learning good time management skills!
Thank you for all of your hard work and your example. The best really is yet to come!
Have a wonderful week,
Hermana Kennedy
Man, I LOVE being the second mission nurse. It is seriously so fun. I love taking calls and filling
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| This is our official "mission nurses" picture. It's included in a video that new missionaries watch :-) |
Also, super cool thing from today. So, Hermana Pincay is finishing her mission after this transfer, and she just wants to visit her converts and members before she leaves, so today we headed to this guy whose name is Roberto. She told me that he kind of has the gift of prophecy, and I was like, "Well, that's cool." She is convinced he does because about a year ago, she met him, and he mentioned to her some stuff from her patriarchal blessing. So, that's cool. Anyway, she wanted to hear what he had to say about her now (after a year), and he spent the entire time talking about me and my future. No joke, at first I was like, "Okay maybe," but then he asked me some stuff and started telling me who I was after only two minutes of knowing me. But then he asked what field I wanted to go into, and I said medicine, so he told me to hold out my hand, and right away he said, "You should be a gynecologist." What? No way. I was like, "Hermano, are you sure? That's what my dad does!" And he was like, "Yep, that's what your dad loves, and you're like him, and it would be the same with you, and if you do it, every one of your patients would have 100% trust and confidence in you because that's who you are." Anyway, he said a bunch of other cool stuff, and I would love to tell him one day that he was right, but we will see :-)
Also, Santa Anita is a cool sector. We haven't gotten to spend much time there, but one very consistent thing is the HILLS! Oh my gosh, it is literally on a mountain so the entire thing is a hill. Imma get some serious calf and thigh muscles here, and my lungs are gonna be built from solid steel! Thankfully, it's already a little easier to breathe and climb the hills, but goodness, they are brutal!
Also, I get to be in the offices a bit which is fun. There's paperwork that has to be done for every missionary who has an appointment and stuff, so that's my job. I'm getting to know the people in the building and how to get around, and it's fun. I just really love that it's completely different from anything I've done before in the mission.
And outside of the offices is this bakery, and goodness I could die and got to heaven after eating this bread. There's one called Chocobanana which as implied is chocolate with banana (duh!), and the chocolate is just amazing. However, we are trying not to buy bread EVERY time we go by :-)
And lastly, we had a funny experience this week. So, we had to go to this natural pharmacy to pick up some laxatives for a hermana, but the pharmacy didn't have them, but the woman offered to run to the south of Quito to pick them up and bring them back, so we had to wait. We waited and waited. And while we waited, Hermana Pincay noticed that there was makeup being sold, so she looks at me and says, "Hermana, don't you want to buy me some eyeshadow? It's so cheap. Only a dollar." So we had a little debate, but I bought it for her at which point she opens it and says, "Okay, close your eyes. Wait, what? NO! I don't wear makeup!" But she insisted, but she couldn't see very well, so she drags me over to the open door which leads onto the main streets of Quito and puts eyeshadow on me as people pass by. I'm sure that didn't look strange at all! An Ecuadorian putting eyeshadow on a white girl in the streets of Quito. But we had a good laugh about it.
Anyway, we are both completely exhausted, and we take naps at every opportunity. In fact, yesterday during the sacrament prayer, I fell asleep and heard a voice in my head yell, "HERMANA!" and I kind of whipped my eyes open, because I totally didn't realize that I'd fallen asleep. Unfortunately, the busses here aren't very nap friendly with their hard seats, but at least they don't have lice!
And guess what? Hermana Caceres FINALLY got her Christmas package. And the other day I saw Hermana Bustos, and she was wearing the dress you sent her for Christmas. She sure has changed. She's more confident and she knows what she's doing, and I love it!
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| And here are the sisters from my zone. Goodness, I am freakishly tall. |
Okay, that's about it. Pray for me to not be too tired. Pray for Hermana Pincay--I think she's already tuning out of the mission a little bit, so I'm trying to make sure we work super hard so she can finish her mission on a good note.
Okay, I love you all so much!
Love,
Hermana Kennedy
P.S. Give Hootie a hug for me, and for goodness sakes, someone give Jake a BATH!
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