Hi family! Here's my letter to President:
Hi President Murphy,
Well, we have three people right now with a baptismal date. We have Franklin for the 21st of April, and he's doing well. He understands pretty well. It's just a little hard to keep his attention, but it just means that we need to ask more questions and engage him more. Hugo is also set to be baptized on the 21st of April, and this week we were very direct with him about keeping his commitments. He reads and prays, but only on the weekend, and he tells us that he builds up to a big prayer, but we explained that it doesn't work that way--he can pray small prayers everyday. He is now reading his scriptures and praying everyday, and he came to church on Sunday. We also have Natali Caceres set for the 12th of May. With her, I do worry a little. She's attentive during lessons, but she always says that she doesn't have time to read or pray. But we know that she has three whole days each week of not working. So I really hope that she can make it, but it all depends on her.
We also had something really exciting happen this week. We have a family of investigators. I think I mentioned them last week, the Loor Family. Anyway, this week we got to teach the whole family, and all five of them came to church. The parents aren't married, but yesterday we spoke with them, and I think it's all because Viviana (the mom) thinks she doesn't deserve to be loved. She has no confidence in herself, and so she worries that her spouse (?) wouldn't love her if they were married because she's too hard to live with. But I really feel that little by little, they could get there. The kids are great, and they liked church a lot. We are hoping that they can watch General Conference this upcoming week!
I love Hermana Knapp. She makes the work fun, and I love working with her. This week was all about adjusting to the trio, but it was good. Hermana de la Ossa is struggling a lot with the hills because of her knee and ankle, but she's a great teacher.
Thank you for your example and your hard work.
Have a great week!
Hermana Kennedy
Okay, so my time today is a little shorter because I had to fill out some stuff for my visa renewal, but I'll do the best I can.
Not gonna lie, this week was hard. Our other hermana is fine, but it was hard adjusting to the trio. I think I have trio trauma ;-( I was very miserable on Tuesday and Wednesday. I just love Hermana Knapp so much, and it felt like I lost her a little bit because we have to include someone else now. I guess you could call it jealousy.. So, I kind of shut down into my Tourette's silence a little. Anyway, it's gotten better, but we both feel a little cheated because transfers are this week. We don't know if we are going to stay together another transfer, and four weeks together just wasn't enough! Seriously, this has been the fastest five weeks of my mission because I just love Hermana Knapp. We know that the third hermana is leaving. because she has knee and ankle problems (we are taking a lot of taxis because she can't climb the hills, poor thing). Anyway, please pray that Hermana Knapp and I will stay together another transfer. Prayer can work!
This past Tuesday, we headed to visit a family of recent converts. They're really nice, but they're very childlike (innocent maybe?), so it's always an adventure at their house. Anyway, they have a five-year-old son who may or may not be potty trained. We get there, and after a few minutes, he goes into the bathroom, and I start to smell poop. When he comes out, Hermana Knapp goes in to use the bathroom, but before she went in, the mom asks the son if he pooped, to which he replies that no, he didn't. Well, Hermana Knapp comes out, and we keep teaching. Hermana Knapp is in the middle of something really spiritual when suddenly she stops and looks at the dog who just came out of the bathroom, and she says, "I think the dog is eating poop." Sure enough, he is. The mom takes care of it and asks, "Lucas, did you poop?"
He replies again, "No Mommy, I only peed."
"So who's poop was the dog eating?
His response? "It was the dog's."
We laughed about that because the dog definitely didn't poop in the house. His mom keeps asking him, and finally he says, "It was the hermana."
Now that was super funny, because I know for a fact that Hermana Knapp CAN'T poop. Remember that laxative tee that cleaned me out, but had little to no effect on her? That's why we don't have mamitas, and why she has such a strict diet. So we laughed about that a lot!
Then yesterday, we went back to the same house, because on Tuesday we had tried to speak with the husband, but he wasn't there, so we went yesterday to speak with him. When we sat down, Hermana Knapp asked me, "Do you feel that?" I didn't know what she was talking about, so I didn't think anything of it. However, when we stood up to leave, I felt that my butt and skirt were a little wet, and I just thought, "Oh no. Maybe it's just water." Well, we got home, and I smell my skirt, and it's pee. Definitely pee. There was pee on the couch. The only question now is "From whence did the pee originate? The dog, or the child?"
{Hermana Knapp wants me to let Email World know that she did in fact poop twice this week which is an improvement.}
I love running in the morning. The altitude can make it difficult, but I can feel myself getting stronger every day, and it's so exciting. And losing weight is awesome too. I stayed pretty consistent this week, but that's because I wasn't very good about what I ate, but I have a plan now, and it involves running. And making our own food--that has been a saving grace for my weight loss challenge. Seriously, I love running. It just feels so good to do something that requires no thought or talking or mental or spiritual growth. It's just good, hard, physical movement, and I love it.
Well, that's about it for this week. Pray for Hermana Knapp and me. We were both a little homesick this week. We are okay, but occasionally it happens. I know though that Heavenly Father will make sure that everything works out. He's there for me a lot. I'm glad to know that I've got awesome heavenly AND earthly parents!
I love you all a lot. Watch conference this week. It's gonna be awesome! And HAPPY EASTER! Next week, I'll maybe be somewhere else with someone else, but we can hope not. Just pray for me. I need all the spiritual support I can get. The mission is hard sometimes, and I miss you all a lot, but it's not too much more time, and Hermana Knapp helps the time fly by.
I love you all!
Love,
Hermana Kennedy
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