A Myriad Of Germane Encounters

This week had me feeling bereft after a myriad of germane encounters, with a dearth of accepted attestations of our message. I just started reading Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage and I'm loving it but I have to read it side by side with a thesaurus. So in my efforts to not forget my deep english I’m going to try and use the words I read this week from Talmage. Please enjoy this treatise.


A MYRIAD OF GERMANE ENCOUNTERS


Yah so we taught a lot of people this week annnnd most of them were semi interested. Also do you remember Rodrigo? Yah we went back and some baptists were set up in their village with free food, flip flops and a freakin sound system. So suddenly Rodrigo didn't want to talk to us so much. That's our bad. Next time I'll bring some flip flops. So Sister Castañaga and I were feeling quite sheepish as we drudged our way back to Numancia. See picture for definition of drudgery.

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COMPRISING OF BAPTISIMAL INTERVIEWS Sister Kaye and Brother Philip are getting baptized this week! They both passed their interviews so they are good to go! We're praying everything goes smoothly!
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Sucessful BIQ Nanay Lilia picked lots of vegtables for us because the Elders don't eat vegtables. TREATISE ABOUT EXCHANGES Of course we had exchanges this week with none other than the Makato Sisterssss! We worked a little in Numancia and a little in Makato!
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Exchanges accomplished.
I worked with Sister Ugalino and Sister Licudine but I only got pictures with sister Ugalino. She is absolutely energized about the work and it was a good reminder to me of why I used to drink energy drinks. DEARTH OF WORKERS I just wanted to use the word dearth. Anyway we had workers one day and they lead us to a part of our area we hadn't explored yet and we ended up walking for almost an hour and a half straight. Luckily once we got their we got to teach a member family about temple and we hopefully able to bring some peace to their broken family. We also had a dog named cooper follow us around for a while. He was cute. Oh and we walked past a goat that had just given birth but one of the babies was stuck In the placenta and we had to go find its owner and be like “hey brother I think your goats sufficating in its placenta.”
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This is cooper the aforementioned Dog.

GREEN 
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The fields of Numancia are green and almost ready to harvest. We are Super excited to wrxt Numancia conitnue to grow

I know I'm wearing the same dress in most of these pictures but I promise you I only wear it every other day.
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Return appointment with cow

LETS GET REAL

I'm realizing I have about 6 months left and that's simply unacceptable. I'm not done yet. Also going home is scary. You're telling me I'm just supposed to go to school when I get home? No no no that can't be right. Obviously I still have time left gid but I've just been reflecting on how much has changed in just a year. One year ago I wasn't sure who I was. One year ago talking to people about Jesus seemed awkward. One year ago I didn't know how to cook or do my laundry without a machine. One year ago talking in front of a crowd literally made me dizzy. Well now one year has passed and yes I have a better idea who I am. Talking to people about Jesus is sometimes still awkward but it still makes me happy. I kinda know how to cook and I'm real good at doing my laundry by hand. I still get stressed talking in front of a crowd but I know it's for a higher purpose and I do it willingly. My time here has taught me so many practical skills and I have definitely grown as a human being. My goal for the next 6 months is that same kind of growth but for my spirituality. Far more important than anything I learn on my mission is who I become. Far more important than anything we do or accomplish in our lives is who we have become. What do we choose to do with what we learn and the skills we develop. food for thought. 

Love you all lots. I love the book of mormon, my savior and my family.

Sister Larson

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