Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Guerra de las Chichiguas! (War of the Kites) 4/9/12

This will be a short one. I've been pretty busy with companion
exchanges, district meetings, interviews with president, on top of the
normal mission life of finding and teaching.

Today we are going to let off a bit of steam by making kites. Then we
are going to have a war. It should be great!

We have a baptism on Saturday, then one more the following Saturday,
assuming she passes her interview.

Mercedes, this weeks baptism, is a great lady. Her daughter is a
member which is cool, because she has support from her. She told us
that one of the reasons she knows the church is true is because we
listen and are so patient with her and explain stuff so that she can
actually understand it, and we're not just preaching to be heard.

Another guy is Billy, he doesn't speak Spanish, so we teach him in
English, even though he lives in a different area. I can still have a
normal conversation in English, but when it comes to teaching, its
SOOO hard not to do it in Spanish.

We also decorated cookies for easter, but I forgot my camera this week.

Btw, the office secretaries told me to let you know that for
"dearelders" you should select the option that says "dominican
republic santo domingo EAST". Not sure who is trying to send me
stuff, or to what other mission hahaha but now you know. Not santiago,
not west, not mtc, but EAST.

Thanks a ton. Love you all.
Elder Nichols