Come What May and Love It

Nov 16, 2015
 
Yooohoooo, big summer blowout! Half off missionary discussions, fruit, and a bottle of sweat of my own invention! 

Okay ew gross I'm so sorry I made that joke. This week was good but HARD. The weather just knocks you out. So blasted hot! I'm trying to remember Nauvoo and no fruiting, and that definitely helps. That being said, I am shocked and amazed when I stand up from a cita and there is literally a puddle of sweat. hahahahhaha Wow. Love it. YES. 

This week we had interviews with President and it didnt even feel like an interview and literally we just sat and talked for like fifteen minutes about how weird paraguay was. Then he kind of looked at me and he's like, mhmm, yeah, you're fine. Alright, can we end with a prayer? And I was like... don't you want to ask me about my area or something? Nope! He just gave me cake and sent me on my way. #icouldgetusedtoaviewlikethis

What other things happened? OH! Thanks everyone for praying for Mauro because HE WENT TO CHURCH. I REPEAT. HE WENT TO CHURCH. Oh my gosh I about died!!! We had TWO investigators at the church this week AND three menos activo families that we work with! YES! Mauro is learning a lot but we are still fighting all of his doubts. I know that God can work a miracle with this man!!! And as soon as he is converted, I have a feeling that his wife will follow suit. 

Also it was elections in Itaugua this week. So basically the city celebrated like it always does: fireworks, loud music, and getting drunk. Conveniently all of our citas fell through, and we ended up home two hours before nine for dinner and studies. We later heard that it was really dangerous on the streets and that bad stuff was happening, fights and things. The Lord works in weird ways. 

Study of the week: Faith. Did you know that  you have to know who Jesus is before you can have faith in Him? That sounds like a stupid question but I actually thought about it for a long time. You have to know that Jesus is all powerful and all loving before you will trust His commandments, and then you'll realize that Jesus is more powerful and loving than you thought. Also: we're learning how to change our prayers to be active praying. Instead of saying, Lord please bless that today won't be hot, we pray, Lord please bless that we will be buff enough to master the heat. I have found that I am a lot stronger through Christ.

Alright that's it. Love all of you more than Frozen,

Hna Scott



Bonus Content from her Mom letter. Kaitlin is answering some specific questions I sent her:

How often are you eating at members verses making your own food? We eat with members for lunch most days. Any other meal we eat at home. We usually eat cereal or ramen or sandwiches. We can't boil water because of our stove.... it cuts down on a lot of other easy meals.

What do you eat for breakfast? Cereal. What else?

How much do you walk in a day? mmmmm... good question? we have no idea! Liiiike depends. I would say upward of five miles? 

What is the economy like there?  Apartments? Grass huts? uhhh depends. In the city people have really nice houses, some people even have indoor bathrooms. Farther out, it's more like cinderblock walls and dirt floors. But everyone has a tv, cellphone, and a fridge. Go figure. 

Have you had any uncomfortable encounters with chickens? YES. Do you know how chickens mate? I do. #duringmylessononfaith

How is your language coming? Super bien, puedo hablar facilmente entre los dos, pero todavia tengo dificultad con la forma condicional, como "would happen" es muy dificil para mi. Y tambien a veces mi mente esta trabajando mas rapido de mi boca, o estoy muy emocionada sobre una tema, y mi espanol es horrible jajajaj. 

How big is your branch/ward?  Our asistencia is between 90 and 130 people every week. We have a pretty big, functioning branch for the area

What is the rate of active vs inactive? wow. Too many. like, we have inactive families we don't even know about. Once a family moves, they;re basically lost forever. Bishops forget to send records and we don't know where they go. Church is hard here. 

I wonder if people in the United States think when they make things that they will end up in Paraguay. Paraguay loves mainstream pop from the US, everything except Taylor Swift.:( There's a guy in our ward who wears this sweatshirt that says SUPERMOM in big letters. Hermana Noorda and I don't have the heart to tell him.