We had exchanges this week and I got to lead out the area! It was a nerve-wracking experience, but it was also good because it helped me more fully realize that I CAN speak Spanish better than I thought I could, I CAN take charge, I CAN do a lot of things that I didn't think I could! It's so exciting!
So, we got comida demasiada yesterday. (We got a lot of food). There was a youth conference this last week and a member had bought cases of food for it using the ward budget. After the conference, there was still a TON of food left over, so she gave it all away to 4 sets of missionaries, us included. We were the last ones to get there, so she gave us all the rest of it, and our little Toyota Corolla was very packed in the backseat and the trunk. We took what we wanted and could fit in our fridge, and divided the rest between the English elders who live in our apartment plaza and a recent convert, less-active sister who needed food. We gave half of it to her--all the cheese, some applesauce, a lot of chips, hot dogs, hot dog buns--and what was cool was that, when we got to her house and unloaded it for her, she showed us what she had had before we came over--4 packages of meat in the freezer and some random things in her fridge. She had had nothing until we brought over that food for her. Someone knew, and let us know, and now we all rejoice together. :) We also took a box over to Manuel de la Cruz. You'll find out more about him soon.
More about food. Yesterday, Hermana Wilcox and I started a 40 day fast to fast out the natural man within us. We fasted for 24 hours and made a list of things that poke at our spirit, or things that get in the way of us being spiritually strong. Now, for the next 39 days, we ask for help from the Lord in the morning to overcome these temptations, and in the evening, we account to Him how well we did in our endeavors. If we succeeded, we give Him thanks. If we failed, we ask for forgiveness and recommit ourselves to do better. I'm excited for this. I will be death-crawling by the end of it, but it's going to be good.
As a district, we've set a big, hairy, audacious goal. We want to talk to 420 people in a week. Three companionships in the district, each companionship talks 20 people a day, for 7 days. 420 people in a week. When we reach this goal, our mission president is going to throw us a barbeque. We're still working on it, but it is the goal, the hairy, audacious goal, but we're going to make it. It'll be good.
We got a couch! We didn't have a couch in our apartment until this last Friday. The elders moved it in for us, along with the ward mission leader, Brother Snow. The elders tested it for us to see if it was study-worthy and failed the test. It's a very comfortable couch. :)
I gave my first talk in Spanish yesterday! Hermana Wilcox said she understood it, so that was cool. I know I messed up in my past tense, but that's OK. I'm still learning.
I'm heading out! But know that I love you!
Love,
Hermana Brown
Hermana Brown
Hermana Brown
Compañera: Hermana Wilcox
Current Address: Hermana Naomi E. Brown
94 Heritage Way NE apt #306
Leesburg, VA 20176-3363
Next possible transfer: 24 Julio
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