Sowing Good Seeds

Who is this little cutie?  Jenna Bob!

Hola.

I am in the capital, Santo Domingo, today. I already said bye to my companion, Hermana Alcalá! She finished her mission yesterday. And I am with with Hermana Layme until tomorrow. They will give us a little card with our new comps. They did that last transfer, and it was not an efficient way of doing it. Also I'd like a normal P-day, please 😊. We only have a little milk and two squares of toilet paper.

But I got my package!! It was beautiful. I laughed while reading your letters and I felt all the love. Thanks so much for putting that all together! I treasure the physical letters and read them again and again.  I am still in search of a USB camera memory adapter so I won't have pictures to send until I find one :(

Sowing Seeds

I think my goal for this week is to forget numbers and just sow some good seeds. We might not find new people to teach, but it profits no one to do anything for the sake of numbers. I'd rather have no one to teach as long as someone each day can feel a little bit of the Spirit, and understand a little more of Christ's love for them. It seems like that's all I can do in this area, at least while we're sowing seeds.

Also we had Yulimar's baptism! Sorry no pics, but it was a nice event. No refreshments though. Her non-member parents were super supportive and happy for her. Yulimar is the smartest 9 year old in the world, and I've never even taught someone who was so ready or excited to be baptized. She's gone to church for a year, and she told her mom she wanted to get baptized after her first time at church, but her mom didn't want her to get baptized until she knew more. Well, now she knows more than anyone in the Primary (children's Sunday program).

Like always, I'm happy to be here! I love these people. They're so funny. I wish everyone could experience them. It took a painfully long time to understand one word in Dominican, but now I understand enough to laugh at their jokes. Just goes to show -- when you stick at something you stink at, you'll eventually stink less. Ya tu sabe (you already know this).

Dominican Motoconcho

Also there's this guy that tries to speak English when I walk past (I turn all the boyz bilingual) and he always says "Hi son" (or song?) and I would like to know where he got that. Other things people have said to me in English as I'm walking past are: "I know, I know!" and the usual "I love you" "you beautiful" and "watchu naim" (what's your name). Motoconchos like to point at their motorcycle and say "please?" It's a buen tiempo. (a good time)


Con amor,
Son