Hellooooo everyone! :)
I’m
still here in good ole Sullana :) Hermana Callizaya, however, is not :( She got
transferred. I’m with Hermana Rivera from Lima. I’m pretty sure we're gonna get
along great :) We already seem to have a lot in common. It will be great!
As
for this week however.... It wasn’t all that great. Everything seemed to go
wrong! I was sick, Sandra didn’t get married which means she didn’t get
baptized, there wasn’t, and still isn’t, any water in Sullana, and then the
craziness of transfers. It was alllll crazy!
Last
Monday we ended up going out to eat as a zone. We went to some restaurant and
guess who ended up getting sick? Me :( If anyone heard of a sister missionary
throwing up in the middle of a lesson thaaaat would be me. Oooops. My bad. It
was sooo embarrassing!! I felt sick before going into the lesson, but was just
thinking, "Okay you can do this. Just make it through one more lesson and
you can puke at home" buuuut no. We were having family home evening with
the Cisneros Family and teachin about the Word of Wisdom, talking about how if
we don’t do drugs or drink, we’ll be healthy and all that good stuff. Then there goes Hermana Roper running
out the door puking... AWESOME. And that, my friends, is how it’s done.
Bam.
So
embarrassing though! All week they’ve been laughing saying I've made my mark in
their home. Reeeeal funny, guys, but actually no. I made my mark outside of
your house behind your car...Haha.
But I'm good now :) I was super sick
all that night but our zone leaders came over the next day and gave me a blessing
Turns out nobody else ended up getting sick either sheesh!
Anyway...
After that nice start to the week it got even better. Wednesday (Yes, two days
before the wedding) Sandra decided not to get married. I do see her point
though. I don’t want her marrying him at this point either. They need to work
things out. He’s great, but it’s not the time. I admire her so much though! She
was willing to get married just so she could get baptized! But she finally
opened up to us all the way Wednesday and told us about their relationship. She
had always told us they had problems, but she shrugged it off like it was over
with. There is definitely hope they’ll work it out though so that's good:) It's
because the wedding was planned for Friday the13th! ;) The Elders in our district
keep telling me they didn't get married because they were scared I’d throw up
at their wedding like I did at their house... Reeeal funny. Let’s just all make
fun of Hermana Roper...
Oh
and last, but not least, NO WATER. Nothing. There still isn’t any. Two days
without a shower and we finally had to travel to the other sister’s apartment
to shower lol. They definitely don’t mention these little things about
missionary work in the Liahona! But... It’s all good :) Who needs showers
nowadays? Not us! ;)
As
discouraged at as I was this week,
I’ve learned a lot. I’ve been thinking a lot about faith this week. Everything
we do is by faith. Every day isn’t gonna be great. Things aren’t always gonna
work out, but if we have faith, then we have hope that one day we’ll understand
why. If we have faith though, we have to DO something. Faith is more than just
believing. Everyone has heard that faith moves mountains. It really does. Faith
moves mountains, but sometimes God just gives us a shovel. We have to do OUR
part. Even when we don't understand why. With Hermana Sandra, I have no idea
why any of this happened, but I have faith it will work out so we’re gonna keep
working and teaching her and praying for her. If we have faith we will always
act. So at times when we don’t understand the reasons for things, we just need
to have faith and keep hoping that one day we will. It will alll work out
:)
Welp.
This week will be better :) I’m excited for this transfer! Hope you all have a great
week!
Love,
Hermana Roper
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