Please tell uncle Den how sorry I am to hear of his sister!!
Familia!
It's so good to hear that you are all doing well!
On Thursday night Hermana Kohlhase and I were walking home, after MCM
(which is missionary correlation meeting) we live really close to the
church, perfect walking distance. That day, Hermana kohlhase and I had
talked to quite a few people and all the cards we had left, were two.
She had one and I had one. It was around 8:53 pm, and we had just
given Hermana Kohlhases card out to a lady that wasn't interested and
then I said, "Hermana, I have one more card..." In our minds we both
thought, we just have to give it out before the nights over. You have
to imagine, that both of our hoods were up, and we had scarves on, so
we not only looked like ninjas, but literally there was NO peripheral
vision. We then turned down the street where we live, started walking
hermana kohlhase in front and I in back, we have to walk single file
because there is so much ice and snow and they only shovel it for one
person to fit. Randomly Hermana Kohlhase looks, (meaning she had to
turn her entire body, looking like an owl, because no hay neck
movement) and because she looked, then I looked, and we saw a lady in
a black coat with a white scarf, and I ran to her (meaning I waddled
to her, because that's all the movement I can do in this mother coat)
and said, "Hi, can we give you a card!" Hesitantly, and with a Mexican
accent said, "yes." Then Hermana Kohlhase said, "habla espanol??" And,
this woman just lit up and said, "SI," well, this womans' name is
Leti. (Leticia for short) and she just opened up and started talking
to us. She told us she had had a beer before meeting us, and (we could
smell it pretty bad) and she said The Lord told her to leave the party
and walk outside. She said when Hermana Kohlhase asked her "habla
espanol?" She said she knew we were angels. We didn't even get the
chance to tell her who we were, she said, "I know who you are" we
didn't even ask her if we could visit her because she told us, "you
can come visit me, here is my address." More than anything, she is a
hoot. We can't get 4 words in without her talking about God.
On Saturday we went to visit her because that's when she told us to
come, and right when we walked in we knew, THIS LADY IS A DIVA! I am
obsessed with her. Right in the door way, she had 20 paintings,
that she did, all modeled after the artist Frida or she calls her, my
friend Frida... Haha look her up, talk about unibrows. Anyways... I
have realized that on my mission I have taught people who are addicted
to drugs, people who are so poor they hardly can get food on the
table, people who just LOVE to feed me, I have taught people from all
over South America, but I have yet to teach a Diva, and so here it
goes!
That first day she showed us her paintings, and then she showed us her
dog. Her name is Princess. She is a miniature poodle and she has a
purse that she sits while Leti carries her. Leti calls her, her
celestial dog because when she prays Princess closes her eyes, and
when she plays her Christian rock, Princess sings. She also fed us
some of Princess' chicken while we were there. I loved it. Actually, I
just loved that she cooks her dog chicken, it reminded me of Mousse.
Hermana Kohlhase and I just love her. We taught the first lesson to
her, well tried, we brought a cute Hermana with us, Hermana Liboria
and they got a long, and honestly Leti wouldn't even look at us
because we couldn't keep up with the speed they were talking, we got
through God is our Loving Heavenly Father and and Gospel Blesses
Families, we each probably said one sentence, and it was great!! She
loved it!
Mostly what this is teaching me is, that God prepares ALL people to
hear the gospel. On my mission I have mostly worked with people who
live in very humble circumstances, and it was a testimony that God
prepares people, no matter how rich or poor they are. Some times I
have felt like Alma and Amulek who went to the Zoramites to preach the
word, and this time I felt like Ammon who went straight to the King
Lamoni to preach the word of God. Truly God humbles us so that we
hear his word, and I love it! This is how I felt this week as Hermana
Kohlhase and I have prayed and prayed for someone prepared by The
Lord,
"And now when Alma heard this, he turned him about, his face
immediately towards him, and he beheld with great joy; for he beheld
that their afflictions had truly humbled them, and that they were in a
preparation to hear the word."
Pray for Leti.
All of me loves all of you all!
Hermana Hammond
Cool fact that dad probably already knows: Islam means: to submit, or
submit your will to God.
Challenge for all: find the will of God and submit to it
Cute Hermana Delgado learning to read!!
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