Week 58

This week a lot of things happened. There were a lot of little things that had huge effects on us.... 

First off: We went to Centro! And I should never be given money again when little old Mexican people try selling you their cute little trinkets they make... #hnaraysaystruestory... But it was fun. I found a really cute Oaxacan shirt and a bunch of stuff to send to people! :) But still,we just pumped a lot of tags.... AND these darn Oaxacaños just love their blockades! They had one during our Centro trip(and we actually saw it was going to happen on the way there) and there was a bus blocking off EVERY SINGLE STREET from Centro to Santa Rosa because the government wanted to raise the price of the bus by one peso.... So we walked like 11/2 hours home….and walked all over the hills to teach right after....and just a few days ago they had a march for some democratic party and blocked off the roads…and one with the mototaxis.... If you don't know what those are I will send a pic next week. They're awesome! :)

We also have some awesome news! We'll have a baptism this week! Our investigator Enrique is just awesome! He's been super interested in the Gospel and he's had the baptismal date for April 18 for a while. But he's been out on vacation for two weeks so we haven't seen him for a while... BUT! We found out that for the two weeks he was gone he went to church those two Sundays AND three sessions of Conference. AND says he's going to read the Book of Mormon all the way through. AND is very determined to get baptized this Saturday. We are so excited!! And actual chosen one!! And we might also have one the next Saturday too! We also met a girl that has gone to church 3 times already and wants to get baptized. So hopefully we can teach her all the lessons in these next two weeks so we can do it! :)

We also made apple pie...like in the oven! Everyone has an oven but no one ever uses them! They're like cabinets... but the bishop's wife let us use her oven to make the pie for our district meeting and we ate it happily:) But our house was a mess!

We also had divisions this week. I got to go to the area Gualeguetza for the day with Hermana Mateson. It was super fun! I got to teach a lesson in English, which was the hardest thing I have done in the mish, I swear! I'm so used to teaching the Gospel in Spanish that it sounds weird to teach in English. But the Hermana wants to practice her English so we did it :) We also met this really cute Hermana selling candy from her house for a peso. She's 86 years old and loves to sing so she sang us a song :) And funny story: At the food we drank this drink called Jamaica. It's super good :) So we both drank like four or five cups of it...Then the Hermana told us that it makes you go to the bathroom like crazy.... Yup….. we went running around for about an hour looking for someone that was home so that we could use their bathroom #missionprobs.... but divisions were fun and Hermana Mateson really helped me think about the goals I'm wanting to accomplish for the rest of my mission. 

Other Stories:

I got a package from my family knowing that they would be sending me my face medicine. But when I didn't see anything like that in there I put the new keychain on my bag and put all the chocolate in the freezer.... So Sunday I open up the other pack of BRITISH! Cadbury Eggs and saw a Press Here sign..... I'd frozen my face med....Oopsy...!! 
We found a baby kitten in the street! Like it was only a day old! We were walking away from a lesson with Janiery and we see a rat moving in the street like something had run over it. No, it was a baby kitten that still couldn't even move itself. But we found the owner and said he will take care of it. :) 

We took an investigator to the temple for a lesson. Her name is Ana and she is doing okay but no progressing very much. So we thought this would help. And we got there and her crazy son was super calm and we had someone from the temple presidency talk with her. It was super cool and you could seriously feel the spirit there. :)) AND I saw Hermana Limon and Hermano and Hermana Corzo from Reforma there! It was super fun to see them again! :) 

We also had an AWESOME contact on Monday after the big blockade. We were walking home and it had already gotten dark and there was this girl that passed by, but we didn't pay any attention. We started laughing and joking around like always, but then we heard hard crying from the girl in front of us. So we thought we should check if she's okay. So we went up and I started contacting her, asking if she was okay. At first she didn't want to talk, but then we started explaining that the Gospel brings us happiness. Then she stopped crying hard and actually stopped so we could talk to her. Then we asked if she was going home and for her information so we could keep in contact. She just said she felt very alone. So we left her with a hug and hopefully we can keep in contact. But something could have happened during her walk and she only looked about 17 years old... Hopefully she's okay. 

Last story: So I re-dyed my hair last transfer and I forgot to wash the hair bands I held it up with. So Hermana Ray comes asking me for a hair tie yesterday and I tell her where she can find them…so she gets one. Now we're in church and she keeps getting these red marks all over her hands and arms and we had no idea what it was from. Then during a class she takes the elastic out of her hair to fix her braid.... It was coming from the elastic!...and because her hair was wet…it got the elastic wet too.....so…she's got a little red spot in her hair....!!:)

Well I hope you liked all of these funny stories. The work is awesome out here in Linda Vista and I hope it stays that way as this transfer comes to an end. BTW Mom!!! I found a guitar!!! You know I've been searching for one my entire mission and I've found some handmade ones for only 650 pesos, and that includes the pick and case.... That's like $50 bucks! :) But also I have stuff to mail out to you guys and other people.... But I don't have spending money to do it so I would love some help... Thanks for the package! I love you so much!! Bye!

Hermana Walker