Wow! What a whirlwind of a week! I dont think my mission experience has been very normal...but I have loved all of it!
Remember how I have already had scabies like 3 times...and never ending fleas and bedbugs and everything else? Well one thing I havent had yet on the mission is lice. I was thinking about that the other day....like...wow what a miracle it is that i havent had lice. Welp..for about a week my little daughter has been complaining about her head itching....I just told her it was normal...we swim in fleas here I am constantly itchy. Then she came out of the shower tuesday morning to say she found a bug in her hair. Oh no....We called our zone leaders to tell them we couldnt come to class because the four of us had to stay home and clean the house and our hair...
But they said they didnt think the lice would be jumping and flying around so fast as to infect everyone in an hour. So we had to go to class.
And they made us sit in the back about 40 feet behind everyone else.
And no one came over to kiss us or shake our hands.
And everyone knew.
And we felt like animals.
But it was hilarious and we laughed the whole time and then came home to deep clean the house...again
And then i washed everyones hair in that nasty lice cream.
Then Chely came over to help us clean our hair from all the lice nests and all that....am i grossing you out yet? It was an all day project but we got it down!! Yay! We are lice free! At least for a week..!!
Today we went paintballing in the country. I wasnt super enthusiastic about it at first but once we started playing I kept winning! I won every time against 30 elders! I enjoyed it.
I was able to go with Chely yesterday as she got her patriarchal blessing. She called my president and got permission for me to go! I felt like I was in the temple again. It was an amazing experience. Oh I just love my little Chely so much! We are going to be sisters forever!
One of the converts here has had lots of trouble with drugs. It had gotten to the point that he was robbing from his mom and anyone else to buy drugs. He wanted to change...but didnt seem to be ablt to have the ability. So we fasted and prayed for him to have a stronger desire to drop his addiction. And Friday night he got completely beat up....they broke his jaw and everything. He had to have surgery and spend the week in the hospital. But guess what...he hasnt taken any more drugs and says the thought of smoking makes him throw up! God works in different ways sometimes....but its always to bless and help us!
I forgot to bring my agenda with me so I cant remember anything else.
See you all February 11th! Can you believe thats only 9 weeks away?! 9 weeks....I wonder how many empanadas I can eat in 9 weeks....
Love you all!
Hermana Orchard
