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| This is how they sell chipa here. They fill this basket up with chipa and then they go around and sell it in the streets. |
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| With my new daughter, Hermana Gonzalez |
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| One last hug with my best friend in the mission. RIP Hermana Austin. |
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| Mburucuya. It's this fruit they have here. You should have seen my daughter's face when they wanted her to eat this. haha |
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| Look at her face!! Priceless. |
So Monday we went to the doctor and
he told us that our white blood cell count was doing a lot better. He told us
we were now allowed to walk a few blocks. haha, After he told us that, we
basically just took it as we are all good to go now.
Tuesday we went to our meeting with
the elders, and we had a testimony meeting because it was the end of the transfer.
When my comp was giving her testimony I just knew that we were going to have transfers.
Our district leader called us in the afternoon to confirm what I had
feared. “Hermanas.... Hermana Lopez is going
to be leaving.....” We just started to sob. I literally couldn’t even talk to
him. I have never reacted so dramatically to transfers. I don’t know why. I
think me and Hna Lopez just got really close through our shared dengue haha.
The Elder heard me crying and he was like “Hermana Ball, Hna Ball, guess what’s
going to happen to you!!! YOU’RE GOING TO BE A MAMA!!!!”
So here I am in ROUND TWO of training.
It was so crazy. This transfer they changed the way that we do transfers. I had
to travel by myself. It was so weird to be alone. I’m for sure going to be one
of THOSE awkward return missionaries. When I got there I hadn’t slept all night
and then I saw Hna AUSTIN and I flipped out. I think I had the opposite of a nervous
breakdown. I don’t know what happened.,... but I was shaking all over from joy.
I got to talk to her for a good amount of time. It was so fun but now she is
dead (finished her mission).... and that makes me sad. RIP Hna Austin.
So I bet you’re wondering who is my
second hija (daughter). Her name is HERMANA GONZALEZ and she is from
Argentina!!! Argentina for life, my second companion from Argentina. I thought I
knew all the weird words they say there but she has plenty that she uses that I
don’t understand. I think she thinks I don’t understand Spanish, but it’s just
because she is always using weird words. But she is sooooo cute. I think she is
kind of having some culture shock. We were teaching a lesson the other day and
it was a really poor house with all kinds of animals and the baby was just lying
on the dirt floor. We left and she was like petrified. haha I felt right at
home. The picture with the fruit, that was so funny. She did not want to eat
that and I know she didn’t like it. I wanted to eat like 5. It’s one of my
favorite things here. She is really great though and excited to work and she
learns fast. We are going to have so much fun together.
Update on the family Mercado.
Eugenio didn’t get baptized this week because the branch president went to
visit him and the son that we have been teaching, Lorenzo, was there and
Lorenzo told him he wants to get baptisted and president was like why don’t we
wait and have a joint baptism!! Good idea, president.... that was our plan from
the start and then he changed everything ahah but its fine. So now we are just
teaching and preparing Lorenzo for his baptism. I love seeing this family
change. The mom told me Sunday, “We had a lot of people in church. How many
were there today?” I told her 96 which is tons!! I was so excited! I think we
hit that once in San Lorenzo. She looked at me and said “We are going to start
working in my part of the neighborhood. We can double that number!” haha she is
so excited to share the gospel. I love this family. Her other son wants to
start taking the lessons so we have an appointment with him on Tuesday. I’ll
let ya know how it goes.
My poor companion. It’s her first Monday
and her account isn’t working. She is just looking at me right now with this
sad face. They told her tomorrow she will be able to get in. It’s so fun being
with someone new. It helps me remember the beauty of the mission. Too many
things have become normal to me, but watching her experience, everything for
the first time, is so fun. I’m so grateful that I get to finish my mission that
way!!!
I love you all so much. Have a great
week and don’t worry about me. I think my dengue is all gone.
Oh I almost forgot. More than once
this week we were in lessons with people that speak Guarani and I could
understand them! It’s been happening a lot with the family Mercado. I understand
everything the mom says. My companion says I speak like a Paraguayan. I hadn’t
even realized how much Guarani I have learned but it’s crazy how much the Lord
has been blessings me to understand what these people’s needs are.
ROHAYHU
Hermana Ball
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