I
can't believe it's already the last week of the transfer! That went by
so fast. From what I've heard from some seasoned missionaries, it seems
like President really likes to keep missionaries in one area for a good
amount of time. That's pretty cool cause I really like my ward and my
area. I'll definitely update everyone next week though if anything
changes but I doubt it.
So
Hermana Michael and I have kept ourselves busy especially with making
banana bread. Gotta do something with all those bananas! We figured we
could bring them to some of the people we visit and they've really
appreciated it! We currently have 10 loaves of banana bread in one of
our cupboards. We call it our banana bread cupboard, for obvious
reasons. And there's still so many bananas! We'll get through all of
them eventually. None of them are going to waste that's for sure!
Thank
you mom and Pete for the package! I made some arepas for my companion
and I for dinner the night we got it and they were so good! I think mom
would be super proud about how well they turned out. I'll send pictures
for sure. I also made an extra one for our downstairs neighbor (who is
in the English ward) and she loved it too. Following the example of my
momma and sharing our Venezuelan goodness with everyone! Thanks again!
I'm
still teaching piano lessons on Saturday mornings which is going super
well! I also got asked to play violin in sacrament meeting for the youth
but I don't think that's for a little while but I'm still most
certainly looking forward to it. They're singing Nearer My God to Thee
I'm pretty sure. I love that song!
So
we took the train on Saturday to go to a baptism that we invited a
couple of our investigators to and I LOVE taking the train. We have the
opportunity to talk to so many people and it's great! When we got into
the other area we got there a little early so we went to find something
to eat and decided on this hot dog food truck. The people there were so
nice! They were just trying to promote their business so they gave us
free food and of course we started talking to them about the church and
they thought it was super interesting. They each gladly took pass along
cards and promised us they would check out the website. They also had a
little backdrop set up for people to take pictures and I asked one of
the people we were chatting it up with if she would take a picture with
me and she was so excited about it!
Ok
so I have a crazy story from Friday. That morning I was debating
between two skirts and I picked the one that I usually wear a slip with,
which was probably the best decision I made all day. The other Hermanas
who are usually on bikes needed to use our car to get to a doctor
appointment so we used their bikes to get to our first appointment that
morning. I was enjoying the bike ride the first mile or so until my
skirt got caught in the chain as I was going through an intersection and
I found myself on the ground stuck to the bike. I couldn't move out of
the street at first because the skirt was wrapped so tight around my
legs so after trying basically all the options I had I realized that the
skirt just needed to come off so I could free myself. Nice and awkward.
It was definitely a miracle that within minutes from my initial fall,
as I was struggling to free myself from the bike, I heard someone ask if
I needed help and I turned around to see Elder Dominguez from my
district! It could have been a stranger but I know Heavenly Father
blessed me with a familiar face to help me in this rather uncomfortable
situation. He and Elder Power were both so prepared to help me in that
moment with the tools they had for the bike and that they were able to
get us to our appointment on time. Everything worked out perfectly.
Elder Dominguez was telling us that he wouldn't have been right behind
me in traffic if it weren't for a delay and I know that Heavenly Father
played a huge role in this experience to make sure that His missionaries
are being taken care of. Hermana Michael and I were even able to talk
to someone about the church through this experience. There was a worker
kinda off to the side of our little scene who came over to offer help
and we were able to talk to her about where we were headed and what we
do so we ended up giving her a pass along card and a pamphlet on the
restoration (all in just my slip haha the elders were still working on
getting my skirt out of the bike) We were able to bear very short
testimonies before we had to get going and I'm so thankful we had the
opportunity to meet this woman. If that was the reason I fell then I'd
easily do it all over again to have such a unique opportunity to share
the gospel. I was also unharmed from this whole thing, just a small
scratch on my hand really. Such a blessing!
Anyway,
those are the highlights from the week. I hope everyone is doing well I
absolutely love hearing from everyone! Oh yeah I also invited someone
to be baptized for the first time and she said yes! Her and her
daughter! They're so awesome please pray for them! Hermana Michael
invited someone too the next day and she also said she would be
baptized! We're just seeing miracles left and right! We're so blessed I
can't mention it enough.
Keep smiling! :)
Hermana Knowles
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| Arepas! |
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| My torn skirt from the biking incident that I wore pretty much that whole day anyway |
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| The awesome lady from the hot dog place! :) |
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