Well, this was a pretty normal week, nothing big to
report on. We had some great lessons and increases in faith from our
investigators, and found quite a few new investigators as well. We did a really
cool lesson with a member family, about faith. So we all know that faith is
like a seed- if you plant and nourish it, it will grow. So we went and bought
some potting soil, little pots and some seeds, and helped all the kids plant
seeds. And then committed to take care of that seed, and also take care of
their seed of faith- by watering it and putting it in the sun, and by
reading the scriptures and praying, respectively. We went by two
days later and most of the little pots had been knocked over, so I guess they
"cast out the seed with their doubt" hopefully they didnt do that
with their faith!
We found a really cool family to teach this week, and
they are from honduras. But they're not your average hispanics- they are of the
Garifuna race. I think I've mentioned them before, they are people who are of
african descent, but speak spanish too. The short version of the story is this:
During slave trades in the 1700s, there was a group three ships
traveling together back from africa to america. Well, I wouldnt like being
taken out of my home to go work really hard in the heat somewhere for no pay*,
and the africans didnt want to either, so the weren't gonna go down easy.
So during the voyage they rebelled and killed all the white people. Not knowing
how to navigate by the stars, let alone steer a boat, they ended up on the
coast of Central america, crash landed, and then established there. So the
Garifuna language is a mix between two african dialects with a little bit of
french, and now some spanish. There are a few members who speak the same
language, so I've learned a little bit of it, but man it is hard! totally a
different feel than any Latin based language. lots of b's and g's. Stuff like
"Maga tiena" "Badibu" and stuff. So luckily, they
understand spanish just fine, and can learn in that, and they teach us little
bits of Garifuna. The 13 year old in their family, named Iwor, seriously caught
the restoration better than most adults. They were really excited about
the Book of Mormon, and we totally have some Garifuna members to be
some fellowshippers! Incase you wanted to know, to say "We are
missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints" is
"Tida guietiwa liguilisi to lani bunguio to janisandu le lagamujou
wellu" Don't worry, I'm still working on it too!
Well, other than that, things have been pretty
normal, we've had a great time with everything. Hope to hear back from everyone
soon! Ask me some questions and I'll answer them in my next update. Or do the
keyword thing, i think that worked for about two emails, but really, it was
great idea!
*Wait, isnt that exactly what
I'm doing right now? lol
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