Buenas!

Sorry I didn´t get the chance to write yesterday, we spent the day in P-day with the zone, and couldn´t leave because of the rain. We hiked around the mountains and explored an abandoned hotel, and ate pears that tasted like carrots. Constanza is famous for its strawberries and we had some delicious strawberry juice. In the afternoon it started raining, so we had to wait out the rain. We headed back around 5:00, and that´s when the real adventure began. Constanza is about 2 hours away from Bonao, and to get there you have to take a truck. When were started out, it was just us missionaries in the bed of the truck, but once we left, we picked up a a group of construction workers who had been living on the construction site. So we sat in the back with 6 other men and all of their belongings, plus a live chicken in a bag. haha It was quite the adventure. But we made it home alive. :)

On Monday, we had a lesson with the Guzman family, so we invited the Ramirez family. They´re so fun and remind me a lot of my family, so we had a great time with them. They helped the Guzmans feel comfortable and we were all laughing and having a good time before the lesson. During the lesson we watched a 20 minute version of the First Vision, and the Ramirez family shared their testimonies and their conversion story. It was an incredible lesson. The Spirit was so strong. Hermano Guzman was so apperciative of this family for being there, and he told they how refreshing it was to see such a happy, united family. He told us that he feels a renewed motivation to read and to pray to know if these things are true. At the end of the lesson, we asked invited them to be baptized once they read and pray and receive an answer, and they accepted. I even got a little teary-eyed as I shared my testimony with them. They are so special to me, and I just know that they Lord has prepared them to receive the gospel. The father hasn´t been to church yet because he goes to the capital on Sundays, but he said that he would sacrifice so that he can go to church this Sunday. They are incredible.

A Day in the DR:

This week the other sisters in Bonao moved apartments, so we helped them on Monday. They got all moved in Monday night, but there was no electricity in their new apartment. So they bought an extension cord and asked their neighbors on the floor below them if they could put the cord through their window and borrow their electricity. That´s so Dominican. I love this country. 

Have a great week!

Hermana Jorden