Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Buenas!
Transfer day! My querida companera, Hermana Richardson,
finished her mission! She's headed home! And my new companion is Hermana
Funes from El Salvador. She's amazing. She just finished training after
just barely being trained herself, and now she's a sister leader with
me. I've heard great things about her, and I am so excited to work with
her. I know we're going to see miracles during our time together.
Chances are that she could be my last companion. That's just too weird
to think about.
Last Thursday, I went to Santo
Domingo to renew my visa. All of the missionaries have been going, and
we've all been so excited to go because they let us go to the temple and
stay the night in the CCM. Well, guess what. The temple was closed.
Such a bummer. But they at least let us go the the CCM to eat lunch
before we headed back. It was a fun trip and I got to hang out with a
bunch a missionaries that I didn't know before.
On Friday
we had our first conference with President Castillo. I'll admit that I
was pretty sleepy during the meeting, but it was still so great. I just
love seeing President Castillo. He is so energetic and ready to give
this mission heaven. He's such an example to me, and I love talking to
him. He makes everyone feel so special. His wife is fairly quiet, but
she is trying to talk to all of the missionaries and get to know them. I
just adore them.
Ever since I've arrived in
Navarrete, we've been planning an open house with the ward. We printed
out 800 invitations and got the ward all excited to invite their friends
to the open house. We arrived late because we were in Santo Domingo,
but when we got there elders told us that eight people had come. I felt
so bad because the ward had worked so hard, but I have faith that
something will come out of the few people that came. After all, my first
open house in Jarabacoa is where we found Dieulifort!
Have a wonderful week!
Hermana Jorden
A Day in the DR:
Something
I love about this country and will truly miss when I'm gone is how we
shake hands. In the US, you have the basic right hand shake. But here,
sometimes that's just too inconvenient. Sometimes you have something in
your right hard or your hands are dirty, so you just stick out your
elbow and have them shake it, or your stick out your wrist and have them
shake it, or sometimes you just give them your left hand and you just
awkwardly hold it for a few seconds. haha I love it so much.
Friday, August 7, 2015
Buenas!
Wow, my life is so wonderful. I am so happy. And that's basically all I have to say today. Life is so incredibly beautiful and wonderful and happy. My companion is going home next week, and every time I start thinking about going home, it makes me feel sick. I don't want this to end! I'm determine to loving every single minute that I have left.
On Friday we went to Concilio with President Castillo and all of the zone leaders and sister leaders. It was incredible. President Castillo has a vision, and I'm so excited to see the miracles that are going to take place here in the mission. I loved being with all of the leaders and hearing such amazing insights and ideas of how to help the missionaries. Being in a leadership position has really changed my perspective of the mission, and I love it. I've changed a lot of things, and I can't wait to see what happens.
I ran out of time again! P day just flies by! Talk to you next week!
Hermana Jorden
A Day in the DR:
So, I just love how the women do their hair here. I'm not really sure how to describe their hair, but I guess it's really coarse and thick. So all of the women go to the salon. Some women go every week, some every two weeks, and some almost every month. But they don't wash their hair in between. So, they go to the salon and get their hair washed and conditioned. They let the conditioner sit for a while, so the women walk around with their hair soaking wet on top of their head for a while, and then they go back to put rollers in their hair. Normally, we use rollers to curl our hair, but here they're used to straighten hair. I think they use them so that their hair dries flat and not so frizzy. So then they walk around with their hair in rollers while it dries. And it's such a normal thing here. Everyone goes to the store in their rollers. It's so funny. So then they head back to the salon once their hair dries and the hairdresser "passes the blower." They blowdry their hair straight, so they don't even use a straightener. And it looks great! So now these beautiful Dominican women have their nice hair, but it has to last a while, so they use tubies. When they go out to parties or to church, they have their hair down, but when they are at home or at the store or just walking around, they use these gorros (see picture of Hermana Taukafa). They wrap their hair like a turban and put on these knitted hats, and that's how we do it in the DR!
Wow, my life is so wonderful. I am so happy. And that's basically all I have to say today. Life is so incredibly beautiful and wonderful and happy. My companion is going home next week, and every time I start thinking about going home, it makes me feel sick. I don't want this to end! I'm determine to loving every single minute that I have left.
On Friday we went to Concilio with President Castillo and all of the zone leaders and sister leaders. It was incredible. President Castillo has a vision, and I'm so excited to see the miracles that are going to take place here in the mission. I loved being with all of the leaders and hearing such amazing insights and ideas of how to help the missionaries. Being in a leadership position has really changed my perspective of the mission, and I love it. I've changed a lot of things, and I can't wait to see what happens.
I ran out of time again! P day just flies by! Talk to you next week!
Hermana Jorden
A Day in the DR:
So, I just love how the women do their hair here. I'm not really sure how to describe their hair, but I guess it's really coarse and thick. So all of the women go to the salon. Some women go every week, some every two weeks, and some almost every month. But they don't wash their hair in between. So, they go to the salon and get their hair washed and conditioned. They let the conditioner sit for a while, so the women walk around with their hair soaking wet on top of their head for a while, and then they go back to put rollers in their hair. Normally, we use rollers to curl our hair, but here they're used to straighten hair. I think they use them so that their hair dries flat and not so frizzy. So then they walk around with their hair in rollers while it dries. And it's such a normal thing here. Everyone goes to the store in their rollers. It's so funny. So then they head back to the salon once their hair dries and the hairdresser "passes the blower." They blowdry their hair straight, so they don't even use a straightener. And it looks great! So now these beautiful Dominican women have their nice hair, but it has to last a while, so they use tubies. When they go out to parties or to church, they have their hair down, but when they are at home or at the store or just walking around, they use these gorros (see picture of Hermana Taukafa). They wrap their hair like a turban and put on these knitted hats, and that's how we do it in the DR!
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