Rainy Days

Nos mojamos quite a lot on a day everyone forgot their umbrella but me... haha can you imagine? (we were all together because we had just got back from a baptismal service. The other hermanas had a baptism)


Dear family and friends,

It`s raining today. A lot. The tormentas (storms) started about a week or two ago, but they always pass quickly although it rains pretty hard. One of our motorista friends asked us if nos mojamos (got wet), and we said sì, we did, and then took great pleasure in telling us `you ain`t seen nuthin` yet.` Today has seen a more steady, if not very strong, rainstorm. I`m happy about it. I love the rain. My sombria the perfect size for me and fits perfectly in my backpack, so I`m not really getting that wet. Just a little. It`s hard to avoid the rain puddles that go up to your ankles. And we haven`t seen anything yet. :) I got my winter coat out today. It keeps me very dry. It`s funny to hear people call this time of year `winter.´ Really, in El Salvador, I don`t think the terms `winter` and `summer` are very appropriate because the temperature never changes. Truly, the best way to describe the seasons is simply `rainy` or `dry.`

We had the best day of our lives on Tuesday. The Spirit was very strong in several of our lessons. We are always meeting new prepared people. I think last week I was in the middle of telling you about Graciela. Here we go: she`s fifty years old and has been Evangelical most of her life. We met her selling pastelitos near a children`s school, and she seemed like just another contact until we actually went and searched out her house. She invited us in and absolutely devoured the story of Joseph Smith. So much so that we asked a lot of follow up questions because we weren`t sure she`d understood it correctly. The Spirit truly testified to her that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and she accepted a baptismal date in the second lesson. She seems to be on fire with the light of the restored Gospel, praying and reading like crazy. When we gave her a Book of Mormon, she treated it like gold.

Then on Tuesday we taught another very prepared investigator. Her name is Zenia. She`s my age and has a cute, very intelligent two year old daughter. More on her next week. Gotta keep you all coming back. :)

I also made a neat connection this week. I KNOW ONE OF THE SISTER MISSIONARIES THAT TAUGHT FAMILIA ARGUETA SEVEN YEARS AGO! Hermana Hatch was in my single`s ward while I lived in Alta Apartments. One of the Argueta daughters is going to help us get in touch. I`m hoping she`ll have some references for me. :) It was really, really cool to find out she had walked where I now walk.

Take care! Love,

Hna Henrie