Hermana Ostler’s
Update – April 7, 2014
Sometimes I still get words mixed up here. An
example...
I was talking to a less active
member and I asked him why he hadn’t been to church. He told me, “soy
excomugaldo” and I heard “soy abogado.”
For those who don’t speak Spanish.
Excomugaldo is excommunicated,
or kicked out of the church for doing something bad. Abogado is lawyer. You can
imagine my response. “How great! Don’t worry about the little things! Let’s go
to church together! Woohoo!”
The poor guy was so confused.
YEAH! Spanish problems!
The strike continues. Right now
we are locked into the internet cafe because there are people trying to break
in and rob us. PERU! But really. I feel like I am in a bunker. Way cool. The
strike is actually pretty crazy. We have to run away from them sometimes
because they are way pissed. We were walking across the park yesterday and we
had to walk past them. I have never felt so much darkness. These are men that
work in the mine. They have a life that is absolutely contrary to God. It was
one of the worst feelings. And they were saying the most HORRID things. I think
that when men start to disrespect women, that is when God just leaves. His
Spirit cannot be in that kind of situation. My comp and I also got separated
when we were crossing the road to get away. I dashed through all the motos and
my companion stayed on the other side. She said that when I left, she felt like
half of her light left too.
Light exists. God exists. But
darkness also exists. It’s so real. I am so thankful that I have the Light of
Christ. That ability to do good and to be good. I feel pain for those men. Not
because they are on strike, but because they have disobeyed the commandments of
God for so long that they have lost that light. Do not lose that light. Love
and serve. Be someone good. That is what I learned this week.
Also. That horrible feeling
when you are in the shower... and the shower stops... and your hair is filled
with shampoo. I laughed and laughed. My companion was so confused why I thought
it was so great. Those moments are the best! Those moments when you realize
that God has a sense of humor and that we can just LAUGH when the crazy things
in life happens to us. I hope I will always be able to laugh.
What else… Oh, Chocolate, my
dog friend, stealing my pamphlet about Joseph Smith and me yelling, “WELL YOU
BETTER READ IT AT LEAST.” All the people in the street were laughing so
hard.
CONFERENCE: SO OBSESSED: I
loved it. If you haven’t watched it. Do it. I just felt that God was speaking
to me. I know it is true. I have no doubts listening to them.
I love you all!
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| Tractors. I have an EXTREME obsession with them. |
Hermana Alex
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| GRINGOS. The conference party. Elder Gallegos (the elder next to me. my zone leader) was way confused by my screaming and laughing and clapping during the talks. I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH. (The talks, not the elders.) |
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| That is my dirty clothes on my head. All of the kids wanted to know what I was selling, so I started to yell, "Ropa de Gringa!" in the streets. |
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| This is my companion trying to catch me on the stairs leaving Pueblo Viejo every day. |
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| This is a monkeys head in the girl's mouth! My companion was dry heaving. The girl was eating a sucker and apparently wanted to share. |
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| I have fifteen chicks in my lap. Hence, the way stoked face. |
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| We went to the beach and danced. |
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