Now that my shout
out is done, haha the second most important announcement is.....I
COMPLETED 8 MONTHS IN THE MISSION. Say what?! I know! My companion and I
are having a blast here in Puerto Plata and loving every moment. Our
life is just a sit down, movie, get your bag of popcorn, comedy type of
companionship. The only thing we are missing is the camera crew. But for
reals though. I don´t know if you have seen The District, but its like
how to be a missionary training video. They should do The District, but
with my companionship...and call it...The District Bloopers...but for
real though, we are just too funny. Okay well here´s your funny story
for the week. So you know how I had my run in with that stupid dog that
bit my backpack? Well like I said, I´ve been carrying my umbrella to
whack the next dog that dares to think about biting me. My companion
always makes fun of me for bringing my umbrella, but LUCKILY I do the
crazy things I do because after a very nice, uplifting lesson, another
crusty dog tried to bite me! To sum up the story, I karate chopped that
dog and it headed for the hills. However, I have a feeling that this dog
problem isn´t going to end. So mom, or Lindsey (most likely mom and dad
since their package is the only one I see) if you can please send
pepper spray, I will put it to good use. But for realsy though, no joke
haha.
Well, we have
two weeks before our golden investigator gets baptized, I´m super
excited to say the least! Things are wonderful here as usual in this
paradise city. We seen little miracles in big and small ways. One big
one would be one of our investigators job gave him the opportunity to go
to church on Sundays! Yoohoo! And one funny little miracle we saw this
week is its mango season here right? So during one of the lessons we had
under this mango tree, the lady that we were teaching asked if we like mangoes and then proceeded to ask the little kid to climb up the tree and
gets us a few. Next thing you know a whole group of kids were climbing
the tree and got us over 30 mangos to take home with us! haha they were
super cute and super funny. So we´ve definitely been enjoying them at
the house. They are super delicious! I´ll close for now, but it´s good
to hear from everyone and see all the fun summer stuff you´ve been
doing! Keep me posted!
Love,
Hermana Van Woerkom
Top Picture: After zip lining
Middle Picture: Zip lining
Bottom Picture: Saying goodbye to President Douglas
More Zip Lining Pictures
Okay here´s the picture of the washer that we use. The ¨dryer¨is like a
time capsule that you shove your clothes in to wick the wetness off and
then we hang it. The second picture is of me and my tuve. It´s what
black people wear in the states, but its what people wear here to when
they get their hair done. Obviously I don´t need to get my hair done
here, but I wear it because it keeps my hair up and cools me off easier
in this ridiculous heat....and because I am part of the culture too. I thought you´d
get a good kick out of that.
guess what? I got cherries today for 30 pesos a pound haha holla for a dolla
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