Bugs and Dogs!

 

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Hola! I hope you are all doing so well! This week absolutely flew by and was so great!

This next Sunday I will find out if I'm being transferred or not so that's pretty exciting! These past 5 weeks have absolutely flown by.

Yesterday a member asked me to pray in English and it was a good thing they couldn't understand me because it WAS SO DIFFICULT Spanish words kept coming to my mind instead of English words. So now I'm mediocre in two languages  But it's actually pretty cool because my Spanish keeps getting better and I feel so blessed!

OK so I have no idea why but when the first rains of the season hit Oaxaca crazy stuff happens. For example I had not seen one scarab (dung beetle) my entire time here. But these past two weeks I have seen thousands. I have no idea how these bugs have survived for thousands of years. They fly and always run into walls or my forehead (true story) and if they land on their back they can't flip themselves over. So they just wiggle their legs and then die. If you look at any wall here in Oaxaca you will see at least 50 scarabs at the bottom. I have absolutely no clue how they have lasted this long haha. But maybe it's people like me who feel bad for them and flip them over Also another thing that happens when the rain comes is these giant aggressive flying Oaxacan ants leave their burrows and that's when they're harvested and cooked. A family had some and I tasted one, it was actually super good!

We also got to meet a lot of puppies this week and they were super cute! It's a shame they'll grow up and want to eat us like every other dog here But I learned that if a dog is coming at you and you throw your arms up in the shape of a T they freak out and run off. Works like a charm! 

We've been teaching a ton more people this week and I love it so much. Everytime I teach the gospel my testimony of it grows so much. People have so many questions that worry them about life and about religion and the Gospel answers absolutely every one. Yesterday we were teaching a family a four and we had just finished teaching them about the Restoration and then they asked about life after death.  I then proceeded to pull out of my bag the Plan of Salvation pamphlet and they all laughed and were like, "Wow you guys really do have all the answers." I feel like my love for everyone is truly growing. Everytime I see how the gospel could bless someone and then they reject our message it breaks my heart. But I know that I have to keep going and doing to find those who are ready for this sweet and life changing message that I know to be true with all of my heart. ️