Iguana Attack!!

 

More dinosaur than iguana

Hi!  I'm just going to start off with explaining the title because it was crazy.  So yesterday we were in the chapel because Church had just finished and a kid walks up to us and was like elderes want to see the iguana?  So obviously we responded with "si" because who doesn't want to see an iguana.  Ok so he shows us this room and the door is shut but we see through the window that there is a giant iguana in the corner of the room.  We don't know how it got in but let me tell ya this thing was more dinosaur than iguana.  It was the biggest iguana I've seen in the wild and looked liked it wanted to eat all of us.  

So a group of us were looking at the iguana through the window and a brother walks up and he was like they don't do anything you just got to go grab it.  But I've seen jurassic park and know you shouldn't mess with dinosaurs so I wasn't gonna do it.   Anyway, this hermano walks in the room to try and grab the iguana but the iguana freaks out and starts running for the door that is now open.  Let me tell you when that thing runs it straight up looks like it wants to kill you because it extends all its spikes and it waves all its claws.  So naturally seeing the dinosaur charge in our direction the entire group that was standing at the door screamed and ran away.  Elder Cortés and I ran into a different room to find a safe haven BUT the iguana went into that room WITH US. When Elder Cortés and I saw that we just looked at each other and screamed  we got on chairs to try and escape its deadly grasp and finally we got out of the room with our lives.  If you have seen the movie "she's the man" mine and Elder Cortés reaction were pretty similar to the spider scene in that movie just for some context 

After that an older sister from the ward walks in the room and just picks it up LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.  So that was awe inspiring to say the least.  So we all got to take pictures with the iguana so that was fun.  In one of the pictures you can see the absolute fear in my eyes from the traumatic experience I had a few moments before.

We went on exchanges this week and a lady that we were twins so that was funny.

We have to find a new place to live because we're getting kicked out of this place so I hope we aren't homeless 

I'm now a profile Facebook missionary so I can post stuff on my profile and search for people to teach on Facebook so I'm excited for that!

A really cool scripture that I found in Alma 41:11.  Here Alma is talking about how the natural man goes against God and his nature "they are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the nature of God; therefore, they are in a state contrary to the nature of happiness."  

I thought it was interesting that it said they are contrary the nature of God and contrary to the nature of happiness.  For me this means that the nature of God is happiness!  I love that so much!  It is so special that we have a Heavenly Father who is happy!  If you are having a hard day or week remember that and ask him to teach you how to be happy as he is, and he will do so!  I love him and our Savior Jesus Christ so much!