million-dollar adventure

I don't have too much to report this week but today we are having an adventure! But first things first; we now have half the area and a set of Elders with us. One of the Elders is the same that was serving in my first ward. His companion is brand new, has about a week here now and is awesome. The new Elder is from Memphis, Tennessee and tells the craziest stories. We eat lunch together every day and it is so much fun. At one of our lunches, the member, I guess suffers from epilepsy and told us she drinks iguana blood to help manage it. We all about freaked out and when I translated for the new Elder he thought I was joking. Then the same woman brought out some bones and my companion told him that was dessert. He just about lost it and was ready to stand up and leave. Oh man it was funny!

     Last week my companion finally told the President that her permanent retainer is coming off and he made a dentist appointment for her. Because it is near the mission home, he and his wife came and picked us up Sunday afternoon and we spent the rest of the day at their home. Last night was fun—we just ate dinner and talked about the mission and we heard lots of stories about their kids and grandkids. It feels like we are home in the States! Unfortunately we forgot to tell our landlady that we were going with the President and we got a phone call last night from a ward member asking us where we were. Apparently they had been out searching for us when we didn't come home! We felt bad but it makes for a good story, right? 

Having an American breakfast!

Katherine with the mission president and his wife.

So the mission home is like a really fancy hotel. No joke it is nicer than most houses I've been to in the States! And the beds were so comfortable my companion and I couldn't sleep. My comp almost got on the floor to try and sleep! But we have the dentist appointment this morning and then the President and his wife are going to take us around and show us the area where they live. They also made us pancakes this morning and it was easily the best breakfast I've had in nine months! The mission home is located in a tiny little gated community of four houses. One of them is for sale—for 12 million pesos. Yup, the houses in this tiny section of the city are easily worth a million dollars! Crazy!

The mission home.

But we are doing well! We had a busy week of finding people and of the ten people we taught we think about five will progress. Having a smaller area means we have to work harder to find people to teach but it is a blessing for us. We are loving it. 

     I hope you all are doing well, that you are enjoying the last of summer and loving life. I am so grateful for all of you and your example. I hope you have a great week!!

Love,

Hermana Bennett