¡Feliz Navidad!
The big news this week is that I got tranferred. I have escaped the city and am now in the roots of my youth.... in Chalchuapa! I am happy to be back. I am actually not in Chalchuapa but in the same zone. I am in a an area called Ciudad Real and the ward is called Barrio Tazumal. It is in between Chalchuapa and Santa Ana. My companion is Hermana Izaguirre. She is my ¨hermana¨ in the mission because Hermana Cash also trained her. But we get along really well. She is also from Honduras like all but one of my latina companions. I tried to attach a photo but the computer USB connection isn´t working. Sorry, maybe next time.
We had a big mission activity this week where everyone (but Belize) was there. Every zone made a video so pretty much the whole activity we spent watching movies... some were better than others. Christmas here is a lot different and so it didn´t feel like Christmas at all. To me Christmas is staying at home with family and having dinner and doing something special together. But here it is just a party and a good excuse for people to get drunk. We went and visited a lot of members and ate dinner with a member´s house and there were a ton of people there. We heard that in other missions they get the day off or have to go home early but not for us, we worked the whole day and we even contacted in the night. But here, they don´t celebrate Christmas day but only on Christmas eve and they call the 24th Christmas. Apostacy. Everyone knows that Christ was born in April but we have to celebrate the 25th of December and not the 24th. Then on the 25th, everyone has the day off and everyone sleeps all day and visits their family. We had a hard time finding people in their houses. So I got to go to church in my new ward yesterday. Being here in this ward is something really special because they just finished building the chapel and are going to dedicate it probably in January. I think President is blessing me for the 5 transfers that I had in the city:) I feel so happy to be back in the campo and I am really looking forward to being with my new companion. I know that we are going to be blessed. It is strange to be back to the area because I see people that I know. After church Carlos from Chalchuapa drove passed us (he was the guy that got baptized after I left the area but I got to go back for his baptism). I feel blessed because I can see my converts again and it just brings back good memories. I am enjoying my time. Thanks for all your prayers. It was great to talk to you guys on Christmas morning. I feel so blessed to be here and have learned a lot recently from the scriptures and thinking about Christ during this Christmas season. I am so grateful that I don't cry anymore when I talk on the phone. It is wierd to think that I might not call home again. The next time that I talk to you might be face to face.
I love you!
Hermana Bush
The big news this week is that I got tranferred. I have escaped the city and am now in the roots of my youth.... in Chalchuapa! I am happy to be back. I am actually not in Chalchuapa but in the same zone. I am in a an area called Ciudad Real and the ward is called Barrio Tazumal. It is in between Chalchuapa and Santa Ana. My companion is Hermana Izaguirre. She is my ¨hermana¨ in the mission because Hermana Cash also trained her. But we get along really well. She is also from Honduras like all but one of my latina companions. I tried to attach a photo but the computer USB connection isn´t working. Sorry, maybe next time.
We had a big mission activity this week where everyone (but Belize) was there. Every zone made a video so pretty much the whole activity we spent watching movies... some were better than others. Christmas here is a lot different and so it didn´t feel like Christmas at all. To me Christmas is staying at home with family and having dinner and doing something special together. But here it is just a party and a good excuse for people to get drunk. We went and visited a lot of members and ate dinner with a member´s house and there were a ton of people there. We heard that in other missions they get the day off or have to go home early but not for us, we worked the whole day and we even contacted in the night. But here, they don´t celebrate Christmas day but only on Christmas eve and they call the 24th Christmas. Apostacy. Everyone knows that Christ was born in April but we have to celebrate the 25th of December and not the 24th. Then on the 25th, everyone has the day off and everyone sleeps all day and visits their family. We had a hard time finding people in their houses. So I got to go to church in my new ward yesterday. Being here in this ward is something really special because they just finished building the chapel and are going to dedicate it probably in January. I think President is blessing me for the 5 transfers that I had in the city:) I feel so happy to be back in the campo and I am really looking forward to being with my new companion. I know that we are going to be blessed. It is strange to be back to the area because I see people that I know. After church Carlos from Chalchuapa drove passed us (he was the guy that got baptized after I left the area but I got to go back for his baptism). I feel blessed because I can see my converts again and it just brings back good memories. I am enjoying my time. Thanks for all your prayers. It was great to talk to you guys on Christmas morning. I feel so blessed to be here and have learned a lot recently from the scriptures and thinking about Christ during this Christmas season. I am so grateful that I don't cry anymore when I talk on the phone. It is wierd to think that I might not call home again. The next time that I talk to you might be face to face.
I love you!
Hermana Bush
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