¡Derecho Es Derecho!

Week 8
Area: Olive Branch (Corning)
Comp: Hermana Tingey


Funny Highlights


Ate Peruvian food for the first time. Muuuuy rico.
SO. MANY. FIELDS! We drive a lot because our area is so big, and there are so many fields and orchards here! I love the open space! We've met a lot of farmers.
I got to play a hand pan drum??? We had an ice cream night with a member, and he casually just has all these cool drums and let us jam for a minute.
Went to dinner with Hna Tingey's grandma. She was driving through our mission, and we got permission from our mission president, so that was fun!
Hna Tingey and I performed in the English ward's talent show. We told the best dad jokes you've ever heard (e.g., why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field). One of the primary kids said to me on Sunday, "You're the joke girl! I liked them." So I'm famous, what can I say? (Soy chistosa, Hna Park).
We got a whole bag full of old European maps and travel logs from a branch member. No clue why, but they were fun to look through.
Subject Explanation
"Derecho es derecho!" Derecho is Spanish for "straight," and during one of our lessons, the lady we were with was very adamant about choosing the right (or, the straight--as in, the strait and narrow path).


Spiritual
We haven't had many lessons this week—I can actually count them all on one hand. It's hard not to be able to teach, but because we've had so many lessons fall through, we've been able to spend a lot more time with members in our ward and around the area.


Something I've learned this week is that no matter what, no matter who someone is, no matter where they're at in their relationship with God (or lack thereof), everyone needs a friend. Everyone has challenges—whether seen or unseen. Everyone can use more of the light of Christ in their life, and, hint: the light of Christ is joy. Anything that brings even just a tiny bit of pure and genuine happiness and hope is the light of Christ.


My invitation for you this week is to make someone smile! Find a way to serve them, to make something in their day easier. Whatever that ends up being, caring for another person (friend, family, or random acquaintance) is the easiest way to share the love and light of Christ. And then pay attention to things other people do for you that make you smile, especially the little things!


Fotos!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UtFZf4erpztBvg7x5


¡Dios te ama TANTO!
¡Que tenga una semana increíble!
Sigue siendo increíble
























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