August 12, 2013
So
I ate a habanero. It was the most painful experience I have yet to pass though
in this mortal sojourn on earth. You know those pictures with steam coming out people’s
ears? That actually happens. Well, steam didn't come out my ears, but OW my
ears hurt so bad--that was the worst part. I wouldn't suggest eating a straight
habanero pepper; most natives don't even do that. It is painful. Not worth it.
Why can I not pass up dares when it comes to eating things? First the orange
peel incident at the MTC, now this. At least that family really likes me
now....or maybe that is just me wishfully thinking that me almost dying in
their house somehow bonded us.
Speaking
of food, I ate the most delicious thing that has ever graced my mouth before: Hna
Escobar's tortillas. I am not exaggerating one jot nor tittle when I say that
they are the greatest thing I have ever eaten and quite possibly will ever eat.
I want her to cater my wedding with JUST tortillas. You might be thinking
"Umm, Alivia, people would get so tired on eating tortillas." But, I am here to tell you that my wedding
would be the hit of the century and we would not be able to get people to
leave. We would probably have a news crew show up. THEY ARE SO GOOD YOU GUYS. I
might serve them as my wedding cake because there is no cake that could be
better than just eating one of these tortillas. I am nominating her for some
kind of famous cooking award as soon as I get home. Shoot.
On
a more Spiritual note, this week was a good one. It was one of those weeks
where nothing like "WOAHHHH" happened, but nothing bad happened,
just a lot of good. For example, this week we sang at the pulga. :) Pulga is
Spanish for flea . . . or flea market. It is 99.9% Hispanic and EVERYONE spends
Sat and Sun there. It is the place to
be. It is the biggest flea market I have
ever seen. So some of our district decided to go and sing. We found an empty
booth, stood and sang hymns. People passed, watched, were given tarjetas, and
we got a ton of referrals. It was awesome. We even found a long lost member of
the Church who was in the booth across from where we were singing. She was
baptized in Mexico, but had never found the Church here. She has lived here for
20 years. We think we are going to start singing every week -- try to draw a
crowd. Elder Knudsen (an Elder who came
into our district this transfer) is basically a Broadway star, so it is very
possible that we could draw a crowd.
Also,
we had something awesome happen yesterday! So, we were about to leave for
church and we thought, "We just really need to go to Alex's house and MAKE
him come to church, tell him to follow us there, get him to wake up, just get
him to church!" So, we drove to his house at 10:00 am (church starts at
11) and knock on his door. His brother, Omar, and Omar's friend (whose name I
cannot recall, and for the sake of this email will be called Billy) answer the door.
They told us Alex was asleep, but said that they wanted to come to church! Omar
said, "It's weird that you guys are here, because I was actually thinking
that I really wanted to go to church." So, they promised they would come
to church and then we left. We got to church. Church started. Opening Hymn.
Sacrament. First talk. Where the heck are Omar and Billy? We were getting a
little down when all of the sudden, in walk Omar and Billy! Whoohoo! Billy
speaks zero Spanish and Omar hasn't spoken Spanish in so long that he basically
doesn't either. Needless to say, they
didn't understand anything that happened in Sacrament meeting! But, we happened
to be teaching the youth 2nd hour and even though Omar and Billy are 20, they
decided to come to our class. Well, awkward, because the subject we had felt
inspired to talk to the class about was Chastity. But, the lesson went really
well! Omar ate it up. He thought it was great and after he read a verse from
the Book of Mormon, from the class, he goes, "Well....if it is in here it
must be true!" That is an attitude I invite you all to adopt. "If it
is in here, it must be true!"
The
work of the Lord moves ever onward. No unhallowed hand can stop this work from
progressing. Man is it good or what?
Love
you all!
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