DECEMBER!

Today at 10:58 AM

Well... This week was interesting. We have some really awesome investigators! I have felt the Spirit so strong with all of them, it is amazing. I also got to meet my district last week! Most of them are Latins, but they are all super cool! There is only 4 North Americans, and 2 of them have been here 6 weeks. They speak really well, and it gives me hope! My city is called Ysapy (Ee/sa/puh). It is in the country, in the middle of no where. I get to email in an Internet cafe on P Days.

So this weekend it rained... HARD! I have never seen so much water in my life! The best part is that you can not tell when it is going to rain! On Wednesday it was as hot as ever... and we were walking down the "street" when all the sudden it just started pouring! Like huge drops of rain. Then the thunder and lightening came. I have never heard thunder as loud as I did in that moment. I now really know the meaning of a crack of thunder. But my companion told me that we have to keep working. Eventually my companion became afraid and we started searching for shelter. Luckily we heard a shout from a house. Some kind old man let us in his house, and he had a nice house for Paraguay. He lives with his wife and son(?) anyways we ended up staying there for 3 hours while the storm got worse and worse. They were very nice though, and fed us lots of food. We became really good friends and hopefully we can start teaching them. 

I want to tell you a little about our investigators. We met one lady who was very sweet. We taught her the Plan of Salvation, and had her pray at the end of our lesson. While she was praying I was hit with the Spirit. She told us after that her mom had just died 3 weeks ago. God really does love his children! My favorite investigators we have right now are 2 young adults, who are also siblings. They know a lot about God, but are so willing to listen to us. The boy speaks a little bit of English, so that is fun! We invited them to come to church, and this Sunday they came!!!! We were soooo happy! We also have a member that has been coming to lessons with us, and he brought a member to church! it was a real exciting day! Back to the 2 young adults, their names are Vanessa and Gabriel! We taught them today for 2 hours about the restoration and gave them Books of Mormon! They were so excited! I love our investigators, and the feeling I receive as we teach them! I know that God loves ALL of his children! 

So about that rain that I was telling you about, well everyday it rained really hard! It goes from being really really hot, to pouring rain in a matter of seconds! Yesterday we got stuck in the road, and hit under a small cover of a shop. While we were running to cover right behind us this 40 or 50 foot tree fell! It was sooo loud! It felt like we were in a mini tornado! We sang hymns while we waited for the storm to end. Right after we finished singing the hymn "there is sunshine in my soul today" the rain stopped in just enough time for us to run home. It is really cool seeing the Lord's hand in our lives every day! So one of the down falls of the rain storms here is there is always a huge river that we get to walk in, we lose electricity, and we lose access to water. So for the past couple of days we have not been able to shower, but luckily it rains so hard that we "take showers outside" if you know what i mean. I don't think i have any dry clothes left. We took a shower in a members house today, and that was an experience. We had to fill up a small pot with freezing water and use a cup to shower ourselves off. Wow, I sure miss America. 

One last thing, Thursday I got really sick. I don't know if it was a bug, or from the food. But for 5 hours I threw up and all that fun stuff. I really was missing my mom. But the sisters in my house are very kind and took very good care of me. I got to sleep for more than usual, but then we went back out to work the next day. It was a little hard at first because I had no energy, but I know the Lord is giving me strength. I am slowly starting to adjust, I really love the people here. They make everything worth it. Most importantly my family and loved ones are one of my biggest motivations. I love you all and think about you always! Thank you for all the prayers and support! I can't believe that I have almost been on my mission for 3 months! I Love you all, and can't wait to hear from you! 

Love, Hermana Sanders