haha...wow how time flies!!!! i can´t believe it! ya...the spanish is....coming...so slowly. haha i try...and say a lot of funny things. but i have learned they can feel my love. this story i´m going to write made my week! probably mission actually to the day!!!
so, there is this family and we visit this girl named flavia and boy named leonel. flavia was recently baptized and leonel wants to be baptized. they aren´t able to make it to church and don´t have any adults who can take htem really. each time we visit, my comp keeps buying things for them with our money, cookies, treats, food, and then we bought them an alarm clock. i asked her if she thought it would help, because she buys a lot of things for people. but i kept thinking that christ had nothing but his own two feet and the knowledge of the gospel. i hope i don´t come off wrong here. it was meant to be just a question. i just didn´t feel like a missionary buying things for people (not that it is bad) but i didn´t feel like it was solving their real problems. i don´t think my senior comp liked it very much. i was just trying to express my thoughts. I felt they needed support from their family and stuff. long story short, we kinda had an argment. for me, it wasn´t the money, it was about solving the root of the problem. we were both upset and luckily we had to pick up a member. my comp is nicer to me when members are around so it was a good thing. so she was talking to the member (not sure about what) and i just said a prayer. i told heavenly father that i didn´t want to be upset at my companion and was curious what he wanted.
so, we went to this family´s place...cardboard like house....and kinda talked to them but they didn´t have time for a lesson. she got them the alarm clock and gave it to them. i was so happy because they were so happy to see me. she kinda showed them the clock but they came over and did a cool hand shake and stuff. they were grateful for the alarm clock. after, when we were leaving, for some reason i lingered to say good bye after my comp and the member were leaving. before i knew it, this little skinny 10 year old wrapped his arms around my neck and gave me a kiss on the cheek. it was the sweetest thing ever!!! It made everything worth it here!!! i can´t even talk to him in his language...it meant so much to me and it was a surprise too. haha my comp said she has never seen him do that to anyone. it also reassured me that they can feel my love for them, and it just makes it all worth it!!! probably sounds silly in this email. but i think i will always remember it. the timing and everything was so perfect!
love you!
hna schneider
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