happy SEPTEMBER

I CANNOT believe it is already September. sooo unreal. for me september = rain, rain, rain, coconuts, and MORE rain. so the coconuts part is good.

this week i got chased by a HUGE goat.. oh my heck. scarier than the crazy lady with rocks. i hate animals kinda. speaking of.. a HUGE nasty moth the size of my head just flew into the place i'm writing from and i might have screamed.

the water here must be horrible because my silver thumb ring? pure gold now. and kids ask me allll the time if it's gold.. it's kind of awkward.. cause i think if i said yes they would ask me if they could have it. but i just show them that underneath it my thumb is green and it shuts them up.

this week was good for me though all together! we had another family in church :) and i taught a family this week that laughed WITH me. not AT me. WITH ME. it was the best ever. sometimes i feel like i'm losing my personality out here because i have to speak in spanish and don't really know how to express myself in another language quite yet! but it was great to teach these people who were so kind and understood me. makes me feel like one day i can be funny again... in spanish. fingers CROSSED.

we had a talent night with two of the branches here the other night! it was great.. some girl sang titanic in english and i was DYING laughing because she was singing the words so wrong.. but bless her heart it was great. there are six of us missionaries in the two branches so for our talent we did Nicaraguan Idol. three were judges and three of us sang.. SO FUNNY. one kid sang, and the judges told him he sucked.. i sang and played the guitar (taylor swift of course) and they told me i sucked. then this other elder sings this song.. SO BADLY and the judges told him it was so gorgeous and the whole crowd booed and were so confused i think.. we got a laugh out of it. and then little girls came up to me after and made me sing taylor swift for them.. hah i felt famous.

i realized this week that i haven't met a single person who has said that they don't believe in God here. they have absoultely NOTHING and they still praise God for every aspect of their lives. when you say hi to someone this is the conversation EVERY TIME. 

me: hola, como està?

them: hola! bien, gracias a Dios!

which is: good, thanks to God! 

it's amazing. they believe without ANY questions even though their lives are so hard! it makes me realize how blessed and sometimes selfish i am. we need to be thankful for everything we have, especially the little things. God is GREAT. 

i love you all sooo much! you're in my prayers! remember to pray.. i'm such a cheesy missionary.. please don't kill me.

con mucho AMOR

Hermana Wheat