I am ALIVE

Hola mi familia y amigos!!

Well first off it seems that you all are dying to know about the storm that we hard here!!! I'm not sure what the news was telling you all there.  Here they were using words like hurricane or cyclone but it wasn't quite at that level. It was definitely a tropical storm.  So let me tell you how it went.

So at the beginning of last week, we started hearing about a huge storm coming.  We thought one was going to come Wednesday but then it moved and didn't really hit us.  The we hear that there is another one coming.  Our mission leaders told us to stock up on food in case we couldn't leave the house.  We saw Friday morning that it was really cloudy and our leaders told us it was going to hit about 2pm on Friday.  Anyway, we left at 2 on Friday with the determination to go and try to visit people.  I really wanted to go see people and it didnt seem that bad.  We got to the house of a Menos activo and it was definitely raining much harder and the wind picked up like crazy.  We were in the middle of our lesson when our leaders called and told us we had to go back home :(.  Basically it was indeed a very lard storm, but it didn't really hit the part of the capital where I am right now.  It rained for a long time but not that hard.  The scariest part was the wind.  It was very very strong wind that was taking branches off trees.  We got home all perfectly fine and then had to wait inside ALL DAY..that just doesnt happen for missionaries and so I was dying.  Its been almost 8 months since I sat inside and did nothing like that!!!! The only other fun thing was that we didnt have like all day.  It appeared like the wind has messed with the electrical lines a bit and we were chilling with the door open and flashlights.  Anyway, that was my time in the tropical storm!  It definitely hit harder in other places but it was basically just some rain and strong wind.  We did see that a few blocks away, the wind had knocked over a large tree.  And I mean, LARGE TREE.  Like taller than a building.  It tipped over into the road and took a huge chunk of earth out with the roots.  SO COOL! The following day we walked around and just saw piles of tree branches everywhere.  And that about it for us!!

Hahaha anyway yeah that was the storm.  And now I quick update on the rest of my week as a missionary here in the DR!!

Well, this week has been an adventure of work and change.  Its definitely a lot different to have such a big area.  Its funny because I´m the specialist of one half and Hermana Flint is the specialist of the other.  In meetings with the ward members, we talk about our prospective half.  But really its been so cool to wander into some new areas and to be able to teach new people.  Hma Flint and I have been working well together and we´re just figuring it all out.  There were definitely a lot of blessings and miracles this week.

First off, we have a new investigator that is so prepared!! She is 18 years old and the missionaries taught her before but she didn't have enough support from her family.  Now however, her parents are more open and she has been coming to church the last few weeks.  We have been able to see her a few times and she is preparing to be baptized near the end of this month.  I feel so grateful to be able to teach and review things with her and help her be ready for the waters of baptism.  It is such a blessing!!  There is also a super sweet family that the other Hermanas had been teaching. Its a mom and her 4 children.  They are all so sweet and working so hard in order to be prepared for baptism as well.  So excited.

Lastly, I told you all last week about the investigators that Hma Adams and I had been teaching for months and that they came to the activity and then church last week.  Well this week they were able to come yet again.  It was so cool to see them already more comfortable and talking to some of the members.  It filled my heart with so much joy to see them there as a family and to see the effects of the Gospel working in their life.

Anyway I am just excited to keep working and finding new people that the Lord has `prepared for us to share His Gospel.

CON MUCHO AMOR,

Hermana Graham