I hope you have all had a great week and that all is well with you!!!
So, this has been my first week here in Santo Domingo! I can admit that it was very hard to leave Vicente Noble and especially the people there. However, I know that the Lord has called me here to work in this area now and that there are people here that I'm meant to meet and work with. Its all just been super humbling and an opportunity to exercise trust in the Lord. I know that He will guide us here and also guide the missionaries in Vicente Noble to take care of the people there.
On Tuesday we hopped on a bus and left for the capital. I am here in Independencia which is a huge well-functioning ward. There are so many members which I am so not used to after being in Vicente Noble. The obispo (bishop) and his counselors and all the members are all so awesome and welcoming. They have a lot of love for the missionaries and do a lot to take care of us here. I can already see how much the work is different here in this area. As much as I've now been a missionary for several months, there are so many things that are brand new! In Vicente Noble, we were always able to find people who were willing to listen. Here in the capital, everything is so much more fast paced and people are busy and in their own lives. We have to work hard to find people who are willing to listen. It's interesting because as much as its so hard to find people, it makes it that much sweeter when we are able to find people who are interested and prepared to listen to the gospel. I know it will require a lot of work, but I know we will be able to find the people whom the Lord has prepared in the area. The city is so big and fast paced. It reminds me of San Francisco. There are huge apartments building and large neighborhoods. There's also awesome sections where the house and built upon one another in the most interesting way. That is where the poorer people live and its seriously just apartments and rooms built on wherever there is space. It's humbling circumstances, but just so different from the humble wooden and cement homes that people had in the middle of the camp in Vicente Noble.
My companion, Hermana Adams is really sweet and super nice! She only has 1 transfer left after this one and so I will be with her up until she goes home. She has spent a lot of her mission here in the capital which has been super nice because she has been able to tell me how serving in the capital works. In our house, we have Hma Flint who lived in Huntington beach, and Hma Nava who is from Mexico! They are super fun and with a lot of energy!!
Anyway everything is good here! There's funny small things I've noticed throughout the week with living in the capital. I'm so used to living in a small pueblo with few resources that I'm overwhelmed here in the capital. For example, I didn't even know what to do with myself when we went shopping in the large grocery stores they have here. People here live with so much compared to what I saw in Vicente Noble. Anyway there's some "living in a small pueblo for 4 months" adjustments that I've seen and its quite funny actually.
Anyway I love the capitol and the people here. It's all new but really great and I'm looking forward to my time here and getting used to how missionary work is here. I know I will be able to be an instrument in the Lord's hands to serve here as well.
Thank you all for everything!
CON AMOR,
Hermana Graham
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