Christmas Time Is Here!
Dominicans love to party and find any excuse to throw parties and dance in the streets and blast the music on every corner so Christmas comes around pretty early. There are tons of houses already with Christmas lights up and the chapel already has the tree up and decorated! Yet it’s still hotter than ever...definitelty does NOT feel like Christmas time.
So we´ve had some exciting adventures this week! Some of them I´ll have to share at a later time. On Wednesday was Hna Given´s halfway mark! We found this grocery store that has a bunch of American foods. It’s kind of like a Safeway. Anyway we bought a cheesecake box mix and made that. So good! We also found gravy and cranberry sauce cans. (We plan to eat it Romney style straight from the can!)
We also had interviews with Presidente Corbitt on Saturday and those are ALWAYS great.. he is a fantastic mission president and I wouldn´t be surprised if he becomes a general authority someday. I always learn so much and am so inspired after we have meetings with him. He wanted me to tell you all that he says hi too!
Some other things that you can only find in the Dominican Republic…
If you have a broom, you can do anything. They sweep EVERYTHING. They sweep water, they sweep the gutters outside their houses. The other day we were walking on a dirt road and some guy was outside sweeping the dirt. Not reallly sure why. The only cleaning supplies I´ve ever seen here are a broom and a mop. (Which you always wring out with your hands by the way. That took some getting used to.)
A game of dominoes on every street corner. Everyone is always outside because it’s so hot and it gets even hotter inside. So there are always little game tables with people playing dominoes all over the place.
Well I still love this place despite its craziness! The work is progressing. The hardest part is trying to teach families, but the parents aren´t married because they have no money. That´s probably the biggest obstacle in the work, because that process takes a while. But Heavenly Father works miracles, so it´s possible to overcome.
I hope you all have a great week! Sorry my thoughts are all over the place. The Spanish must be messing things up. Haha but I love you guys!
Love
Hermana Allen
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