Dear Family,
Wow, so work here in
Manoguyabo has exploded! Like, holy crap! We are swamped. Sunday was the call
for transfers and guess what, I’m still here in my home of Manoguyabo. This
will be my fifth transfer here. That means I’ll be here when I hit 8 months in
the mission. It’s pretty crazy and I truly feel like this place is my home.
Before the transfer call, I told a few members and investigators that I might
go, and several of them prayed and P even fasted that I would stay. So hey, our
prayers were answered. I get to stay home for another 2 months.
I bought monopoly last Monday,
but I went all out and got one with an electronic bank. Anyway, we have been
having a really great time with that. We also had a super funny lesson
where we were trying to get a less active girl named A to church. She’s 19 and
the sassiest girl ever. We have a fun time messing with her. Last week she said
she didn’t want to go to church because she might get hungry. So I told her I
would bring her cookies if she came. Anyway, she didn’t show up to church, so
during our lesson with her, we pulled out the cookies and started eating them
in front of her! She was freaking out saying, “Ustedes son malos” (You are so
bad) It was super funny and her mom was even joining in on it.
There is the Chikunguya
virus going around. Santo Domingo has been slammed. It’s a virus that has hit here pretty hard and a lot of
missionaries have it. The Dominican elder in our house had it and hasn’t been
able to work for several days. He was sleeping 15 a day. It seems pretty bad
and I get the bad feeling that either Elder B or I will get it soon. It starts
out with joint pain and a high fever. Then as you are healing, you get a bad
rash. Normally, it only lasts a week
though. It comes from some word meaning bent out of shape because apparently, you are contorted in pain. They say most everyone will probably get it.
We also had a fun little
service project picking cherries at an investigator’s house. So there was a
cherry tree with two well-dressed Americans in it for a while this past week,
but it was a lot of fun. I got super dirty though, and my investigator made me
put on a white lab coat so that she could wash my shirt.
So for some reason the work
here has exploded and we have over 30 investigators 20 less active members we
are working with. There are seven families, two of which should be getting
baptized this transfer!
That was my week. Hope you
guys enjoy.
I love you all,
Elder Stark
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