Wow, this week was crazy! I don´t
even know where to begin! We had a really successful week and were able
to teach a ton of lessons, so that was great :) I´m totally exhausted
most of the time, but it´s worth it :)
We had a crazy experience Monday night when we came home! It was about 9pm,
and I was in the bedroom and I heard Sister Bundy start screaming from
the bathroom, so I came to the door to see if she was okay, and out from
under the door runs some little creature! I thought it was a cockroach,
but it was bigger and white! It ran right towards me and into our
bedroom and behind the door! I jumped up on my bed, and peeked around the
door. It was a lizard!! Sister Bundy and I stayed up on our beds, and
called for Sister Nunes. She got a broom and tried to coax the lizard
out from behind the door. I suggested we make a barrier so that it
wouldn´t go under my bed (my bed is closest to the door) but Sister
Nunes promised it wouldn´t run that way. Sure enough, it ran straight
under my bed. We pulled the bed out but the lizard was nowhere to be
found! We spent the next 40 minutes looking for it, occasionally
screaming and jumping up on our beds whenever we saw something move.
Finally, I saw it run behind the door again. This time, I wasn´t taking
any chances, and I used all my shoes as a barrier around the door so
that it couldn´t run anywhere. Sister Nunes used the broom again, but
this time, the lizard ran under one of the shoes! So Sister Nunes,
bless her courageous heart, started batting the shoe with the broom! The
lizard´s tail flew off and started flopping around on it´s own as
Sister Nunes continued to hit the lizard with the broom. Meanwhile,
Sister Bundy and I was jumping on the beds screaming at the top of our
lungs (this is a normal occurrence now). The best part is, Sister Bundy
got it all on video! Finally, after chaos for an hour and a half, the
lizard was dead....it´s tail kept flopping around for a good twenty
minutes!!!! Crazy! Needless to say, none of us slept very well that
night. :)
I had another crazy experience
involving a homeless man who I accidentally agreed to marry (my
Portuguese still needs some work), but I´ll save that for another time
:)
The work continues to move forward here :)
We have some amazing investigators. My favorite to teach is probably
Sid. He´s like a grandpa to all of us and he´s got such a sweet spirit.
Once we work through some issues, I know he´s gonna be one of the most
valiant priesthood holders there ever was :) I love him. The people here
have so much faith and they are so willing to sincerely seek what is
right. I´m privileged to be among such amazing sons and daughters of
Father.
Thank you all for your continued support and love and prayers! Yáll are awesome :)
All my love,
Sister Doyle
P.S.
Sister Nunes is being transferred tomorrow! :( So it´ll just be me and
Sister Bundy. I´m gonna miss that girl! I don´t know what we´re going to
do without her spunk and courage :)
