Dearest Family and Friends....
I’m sure I’ve used this before but it definitely applies today.... How beautiful upon the mountain are the feet of them who publish peace!!! This morning we woke up at 4:30 AM to hike a mountain as a zone... why? I’m still not quite sure, but it was awesome! It was soo beautiful and the view was without description. Sometimes I feel cheated because I live in Costa Rica but I don’t get to enjoy it like other people, but today I got a little taste. The whole hour while we were hiking I just kept thinking "I betcha Nephi himself one day hiked this mountain too" I told my companion that and she said, " no, he cheated, he was carried away by the spirit to the top of it. He didn’t have to walk" ha-ha... sorry, when you’re a missionary your sense of humor changes a little;) but we at least think were funny.
Oh hey speaking of companions... Last week we had cambios! My little Hermana Mendoza was sent away to Cartago to blossom as the little missionary butterfly that she is. And guess who I got blessed with!!! One of the sisters who I found in the airport when I was coming back! My companion is Hermana Turner and she’s from Kimberly Idaho. Also she makes me laugh, a lot. We have the same type of personality so were actually hilarious together. I’m finishing her training and trying to help her learn to love the mission. Us Gringas (and just new missionaries in general) have it really hard the first few months. Everything is new.. We don’t know how to be missionaries, we're not used to the food, we don’t know anyone and most can't even speak the language for crying out loud. A lot of times that has a negative affect on the news, that’s why I love and appreciate my job so much! I just get to teach them the Love of the mission!! I get to teach them how to laugh and smile their way through the week:):):) I’m sure grateful that the Lord taught me how to first so now I can help my Hermanas.
Anyways, I promise we do more then just laugh and smile and sing and look pretty;) This week we were working with our two big families. We went to see the family of 5 and pretty much all they wanted to talk about was why we should go to church on Saturday instead of Sunday... it was sad. We tried explaining the Sabbath in every way possible but they just didn’t understand. Then we just gave them a book of Mormon, invited them to read it and pray to receive answers. They gave us some books written by their prophet and told us the same.... (This is the funny part, they’re all like the bible the bible is our guide and we follow everything it says etc etc, but their prophet is a girl... they should probably read 1 Corinthians 14:33-34 again hahaha) We also went to see our miracle family of 8. Last week they called us and said that they didn’t have anything to give their kids to eat for lunch the next day and asked us if we could help them. It was really difficult because were here to preach the gospel and we always only have money to get through the month, but I couldn’t stand the thought of those little kids not eating. So we called the bishop and he, with the help of the other missionaries in our zone, gathered up some food to take them. He went with us and explained how we as a church strive to do as Christ taught and feed the hungry. It was really humbling experience for us and for them.
Sorry this letter is sort of choppy, we got up extra early this morning.... anyways, love you all!! Prayers and blessings headed your way!
All my love,
Hermana Kugath
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