Week : "21 lessons, High Record" (Aug. 3, 2015)

Hola todos!!

This week was good.  We had a very productive week with a whopping 21 lessons with a member (My new high record!) and we had 19 less actives at church!!! CRAZY!!  There are a lot of less actives just about to be reactivated :)  We are really starting to see the work pick up.

On thursday we had interview with Presidente and Hermana Nuckols.  They went really well :)  I got a lot of great tips on how to work more with the members and what not.  I love Presidente and Hermana so much!! I feel like they are my own parents here cheering me a long ;)

We had a small miracle this week.  We went to find one of our investigators the other day and instead found her family sitting out side.  They didn´t seem to have much interest in us, just told us that the girl we were looking for, Geanny, was not home.  So before leaving we decided to just introduce ourselves and one of the guys, Geanny´s dad, Geovanny, speaks up and says, ¨I used to be Mormon...¨and tells us a couple of the callings that he had.  Kind of surprised we stayed to talk with them a little longer and not too much later Geanny showed up.  We ended up sharing the restoration with all of them and it was a wonderful lesson.  Their friends even got excited about the message.  Geovanny started telling us everything he remembered and told us that he felt really good hearing the message of Jose Smith again.  I have a really good feeling about this family :)

And just for your entertainment, some crazy Domincan names:

Yirbelis

Norvelin

Norveidis

Ataila

Adelaida

Oshela

Kenafry

Eumaris

Yeiluis

Esmeudy

Leifyn

:)

Love you all :)

Love, Hermana Perry

1) questions for your new area...which areas that you have already been in, is it the most like?

It is most like San Cristobal.  It has a lot more mountains that San Cristobal and is a lot more spaced out.  We have 4 main areas that are all pretty far from each other.  It´s very green.  One of the 4 areas is more like a town, basically no trees, very flat.  Another is up in the mountains with steep dirt roads and metal shacks for houses.  The other is like its own little neighborhood out in the middle of now where.  That part reminds me most of Azua. The last is like a ghost town.  Tons of houses, but no music, hardly any people.

2)How much difference is there in temperature?

In the day it´s about the same.  Up in our area called El Pinar (the super far away one) it is super hot and I always get burnt :P  At night, however, it does get cold if we leave our windows open.  Often walking home from the two next farthest areas it gets pretty cool, like my arms are cool to touch, but I don´t get cold.

3)What is your new comp like ?

She is very quiet.  She is from Panama.  She is 26 and before the mission she studied to be and worked as a lawyer!  She is super sweet and has a really fun laugh :)  She is different than my other comps but still I´m happy to have her.

4) Do you know who Hermana Jones new comp was going to be?

I do but I don´t know her personally.  She´s an american. 

5) Do you ever see the Hermana's that you left from Salt Lake City with?

yeah, I was in the same zone as Hna Padgett of them last transfer. And I took Hna Smith´s place here in Ocoa.  I saw them and talked with them at the Hermana´s conference a while ago.

6)  What school did the Elder from Orem go too?

Mountainview. He know a lot of the same people I do.

1) in the cave

2) How to get in the cave