10.23.17: ?Sois de Hawaii?

Today has been crazy...we literally cleaned our piso allllll day! It was filthy--pretty sure in the 5 yrs that missionaries have lived there it has NEVER been cleaned. But don't worry, 1000 hours later it is actually inhabitable again so we are all good. 

Luckily the weather here has been warm still, but one day this week it rained alllll day! It was crazy monsoon rain with thunder and lightning. We made the most of it, but the highlight of the day was when we were walking around one of our pueblos at like 9 that night (and NOBODY was outside except us).  We tried to contact this old man we saw, but he didn't really understand us... then as we are about to walk away, he grumbles "?Sois de Hawaii?"! THAT IS THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT I COULD EVER RECEIVE! My comp and I were psyched after that because who doesn't want to be from Hawaii?! Pretty sure we are still not over it, jajaja. 

My new comp is fabulous. She  graduated from BYU Hawaii, and already has me convinced that I need to go there. We basically just talk about Hawaii all the time:)  Every morning she plays the guitar while we are singing our hymn for the day (which is a blessing because it drowns out my squawking jajajaja). 

This Sunday, I gave a talk in church (in Espanol!) about the power of the scriptures. It was such a good reminder to me how blessed we are to have the scriptures in our lives and how vital it is to read them. It really is so simple, but so powerful. I love being a missionary because we have time set aside every day that is solely dedicated to studying the words of God. I have learned so much in my short time as a missionary!

I love you all! Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers<3
-maddy barton 

No pics this week ...so just enjoy this pic of a door in the Sagrada Familia...



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