A foodie in Nicaragua

Yesterday we had a miracle baptism. My first! Of many, I hope. The date for this man had fallen through because of work. We got a call Saturday night, saying he wanted to be baptized in the morning! We pulled everything together, had the interview, and he was baptized about 12 hours after that phone call. It was a sweet miracle. This area is struggling and president sent us here to lift it. Nobody had baptized here in a while, and my companion was stressing. Everything always works out. And what matters is that we are working, and doing our best. The Lord always makes us the rest.

It is wonderful to see someone take the first step of baptism. It is so simple. The hard part is enduring to the end. Conversion is a lifelong process. We have to be diligent and use the Atonement each and every day.

The week has been full of many funny moments and many hard moments. One of the hardest things is remembering and applying what I know. Diligence brings about blessings for sure.

León, my area, is so dusty and hot this week. We had to go to Managua today, and it was so much cooler there. Which is crazy to me. We get so much dirt in the house, dust collects on my scriptures as I read them in the morning.

I love the people. We have some really wonderful members. There is one family that feeds us dinner every week and it is the best thing ever. Other than that we are never fed. I want to feed the missionaries every week when I get home. Because being a missionary is hard and not having to worry about dinner is kind of the greatest. 

 

Some of the cool things about Nicaragua are the frescoes.  Our lunch cita always gives us some.  The closest thing in the states is lemonade.  But it's so much better.  They make them with all kinds of fruit and sell them in plastic bags with straws.  Everything is in bags.  Refried beans come in bags. Oil, milk, you name it.  Also they have Pinot Linot (not sure how to spell it) which is a drink made our of corn and cacoa.  It sounds weird.  The best way to describe it is cornmeal and cocoa powder that you mix with water, ice, and sugar.  It sounds gross but it is way good! We also have drinks that are like strawberry flavored oat powder/ flour that you mix with milk.  Also sounds gross, but they are good.  I thought I wouldn't be  fan of the texture, but it's good.  I have forgotten what food exits other than rice and chicken.  That is what our lunch cita feeds us every day.  I don't mind having the same thing every day as much as I mind the 45 minute walk to her house every day.

So much to say, so little time. I love you all. Many prayers and much love.

-Hermana Fackrell