Wow wow wow.
God loves Downey.
And so do I.
💙
Life here has been so good! My new companion is Hna. Wall from Virginia! Me and her are both pretty new so we’re having a lot of fun laughing at all of our mistakes.
The population here is mostly Hispanic. And be mostly I mean all of it.
I have seen 2 white people this whole week. 1 when I wake up, and 1 when I go to the bathroom😅
It’s seriously only Hispanics and I love it so much!! I have literally already found a very strong passion for homemade mango Chile popsicles and mariachi music.
I’m not sure if I can send a video but I’m sure my mom has found a way to post it already so I dont have to worry about it too much Haha- but one of our cute members who is 85 years old was telling us while we were eating that she loves to sing. She said everyone else loves her singing to and went on and on about it until we asked her to sing for us ha. I am not gonna lie, at first I might’ve just assumed that SHE thought she was really good because Latinas are just spiritually gifted with pride Haha but no. She whipped out the karaoke machine, cranked the volume, opened the screen door and sang her sweet heart out to us and her neighbors. And it was SO good!!! I will add that she wants everyone to know that mariachi is “bien mexicana” (VERY mexican) jajajajajaja.
Another fun story from this week was actually from my 2nd day here. Hna Wall had told me about our friend who’s name is Kevin Rasta …. yes Rasta… and Yes has a weed garden because “thats his passion”. But anyway, We had been out talking to people for a while near Kevin’s house but it was getting pretty dark so we decided to head back to the car. We turned the corner and there was 4 police cars with their lights on surrounding a car in front of ours and one more pulling up to the scene blocking ours. At first we thought they were in the house that was right there cause Kevin had warned us not to go by the house or down the street cause of it’s a cholo case but as we walked up we could see that they were doing a search in that car and there was a guy cuffed sitting on the curb. We sat in the car not really knowing what to do cause we were stuck and then Hna wall goes…. “Hey that’s Kevin!!” Hahahhaha we were like uhhh…..
So we are giving him the benefit of the doubt and saying that because it was dark maybe our judgement was off , but also we definitely haven’t been able to get in contact with him hahaha.
Lifes good in the Hood.
But yeah, my spiritual though for the week is something Hna Wall told me last night. When Moses was about to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt he prayed to God and told him how he was worried and he didnt know what to do and he didnt think he could do it. After he got it all out God gave him a stick. Haha I laughed cause I can just imagine moses (literally) stuttering when God hands him a stick and tells him to take an entire nation across the desert and against an army the size of China.
But God understood Moses’s frustration and doubts, and he replied by showing him the all the creations, universes and worlds with out number to show him just how small we are. To show Moses that even though we are so small and so tiny in comparison we each play such an important role and if we could trust the Hands that created all that, to guide us, even our own small steps, we could conquer our own Egypts.
So I wanna encourage you all to find your Egypt, and pray for a Stick. God will always give you what you need if you sincerely ask with the desire to do.
I love you all and hope you have the best week. Be safe.
Love, ryenne