Doñihue Life

So far its been such a nice visit in Doñihue! I love the pace of life here; it's much more relaxed. But i think the part i love the most is how satisfied the majority are with the necessities! Service has been nice. Most of the area is country so the way we do here is we stand @ the gate and say "ALLo!" and wait for a few minutes for someone to come.  the first time i think i pretty much sounded like this: "heLLO?" hehe. We almost always have found someone home... and when we do the people are super appreciative for bringing good news:) (for the most part;)
The congregation is super nice! This weekend we had a 2 day assembly and were hosting the district and circuit overseer, so it was nice timing to be there...although, the language part of it is still a little difficult.  Funny story... so the D.O and C.O and their wives were coming over for lunch to the family's house we're staying at. The D.O's wife was in the kitchen already talking with a couple of other sisters. When i went into the kitchen the first question she asked was "Tienes hambre?" but i didn't completely hear her and assumed that since it was the first thing she asked, she was asking "Cual es su nombre?" So instead of answering her ACTUAL question if i was hungry, i told her that my name was Corinne. haha. pretty embarrassing. :D anyway...It was nice to see how down to earth they are. Its also encouraging to hear their stories...how they learned the truth and how they met eachother <3 ! Definitely motivates me to stay focused:)

The 2 day circuit assembly was super encouraging. It was one we had in California about protecting your spirituality. Such good reminders! (Jenesia already had her notes in English from the States so it helped me to follow along:)  and i was able to practice my Spanish a lot! :D Next week we go to Vina Del Mar from monday to Friday. It will be a mini vacation. I'll have the beach, Starbucks and we'll be going in the English! woohoo ;) So i will let you guys know how Vina goes! Ciao!:)

here are some pics...and i learned that in order to even rotate my pics... i have to save them to the computer. hehe... so no more sideways pics. woo!

game night and dinner with some friends in Donihue:)

Nichole, me and Betsy:)



Jenesia:) with the view we had one day in service











all ready for the assembly on Saturday! (we were on time for the bus this day;)



assembly stadium



baptism pool




Silencio!

























Nichole and her Mom;)



new friends:)



 



  

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lunch with the Ponce family :)





can you tell there's two different people taking this pic? hehe




the bus ride home :)




Patty and Vanessa practicing their English, they're doing so good!





me practicing my Spanish... not doing so good ;)







Jenesia is our teacher :D



the driveway of the home we're staying in:)



my FAVORITE homemade strawberry juice







Jenesia's homemade apple pie, YUM! :d

 

a cute little beetle