Another good week in the Republica Dominica!

Another good week in Republica Dominicana! 

Carving apples for Halloween

We didn't have water in our apartment for four days this week! Ah! It's amazing all the things you use water for that you don't think about until it is gone! We got permission to go shower at a members house, so that was nice! We do have water now, and I am so grateful for it!

For Halloween last monday we carved apples (NOTHING pumpkin here) and then dipped them in caramel. It was super yummy! The other Hermanas in the house have never celebrated halloween before, so it was fun to tell them about it!

Cleaning the school

We got to do service one morning! The ward helped clean up a school in the area. It was really overgrown with weeds and what not. It was really cool to see before the mormons come and after the mormons come! haha. Hermana Stewart and I mopped like 10 classrooms! They were really dirty! It was fun to help!

For P-day today, Hna Stewart and I went to the "colonial" part of Santo Domingo and saw Christopher Columbus' house and other really old places! We got into a lot of places for free because we were missionaries! We ate at a really good chineese place (sometimes you just don't want rice and beans!) and I bought a shirt that says ï love RD"for $150 pesos, so like $3 US dollars. They;re super cheap! 

This week had it's ups and downs. One day ALL of our appointments fell through. No one was home or said that they couldn't. It was really frustrating. We walked from one side of our area to the other all day long. I was praying that we could have one lesson, and it was a miracle! We taught an amazing lesson for the last lesson of the day. I know that Heavenly Father answers prayers! Despite a couple of hard days, it was all better because on Sunday we had 4 of our investigators come to church! And then we had so many good lessons that day. I am seeing so many miracles, but my patience is also being tested. I read a quote by President Uctdorf this week that really helped me. "Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can-working, hoping, and excercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring, it is enduring well!" Our district leader also told us that when we are being obedient and working hard, Satan is working extra hard to try and bring us down. More ups than down's this week, though. I am grateful for that!

Love you all!

Hermana Lawrence