Hermana Juliana at your service, to try to answer as many as
possible. When was the earthquake? Because one sister did mention feeling an
earthquake on Saturday, but neither my companion or I felt anything.
Mom: Cacahoatán is pronounced Ka-ka-wa-tan. I have been told
that is so named because cacao is a product of the area. I don't technically
have a street address, but I live close to the corner of Calle central oriente
and Avenida 15 norte. Good luck :)
Something that made me laugh: Last week when we bought food,
we bought some packages of beans that say, in English, Mexican Style Beans.
Last I checked, yes, I am in Mexico.
Easter is a whole week of celebrating 'Semana Santa'. Some
traditions here in Chiapas: 1. A march carrying a model of the Christ, the
Virgin and the cross to the park to reenact the Crucifixion. 2. (and this one
makes less sense) men of all ages cross dress and put on masks and dance
through the streets asking for money. They also stand on either side of the
highway and pull on a rope when cars pass, also to ask for money. Everybody has
vacations and the city basically shuts down.
I personally didn't really do anything for Easter, but yes,
it is a big deal here.
I'm hoping this week the pictures will upload, they're being
super slow. One of them is a picture of what we did for fun - we played
basketball with some of the youth. It was pretty fun. You'll laugh at this next
part: they were all expecting me to be good because 'I'm from ''there'''. HA.
but it was fun, even though we could only play a little bit at a time because
the sun is so HOT.
No pictures so far, I'll give it another try in another
email.
Scripture for you this week: Mosiah 26:27. Also, something
cool. A missionary in the Book of Mormon received a really powerful promise
that I always love to share with people, Helaman 10:4-5. I realized this week
that his tireless work was 7-10 years, based on the years at the very bottom of
the page. Wow. I don't know about you, but that hit me hard. We can never stop
becoming better, working harder, doing more. There are so many blessings our
Father in Heaven is waiting to give us.
Love always,
Hermana Juliana