Hola mi familia! Cómo están?
HOLY SMOKES I'M IN
PANAMÁ!!!! Who da thunk?? It is so crazy here but it is also so great!
It has sorta been a blurr here in Panamá hahaha I am in Colón! My very
first area where it rains the most and the people are the hardest to
understand! 300 inches of rain a year! A super big difference from my
dry drought of California ;). haha My trainer is Hna Salas and she is
from Mexico! She is super awesome! We get along really well! She speaks a
little bit of english which helps a ton! I still talk to her (except
for a few a words I don't really know) all in spanish! Holy smokes is it
hard to understand some of these people! They talk so fast and most of
their words aren't even real! I guess its a good thing I'm learning here
because then I'll be able to understand so much better in a different
area! The Lord has really blessed me with the Language though. Every day
is better than the day before! It is amazing!! I have never studied or
prayed so hard in my entire life. Every morning I am working at
understanding the scriptures in spanish. Every prayer I say I ask for
help in Understanding and confidence to open my mouth! It has not been
easy for me and I have never felt so homesick but I also have never felt
more comforted in my entire life, My area isn't the safest but I have
never felt more safe in my life. Here in Colón I am somewhat a gaint
spectacle. Everyone here is black! Then there is me! hahaha Soy la
blancita rubia hermana! I'm also reall tall here hahaha. And then they
see mi apellido (last name) and then a whole new stream of questions come! ¿Por qué
tiene un apellido latina pero usted es blanca y rubia? (Why do you have a latin last name but you are white and blonde?) No joke every
person we talk to hahaha. We have 5 investigators but they aren't coming
to church and it is so sad! They are so close and it literally is the
only thing they have to do! We work a lot with los menos activo y recent
converts! Thats pretty cool and the lessons are so much easier to do
then making small talk for me in spanish hahaha. I also have been
working on gaining confidence because I seriously fail at street
contacts! They are so hard and everyone stares at me like I'm an alien!
(I guess here I kinda am...) But through the Lord I can do anything and I
know her is on my side always! But seriously I got told I looked like a
Barbie yesterday... Oh well! What doesn't kill me makes me stronger and
the Harder the Job the strong I'll be :) I love you all so much! Thank
you for your prayers and support!! I hope all is well at home!
Con muchísmo amor,
Hermana Garcia (blancita y rubia)
No pics from Panama yet :(
She had to say goodbye to her companion Hermana Nielson who is off to Florida. They left the same day, Hermana Nielson at 3:30am and Jocelyn at 4:30am
The awesome map photo. Elder Stracener is her other BFF besides Hermana Nielson and Sister Flake on her right was her Spanish teacher. \
The last picture was sent from a good Samaritan at the SLC airport of her group heading off to Panama. It was texted to all of us moms. Truly a tender mercy, brought me to tears. The woman that took it is a missionary mom herself....
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