Discovering the Rat's Nest 17 May 2010

Downtown Panama City

Thanks for the package and everything, hopefully it doesn't take too long to get here.

So this Sunday was the census here in Panama and no one was allowed to leave the house so that the government could count the people, it was weird not to have church but I guess our mission Pres. decided it would be a good day to clean the house, so even it though was Sunday my comp and I decided to clean the things we haven't had time to get to. Aka the huge pile of wood old dresser and crap under the stairs. While pulling everything out of there I found an exciting surprise. A rats nest. My companion and I have succeeded killing 6 rats during this week with poison and traps but it seems we hadn't gotten to the heart of the problem. In one of the dresser drawers I found the nest full of baby rats, I counted 6 but I'm not really sure how many there were. They were actually kind of cute and helpless so I wanted to keep them and take care of them but my comp wouldn't have any of that. She decided that the only way to dispose of them completely would be to burn the whole dresser. I tried to talk her out of it, but she wouldn't budge. So yesterday we had a bonfire. I still feel kind of bad but its nice to know I won't wake up to rat poop on my scriptures anymore.

Work wise things went well this week, I put a baptismal date with a guy we found a few weeks ago and I am really excited to see him change and grow. We watched the Joseph Smith movie with him the other day and the spirit was super super strong, it was pretty awesome. I'm about halfway done with all the papers and everything for the marriage of Naidu so she will be getting baptized soon as well. It really goes to show that there is always opposition in all things because I have been experiencing a lot of rejection lately but I am also seeing many miracles so its all worth it. It is amazing how much the Lord blesses me and how happy I can be even though all day long people are rude to me. It just goes to show that real happiness is only found in the gospel.

I am so grateful to be here and for all I've learned.
All my love,
Kara