Well family this week was full of adventures so buckle up.
Monday night we recieved a call that president was going to visit our area in the morning for interviews and training. I knew that this was an opportunity to ask questions that I have been thinking in the last 2 cambios and begin to pray that I would ready to recieve the answers. Well he came and the very first thing he did was give a talk on my question. WOW... what a powerful experience. I know that he is an inspired man of God and that the Holy Ghost is guiding his actions. We had a training afterword adn the AP asked me to demonstrate how to contact... yeah... no pressure. jeje. pero it was a good experience and I learned a ton. I know that action invites the Holy Ghost adn it is through the Holy Ghost that we learn. After this Presidente interviewed me adn it was an amazing experience. I was able to get clarification on the things that I was struggling with and was reminded by him that if Missionary Work is not fun we are not doing it right. I think this also applies to life. He talked about how usually it is not the circumstance that changes but the thoughts of the person in the circumstance. Pretty much it was a call to repentance for me - here we call it a machete- but it was exactly what I had been praying for and I know that our weaknesses are opportunities to feel the atoning power of Christ in our lives.

This Thursday was also super special. The Romero Garcia family was married and then baptized into the church. What an experience. WE spent all day preparing getting things in order for the wedding and the rest of our time with the family preparing them. I did the hair of all the women for the wedding.Yeah...me. Never thought I would ever say that. jeje. But it was a another powerful experience. I was really scared because I wanted them to look their best adn feel special so a prayed that my abilities would be magnified and I sincerely believe that I recieved help. The service was beautiful and one of our other investigators visited and was really touched. I was talking to him afterwords and he told me that he felt like it was especially special because it was a family and he felt a desire to have that for himself also. Gods plan is a plan for families. After the baptism there was a torrential downpoor I will send the pictures. It was super divertido.

Other news. THis Saturday I completed 4 months in the mission and we celebrated by getting caught in another downpoor. THe streets were completely flooded adn the wind had knocked over trees cutting the power. I loved it. I dont know why but I really am coming to love rain and things that make one day different from the rest.

Family Lezama....hopefully this week

Well family, I love you. I am so grateful for your letters and examples. As always you are in my prayers.
Hermana Manning

Well familia, another week has passed and here are the updates-
1. The familia Lezama has yet to enter the waters of baptism. We worked with them casi every day this week and they are progressing but the dad just wont commit. I am kind of sad about this because I want la hna Rojas to be at the baptism and I dont know if she is going to have cambios this week. Anyway, I have faith hopefully I will be able to write about their baptism soon.

2. This week we had a training for nuevos and entrenadoras in Managua con Presidente y su Esposa. I have got to say that they are incredible and it was good to eat Pizza Hut after 6 weeks of gallo pinto. I left the reunion with a desire to be better and hna Rojas left with a desire to push me to my limits. After the meeting she told me that I was going to take over the responsibilities for the weekend. She gave me the keys the phone and I made all the decisions for planning and took the lead in starting and ending all of our lessons. HOly Smokes.... it was pretty much an eye opening experience for me. My weakenesses are pretty much blatently before my eyes right now but it was amazing also. I feel like I learned a lot and I know that this is how God works. We try our best and are going to fall short always. For this reason I am especially grateful for grace. 

3. So this weekend we contacted two families that live together and the experience was amazing. IN the words of mi companera, she looked at us like we were angels. She has a son that died and we talked about the plan of Salvation and testified that she would see her son again and that through the gospel of jesus CHrist she could live with him forever. What a powerful experience. As we were talking we also found out that their marriage has problems and as she was talking to us she broke down and starting crying. Her desire to have a strong family is palpable and I wish that all people could want what she wants. THe family committed to baptism but dont have a date yet so I will have to keep you all updated.

I dont have a whole lot of time to write this week but I will try to get to all of you. If I dont please hang in there, I will get to you soon!

So another fun fact about Nicaragua. All of the buses and taxis have names like Dios es amor or El Sangre de Jesus. It is amazing how infused religion is in the culture here and yet how many people dont see the action part of faith. 

Well I love you all. Keep my families in your prayers.
hna Manning

FAMILIA
The mission is a time where everything is always the same and at the same time everything is completely different. This last week was a week of change so here comes the recap:

Tuesday night we find out that hna Rojas had cambios so we spent the night packing and got up bright and early around 4 to catch a bus to Managua. The reunion for cambios was a little different this time because I know more of the missionaries and have one cambio under my belt  but my emotions were crazy firstly because I love hna Rojas and am really going to miss her, secondly because I was super excited to see who was going to be my new companion. My name companion is Hermana Monrroy. She is from Guatemala and she is definitely and answer to my prayers. RIght after cambios we went to get lunch at McDonalds which was a little slice of heaven and while we ate I told her what I wanted to accomplish this cambio and she was like great, we are going to work super hard and she wasnt lying. I havent had a moment to rest since then, but I have never felt more content in the mission. The first few days were crazy because I had to teach her the area and all of the our investigators but we are starting to get going now and miracles are happening all around us. This Sunday we worked from 8:30 in the morning to 9 at night without stopping and our attendence in church was the highest it has been since Ive been here! Also we had a family accept a baptismal date! It is amazing how the Lord is touching the hearts of the people here. I have a testimony that he provides for his missionaries. We do not have a cita for dinner but we have yet to go without it because without us asking  people have provided it for us every day. I am so grateful for my new companion and her desire to work always. I dont know if she ever stops.

Now for other news. The familia L ezama has yet to enter the waters of baptism but we are working for this fin de semana so please keep them in your prayers.

As for more fun facts about Nicaragua, in Nicaragua the bathroom situation is a little ...different. We cant put toilet paper in the toilet because the plumbing is weak so every bathroom has a plastic sack where the tp goes. At first this was a little hard for me but with time you get accostomed to all things. I am going to return home from the mission immune to all strange smelling things.

Well familia, I know that the Lord works according to the faith of his children and the word faith can be substituted with action. The Lord has many blessings in store for those who show him they are willing to recieve them by  working for them. I love 2 Nephi 27:23. God is a God if miracles and he is willing and desires to work them in your lives. Show him that you want to recieve them and then open your eyes. I promise you that you will see his hand. I love you all. Please keep my familias and my comp in your prayers.

hna Manning